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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1950
Page
1
In Chicago the 930 pound gorilla Bushman escaped his cage and roamed corridors for over two hours while police guarded the exhibit. A garter snake was sent through the kitchen door and then under the doorway, prompting Bushman to retreat back inside.
Washington Oct 2 The National Production Authority will issue a priority order to mobilize industry for the 30 billion dollar annual defense program requiring all plants to accept and timely fill military orders. Prime contractors may pass priorities to subcontractors back to mills and mines. Secretary Sawyer announced a steel expansion of 9.4 million tons to end of 1952, boosting capacity toward 109.963 million tons yearly. 20 companies are involved, all privately financed. MORE ON PAGE TWO.
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull marks his 79th birthday in Washington urging the non Communist world to unite against Soviet aggression and to maintain faith in the United Nations. He praises UN effectiveness in Korea while warning grave dangers remain and stresses informed, nonpartisan public discourse and strong leadership.
Raleigh orders Wake County tax collector C. C. Rich to lower a nine foot fence near a Negro neighbor's house by Oct. 10. City attorney says an order will reduce the fence to three feet six inches, citing air, light and fire safety concerns from Mrs. Virginia Peebles, a Black nurse, in front of her home.
Nearly 50 000 Westinghouse Electric Corporation workers began a one year contract raising wages by 10 cents per hour and improving pension benefits. The pact with the CIO expires September 30, 1951 and can be reopened after six months. The raise is retroactive to September 18 and replaces the previous average hourly rate of 1.56 dollars. Negotiations continue with three other unions representing about 50 000 workers.
U S Senator Sparkman urged the United Nations to erase the 38th parallel and unite Korea. He said cross border action is a military decision but favors continued action until North Korea’s aggression is defeated, with UN administration moving toward a democratic, unified Korea after victory.
The North Carolina Democratic party caravan departs Raleigh to hold a three district tour. Willis Smith leads the candidates with Governor Scott and B Everett Jordan in the party lineup. Rallies are slated in Sylva Marion and Morganton as the campaign launches across the 12 congressional districts.
BEM PRICE reports from Taejon, Korea, detailing mass killings by North Korean security police. About 1,100 civilians killed or missing, including 30 American soldiers. Descriptions describe deliberate shootings, beatings, and bodies buried in trenches and a monastery basement. Survivors include two Americans and one South Korean. The massacre follows the U.S. recapture of Taejon and the desecration of a Franciscan monastery.
Garry Davis, who dubbed himself the first citizen of the world, asks U S Attorney General McGrath to restore his American citizenship. He explains his shift in sentiment, cites his birth in Bar Harbor Missouri and his wartime record, and notes his marriage to Audrey Peters. Davis lived at his father Meyer Davis's Park Avenue home. He served in the Eighth Air Force from 1941 to 1944 and was once interned in Sweden.
New York October 2 activity in Canadian issues contributed to a slow rise in today’s stock market. Despite some declines, advancing issues underpinned a modest upswing near last Friday’s 19 year high. Canadian dollar movements drew buyers to Dominion shares with Canadian Pacific Dome Mines and International Nickel leading fractional gains alongside Bethlehem Steel General Motors Montgomery Ward Philco Westinghouse Anaconda Standard Oil Eastern Airlines and U S Gypsum.
AP analyst DeWitt Mackenzie argues U S military intervention in Korea serves self defense and signals a broader struggle between Communist blocks and democracies. He cites General Walker on freedom and the need to deter aggression, noting Moscow’s use of North Korea as a test case for Western resolve.
Washington oct 2 CPI experts rethink US population peak. Fertile forties spurred surge to over 150 million by 1950 census. war births rose though war itself not sole cause. Demographers revise forecasts frequently. 1960 census offers high 180 million, medium 169 million, low 161 million with wide scenario ranges.
Chicago reports a high of 83.8 as autumn shivers in the west and heat bakes the east. The Pacific Northwest and northern plains endure blustery cold while the Midwest and Atlantic seaboard bake in summerlike humidity. Record highs and lows mark a dramatic seasonal swing with widespread snow in Wyoming and Montana and lows as low as single digits in Montana and Nevada.
Josephus D. Parker seeks reversal of his income tax evasion conviction by a Greensboro district court. He was fined 20,000 dollars and five years in prison for underreporting income in 1943 1944 and 1945 by more than 140 000 dollars. His lawyers argued part of the trial occurred while he was injured and absent.
At least 20 persons died violently in North Carolina over the weekend with traffic fatalities leading. In Asheville two girls Eula Kate Riddle 17 and Betty Jean Sherlin 12 died in a two car crash. Other victims included Jeanne Elizabeth Wynne 18 of Kittrell near Henderson and 16-year-old George Quattlebaum of Columbia S C who perished near Hendersonville. Nine-year-old Larry Archdell was struck by a car in Bath, Willie Wilson 39 of Durham died when his car left the road, Cpl. Gordon M. Kupetz 21 of Ft. Bragg lost control and hit a filling station, Walter J. Seigler 19 Cherry Point died in Carteret, H R. Davis 74 of Jacksonville was struck near his home, Jim Gardner 65 was shot at his farm near Goldsboro, and authorities sought a Negro tenant in Wayne County.
Washington reports new federal income tax withholding rates took effect, lifting taxes on over 25 million workers with increased prepayments toward their yearly tax bill due March 15. Corporate taxes rose as part of a defense buildup funding plan. Some filers will receive refunds, others owe more.
New York and Ottawa report the Canadian dollar moving between 93 and 94.55 U.S. cents with little trading as markets await a settled level. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott announced Canada would free the dollar, end selective controls, and outline steps on tourist dollars export limits and capital flow.
South Korean forces drove about 30 miles into North Korean territory along the east coast, aiming toward the 38th parallel with about 20,000 troops advancing largely unopposed. U N allies remained south of 38, with light resistance reported and a third division poised to cross. China warned but made no intervention.
Brooklyn Red Cross chairman Richard B. Loomis sends the Brooklyn chapter manuals to the Philadelphia chapter as the Phillies clinch the National League pennant with a World Series on the horizon. The notes urge fans to cheer safely and control impulses, including a manual aimed at female fans with the admonition make like a lady.
Pittsburghs only morning paper suspended public today as a strike against all three city newspapers by AFL forces a temporary shutdown. The dispute centers on wage and policy issues, affecting delivery and operations across Pittsburgh.
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