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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1946
Page
2
Mrs Stella Purcell of Oakwood Court apartments recuperating satisfactorily from self inflicted wounds at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital She is out of danger but not yet allowed visitors at this time
Thomasville report notes CIO members Harry Weinstock and Ford Myers among participants while Don Waiser of Lexington represents the company. The strike at the chair plant started July 26, with a temporary restraining order limiting pickets and injuring disputes leading to a contempt charge against 33 people after disorders at the plant gate. Nightclub amber lighting boosts dwell time and spending. Long running conflicts described between Chinese and Lolo tribes in southwest China.
In Gorizia the Slav Italian tensions erupted during a festival parade. Explosions blew fogged tracks on the Trieste Gorizia railway delaying travel. A Slovene float depicting a hanging drew fascist taunts. Paraders clashed with missiles. 6 hospitalized. Police arrested 17 participants as allied forces detained a Yugoslav lieutenant in uniform.
Spaatz of the Army Air Forces said the polar flight proved feasibility for a properly equipped aircraft and yielded data on navigation engineering communications weather fuel and endurance. Col Irvine noted the magnetic pole appeared about 200 miles closer to the geographical North Pole than scientists believed as the plane north of the presumed pole caused compasses to point south.
Bevin chairs as Byrnes defers to Connally and delegates face eight day session plan to finish five treaties including Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland. Mosser commends work on military clauses while reparations totals outline payouts to Russia Czechoslovakia Ethiopia Yugoslavia Greece and Bulgaria. An unrelated note mentions mosquitoes sprayed with glowing chemicals to study flight ranges.
A Westward storm battered Florida sweeping across Palm Beach Everglades killing more than 2,500 as levees by Lake Okeechobee failed and floodwaters inundated vegetable country. Damage is estimated at 75 million dollars. Red Cross trucks aid evacuees while warnings extend along both coasts and military facilities halt liberty.
The article discusses an international authority to run plants producing materials for both atomic bombs and peaceful uses in zones under scrutiny. Padilla Nervo supports safeguards to satisfy US demands and ease Russia's inspection objections, but no side is ready to commit before scientists study the idea. It notes high accidental burn fatalities since 1900 and a claim about a B-29 carrying 5000 pounds of rubber.
The event lists Rev. F. H. Shinn and Rev. K. H. Koestline assigned to Davidson-Fairview, with Rev. G. B. Clemmer named Thomasville district supervisor. Bishop William T. Watkins and Bishop Arthur J. Moore spoke on Protestant faith and church mission, urging soberness and expectancy in a climactic rally. A long appointment roster follows for Greensboro and Thomasville districts, naming pastors, churches, and assignments across multiple towns.
The narrative recalls a 88 day journey to Lolo lands with two Chinese travelers who faced warning rites and guarantors in Leipo. They recount fierce Lolo feuds, territorial clashes, and acts of bravery as a guarantor intervened during a gun incident. The account links Lolos to Tiouan legends, compares them to Bedouins and North American tribes, and notes their farming, hunting, and alcohol use.
The document lists numerous individuals tied to Trinity Bethel Duke Emory and other institutions, including Reid Wall John Oakley D A Oakley and W A Rollins. It notes Duke University divinity students at Seagrove and Emory, and U S Army chaplains. It also mentions Bangka Island as a tin source for the Indies before World War II.
The Lolo tribes of southwest China are described as a primitive people living under a strictly feudal social order.
Churchill cites India and Burma losses as shrinking the empire while Russia expands in the Orient, warning the sun never sets on Britain as fate of 400 million Indians hangs in the balance. He notes Whitaker's Almanack figures and the risk of India aligning with Soviet influence. First group of Mormons crossed Wyoming in 1847 led by Brigham Young.
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