13 Oct 1947
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1947
Page
1
An explosion at the American consulate in Jerusalem injures a woman employee and rattles the area. Police say the bomb was tossed over the wall into a garden, with debris flooding the interior and a second consulate bomb reported nearby.
In Charlotte edition notes, D D Broome moves from Maysville to Lebanon as the Western North Carolina Methodist conference announces roughly 500 appointments. The report lists district leaders and numerous church assignments, with High Point College retaining its set-up and other pastors reassigned.
Southeast Florida faced historic flooding with crop damage estimated between 15 and 20 million dollars as a hurricane driven storm drenched the region. Red Cross logged 1,800 flood victims in Fort Lauderdale with thousands evacuated to schools and public buildings. planos were deployed to spray dry ice on storm clouds from MacDill Field to study weather modification.
Washington reports say Soviet Union may press hard on world issues but avoid a total rupture with the United States. Two U.S. leaders abroad presented the view to policy makers as London talks and UN sessions loom. France faces dollar shortages risking coal fuel and fats imports, affecting stability.
A Portsmouth delegation will attend a Wednesday hearing before the North Carolina Utilities Commission in Raleigh to oppose Atlantic Coast Line plans to discontinue two Portsmouth to Wilmington passenger trains. The group previously defeated a similar move at the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
The report notes fair and warmer conditions in western North Carolina with considerable clouds and occasional rain in the eastern portion. Sunrise and sunset times are listed, and official 24 hour temperature and rainfall records are provided for multiple cities including Charleston Columbia Denver Detroit and Raleigh.
DETROIT, Oct. 18 The mascot of the 610th ordnance battalion, Negt. Rags the dog, was busted to corporal after wandering off last week from his master, former Sgt William Relph. The airedale has tracked through Weymouth, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany with the unit before reuniting in Detroit. He will attend the battalion reunion as a two stripe corporal.
North Carolina fatalities from Friday to Sunday include auto truck crash deaths of David Whiteside and his sister Lillian Spin dale. Mrs J W Honeycutt in Lancaster SC struck by lumber. Ward and Johnson recovered from Lake Buffalo after missing since Oct 4. Dewey Pugh fatally hit by car. William Jackson shot by police in Thomasville. Bevis killed in auto wreck. Beam dies from bullet wound. Pearce found dead in gas filled Nashville bath. Nash Co coroner cites no inquest. William Ellis killed by freight train. Lloyd Smith shot at Conover. Fred Yarborough killed by car.
Louise Overell, recently acquitted of killing her parents, stepped out in Pasadena with her date George Gollum. Dick Werling joined them for a movie, having set the date during the trial, while Overell explained she drove from Los Altos to pick him up in a rented 1947 sedan.
Washington officials report the citizens food committee pressed distillers for a final answer to a government 60 day shutdown request to conserve grain. Charles Luckman led the meeting amid protests from some companies and workers as President Truman seeks food conservation measures nationwide.
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston urged the CIO to back non political aid to hungry and needy people abroad. The appeal opened a CIO convention with 600 delegates as Secretary of State Marshall is likely to speak. The move signals support for U S aid to Europe and is seen as a rebuke to communist critics within the CIO.
Rep. Mundt reports communism has been stopped cold in western Europe for 60 to 90 days and warns Soviet propaganda remains strong. He urges to boost U S information efforts, notes need for emergency relief to France and possible extra food for Italy. Mundt leads a foreign affairs subcommittee after a Europe survey.
The six-nation Arab bloc at the United Nations unified in opposing partition plans for Palestine prepared to deliver a series of speeches in the General Assembly's Palestine committee. Arab delegations ready to speak again as anti American sentiment rises among Middle East statesmen.
A leading non-Russian delegate and an Arab spokesman said Russia favors partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. The U N secretariat noted Yugoslavia and Britain withdrew from the speakers list as the Palestine committee met. The U S backed in principle the two-state plan and immigration, promising aid to maintain order during a two year interim.
Dayton report states Orville Wright, 79, aviation pioneer, remains in satisfactory condition after Friday collapse from a heart attack. Doctor A B Brower notes some improvement since then.
Reported sighting of a flaming object traveling east to west over the Texas Mexico border with two explosions near Colonia Reforma. Publics say no YV-2 rockets fired since Oct 9 and no missing rocket planes. two witnesses heard the blast around 9:30 am Mexican time as smoke rose from near Zama layuca mountains.
Detroit reports show the border rush by housewives seeking meat as part of Truman era food saving. Customs officials note a twenty percent rise in traffic at the Detroit Windsor tunnels and Ambassador Bridge compared with last year.
Senator Wherry called for a comprehensive public discussion of all foreign aid programs. He proposed considering 400 million dollars for Korea and 400 million for China, while opposing a congressional special session and urging the President to decide. He warned aid shipments affect U.S. inflation and stressed prudence without delaying aid for starving people.
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