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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1945
Page
2
In Raleigh on Thanksgiving, nimrods head into fields for quail fur mammals grouse and rabbits as North Carolina begins its first near normal hunting season in four years with hunters able to secure a limit news emphasizes seasonal reopening conditions.
North Carolina rose by 45 million eggs through October, ranking third among Atlantic seaboard states. Despite declines of 304 million and 242 million in Pennsylvania and New York, NC surpassed one billion eggs in ten months and hangs near its 1944 annual total. about 10 million laying hens on farms may set a 1945 record.
The nation reports a fair supply of ammunition returning for the first time since Pearl Harbor, easing wartime shortages and supporting defense efforts as production ramps up and storage limits ease.
Federal seizure of Washington's strikebound transit system resumes essential service for Thanksgiving. President Truman condemns the walkout as a violation of labor agreements. the AFL union and transport officials debate return to work as service partials are restored. Taxi drivers delay a decision on halting operations to press cab limits and a zone fare system.
Montgomery Ward and Co employees in nine mail order houses and 646 retail stores nationwide plan a one week work stoppage starting Monday. In Chicago chairman Sewell Avery rejected arbitration while union leader Samuel Wolchok urged resolution through arbitration on key demands including closed shop and check-off.
Eight year old Billy Reavis son of B W Reavis and Dorothy Dennis Reavis died in an Atlanta accident on Wednesday. Surviving are his parents a brother Donald Meavies and maternal grandfather W P Dennis of High Point with funeral plans pending at J C Green and Sons.
Mrs Walter Craven of Charlotte North Carolina newly elected president of the American Legion auxiliary endorses universal military training in her acceptance speech She urges arbitration to settle international differences and support for the United Nations organization Her unopposed election marks her long service in regional and national auxiliary roles focusing on child welfare and national unity
Delegates from Dillon and Florence South Carolina met in Raleigh to urge a joint pursuit of U S 301 as the main cross state route. North Carolina officials favored the existing U S 301 path but signaled possible coordination with South Carolina and federal approval.
North Carolina extension director I O Schaub outlines a 1946 seven point program to fit cotton into balanced farming. The plan emphasizes soil care single variety counties cheaper production pest control better ginning and picking and cooperative effort against foreign cotton and competing rayon and paper products. The program will be adapted to NC conditions and follows a South wide submission to the U S Department of Agriculture.
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer presents a broad set of horizontal and vertical clues. Entries cover geography titles food items and common nouns with multiple word answers expected.
Streichers laugh breaks form as Joachim von Ribbentrop talks with Nazi defendants. Col. Storey says hundreds of documents from over 2 500 seized by US investigators will show Hitler’s scheming in the war. Prosecution projects motion pictures and a chart detailing how Goering and Hess fit into the Nazi command.
The text notes General Patton of the Seventh Army trained troops for amphibious landings and led the 1944 invasion of southern France on August 15. It also credits General Patch with piercing the Vosges frontier and commanding at Guadalcanal, New Caledonia, and later heading the Fourth Army Corps at Fort Lewis, Washington.
The North Carolina State Banking Commission on November 22 filed an application to establish a new bank in Hazelwood named the First State Bank. The filing indicates plan and regulatory steps toward opening.
Mrs M L ns, 89, mother of Mrs John A Holmes of this city, died in a local hospital yesterday at 5 30 pm. Surviving are George H Coggins Lexington a sister Mrs H P Gallimore Lexington and three granddaughters Miss Sarah Olmes High Point Misses Jean and Olivia Coggins Lexington. Funeral services will be held in Lexington at the home of the deceased Friday afternoon.
Local coal dealers report many orders on hand but no coal to fill them as fuel supplies grow acute in recent weeks. In France, the 1945 wheat crop suffered from drought and the potato crop from an early frost.
The report urges genuine collective bargaining and final arbitration or impartial umpire decisions. It calls for voluntary arbitration structures, stronger conciliation services with higher salaries, and public fact finding before strikes. Delegates doubt voluntary machinery can be created, though a semi permanent board on industrial problems may take it up.
The annual clash between South Carolina and Wake Forest drew a holiday atmosphere with events including a 65 piece USC band, a drill team, and halftime Thanksgiving services by Dr. Powell and Dr. Broach. Weather favored a cold clear day after rain soaked parts of the state.
Miss Mable Culler a longtime High Point resident died at her Greensboro home at 12 15 this morning after two years of declining health She was born in Surry county daughter of the late F B and Mary Boyles Culler Surviving five brothers and three sisters Funeral services will be from Yows funeral home tomorrow at 2 pm with Rev Julian Hopkins of Green Street Baptist Church officiating Interment in Oakwood Memorial Park
Mrs. Ethel Irene Amos 34 wife of G F Amos died at a local hospital at 2 30 P M after declining health since May She was born in Greene County Ga May 22 1911 and lived in this city before moving to Baltimore returning four weeks ago to 606 Hedrick St She is survived by her husband her parents Mr and Mrs R L Bundy White Plains Ga three sisters and two brothers Funeral services will be held Friday at 4 PM from Hayworth Wesleyan Methodist church with interment in Floral Garden cemetery.
James Barnhardt, recently discharged local service man, spoke to the Rotary club on Wednesday and displayed crayon sketches. The set included a French soldier and the Hero of Munich, with other portraits like Ma R. L. Pope. Dr. R. K. Farrington led the program, D. A. Long Jr. presided, and visitors R. D. Tillson, Gilbert Ragan, and Dr. Furman Covington attended.
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