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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1949
Page
2
A statewide employment report notes a continuing downward trend in textiles with temporary shutdowns and fewer orders. Lumber and timber firms report about 75 percent with minor losses, while stone clay and glass show declines. Chemical declines stem from cottonseed oil seasonality. Food products rise seasonally, and furniture gains reflect higher household production.
U S and British diplomats consider major German questions before the May 23 foreign ministers council. Philip Jessup heads to Paris for talks with British and French officials. Ern est Bevin visits Berlin to push a German settlement. In Java, Dutch and Indonesian leaders agree to halt guerrilla warfare and set a residency across from Jogjakarta while planning Hague talks on a united Indonesia. Trans-Jordan reorganizes its cabinet elevating Palestinian leaders including Rouhi Abdil Hadi as foreign minister.
A property owner may deduct depreciation during a test year by rate one fifteenth of the replacement cost. With a $300 roof and a 15 year life the allowed deduction is $20. Proportional adjustments apply for similar conditions.
A Weather Bureau report covers temperatures for the 24 hours and discusses landlord allowances for interior painting and depreciation rules. It outlines methods for computing annual charges and cites federal limits on depreciation for small versus larger landlords, while noting rent increases remain to be determined as individual cases move through processing.
At the 1947 Asheville fall meeting the board moved the state advertising contract from Eastman-Scott to Ayers & Gillette of Charlotte. Critics cited personal politics involving Charles M. Johnson and rival Robert W. Redwine, but supporters argued service quality mattered more than political motive.
Performance information indicates the Charlotte firm has done a good job and perhaps not below the standard set by the Atlanta agency during a decade of operation. A hot governor race between Charlie Johnson and Kerr Scott is noted with Scott’s victory and Redwine backing him, with rumors of reciprocal support emerging.
The board announces Dr. Cooke as the new president of High Point College. Native of Malden North Carolina he is married with two sons and has decades in education including presidencies at Eastern Carolina Teachers College and professorships at Peabody. Since 1947 he has led the education department at the Woman's College Greensboro. The trustees sought a democratic educator deeply tied to the Methodist church and active in broader education circles.
Rescuers who parachuted to aid a pilot and student nurse stranded five days in forested Canadian mountains said they must spend another night in the wilds. The U S Coast Guard reported the couple would not begin hiking out until tomorrow.
Miss Anna Jean Crouse of Thomasville and Howard William Withers of Philadelphia plan a formal wedding at the bride’s grandmother 310 Foster Street. The ceremony will feature maid of honor Nancy Lynn Crouse and best man M W Crouse with Rev. C R Patterson officiating. The couple will reside at 3248 North 15th Street after a short wedding trip.
Taft hearings Tuesday examine civil rights aimed at ending employment discrimination as part of President Truman's program that split the Democratic party. Other committees continue work on social security, public housing, postal rate increases, and a new farm program. Television coverage for Seball games requires more men than field play.
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