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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1949
Page
2
A summary of how the Social Security tax increases on January 1 will apply. Each employed person and employer will pay 1 percent up to $3,000, with a combined rate rise from 2 to 3 percent. The 1947 law remains in effect as Congress did not approve a new increase.
Whittaker Chambers a former courier for communist spies was recalled to the witness stand in New York as the government star witness in Alger Hiss second perjury trial. Chambers began testifying about Soviet spying in State Department circles in the 1930s and may finish his direct testimony today after seven days of cross examination in the first trial. Hiss is accused of lying about giving government secrets to Chambers and of seeing him after January 1 1937 until the espionage inquiry.
More than 75 percent of Syracuse University's 1949 football team are natives or residents of New York State, underscoring the regional composition of the roster.
Dynamic promoter Bill Veeck sold the Cleveland Indians to a group of local businessmen for about 2.2 million dollars. Ellis Ryan, an insurance executive, heads the new ownership group announced at a news conference in Clevelandstadium offices.
Johnson argues that current atomic bomb stockpiles make any sneak attack self-defeating though he offers little justification. He claims today’s bombs are over six times as powerful as the wartime weapon and cites authorities noting efforts to boost efficiency up to a thousandfold.
The local government commission will sell 1.522 million dollars in securities in three bond issues and a bond anticipation note tomorrow. The largest issue finances Albemarle city water system and street improvements totaling 1.422 million dollars.
Brown University student Patrick J. Parker, 18, robbed a Plainville liquor store for $55.60 citing revenge for his father Russell J. Parker’s death in a Canadian plane bombing. Parker faces armed robbery charges in district court as police note his motive centered on the Quebec crash.
In Durham on November 21, charges against Norman Sper Jr. head UNC cheerleader and James Stallings of Franklinton tied to a Duke Carolina game scuffle at Duke Stadium were not pressed in recorder's court on police recommendation. No testimony was heard.
Observers report Chai-Tong administrator of Hainan Island and generals Hu Seh Yueh and Yu Han-Mow in Kwangtung explain a new party would push a stronger stance against the Communists. They claim it could attract dissidents, gain U S sympathy, and attract aid, while Li and Pai are said to form a new anti Chiang government per the China Mail.
A rash of fatal accidents claims several lives across North Carolina. Herman Holt 20 Princeton route 2 soldier on leave and James Fields 22 near Frinceton died when their car plunged into a fishpond near Coldsboro. Carrie Mae Harper 16 died after a wreck near New Bern route 1. three others were hospitalized but expected to recover. Elwood Anderson 22 Vanceboro died when his motorcycle left the road near Fort Barnwell. Lonnie Spruill 37 Columbia Negro was killed by a truck in Tyrrell county. William H. Bowers 24 Gatesville died when his car hit a bridge abutment on Highway 37. Tommy Perry 30 Hendersonville Negro died on Highway 25 A Buncombe county. Marcus Johnson RT 3 Wake Forest died in Granville county in a car overturning. Grady B. Forrester 42 Stocksville died on Highway 19 23 Buncombe when his motorcycle ran off the road.
The 1946 quarrel centers on backlogged needy cases in industry. He demands shorter working hours and a $15 daily wage. The current miner wage is $14.05 for eight hours underground with 6.5 hours production, 20 minutes lunch, and one hour for travel.
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