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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
2
Ginger King a 22 year old self styled Dillinger of London was sentenced to seven years in prison for armed robbery ending his run as public enemy number one.
Gen Matsuda, commander of the Hoten prison camp where Gen Wainwright and about 1,500 American POWs were held, was moved to Shanghai to face war crimes charges. He is accused of responsibility for about 200 US deaths and forcing prisoners to work in war industries without air raid shelters. He and his staff were captured by an American ground rescue team on September 19, 1945.
Contractors drive 30 foot creosoted piling for the north abutment of the Willowbrook street overhead bridge. Excavation finished last week. crew will move to the south abutment. They have 200 working days to complete the steel and concrete bridge.
Efforts to resume work at the Union cotton mills plant in Maiden failed yesterday. Rush Dickson, president of the American Yarn and Processing company, spoke after a conference with a three member employee committee. The committee said no agreement was reached on demands that J. F. Sumner the plant superintendent and Russell Rogers an overseer be removed from their posts.
The coal strike now 39 days old involves 400000 AFL coal miners and has halted thousands of workers daily across industries. A maritime unions convention in San Francisco deferred a final decision to its members, though observers expect approval and further layoffs due to fuel shortages.
Graham reports that banks new to farm loans face stiff competition and high prices. Hart warns a repeat of 1930s banker withdrawal could force 100 percent government lending and end independent banking. He notes price swings have driven farm prosperity and depression. The convention includes officer elections and ends tomorrow.
President Truman deflected a reporter’s question about hindsight, saying he could not judge its accuracy since he had not been to Germany himself. The remark followed continued discussion on postwar policy and international affairs.
Mrs. Alice Hanan of Kansas City walks an average of 30 blocks daily after her doctor advised outdoor exercise nine years ago. She continues her routine to stay active and healthy.
The 39 day strike prompts government action to ration electricity and gas in eastern coal regions and to curb non essential rail freight. CPA orders may darken movie marquees and street ads while urging priority for food and fuel transport. Senators push strike control and utility service protections.
The 130th annual convention of the Episcopalian diocese of North Carolina adjourned in Raleigh after approving art, electing diocese committees and planning to meet next year at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rocky Mount. The budget totals $85,929.22 with allocations to maintenance funds and national church, totaling $18,312.76 for Episcopal maintenance, $24 for the national church program, $720 for the maintenance fund and $29,154.45 for the church program.
Raleigh May 8 The OPA rent enforcement office reports $19 161 98 collected in six weeks for tenants and the Treasury. Of that amount $9 875 78 was refunded to tenants due to over ceiling charges. Chief enforcement attorney John H Paylor says rent overcharges drain family budgets and OPA will protect veterans and tenants in acute housing areas.
Government pressure on John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers amid a nationwide coal supply crisis. Officials push a policy to bar royalty payments to the union while CPA and utilities seek to conserve coal, rationize use, and pool facilities. Non-coal fuels urged for power. railroad embargo limits coal burning locomotives to essential goods. Continuous shortages linger as talks stall.
The large Queen Victoria statue damaged by Nazi troops in Nice is being restored by sculptor Joseph Gordon. Foreign Minister Bevin and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will attend the unveiling ceremony on May 24.
New York traders kept attention on special stocks with Paramount Pictures National Distillers Certain Teed Southern Railway U S Rubber Goodrich Bethlehem Montgomery Ward and United Aircraft leading while Chrysler U S Steel Woolworth Sperry General Electric Southern Pacific Baltimore and Ohio and Standard Oil NJ lagged. Cotton futures opened down and market activity remained quiet as coal strike developments constrained shipments and raised expectations of potential widespread mills shutdowns.
USDA potatoes arrivals 58 on track 976 total shipments. Old stocks light while new stocks are also light. demand moderate and market firm. Prices listed for Idaho Russet Bur banks Colorado Red McClures Alabama and Louisiana Bliss Triumphs and California long whites with U S No. 1 ranges.
Salable hogs 5 500 total 10 500 active steady good and choice barrows and gilts 14 85 per cwt 14 10 ceiling complete early clearance salable cattle 3 000 total 3 200 salable calves 600 total 600 good and choice fed steers and yearlings including heifer yearlings strong fairly active medium to average good grades slow steady to weak hardly enough butcher cattle here to make a market peddling steady trade on cows and sausage bulls heavy beef bulls firm dealers active and steady at 16 50 mostly 16 00 down four loads choice 1 173 1281 lb fed steers 17 85 the top several loads 17 00 17 50 bulk 15 75 17 00 choice mixed steers and heifers 17 25 most sausage bulls 13 00 down but heavy standout beef bulls to 15 00 extreme good to choice no 274 lb stock calves
Camden New Jersey reported that electronics assist the bean industry with a device from the Radio Corporation of America sorting millions of tons of food daily in America and Canada. The machine uses phototubes as eyes and a cathode ray brain to inspect each bean and separate good from bad. First installed around 1931, it has been improved and now sorts seed corn, peanuts, coffee beans and potatoes as well as other beans.
Army veteran Herman Benefield and wife Jane transformed a ramshackle Hilton house into a modern dream home. Three rooms expanded to five as old architecture gave way to a cottage makeover achieved through hard work and a wife’s planning.
UNRRA Director General Fiorello LaGuardia told the 48 government council that famine relief allocations are grossly inadequate and urged countries with surplus to aid to prevent a catastrophe. He presented a bleak report detailing efforts since Atlantic City and called for a larger allocation from the triad board of Britain, Canada and the United States.
Power shortages in Mexico halt the opening of Mexico City’s 65th motion picture theater, a recent $750,000 construction project. The grand debut is postponed until electricity supply stabilizes.
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