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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1950
Page
2
In a stark scene amid war’s hardship a displaced ROK medic tends a gravely wounded man as medics worry over morphine. A captured Red Army truck and a violent scene with a ROK officer reveal raw loyalty to weapons over life. A starving doughboy finally eats rice as he dreams of reunification beyond the border.
Seven people are believed dead after a landslide above Hong Kong's Happy Valley race course. A six year old girl's body has been recovered and six more may be buried beneath about 100 tons of earth, say fire brigade officials.
The report outlines potential army sizes from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 with a wartime total near 3,000,000. Drafts, volunteers, and reserve calls add to the ranks while offsetting losses from expiring enlistments and casualties. Air force could rise to 800,000 with 95 to 110 air groups. navy may reach about 700,000. marine corps around 326,000 if pushed by Chairman Vinson.
President Truman signed a proclamation drafting physicians and dentists for the armed services. Presidential Secretary Charles Ross said the text would be released later in Washington as reporters aboard the yacht trailing the Chesapeake Bay cruise received no details.
The southern division of the National Box Manufacturing Association opened its seventh annual convention in Asheville on Oct. 6. About 150 delegates from southern paper box firms attend the two day gathering.
Two men fled police at high speed on Main Street driving a car owned by Vernon M. Abbott. The chase reached over 90 mph through Willis Fairview Ward Wrightenbury and Potts before Scales Street where Abbott forced off the road and was arrested with Robert E. Wall. Abbott faces charges of speeding reckless driving drunken driving and assault with a deadly weapon with bonds set at 1200. Wall is charged with aiding and abetting and possessing home brew and posted 600 bond. Case continued to Wednesday in Municipal court.
Allied planners weigh a northern surge from Seoul toward Pyongyang with Wonsan as a target. South Korean divisions push toward the 38th parallel while U.S., British, and Australian forces tighten the southern line and prepare a major push toward Charwon as red defenses bend under pressure.
At Arlington or a similar site, dignitaries and soldiers laid wreaths on unnamed graves during a memorial ceremony. Almond spoke of liberty and anti-communist aims as Marines and generals offered wreaths for the fallen, with the service ending as a guns salute echoed across the hills.
In remarks tied to the November 7 elections, Brannan suggested the plan’s popularity waned while predicting Democratic control of both houses. At a later rally Barkley warned the nation faces its gravest period and cautioned against changing horses in midstream.
In Buffalo on October 6, Dr. Wallace Graham of the University of Toronto told the eighth district NY State Medical Society that psychological disorders of joints and muscles can be triggered by environmental factors such as disagreeable people. He noted that when someone says you give me a pain in the neck, they may be describing a real physical pain.
North Carolina state Elks Association members from 31 clubs gather in Asheville for the annual two day fall session beginning today. Leaders plan discussions and activities across the meeting.
In Thomasville the Jaycees met in the Woman's Club to push multiple projects. They set a goal of 2200 signatures and 330 dollars by October 15 and appointed Tom Sproos as treasurer.
Thomasville firemen plan Fire Prevention Week events from October 8 to 14. They will parade fire-truck floats on Saturday and conduct drills and assembly programs at local schools. Fire Prevention displays are being prepared with help from merchants.
The body of 23 month old Keith Campbell, found after a 500 person search, was recovered from muddy water in a partly drained lagoon near the Campbell home in Baton Rouge. A helicopter aided ground crews from the former army air base site managed by the father. The child wandered from home Wednesday night.
Miss Eleanor Niedzielska wrote recruit Joseph J Yakovac at Ft Eustis Virginia on a roll of shelf paper a foot wide and 36 feet long. She said it took two weeks working nights and Sundays.
Bricker argues rent controls indicate a shortage requiring ceilings and shifts with deeper cuts and a smaller housing demand from more men entering the armed forces. He favors adjusting ceilings if federal controls extend so owner returns match current prices and dollar value. Maybank, back from Europe, says no plan to extend federal rent controls in this Congress.
Helsinki Oct 6 Nearly complete results from Finland local government elections show right and center parties capture the overall vote majority. Earlier tallies had given them only council majorities in city and country bodies while socialist and Communist factions led the vote.
Bank regulators set a call for the condition of all national banks as of the close of business October 4. The comptroller of the currency issued the statement request today, prompting banks to submit balance sheets and related data for review.
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