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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1948
Page
1
United Nations figures, led by Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Evatt, urge four power talks with Truman Stalin Attlee and Queuille to resolve the Berlin crisis. The appeal seeks US leadership to force progress in stalled negotiations.
Buckingham Palace announced Princess Elizabeth has given birth to a 7 pound 6 ounce son. The infant prince, described as a bonny boy, is in satisfactory condition with his mother. bells rang and crowds gathered outside the palace as the nation welcomed the new heir.
In Asheville 1560 hunters selected by lot begin the 18th annual deer and bear hunt in the Pisgah National Forests 80000 acre game preserve. The bag is one buck with antlers or one bear of either sex. Bow and arrow hunt starts tomorrow in Bent Creek watershed with Archery Association events. A second hunt runs Nov 22 to Dec 4 in Sherwood area with 400 permits. Sunday hunting forbidden.
Washington reports civil defense planners say air raid shelters offer partial protection from atomic attack. A 43 expert study to Secretary Forrestal urges local operation with state control, federal aid for fire rescue and post attack response, plus volunteer mobile reserve battalions to aid cities.
The AFL opens its 67th convention in Cincinnati with a call for immediate repeal of Taft Hartley and a rebuilt labor department. President Green to keynote. Tobin outlines plans as GOP Congress cuts shrink the labor agency. AFL backed Truman in 1948 and aims to unseat pro Taft-Hartley legislators.
AFL President William Green opened the 67th convention in Cincinnati declaring union aims to defeat any congressmen who vote to repeal the Taft Hartley act. He praised labor for aiding Truman’s victory and helping Democrats gain control of Congress.
An informed source says Secretary of State Marshall will reply to the United Nations leaders urging a Berlin peace. Lie and Herbert V. Evatt of Australia, leaders of the general assembly, sent letters to the big four powers requesting four power talks to resolve the Berlin crisis.
UN officials privately expect Stalin to back the appeal and meet the other three if the UN’s moral right supports it. Moscow dispatches report foreign diplomats think Stalin will accept while UN informants note the big question is Truman’s reply. The U.S. delegation expects no answer from Truman for several days, with the response to go to Secretary of State.
The National Grange urged an international police force under a strengthened United Nations to preserve world order. A welfare committee report proposes a limited world government with a legislative body a world court and a police force to enforce laws. It also says the UN cannot assure peace and that the U.S. preparedness program won’t solve global problems.
Key West Florida reports a crowded White House scene with officials arriving and departing as Truman plans cabinet decisions. Rumors swirl about resignations and top posts while Trygve Lie and Herbert Evatt weigh Berlin talks. ( Entities: Truman, Trygve Lie, Herbert Evatt, Forrestal, Alben Barkley, Howard McGrath, Leslie Biffle, Matthew J. Connelly, Charles G. Ross, Gov. Mon Wallgren, David K. Niles, William Boyle )
At the 19th Annual State Baptist Student Union Convention in Gastonia delegates from state Negro colleges will be invited to future meetings. A Negro will be named to the state council as part of the decisions announced as the convention closed.
A birth bulletin reports Queen Elizabeth and her newborn son are well. The infant is likely to be named Prince of Wales, second in line to the throne, with a 41-gun salute planned across the Commonwealth and widespread jubilation worldwide.
Light relief from frost expected in the Carolinas with temperatures holding near freezing or slightly higher tonight and tomorrow. Morning lows ranged from 27 in Asheville to 44 at Cherry Point, with many towns reporting freezing or subfreezing readings.
Washington reports that Senator Taft of Ohio may give up his leadership post as chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. GOP liberals urge a shakeup citing the 80th Congress records linked to Dewey’s defeat and losses in the November elections. Taft may resist a challenge if pressed, while friends view a quiet exit as possible.
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes that a 58-nation UN social committee battle in Paris over a charter of human rights pits democracy against Bolshevik totalitarianism. Key fights focus on freedom of religion and speech, with Soviet delegates pushing limits and abstaining on nationality change. Dr. Charles Malik calls the declaration America’s potential psychological weapon in the Cold War.
A statewide dragnet began for the killer of sculptor Leno Lazzari and his wife Louise Delea. Authorities say robbery was the motive after purses and pockets were emptied. The couple was found shot in their Boca Raton studio home with a .44 caliber slug nearby.
A wreath was laid on the grave of Nannie Norton at the Durham ceremony marking the 27th remembrance for the founder of the Baptist men’s study group in Durham and Danville. The tribute followed her death in an automobile crash near Danville and was joined by L Watts Norton, her son, and members of the Durham Baraca class, plus a delegation from the First Baptist church in Danville.
Nanking reports a new mechanized push to break a Communist trap in the Suchow area as government forces strive to halt the Red tide northeast of Nanking. All sources say the Communist forces have cut off General Huang Po-tao's seventh army corps.
Report from Nanking on November 15 describes growing communist pressure from Suchow toward the capital. Isolated Suchow and a mechanized force moving to aid trapped government troops near the city are cited, with Reds said to have reached Hsien, 135 miles northwest.
Chinese Central News Agency reports General Chiu Ching-Chuan's mechanized army first of its kind in China broke Red lines around Suchow and linked with seventh corps. Official spokesman declined confirmation. Word spread that Chiang Kai-Shek's son may have led advance elements to Nienchuang. New danger to Suchow's western flank emerges.
National guardsmen air force personnel and state police halted a runaway 151 fighter at Stout Field Indianapolis after a ground collision left Capt Tilip Bonner dead. Lt Thomas C Costin unhurt as his Mustang overran. A riot gun and tire shots finally stopped the circling plane.
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