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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
2
A Labor Bureau survey of 450 employers using 88 600 handicapped workers finds they produce at higher rates and exhibit better safety and attendance records than nonhandicapped workers. The study notes longer job tenures and lower turnover among the disabled on the same jobs.
Sam Dale at Adamis Millis hosiery plant notes Louise Edmonds a looper learning the trade since Sept 19, 1928. Edmonds, stricken by infantile paralysis as a child, wears special shoes but is praised as efficient and well liked. Ed Dunlap, 62, a cotton opener at Highland Mill, lost a left hand yet works hard feeding and operating five blend er machines. He supports a family of 11 with nine children.
First Lieut. George B. McMurry of Clarksville Tennessee was killed when his P 51 exploded in mid air after takeoff from Shaw Field near Sumter South Carolina witnesses say the aircraft burst into flames as McMurry sought to land in formation with two other planes from the 20th fighter group. He was a veteran of the Southwest Pacific and had received the Distinguished Flying Cross the Air Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation.
In Kingstree South Carolina Sheriff Lambert says 20 year old Fred Quick is held in an undisclosed jail on charges of entering the bedroom of a Salters home where two white girls aged 12 and 15 were sleeping. A pocketknife used to slash pajamas was left in the bed. The knife was traced to a pawn shop and identified by a local doctor. No injuries were reported.
W I Skinner tobacco company and United Mine Workers District 50 signed a contract covering wages hours and working conditions in Williamston on October 2. Earlier workers at the tobacco redrying plant briefly walked out but returned when management agreed to negotiate. The piece about flame tongues during total eclipses notes hydrogen is the main component.
The Rev. Claude H. Moser, 49, pastor of a Gastonia church and former district superintendent, died from a heart attack after leaving the Main Street Methodist church following weekly prayer services. He served six years at the church and previously worked in Boone, Hendersonville, Spencer, and Lenior. Survivors include his widow Carrie Howell of Cherryville, three daughters, four brothers, and five sisters.
Judge R Hunt Parker announced a decision date of November 4 in the Tyrell clerk of court dispute after a hearing. The case concerns who is legally elected to the Tyrell county clerk position in Columbia North Carolina.
In Fayetteville on October 2, 30 year old Tech Sergt Elmer E McCauley died after a motorcycle skid. The clash involves C R Chaplin a longtime clerk of court and Delmar C Owens a Republican claimant to the post from last November’s election.
Population Reference Bureau officials warn continued European population rise could create a lasting world food problem. They note Europe added 11 million people postwar and may gain 22 million more in a decade, with only 1.1 acres per person in crop land.
Central and South American Indians named the rubber tree catl achu meaning the weeping wood, reflecting their term for the tree used for latex.
Scientists apply radioactive materials to limestone deposits to determine presence of prehistoric fossils. The method aims to reveal fossil content without extensive drilling or destructive digging.
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