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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1949
Page
2
The state department described a cordial meeting with many guests arriving early and staying late. Yugoslav Ambassador Sava N Kosanovic was missing as he was not invited amid fraught relations with Moscow. Caviar sturgeon turkey and ice cream topped tables as vodka and champagne ran out before departure.
GM declares a large dividend totaling 351.664 million dollars, up from 327 million last year. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co holds 10 million of GM’s 44 million shares and will receive about a quarter of the payout. du Pont plans a board meeting around November 15 to decide its own dividend action.
Governor Scott will address the public at 6 30 p m Friday November 18 over the tobacco and Dixie FM networks WRAL disclosed. Private secretary John Marshall said the announcement is routine with no surprise reveal.
In Thomasville recorder’s court Judge pro tem Russell Van Landingham convicted three defendants for drunken driving. William Frank Rycroft received six months suspended if he surrenders his license for 12 months and pays 100 dollars plus costs, with 30 days suspended for drunkenness. William Scoots and Howard H Briles Jr also received six months suspended with license surrender and 100 dollar fines. Ernest Byerly and Bud Bradley faced additional sentences for drunkenness, VPL, and related charges, with varying suspensions and fines. Elliott and Vernon David faced hit and run and traffic offenses with suspensions on conditions.
Mrs. Amos, injured in a Saturday night wreck near Asheville, was to be moved from a area hospital to High Point Memorial Bouelvard unit today. She suffered extensive facial injuries. her husband was not badly hurt. The High Point couple collided with a stalled unlit car. no charges were filed per State Patrolman Jim Wilson.
In Chicago and across several states a clash over union leadership erupts after the CIO expelled left wingers from the UE. An ensuing power struggle sees court fights over funds, with right wing officers granted limited access to treasury assets while estates are placed in escrow.
Senator Hoey announced Duke University is awarded 290000 dollars for the current fiscal year to support cancer research. He said the allocation was confirmed by Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele after the National Advisory Board on Cancer Research recommended the amount on October 28.
Amendments would lodge power in the general assembly and tighten voting requirements. Opposing groups include NAACP organized labor and the Virginia Council of Churches. Supported by Senator Byrd and Governor Tuck. Battle's fate hinges on constitutional tests.
A Burlington insurance company purchased $100,000 of North Carolina’s secondary road bonds as part of the $200 million rural road program. The state issued bonds mature January 1967 bearing 1.5 percent interest tax exempt, announced by State Insurance Commissioner Waldo Cheek.
French Grey Pender, 17, died after being struck by an automobile three miles east of Graham on highway 54. The State Highway Patrol reported the fatal accident occurred yesterday.
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