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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
2
Weather report notes light to moderate rain today over most areas with early evening activity in the northeast. The forecast calls for clearing to partly cloudy skies and continued mild conditions into Friday.
Delegates weigh UNRRA exit plans with Asia and Europe deadlines, Russia's refugee policy, press freedom mandates, and potential aid from Argentina and Middle East nations. Possible successors to Herbert Lehman include Herbert Hoover, John Winant, and Averill Harriman amid health departure.
Detroit reports show GM agreed to an 18 percent hourly wage increase after a presidential fact finding recommendation of 19 percent plus adjustments to equalize plant pay. The UAW council will meet to ratify before sending to about 90 locals. GE electrical workers settle a work stoppage across 16 states.
John says the industry now believes Lewis will not strike. He has nine negotiable demands and favors an across the table settlement. Operators are in a negotiating mood, and Lewis, as a new AFL member, would prefer to avoid a strike in line with AFL policy.
North Carolina professional business and civic leaders met in Thomasville to organize a state health association aimed at improving medical care and public health for residents. Dr. I G Greer of Tomahsville Baptist orphanage led the gathering.
In a candid interview at American headquarters General Clark shares wide European views. He explains why Austria should regain self rule soon to ease the financial strain of occupation and notes Austria’s complex wartime role. The general, seemingly fit, discusses allied aims and the broader balance of power in Europe.
Diplomats note Anglo American tensions with Russia slow progress on Trieste and South Tyrol settlements amid distrust worsened by Iran troop movements. Two theories dominate: Russia seeking Moscow dominated regimes or wider expansion. Experts warn real breakthroughs require policy shift. The piece ends with an analogy to a wounded swordfish driving its jaw through oak.
British foreign minister Bevin cites Stalin assurances on Iran’s integrity amid Allied postwar realignment. Stalin in Pravda accuses Churchill of warmongering and endorsing a long term Anglo Soviet alliance questionable to the Soviet leadership. No Soviet reply yet to Byrnes notes on Iran troop movements.
In Switzerland secret duels among university students continue despite a ban. Dueling clubs sponsor matches in remote inns with seconds an umpire and a doctor present. Participants risk prison or fines and weapon confiscation if caught.
A converted twin engine Lockheed bomber named the Halcyone serves Kaiser executives as a flying office. Based in Portland Oregon the craft features six seats a three seat couch work tables a radio cabinet and prep space. Captain Ralph A Kaiser oversaw redesign including four radio sets an experimental radar obstruction finder and safety gear for any weather while cruising up to one mile range.
The Sparks family from Peru Indiana enrolls at Butler University. Leslie Sparks a township principal pursues a Master of Science degree. Blair Sparks a grade school coach seeks an award in calisthenics. Bertha Sparks teaches at a grade school and hopes to keep her family from outsmarting her. The family drives 140 miles each Saturday to attend a visual education class.
In New York on March 14 leading stocks showed mild recovery tendencies while several top names firmed. General Motors and Chrysler added fractions as a broad list of leaders such as General Electric U S Steel Bethlehem Goodrich Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Boeing North American United Gas Improvement Westinghouse American Smelting and others advanced. some late issues like Footwear "A" remained depressed by an omitted dividend.
Allied intelligence recounts Franz von Papen telling how on June 30 1934 He was summoned by Goering warned not to leave his home or contact friends and watched as his aides were killed two secretaries shot and later he was briefly imprisoned He later met Hitler tried to resign and resisted a Vatican post while secretly pressuring Austria to rapprochement with Germany
Futures for May, July and December slipped as markets showed a half to several cents drop per bale from the prior close. Noon quotes held steady to down around 50 cents, with March at 27.05, May 26.70, and July 26.74 as activity paused.
Shelby report notes Odus M. Mull former speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives announces candidacy for Cleveland County seat. Mull served five terms starting 1907 with a 1941 term and led the Democratic Party state committee from 1928 to 1932.
News of D. T. Bray former High Point resident dying in Wilson General Hospital arrives. He lived in Royal Oak Michigan last years. He is father to Ruth E. Bray and survived by widow three sons and another daughter. Funeral set for Saturday at two at Middlesex route two F W Stone home.
John, a student at Butler, also pursues work in his spare time though he is not enrolled this semester.
In Long Beach an educational plan aims to counter a rise in juvenile delinquency. It calls for a director to coordinate with parents and youths, arranging activities under parental chaperonage.
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