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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1946
Page
2
Partly cloudy and warm today and tonight. Saturday will bring increasing clouds and scattered showers. The extended forecast shows scattered showers and mild conditions through Saturday, then cooler weather with a mix of sun and showers into next Wednesday.
Hugh M. Sykes of the International Typographical Union warns the 88th annual ITU session in Charlotte August 16 to 26 may move if housing for 1,500 delegates is not secured within days. Hotel doubts cited limit to 600 guests. ITU may relocate by March 20 without adequate accommodations.
Press secretary Arles G Ross announced Truman's Missouri home will serve as the summer "white house" again this year. He stated the New York Central inquiry about Hyde Park would not alter plans and the answer is no to relocating or using Hyde Park.
In Cairo street life a handful of animated peddlers prowls around leading hotels, hawking eclectic wares from horsetail fly swatters to vintage photos and fake youth elixirs, while a traveler recounts his close call and a later quip about seeking a combined icebox radio.
A New Hampshire survey reports an 11 percent increase in prices received by farmers in 1945 compared with 1944. Apples hay and potatoes show the largest gains while dairy products rise the least.
Hiden Ramsey Asheville publisher urged action to expand hospital beds and medical services while Dr. Oren Moore and Mrs. Karl Bishopric backed the commission. Governor Cherry had appointed a state leaders committee to build a health program addressing rural care, medical education, and public health funding.
The New Jersey Department of Economic Development adopts the slogan New Jersey Mighty Atom of Industry. Commissioner Charles R Erdman Jr says the state, though 45th in size, ranks sixth among the 48 states in peacetime industrial volume.
In Washington on March 15 the House leaders signaled a pause in daily speeches criticizing Russia and wartime Allied policy. They urged temperance in references to the Soviet Union and other Allied nations, saying the international situation requires restraint. Privately they said they are not curtailing free speech, but Russia-baiting is viewed as inappropriate.
Senator Stewart introduces a bill to bar heads of government departments from serving as political party officers forcing a resignation or cabinet departure within 30 days of enactment. The measure targets a practice criticized for years. William Underwood’s canning method is also noted in the report.
Carl Davenport Creswell 73 former Creswell mayor and county treasurer died of a heart attack while driving near Creswell. Dr Henry Epstein 43 of Goldsboro died after heart trouble the funeral was held. Joseph Jenkins 84 retired banker died at home and had organized the Chatham bank in 1901. James Barefoot 64 former Sampson representative died in Moore County sanatorium. Oscar Gibbs 63 electrocuted after a power line fell on his car near Cornelius. William Huntley 97 Anson County’s oldest citizen buried in Wadesboro after a monthlong illness.
Walter Guerry Green of Glencoe Mills Arlington North Carolina died at his Charleston South Carolina home yesterday. Funeral arrangements had not been announced. Dr Wallace Stroud 56 executive secretary of the national soft wheat millers association died in Nashville Tennessee yesterday. He will be returned to Chapel Hill North Carolina for burial.
UAW officials forecast union members will return to work next week while nationwide labor disputes leave an estimated 675000 to 775000 idle. CIO United Steel workers, GE and GM strikers, and other cases show varied counts from 120000 to about 225000 away from jobs amid fabricating plant disruptions. The Civil Aeronautics Authority reports 94000 miles of private teletypewriter circuits in use.
New York market showed irregularly low direction with some favorites edging into recovery. Predominant decliners included Santa Fe New York Central Southern Pacific Southern Railway Great Northern Republic Steel Chrysler General Motors International Harvester American Telephone Western Union General Electric Du Pont and Texas Company.
The state department stated forces were moving toward Iran with Tass denying the report as not corresponding to reality. The dispatch mentions movements toward Tehran and the western frontiers of Iran and notes the Tass agency dispute.
Tehran dispatch in the London Daily Telegraph reports U S Ambassador Wallace Murray has met the Shah several times promising American backing for Persia's cause. Murray is in touch with Prime Minister Qavam Es Sultaneh and has pledged support if needed as the Shah gathers trusted elders for counsel in troubled days.
British officials say Moscow’s Tehran troop movements are part of a war of nerves after Russia breached its withdrawal agreement by last March 2. London cites tensions from reports of troop shifts and notes most information comes from the U.S. State Department while Australia’s Evatt calls Soviet policy defensive. Churchill readies a New York speech as Moscow denounces new race theory.
Miss Jeanne B. Hurt of 1202 Madison Ave High Point North Carolina is currently serving with the trade and commerce branch Office of Military Government for Germany in Berlin. The unit is part of the economics division handling plans for economic production and distribution in Germany and she previously worked in Washington DC.
Seaman 2/c Edward Stroupe of 637 Willowbrook St has been honorably discharged from the navy. He enlisted February 22 1944 after working at Adams-Millis in town. His last duty station was Corpus Christi Texas.
Seaman first class Jerry A Smith of 1108 Jefferson Avenue Charleston S C was discharged after 28 months overseas in the South Pacific during World War II. He served two years and eight months total after entering July 7 1943 and wears American theater Philippine liberation and Asiatic Pacific ribbons. His father Troy Lee Smith lives at the same address. Pennsylvania leads in open hearth steel capacity.
British intelligence reports Field Marshal Walther von Model killed himself on April 21 1945 after the Ruhr defeat. He feared surrendering to the Western Allies would lead to his handing over to the Russians as a war criminal.
A censored report notes that roughly 260 airports operate across the United States. It highlights the breadth of national air transportation infrastructure and the distribution of facilities nationwide.
The United States maintains about 35,000 miles of federal airways. This vast system supports commercial and general aviation by routing flights across national airspace and facilitating efficient, coordinated air travel nationwide.
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