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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
2
The article explores whether Lewis would accept a Taft Hartley type fact finding board to avert a strike for 60 days, delaying rail coal disruptions. It notes past fines from a 1948 walkout and the potential for court orders to extend delays, weighing national impact against labor leaders' stance.
The piece discusses proposals to unify state education under three boards controlling schools to twelfth grade, teacher training and vocational schools, and universities. It notes race politics, recent Negro representation on the board, and ongoing separation and co education trends across white and Black institutions.
The piece argues that protests about inequality in North Carolina schools stem from selfish desire for slight advantages. It criticizes rival units within the University system and public schools for demanding some benefits while demanding full equality in all other operations.
Officials from the state department of labor and safety and industrial firm representatives met in Gastonia for the semi annual manpower conservation conference to discuss efforts to cut on the job accidents.
At the 119th annual convention, leaders urged using the Wake Forest college site as a junior college once moved to Winston-Salem. Fund reports show pledges and cash totaling about 5.88 million dollars with roughly 2.2 million on hand. Judge Hubert E. Olive said transfer to Winston-Salem is final and construction should begin.
In dense fog 13 aircraft from the 92nd bombardment group flew a round robin over Sacramento San Francisco Stockton and Salt Lake City. Two planes burned near the delta as survivors led rescuers to wreckage at least four more airmen were recovered alive and authorities searched the marshes for missing crew.
At Lumberton on Nov 17 two score children escaped injury when a school bus colliding with a farm trailer caused damage estimated at 125 dollars to the bus. Julius Bullard driving an automobile with a two wheel trailer failed to keep distance as the loaded bus bound for Fairmont was struck on its side. The bus resumed service after repairs.
Britannica states the first fillings for decayed teeth were likely lead. This historic note highlights the primitive dental practices cited in the encyclopedia.
The 65 member North Carolina Symphony under Benjamin Swalin may visit High Point next spring if the current membership drive succeeds. Dr. N. M. Harrison chairs the drive and stresses the group is all professional musicians with auditions, independent of the State University, and funded by the Symphony Society's 14 500 members. Applications to Dr. Harrison or Mrs. Henry Foscue.
Wholesale coffee prices rose three to seven cents a pound this week and one brand jumped 13 cents. Poultry excluding turkeys held steady. other foods advanced two cents a dozen in many markets. Retailers urge a federal investigation, saying coffee prices seem contrived and manipulated.
Shah Frankly moves through crowd-lined streets to downtown Washington where he is given a symbolic key to the Capital. His crowded program includes a visit to the Naval Academy at Annapolis and a dinner arranged by Secretary Acheson before the four-day stay ends and he departs for New York en route to a Pacific coast tour.
Dr. A. E. Newlin of Guilford College spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon in Thomasville on conditions in Europe. He argued communism can be fought by democratic welfare measures and noted winds of change bringing less tension, with patience and diplomacy needed to restore order. Visitors from High Point Greensboro Wadesboro and other towns attended. Robert C. Rapp presided.
The National Cancer Institute awarded 2,174,900 to 14 hospitals universities and institutions for cancer research facility construction. Duke University in Durham North Carolina received 200,000 of the grants. In Canada a hunter near Florenceville New Brunswick fired once and killed two deer with one shot.
A remorseful father describes himself as mean when drinking as William B Mabrey 35 faces charges of kidnapping and assault with intent to rape for the November abduction of seven year old Karen. Mabrey allegedly fled after snatching the girl from her home but the child was unharmed, and he confessed after hours of questioning.
Vice President Barkley departed from Washington by plane for St. Louis to wed tomorrow to Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley. He boarded an Eastern Airlines jet smiling as it was due to arrive in St. Louis at 114 p.m. EST.
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