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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1952
Page
1
General Dwight D. Eisenhower moved forward with plans to appoint liaison officers to represent him at briefing conferences. The meetings may begin as early as next week at the Pentagon and the State Department in Washington.
Rain threatens some grid games while drought and forest fires plague southern areas. Governors seek federal aid as hunting and fishing reopen in Pennsylvania. snow falls in the northwest. Truman presses Ike with early budget talks and foreign affairs messages.
Allied artillery pounded Communist positions on the Kumhwa ridges and Osong Mountain as three weeks of shelling eased. Ninety tons of air bombs struck Yongpoung staff school while Superforts and Sabre jets reported multiple enemy losses and two aircraft shot down.
Washington reports say President Truman urged Eisenhower to appoint liaison officers for State and Defense to keep diplomacy moving in the United Nations Korea and Western Europe. Dulles may join interim diplomatic work though not yet named. The move aims to restore American leadership in the UN and ease tensions with France over Tunisia and Morocco.
Adm. C Turner Joy, former UN negotiator, told Durham he does not expect a ceasefire through talks. He argued only Premier Stalin in Moscow could halt the Korean War, and he questioned Ike’s planned Korea trip, suggesting it would mainly lift soldier morale.
Mrs. A. G. Glenn of Smithfield was elected president of the North Central District at the district convention in Raleigh. The 30th annual meeting drew over 1,000 teachers from 17 counties, with Elmer R. Dowdy named director, John R. Lineweaver vice president, and Lewis S. Cannon as secretary.
Carmine G. Conrad a Fort Bragg safety instructor paid 5 dollars after a patrol cited him for 70 mph while leaving a safety lecture with three pupils and safety literature. He was fined 5 dollars plus costs.
J B Hutson of Washington and president of Tobac co Associates Inc told Raleigh yesterday that U S flue-cured tobacco exports to the United Kingdom are likely to fall about 5 percent this year. He cited European progress in flue-cured tobacco and noted Italy is shipping much of its crop to Britain.
District Attorney Thomas A. Uzzell Jr says he will resign when the president appoints a new attorney general. His Western District term runs until mid 1954 and he notes it is customary for DAs to leave office when the appointing president departs.
The McWilliams Dredging Co. secured a $2,644,633.90 contract from Army engineers to dredge a channel linking the Sunny Point ammunition dump outloading terminal to the Cape Fear River. The award was announced yesterday.
North Carolina and the Southeast may see a major expansion of wood chemical industries. E. L. Demmon told the Carolinas-Chesapeake section of the Forest Products Research Society in Raleigh that Virginia to Florida hold about 86 million acres of forest wealth and about 14 000 wood using plants.
The State Association of Business and Professional Women's Clubs opened a two day mid year council meeting in Wilmington. The program included an executive board session and separate meetings for officers and groups. Mrs Ruby C Blythe of Rocky Mount a vice president led a forum in the afternoon.
Greensboro reports the 350 members of the NC Home Economics Association elected officers during the 35th annual meeting. Fay D. Kohler from the Secretary of State’s policy planning staff spoke on Life in Europe and the Aims and Activities of the Voice of America to the group.
Seven Arab states threaten to cut economic ties with West Germany unless Bonn renounces a 715 million dollar reparations payment to Israel. Egyptian Premier Naguib says Germany may reject the ultimatum. he will confer again with Ambassador Pawelke before the committee meeting. The Arab League nations include Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Yemen.
Washington reports a likely move by President-elect Eisenhower to unify foreign aid under a single agency. Horace Hoffman, former ECA head and Ford Foundation adviser, champions central control. The outgoing administration may propose $7.5 billion for fiscal 1954 across military, economic, and Point Four aid, with allocations similar to the current pattern.
United States policy remains steady after Eisenhower’s victory. Acheson meets French Foreign Minister Schuman and will confer with British Foreign Minister Eden amid French concerns over Tunisia and Morocco. Acheson reiterates bipartisan Korean policy and the liaison plan to expedite foreign-payments and diplomacy.
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower is expected to name a Southerner to his cabinet as he seeks to build GOP strength in the South. Possible sharpshooters include Governors James Byrnes, Robert Kennon, Allan Shivers, and talks have surfaced about Oveta Culp Hobby as a possible female appointee. South Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Tennessee are cited as early targets for GOP rebuilding, with Kentucky and Louisiana also viewed as fertile grounds, while Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina appear less hopeful.
Washington report says Gov Thomas E Dewey may accept a cabinet post if asked by President elect Eisenhower though he plans to serve out his New York term. Dulles Lodge Adams discussed as potential picks with Bridges Saltonstall and Vinson named among possible Senate leaders and pre inauguration Korea trip discussed for invited lawmakers.
Fires intensify in the Southeast as Skyline Drive shuts from Front Royal to Shenandoah. Forestry officials plead for volunteers while North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia brace for further spread and drought risks.
North Carolina State Nurses Association concluded its 50th anniversary convention in Raleigh with officer elections and committee reports presented to members.
Los Angeles Examiner relays a first eyewitness view of a hydrogen bomb test at Eniwetok. The letter describes a huge orange fireball rising, a mushroom cloud, and intense heat with water vapor forming around the column. The AEC had not disclosed dates or details of autumn tests.
An elderly observer reflects on past road habits describing a time when driving at sixty miles per hour was considered rapid. The reminiscence contrasts then norms with present speed expectations and traffic culture.
The low tonight in West and surrounding area is forecast near 22 degrees with a high of 44 today and a high of 68 tomorrow. Sunset is at 5 18 PM and sunrise at 6 58 AM tomorrow.
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