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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1949
Page
2
Reports claim peace treaties would bind the East German republic to renounce former German territory, cede claims to the Soviet Union, Poland, and Czechoslovakia, offer reparations, and forego remilitarization. Pro Soviet sources foresee extensive trade pacts accompanying the accords.
Capitol Square diary notes Rep Harold Cooley angry over Senator Clinton Anderson switching farm bill positions. North Carolina’s Bob Doughton gains prestige as Ways and Means chair while Deane looms in navy air force B 36 squabble. Race talk hints Hoey vs Deane senate match, with parties wary of formal alignments.
Five attorneys with wartime U S forces service were sentenced after a seven hour jury verdict. Sacher Gladstein received six months Crockett and Dennis got four and six months on contempt respectively. The jury’s verdict found all defendants guilty with a stern warning to refrain from discussing the case.
Hedrick estimates average price per hundred pounds for tobacco grades between six and ten dollars. About 1,200 to 1,300 hard coal curers were used in the state this year, curing roughly six million pounds of tobacco with about 150,000 pounds ready for warehouse sale. If buyers reject this lot the loss could reach 90 to 150 thousand dollars to growers as of October 1.
Henry Kaiser defended his wartime record noting he lived up to promises to pay and proved an A-1 risk. He claimed 1500 ships built and $2.994 billion in contracts with $166.5 million profit and $46.5 million in other savings, asserting no favoritism and limited government financing.
Mediators continue talks aiming for a common denominator as about 15 fabricating companies sign to steelworkers' demands. The agreements include free pensions and insurance following the steel fact finding board's recommendations. Philip Murray, president of CIO and the steelworkers, tours steel centers to address rank and file members.
The department urges livestock expansion in cotton areas and considers a quota program that could cut cotton income by 20 to 25 percent if 1950 crop supports stay near current levels. Under the control plan 21,000,000 acres will be allotted for cotton next year.
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