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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1946
Page
2
In Thomasville on Wednesday night a community Thanksgiving service was held at First Baptist Church. Numerous city ministers joined with church members for the event reflecting on thanks and unity.
The service was led by Rev. Reid Wall of Main Street Methodist and presided by Rev. Charles F. Leek of the host church. Arrangements were by the Thomasville ministerial association with music by combined choirs and decorations by the Thomasville Garden Club. Few churches in the city planned Thanksgiving services.
From page one Tuesday's figures were $2.48 below Monday's and the season's low. Most grades on the middle belt fell $1 to $5, with the worst losses in smoking leaf and fair to fine leaf. Only six markets operated yesterday as Aberdeen and Sanford held final sales. Old belt losses ranged $1 to $6, cutters hardest hit. Green lugs defied trend with gains of $1 to $5.
A broad coal miners strike idles about 90 000 workers while steel plants and railroads face layoffs. AFL United Mine Workers 400 000 bituminous miners begin a second week of idle HR. Steel firms anticipate 100 000 more job losses in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio as factories cut back and extended holidays hit schools. Carnegie-Illinois Steel furloughed 3 200 workers and reduced open hearths 16 of 24 blast furnaces. The parent U S Steel Corp plans further cutbacks next.
A vintage Buckleys CANADIOS Mixture advertisement touts a triple acting cough remedy. It claims to loosen thick phlegm soothe irritated membranes and ease persistent coughing with a pungent strong action. Available at drug stores everywhere.
FreeBook touts home remedy for stomach distress citing over two million bottles sold. Claims relief for ulcers digestion sour stomach gas heartburn and sleeplessness due to excess acid. Sold on a 15 days' trial with Willard's Message explaining the treatment.
Across the Midwest and Northeast, steel and chemical plants cut production as coal supplies dwindled. Bethlehem Steel closed 3 more open hearths at Sparrows Point, while railroads laid off over 12 000 workers. Chicago schools cut after hours activities and 20 000 tons of coal sat on hand. Ford Chrysler and others idle city plants to stretch fuel, and unemployment offices warned of 300 000 additional jobless statewide.
Foreign Secretary Bevin pressed for a clause guaranteeing free river navigation. Some diplomats saw a potential breakthrough as Molotov circulated a proposal for a 10 nation Danube conference with western powers to set up a Danube navigation administration.
A Bible dating to the second century was found in a Cairo bookshop. The fragmentary text includes the Gospel of Matthew, letters of Paul, and parts of the Old Testament.
The Co-Operative club met at 12 15 p m in the Sheraton with President E R Anderson presiding. Boy Scout Executive C M Gaskins spoke and showed a film on frequency modulation, the new radio achievement, while visitors from several cities attended including P M Mack Claude B Brown Frank Frazier George Perrett Hugh Keeling and Dr S Maurice.
Thomasville report says Jesse Gordon age 25 of Welborn street was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of larceny and receiving for the theft of beer bottles from City Lunch cafe on Salem street. He allegedly took empty bottles to the Paramount billiard parlor on Main street to sell at 55 cents. Gordon remained in the city jail Wednesday night as court actions were disposed of in the alternate sessions.
Mrs Augusta Hale 58 of 123 Elm Street died of a heart attack while being transported to a local hospital this morning at 10 30. Born in Furman Virginia she was daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Saul. She lived in High Point and worked for Adams Millis Corp. Surviving are husband B J Hale a daughter Mrs J M O Brine Denton VA two sons Malcolm Hale Hendersonville and H T Hale Roanoke VA four sisters Gladys Florence Noble and Bessie Hale all of Leaksville and Sherman Saul Leaksville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The 400000 miners strike enters its eighth day as Lewis’s termination of the contract triggers a government seizure of mines. Goldsborough warns contempt if orders are ignored, while Padway defends Norris-LaGuardia limits on injunctions. Lewis faces Virginia corporate-licensing action as courts weigh the dispute.
Thanksgiving services rang church bells and down town stores closed as High Point residents marked the holiday with churchgoers, dinners, and a slated football game at High Point College against the university junior varsity. Temperatures ranged from a 34 degree low to a forecast 57 to 60 degrees with a warming trend and brief morning shivers.
The whippoorwill, a relative of the nighthawk, is described as more of a night bird, taking to the air in the evening after the nighthawk is silent.
Funeral services for Caroldean Hall eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs P J Hall were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from Koonce funeral home chapel. Rev C M Floyd Pisgah Baptist Church officiated with music by Elizabeth Weaver Mary Elizabeth Vaughan and Virginia Weaver. Interment was in Guilford Memorial cemetery.
The term Sooners refers to pioneer settlers who hid inside the border to reach homestead sites earlier, giving them a head start in staking claims before others in line arrived. This origin explains the nickname used for Oklahoma athletes and residents.
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