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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
2
A Ford strike began yesterday but stopped after union assurances that the administration building would not be picketed and workers could stay on the job. Company and union negotiators met for hours with no settlement reached. John S. Bugas led Ford’s team as UAW President Walter Reuther, invited, was absent.
The article notes Waynick leaving his post and being discussed as a potential U S senator after the death of Senator J Melville Broughton. It details his career from 1911 as city editor of the Greensboro Record to later work at the High Point Enterprise and other Greensboro area ties.
Weather report notes mostly fair conditions in North Carolina today with partial cloud cover and mild temperature shifts. Forecast signals a change with possible showers later Friday May 6 1949 as conditions evolve.
The text notes a figure who served as state senator and representative from Guilford and, in 1935, was named chairman of the state highway commission, with mentions of press coverage in Charlotte and Anderson, South Carolina.
A rear end collision on South Main street at 1 45 p m damaged Edith Lowe s car severely after it struck a truck driven by Odell Wingler of J A Jones Construction Both vehicles were in the same southbound lane No arrests were made and Wingler s truck sustained negligible damage
Naval personnel will wear through more than 1 025 000 pairs of shoes during 19 the year. The figure highlights the vast scale of footwear consumption by sailors and supports supply chain planning for naval logistics.
The Sixth Naval district will use 13 ships beginning May 22 through August 20 for annual training cruises. Thirty two week cruises are planned to accommodate Reservists and Volunteer Reservists seeking afloat training. Early applications encouraged. cruise data available from Commander G M Christiansen at Greensboro Naval Training Center.
Gen Lucius D Clay says the airlift will continue until Berlin holds about 200000 tons of supplies, roughly a month’s stock, with planes and crews possibly on standby afterward. Washington views the operation as insurance against a hard Berlin settlement, while Russians are believed defeated in the Berlin battle.
The Shanghai garrison reports two Red columns repulsed northwest of Shanghai on the Nanking highway with several hundred dead and 12 captured. An American pilot saw no Chinese troop concentrations near Shanghai. Hankow activity was light. A fire destroyed 4,000 huts in Shanghai’s poorer sector, leaving 20,000 homeless as evacuation accelerates.
Multiple reports of upcoming events include the Ladies Auxiliary meeting at 626 E High Street Friday at 8 pm to finish convention plans, Mt Vernon Baptist Missionary Circle rehearsal 7 8 pm, and Golden Fleece Uniform Bank No 12 K P meeting at Kilpy’s Hall tonight.
Propaganda language stresses Comintern influence as the Reds in the east zone show a political machine. The piece hints at possible Soviet tactic and motives behind the Four Power discussions in PROM PAGE 1-A.
Local army and air force recruiting station starts receiving orders from a new district set up for May 15 16 elections. The change creates a North Carolina only district within a four station system led by Raleigh with Raleigh Charlotte and Fayetteville as main stations.
About 35,000 sailors and marines participated in the navy's largest peacetime maneuvers, signaling a major display of fleet readiness and joint operations across multiple ships and bases.
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