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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1946
Page
2
An army transport plane carrying U S soldiers and Gen Ralph wife is stranded on Gauli glacier near Wetterhorn and Jungfrau in Switzerland. The crew reports passengers have been on site over five days and show shock while flames were seen near the door.
Levi I. Medved of Ukraine derided a proposal to transfer UNRRA welfare duties to the United Nations as empty words and a brainstorm. He warned the move would aid about 50 social workers and cost 894239 dollars but not help roughly one million disabled and unemployable wartime victims. Eleanor Roosevelt responded that UNRRA's advisory work has saved money and that the committee is weighing UN takeover of a small part of UNRRA duties.
In Durham on November 23 a gunman held up Center Theatre manager Noble Arnold and two female employees, escaping with more than $1000 as a capacity crowd watched The Big Sleep. It marked the third Durham holdup in 24 hours, following robberies at the Astor Theatre and O W Beck grocery on Oxford Highway.
Douglas Allen 22 of Graham died in an Asheboro hospital from injuries after a late night automobile accident 13 miles south of Asheboro.
The War Department plans to cut outlays from 13 billion to eight billion and weighs draft revisions for January and a possible extension beyond March 31. Enlistments fall to 4 444 in mid November as decisions on compulsion and universal training unfold.
In Detroit a 14 year old boy in feminine disguise was captured as an escapee from a juvenile home. Four people including the boy’s parents were arrested for arranging the masquerade which had allowed him to date men and act as a police officer’s son's girlfriend. The mother Nettie and Opal Irmie were released on bond. the father Thomas held on 4000 dollars. Betty Fethersby pleaded innocent and was freed on bond to await trial. The judge noted the boy fled a juvenile training school four months earlier and sought his mother’s refuge.
President Truman plans weekend coal strike talks as John L. Lewis faces a contempt court citation. Dimout to hit 21 states and 25 percent rail passenger cuts loom. Layoffs follow in Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Illinois as coal shortages ripple through industry fronts. Pacific coast ports see wage settlements while port-area disputes persist.
The article compares pay for motor and pedal runs across southeastern and southwestern carriers. Southeastern rates include 3.65 cents per mile and hourly pay around 1.04 dollars, while southwest terms show 3.9 cents per mile with 1.02 dollars hourly. The union notes uniform contracts, representing about 25,000 drivers across twelve states.
Rev Benson H Black a 74 year old retired Methodist minister of Durham died tonight at his home after declining health since 1940. Born in Monroe in 1872 he was the son of the late Rev Wm S Black. He attended Raleigh public schools and Trinity College Duke University class of 1895 where he played football. He listened to today’s football game with Carolina.
Senator Mead will chair a war investigating sub committee to hold Washington hearings on charges against Senator Bilbo. Allegations include $25,000 from a war contractor and $6,000 to $8,000 from others in 1941 42, plus an artificial lake and island home on Bilbo land in Mississippi. The panel also cites funds solicited for a church parsonage and Bilbo retaining title to it.
The piece notes Republicans may replace wartime statutes with supplementary laws if declaring wartime end. A war termination move could roll back excise levies on liquor theater jewelry and furs after six months and affect troops overseas pay and cigarette shipments. It also foresees revision of war powers and continued sugar rationing and control over strategic materials.
The record notes Doxey’s unsuccessful bid for re election to the senate. It states Bilbo denied any personal profit from the matter.
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