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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1952
Page
1
About 175 candidates are to be initiated at Oasis Shrine Temple in Greensboro over a two day spring ceremonial. The program begins tonight with a Shrine circus and a dance, followed by registration a business meeting and a parade tomorrow culminating in the ceremonial work. A Potentate's ball will close the events.
The Department of Agriculture warns ice cream makers in North Carolina they cannot replace milk fat with vegetable oil in frozen deserts. A memorandum to manufacturers requires labels to state whether a product is ice cream frozen dessert milk sherbet or other dairy standard item.
Raleigh reports the State Board of Award will meet next Wednesday to award bids for 175 sedans 65 pickup trucks and five suburban carryalls for the State Highway Commission. General Motors Chevrolet Division posted the lowest bid per car at 1319.24 dollars plus a 25 dollar cash discount for payment in 30 days.
The first business session of the 55th annual North Carolina division Travelers Protective Association convened in Goldsboro. Committees and annual reports were set, Walter Anderson prison director gave the opening talk, and new officers will be elected tomorrow with delegates chosen for the Chicago national convention in August. Garland S Currin of Wilmington is outgoing president.
PINEHURST the first business session of the 56th annual North Carolina Bankers Association convention opened after an agriculture breakfast and officer elections. Charlotte nurses group closes annual convention electing Ethel George Harris Juanita Bigman Shirley Smith Sybil Daniels Peace Dorothy Woods Lillian Walker Dorothy Smith and naming Littlejohn to the state nurse examiner board.
Communist truce negotiators stalled for time as rulers weigh whether to accept the Allies prisoner repatriation plan. General William P. mentions possible Moscow direction as North Korea protests return of 100000 internees. U.N. insists on return only for 70000 who want repatriation. Heavy artillery and mortars fire near the truce tent during the session.
The CIO Oil Workers International Union prepared a formal contract termination at the Shell Chemical plant in Pittsburg California affecting 263 workers. A strike vote was taken as 90,000 striking oil workers shield California refineries from disruption by demand for wage boosts and higher shift differentials. The government restricted aviation gasoline sales to conserve scarce fuel.
U S Senators Russell and Kefauver traded charges over campaign money as they seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Russell challenged Kefauver to reveal funding sources while Kefauver’s camp noted small donations and denied large gifts, citing Kefauver fund-raising cards and refusal to take money from criminals or racketeers. Other 1952 campaign items include Dirksen weighing MacArthur as GOP nominee option and Eisenhower viewed as preferred Democratic candidate by some. Adlai Stevenson remains a reluctant possibility for the Democratic ticket.
In a quiet session on Wall Street oil stocks showed strength with Shell up to 80 1 2 and Barber Oil plus Amerada Santa Fe among leaders. Texas Pacific Land Trust opened flat then rose to 181 2, while New York Dock gained to 58. Utilities edged higher as rails and steels showed mixed moves. total trading volume hit 400 000 by 11 a.m. EST, below yesterday’s pace.
Washington officials may approve modest increases in prices on a wide range of packaged groceries within days. Items likely to rise include concentrated coffee dry cereals crackers canned fruits vegetables soups tuna and some canned meats. Officials say higher ceilings are studied to keep grocers earnings fair, noting earnings before taxes for chain stores are below thresholds for increases.
In Whiteville North Carolina Solicitor Clifton L Moore said the state would finish its case today against Woodrow Johnson a former Ku Klux Klan member accused of forcing him from his home at gunpoint and beating him Johnson blindfolded was unable to identify other suspects but named Early L Brooks and Harvey Barfield as men who asked him to come to a car on December 8 A cross burning in Raleigh accompanied the proceedings as police pursued six suspects and other defendants including Ray Kelly and Steve Edmunds testified or pleaded guilty awaiting final rulings
North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan issued rulings on Powell Bill funds for city streets. He said funds may be used for maintenance and equipment but not for relocating or widening old streets, and that counties and cities may set lower speed limits with engineering justification while truck owners bear overloading penalties if driven with permission.
Washington leaders plan rapid passage of military pay hikes in a compromise raising base pay about four percent and food and rental allowances by fourteen percent. The plan excludes a proposed extra combat pay for Korean veterans, leaving unresolved whether the Senate will accept the measure without that provision.
A Duplin County coroner's jury ruled the death of Sheriff Ralph J. Jones as the result of his own action. The 54 year old was found dead in a car beside a pond owned by his brother. A 16 page letter and another note were recovered. The SBI declined to comment on the contents while noting a related embezzlement probe involving the sheriff's office.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet said force would be used if necessary to free Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, seized by prisoners at Koje Island. He noted Dodd is unharmed, with a military board to probe how the capture occurred as Ridgway and Clark visit Pusan. Duke traces Life crew notes Duke Wake Forest game and final Coombs era at Duke.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved James P. McGranery’s nomination for attorney general by a 4 to 2 vote with Sen. Homer Ferguson among those opposing. Chairman McCarran did not disclose all dissenters, and no date was set for a full Senate vote. McGranery, chosen by President Truman to replace J. Howard McGrath, faces minority opposition and a formal confirmation process.
Allied jets and Red fighters battle across the Korean front with P 80 Shooting Stars sustaining damage while the Fifth Air Force reports Allied losses only on a weekly basis. Western Front fighting near Yonchon continues with heavy artillery and ground clashes, while carrier and Marine pilots claim strikes on rail lines bridges trains and supply depots in the northwest theater.
A weather note reports a low tonight of six degrees and a high tomorrow of eighty five. It also records today's high of eighty two and last night’s low of sixty one.
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