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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1949
Page
2
The High Point Enterprise reports that 60 000 to 80 000 new housing units are expected to start next year under the Housing Act of 1949. Commercial building, hospital and institutional work, and public construction are forecast to rise. Highway spending may reach about 1 969 000 000 dollars with federal river harbor flood control and reclamation projects growing. labor supply is seen as adequate.
A plane bound from Teleboro New Jersey to Detroit crashed after engine trouble. It struck a house, killing three aboard and injuring residents Perry and his wife Edna and daughter Judy, who escaped through a window as the home toppled. Bertha Witzke, 76, was trapped but later rescued. The aircraft carried Christmas merchandise for department stores.
The article notes Libia to be independent by January 1 1952 with a UN commissioner administering the territory until then. Italian Somaliland slated for independence after 10 years of UN trusteeship with Italy as administering authority. A Yugoslav spokesman said the diplomat expulsions between Moscow and Belgrade do not end ties. Western observers warn of a possible communist led purge of middle class farmers in eastern Germany.
A patrol over the Atlantic aboard MacDill field aircraft ended in tragedy as engine trouble caused a B 29 crash at Tampa Bay. Five crewmen died, four survived, and eighteen were rescued by a Canadian destroyer. Survivors were to be evacuated to Bermuda if able. Lieutenant Lynch was identified as the B 17 sighting pilot.
Lewis and Bridges will oppose any welfare resumption until a new working agreement exists between United Mine Workers and operators. Bridges plans to propose suspending all fund payments including emergency hospital cases and suspending the welfare fund administration staff until a new agreement is signed.
Five new trustees join the Baptist Orphanage of North Carolina board at the Raleigh convention. I. J. Hedgepeth of Lumberton, Mrs. E. L. Layfield of Raleigh, Rev. J. Ned Taylor of Charlotte, Rev. B. S. Hensley of Sylva, and Mrs. Paul Davis of Winston-Salem will serve four year terms. Retiring members listed.
THOMASVILLE Nov. 19 The local American Red Cross chapter aims to collect 100 pints of blood as the bloodmobile stops at the Methodist church Monday. Donors are asked to report between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The blood will be sent to Charlotte for processing and storage at the regional blood bank, then shared with nearby hospitals including the local one.
Raleigh nov 19 the road of the 99 forks in wilkes and avery counties is to be fixed after a 1940 flood washed it away the highway commission plans work begin dec 4 highway official mark goforth said the single lane trail connects darby and triplett as parents and 22 pupils at lower elk school call for better access and consolidation plans hinge on repairing the road with 99 forks.
Salvation Army citadel in High Point opens a Thomasville office at 515 A Fisher Ferry Street. Work began Wednesday and Sgt Major Frank Byerly will supervise. Sunday classes start November 27 at 2 30 p m, with a one year lease secured for the space.
The Davidson county superior court will begin a Monday session in Lexington with presiding judge Harold K. Bennett. The term’s docket is noted as one of the court’s longest.
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