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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
2
The forecast calls for fair and continued cool conditions today and tonight in North Carolina with increasing clouds and little temperature change. Mulberry leaves remain the exclusive diet of silkworms.
In a chow line prisoners receive kits then wash and return utensils under guard. A knife fork spoon and kit handle are treated as potential weapons, with officers ensuring each item is accounted for. Nails and nails care are likewise restricted.
World Today speculates that barriers between Russia and the Anglo American powers stem from Moscow’s push for a bomb deal. Molotov jokes aside, the bomb is seen as U S bargaining power and issues persist over four power control of Japan and postwar treaties.
The article notes that onions have been cultivated for long ages and are depicted on Egyptian monuments, indicating their historic importance and wide presence in ancient agriculture.
Gov. Lausche has offered Major General Curtis E. LeMay a U S Senate seat. LeMay, a Lakewood resident and famed Air Force flyer, is seeking leave or release to fill the vacancy created by Harold H. Burton's elevation to the Supreme Court.
Workers at several plants in North and South Carolina remained off the job as negotiations continued. In High Point 13 hosiery mill workers voted to stay out until talks advance. At Erwin mills in Durham shipments resumed as unions pressed for settlement. Gaffney plant faced a four week strike with about 800 workers involved while progress slowly appeared at Greensboro and Proximity Manufacturing’s White Oak Denim unit.
The oil industry dispute grips the nation as unions seek 30 percent raises while production declines. Secretary Schwellenbach proposes a 15 percent temporary pact with an arbitrator to settle terms. Sinclair Oil accepts. others add conditions. Seizure of refineries contemplated to ensure fuel deliveries. The episode tests Truman's postwar labor policy and the fate of the war labor board.
S/Sgt Worth W Emory and Cpl Meredith F Wilson received oak leaf clusters to the air medal for blister gunner service. S/Sgt Emory listed North Side location and Burlington resident Cpl Wilson. both served in the B-29 effort against Japan with the unit noted as Mexonia YP. Also mentions a blisters gunner from High Point and top air medal awards.
News from New York reports only a few stock favorites managed to gain while many market leaders stayed weak. U S Steel Chrysler Montgomery Ward Santa Fe Southern Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Standard Oil NJ American Telephone Johns Manville US Gypsum American Can fell. Minor advances appeared for NY Central Great Northern Bethlehem and Anaconda. Bonds eased. Cotton futures stiffened. Grains were mixed.
Salable hogs 3500 of 8000 total. 14.75 for 140 lb plus barrows and gilts. sows 14.00. Cattle salable 4000 of 5000. strong active trade with some 10-15 cent gains. best 1125-1200 lb steers 18.00. other choice 15.50-17.75. heifers 17.00. cows 11.50-13.75. canners 7.00-8.50. vealers 15.00 down. feeders slow and weak.
Potatoes arrivals total 235 shipments with new stocks moderate and demand steady. Idaho russets and U S No 1 prices range from 3 45 to 3 60 washed and unwashed. Red McClures 2 70 to 2 80. South Dakota cobblers 2 00. North Dakota bliss 1 70 to 1 81 90. Wisconsin bliss 2 40 washed 2 05 cobblers.
Dry Goods New York Oct 4 activity in the cotton textile market was limited to small sales of print cloths and sheetings for quick delivery. Sells houses studied set aside schedules under order M137 A. Mills took little new wool goods business as efforts focused on old orders. Rayon goods market remained quiet.
Grain prices in Chicago show no wheat or corn sales on October 4. Oats traded No. 1 at 67 1/2 to 68 cents, No. 2 heavy at 1 1/2, barley and seeds listed with ranges, timothy 5.25–5.50, red top 11.00–11.50, red clover 31.50, alsike 28.50 per hundredweight or per pound as noted.
The day featured talks on a $5 billion spending cap from a $332.5 billion 1946 intake, a push to merge Army and Navy, hospital program fixes, and a plan to develop the St. Lawrence Great Lakes route. President Truman announced a proposed atomic energy commission and planned international talks, while some senators pressed for a two thirds treaty requirement for the St. Lawrence plan.
MacArthur orders full disclosure of political prisoner files and tighter controls on the thought police. Ken R. Dyke notes American guards on liaison office records to prevent data destruction. A Moscow radio report on four power control in Japan prompts diplomatic debate as 2,000 Japanese attend Hibiya talks on peacetime futures. Asahi cites 4.0 million unemployed postdemobilization and 70,000 new workers to the transportation ministry.
Blaiborne Rhodes spoke to the American Business club at the Sheraton about the history of work from hunting to modern labor saving devices and the need for spiritual development to keep pace. Glenn Smith was elected lieutenant governor of the second district. Rotary welcomed Phil A. Warner and Howard R. Pancoast as new members.
Rep. Thomas Lane of Massachusetts introduced a bill proposing $50,000 in funding for research into the cause and cure of hay fever. The measure targets medical science and public health without specifying a funding source or implementation details.
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