28 Mar 1946
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1946
Page
1
The OPA moves to restore wartime meat controls and may impose stricter slaughtering limits to curb custom slaughtering by non-inspected houses. Officials say fly-by-night operators push cattle prices beyond what legitimate packers can bear under price ceilings, driving meat toward unregulated channels.
Fayetteville March 28 Wall C Ewing operator of WFNC radio and NC political figure was arrested after a coroner s inquest into the March 13 death of his wife Mrs Douglass Sutherland Ewing. Jury recommends holding him for grand jury and charging first degree murder. Pathologist says bruises discolor body. Neighbor testimony describes sounds of a struggle and threats heard at the Ewing home on the night of March 10.
DEWITT MACKENZIE aboard transatlantic liner notes a Paris edition’s alarmist headlines. Russia loses in UNO security council over Iran while France with Moscow pushes for action against Franco. Bedell Smith heads to Moscow to reassure Stalin’s motives as Moscow radio questions Western aims. US wins UNRRA approval to prevent occupying armies from living off conquered land amid Soviet food-area occupation concerns.
Washington reports the administration urged expanded veterans homes while Senator Capehart accused the plan of being a pork barrel. Civilian action Chief John D. Small testified to Senate Banking on legislation aiming to produce up to 2,700,000 new homes by year end. Capehart denounced the prefabricated houses subsidy as benefiting only a few firms at government expense, while Wyatt proposed government purchase and sales guarantees for selected builders.
Senators Hill Thomas and Taft introduced a substitute federal aid bill stating about 232 million dollars annually could be allotted to public schools with no strings. The measure prohibits government direction or supervision of the funds.
Margarete Blank, von Ribbentrop's former secretary, sought to testify that a 1939 secret treaty between Russia and Germany planned Poland and the Baltic states. Soviet objections interrupted the testimony as prosecutors argued irrelevance and incompetence to discuss the alleged pact.
Government labor officials hesitated to enter the bituminous coal dispute while John L. Lewis warns 400,000 miners to stay home if no contract is reached by Sunday midnight. The U S conciliation service has kept Douglas Byrd out of talks 17 days as a shutdown seems likely. Government officials privately expect a possible Friday compromise attempt if the deadlock lasts.
Walter Reuther, newly elected president of the CIO United Auto Workers, outlined goals including organizing farm equipment workers, industry wide bargaining for equal pay, expanding union unity, securing annual wages, and organizing white collar staff. He pledged to stand with Philip Murray and lead the UAW as a strong unit in the CIO.
Washington March 28 Major General Lewis B Hershey told the senate military affairs committee the draft law must be extended to supply about 600000 men for the next year He said the army needs 50000 monthly but enlistments would yield only one fifth if the law lapses May 15 He spoke as hearings opened with chairman Thomas Utah pressing for no extension and urging reliance on voluntary enlistments while noting past enlistment records.
Moscow dispatch says Iranian case sent to the UN Security Council over Soviet objections led by Ambassador Andrei Gromyko. US Secretary Byrnes and British delegate Sir Alexander Cadogan opposed the move. The report appeared in the Russian press via New York dispatch and was carried by Soviet radio and home service.
Delegates from 48 nations at the UNRRA council meeting consider naming Eleanor Roosevelt to lead an international agency for handling displaced persons and war refugees. Britain supports her, with next talks expected in Washington after a recess. Russia Poland Yugoslavia abstain on key votes as debates focus on funding and post UNRRA arrangements.
Aurora Borealis renewed its interference over both land radio and news circuits, striking at 5 a.m. EST. The Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co reports USA Europe signals fluctuating, limiting normal service. The Radio Corporation of America calls the disruptions severe and spotty.
US officials foresee rejection of French plans for an economic blockade against Spain to hasten Generalissimo Franco's downfall. The French proposal calls for an oil embargo and other quarantines, sent to the State Department and also to Britain and Russia. Diplomats note France agreed not to bring the issue to the UN Security Council immediately.
Birmingham March 28 Fiery crosses one at least 12 feet high were reported last night in five neighborhoods around the city. Officers described a 12 foot cross with 10 foot arms. it burned out in about 15 minutes. Cloth strips soaked in kerosene wrapped the frame. A car was seen nearby and hammering heard before flames.
Washington officials warned that seizure of strike bound farm equipment plants and idle California canneries, which process about a third of the nation's canned fruits and vegetables, is increasingly probable. The move aims to avert food shortages abroad as farmers need machinery to meet record production goals.
Tokyo dispatch reports a Seiko Maru troop ferry, after machine gun practice, sending a message claiming a carrier pigeon landed on the deck of a U S Navy oiler off Tokyo Bay. The note dated July 7 says the pigeon completed practice and requests pickup outside the harbor with unclear destination of the carrier or the supporting ship.
In Boston on March 28 Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam, head of the Federal Council of Churches, charged the Roman Catholic church with threatening religious and political liberty. He urged balance between criticism of papal politics and protection of Catholic religious rights, while noting protests over media influence and public life.
Farm pond stocking surged as 1945 applications rose 75 percent from 1944. The Fish and Wildlife Service reported 5,446,655 fish supplied by federal hatcheries for initial stocking of more than 9,000 ponds across rural Washington farms.
New York March 28 Russia retreated slightly from its sensational walkout from the United Nations Security Council as it faced a critical decision on whether its absence from Iranian discussions would paralyze the council.
London dispatch reports The Daily Mail editorializes that Andrei Gromyko’s walkout from the UN Security Council meeting signals Russia rejecting any verdict on the Persian dispute. The Daily Sketch cautions against reading excessive significance into the Soviet action and calls it potentially mature and unhelpful.
Secretary Byrnes and Edward Stettinius prepared for a secret council session while indicating no single member should hamstring the council. Gromyko’s possible attendance hung on whether the Iranian issue would be considered, as Russia claimed it did not walk out but withdrew from the Iranian dispute. A Soviet spokesman suggested Gromyko would join the 4 p.m. executive session to address grave procedural questions.
Carolina REA allocates 2 549 931 dollars for rural electrification loans under a 300 million dollar deficiency appropriation. Allocation follows a formula based on unelectrified farms, with Texas receiving 4 050 530 dollars, and North Carolina 2 549 931 dollars, South Carolina 1 193 318 dollars, plus Tennessee and Virginia 1 700...
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