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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1948
Page
2
Earle O. Baker of the Washington Automotive Trade Association argues that headlines imply all dealers are gyps and fault the depiction of Washington as voteless dealers used as guinea pigs. Macy counters that Washington residents without votes are fairly representative of other cities.
Funeral services are set for Homer M Ridge who died in Florence South Carolina. Services will be held Thursday at 11 am at Sechrest Funeral chapel with three ministers officiating. Pallbearers are listed. Joseph T Wall 73, a farmer from Sophia Route 1 died after a few days illness. Funeral at old Union Methodist Church Randleman Thursday at 3 pm with burial there. His body will be at Sechrest's Funeral home before moving to the church.
The Crescent Manufacturing Company Incorporated based in High Point filed a certificate of incorporation in Raleigh. Authorized capital stock is $20,000 with $300 subscribed by Floyd Brown C W Meredith and A R Rabban of High Point. Buie and Company Incorporated of Asheboro also filed to deal in electrical appliances with $100,000 capital and $300 subscribed by M A Buie Margaret Buie and James Neely of Asheboro.
Mexican authorities move to clear the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe of cluttering concession booths at the entrance to the sacred pilgrimage site. The article notes the Virgin appeared to a peasant boy and performed miracles many years ago.
The November issue of Science Illustrated highlights a genuine home helper a no dip paint brush. The brush uses a light hose from the paint bucket and gravity to feed paint to the brush.
The United States refuses to negotiate Berlin while the Russian blockade stands. Britain says the Russian veto blocks a four power solution after Evatt-Lie proposals. Marshall states the US will hold talks with Russia once the blockade ends and stresses that force cannot dictate international order.
Logan County Sheriff C. L. Kiet suffered a blistering hotfoot when the soles of his shoes caught fire during a soybean straw burning on his farm. No one was jailed as a result. A new device called the mouse trap may soon enable faster, more accurate heart motion imaging for cardiovascular diagnosis.
Monty cloudy conditions with occasional light rain today then partly cloudy and cooler tonight. Thursday looks fair and mild with a calmer sky and rising temperatures. Raleigh and Charlotte show moderate cooling trends while other cities report varied readings across the state.
The public library showcases new juvenile and adult books in separate sections for browsing. Readers may find fiction and non fiction titles across varied subjects during Book Week. Church notices include meetings of the First Baptist Church captains and auxiliary, choir rehearsals, and religious gatherings. A Thanksgiving dinner and church conference travel are noted among local events and visits.
Red troops push east to seal a pincers around government forces as Suchow loses tactical value in central China. A broadcast claims seizure of Suining, 48 miles southeast of Suchow, placing encirclement within reach while insurgents isolate Suhsien, 58 miles southwest of Suining.
Springfield newsman reports 70 diphtheria cases in Illinois in the first nine months of 1948, a 34 percent drop from the same period last year and a new low record for the disease.
New York INS notes in the November Steelway magazine that the American scrap pile is 10 822 000 tons below the 1947 estimated total.
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