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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1950
Page
2
Voters approved all five constitutional amendments by a wide margin. G. Alex Tucker was elected sheriff of Davie County to succeed Republican Sheriff Foster, defeating Democratic opponent C. A. Buck Garrison by 2,873 to an unrevealed total.
The city building inspector approved plans this morning and issued permits for two new homes. H. L. Embler gets a five room residence at 408 East Lexington Avenue to cost 4750 dollars. Hubert Newton receives a six room frame house on Prospect Street with an estimated cost of 6000 dollars.
The piece outlines post election debates on spending and taxes, extending economic controls and rent laws, and looming fights over price and wage authority. It notes Communist control law, foreign policy questions, Marshall Plan funding, and expected scrutiny by Senate and House committees as Truman’s Fair Deal faces a narrowed path in a Republican-leaning Congress.
More workers are employed at the Pentagon than at any point in World War II. Officials announced plans to add parking lanes to accommodate 1,600 automobiles near the defense center across the Potomac in Virginia.
An American reportedly sold 11.2 million dollars of British Woolworth Ltd stock to British interests in London on November 7. Unconfirmed reports say the seller could be Barbara Hutton, the heiress known for her wealth and connections to the dime store empire.
The article details Democratic victories across multiple races in North Carolina including U S Congressmen Herbert Bonner Harold Cooley Carl Durham F Ertel Carlyle C B Deane Monroe Redden Thurmond Chatham and others. It notes state supreme court wins by Sam J Ervin Jr and Jeff D Johnson Jr along with amendments to the state constitution and reelections of several judges and officials.
Pfc. Robert Cooper of Monroe, member of the 540th Field Artillery battalion, was in city jail on AWOL charges and was taken to Memorial hospital after an appendicitis attack. An ambulance was to take him back to Fort Bragg unless surgery is needed before departure.
Miss Ida B. Nance heads senior high school business education efforts with an open house tomorrow night featuring demonstrations. Students will show pantom shorthand notes, edit work, Marc calculator use, and preparation for fluid duplicator and mimeograph materials.
Allied air and ground actions surge along the Korean front as U S and United Nations forces push a 60 mile northwestern line from Anju to Yongdong The big raid involved 80 B 29s dropping 640 tons of bombs on enemy airfields and supply points while jet on jet combat occurred near the border A large convoy of Red trucks and ammunition trains moved south toward the coast as officials offered a temporary pause in a broader supply and strategy discussion
November 7 reports a raid on a Burke County moonshine still in the South Mountains. Federal officer Fred Mercer, about 40, attached to the Charlotte office of the alcoholic tax unit, and another man were wounded during the gunfight as officers attempted to seize the distillery bubbling with corn liquor.
In Ohio and nationwide, Republicans gain seats as Taft-Hartley and labor issues dominate. Democratic leaders face defections in the South and at the national level with calls for investigations into foreign policy and military commitments.
Wilkes county results show Republican Claude Billings Jr leading with 8,352 votes to 7,879 for Democrat F. Johnson as 32 precincts report. Incomplete returns across other contests hint at a Republican sweep in the county.
Winston Salem reports Joseph Jefferson Lasley aged 35 was found shot to death in his bedroom at 8 45 this morning. Coroner W N Daleton ruled the death a personal safety matter and said no inquest would be held.
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