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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1947
Page
1
In New York on November 1, the first clear Soviet show of resentment surfaced in the United Nations General Assembly as small nations sought to bridge US Britain led majorities. The momentary flare followed a Yugoslav resolution on war criminals, marking the sharpest Soviet reaction yet observed by UN monitors.
Washington reports the CIO United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers failed to meet the Taft Hartley non communist pledge deadline. Steelworkers filed a challenge to NLRB authority and pending cases, signaling potential court action. UMW and steelworkers face possible loss of NLRB services and ongoing legal questions.
Lake Success stage of the Palestine partition debate centers on a hurry-up Western plan for sovereign Arab and Jewish states in Palestine by July 1. US hints at possible compromise with Russia as British Arab and Russian acceptance looms. A UN Palestine subcommittee prepares to resume secret session on measures to implement partition.
In Flushing Meadows 57 nations debate a main resolution against criminal war propaganda. The Russian bloc loses a bid to condemn propaganda in the United States and Turkey. Andrei Vishinsky backs a Yugoslav plan to accuse US and UK of harboring war criminals. the plan fails 40 to 0 while a British counterresolution passes 42 to 7.
A powerful earthquake struck Lima at 10 a.m. local time. The national wireless service reported the tremor was also felt in Iquitos, the Loreto department capital, located roughly 650 miles northeast.
Official Weather Bureau records show temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8:30 A.M. Charlotte reports 48 degrees with no rainfall. Other readings include Greensboro 68 45 with 0.00, Jacksonville 81 80 0.00, New York 48 48 0.38, New Orleans 85 60 0.00, Raleigh 57 44 0.00, Miami 78 0 0.00. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and Sunday beginning in the west port today.
The joint chiefs of staff announced a unified Caribbean defense command led by Lieut. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger. He will command all U S forces in the Caribbean islands and Panama with several base assignments remaining under Admiral Blandy and Admiral Connolly in specific naval regions.
BRUNSWICK GA Nov 1 A large group of unruly prisoners was moved from Folkston Ga to Glynn county camp the day before eight Black convicts were killed in a federal case during testimony by Warden W M McHan and four guards. They face alleged civil rights violations in the killings.
Prices for livestock fell sharply at Chicago as the week ended, with butchers down 1.75 to 2.00 per hundred and slaughter lambs easing 50 cents to 1.00. Wheat rose toward 3 dollars a bushel on grain demand amid rain needs for the southwest.
Thomasville police investigate an explosion near the Amazon Mill office around 9 15 last night. Officials say a large firecracker or explosive caused the blast and it may relate to the mill strike ongoing since March. No damage occurred. Police doubt a Halloween prank. Also reports a pig was found cut up, believed to be another Halloween prank.
The state highway patrol was increased by 110 men in Raleigh today with swearing in ceremonies in the capitol. New recruits go on duty immediately and join veterans for 60 days, while 15 more graduates from Chapel Hill join the reserve list. The force now totals 424, including the governor's chauffeur Patrolman Harold Minges.
London reports a new government order bans private car use except for essential work. The policy aims to save about 9 million pounds yearly in dwindling credits as motorists stockpile fuel and protest builds in Parliament over the petrol ration, tea shortages, and food cuts.
Estimates put damage at about 1 million dollars as a central Philippines and southern Luzon typhoon swept offshore for 36 hours. The storm left six dead, 16 injured, and hundreds homeless with crops damaged and several vessels sunk or beached.
Oklahoma dry squad spent six hours near Guthrie before locating a concealed hydraulic lift under a barn floor. The shaft opened to a 12 by 20 by 40 foot cement vault storing 496 cases of whiskey valued at about $4.50 a pint. A conveyor system and air compressor were also found along with ledgers, explaining a farmer's question about the barn’s costly concrete floor.
The Blue Bird Cab Company reported a cab theft and the driver robbery early this morning. Paul Saunders said two men forced him at gunpoint into his taxi at Flester's Bar Winston Salem highway and ordered a ride toward Thomasville, taking about $20.
In Chicago on November 1, five operating rail road brotherhoods pressed for an immediate 30 percent raise for 350,000 members. They asked to pause 44 working rule talks to focus on the wage demand, while carriers argued rules talks were prioritized. If granted, the higher pay could raise annual labor costs by about 400 million dollars, with rule changes adding roughly 1 billion more.
In Russellville Arkansas on November 1 three men died after a shooting at a farm home three miles south of town. Robert Jones the 32 year old farmer led officers to the bodies of Columbus Chansley 35 and Clyde Adams 30 after he wounded Nancy Chansley 55 his wife s sister in law. Jones signed a statement saying he killed the two men and wounded Mrs Chansley believing they were to blame for his separation from his wife.
Belgrade Yugoslavia ordered two American correspondents to leave within 24 hours. Arthur M. Brandel New York Times correspondent and his wife Mary Lester United Press were expelled for writings not aiding better understanding between the two nations. They were awakened by a militiaman who delivered the 24 hour notice.
Royal Air Force observers report armed Pathan Moslems pouring into Kashmir threaten Srinagar, with Indian reinforcements rushed to the front less than 20 miles away. Srinagar airport acts as a base. loss of the airfield could endanger the Kashmir valley. Winter approaches complicate south to valley operations.
In Mardela Maryland a 14 year old boy's Halloween scare with a 22 caliber rifle went off by accident wounding Mrs. John Brewer 39 who died at Peninsula General Hospital three hours later. State Trooper J P Monaghan reported the rifle was waved by Robert Williams as he threatened to scare the spooks with it. The boy's playmate's mother died of the forehead wound. The medical examiner Ned ied Fisher reported the details.
California Institute of Technology researchers report corn exposed to Bikini atomic blasts shows recessive genetic and chromosomal defects in a second generation. They warn similar inherited deformities could appear in Japan for generations, while noting no positive crop benefits from atomic exposure.
A series of blasts and an underground fire sent oily smoke over Rockefeller Center crowds and the RCA Building lobby. The transformer fire burned out before 1 a.m. Two typewriters were hurled from a 41st floor window injuring no one fatally. Henry P. Emil, 36, was found by a patrolman with a wrist wound and taken to Roosevelt Hospital.
Howard Hughes plans to launch his 200 ton giant boat from Long Beach docks for water trials tomorrow. Tests aim to push speeds near 80 miles an hour to study air flow and water characteristics before the craft’ s first time aloft next spring.
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