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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1948
Page
12
Interior Minister Jules Moch ordered police to protect miners and clear pits after Communists led a 24 hour stoppage. About 35 000 miners and maintenance workers remained away, causing 2 000 000 tons of coal loss and highlighting tensions with the Cominform backed strikes.
Savannah Ga Oct 18 Police Chief Truman F Ward ordered investigation into a string of armed robberies. Assistant George Vickery helped arrest his brother and fellow officer Robert Ward A short time later Lester Brown an insurance salesman was captured. Robert Vickery and Brown are held without bail on formal charges.
ILLYWOOD reports film actress Ver Lake gave birth Saturday night at Good Santa hospital to a six pound four ounce girl. The father is director Andre Borth. The couple already has a son named Sel, aged nearly three.
North Carolina Secretary of State records confirm the Phelps Store Company filed a voluntary dissolution with all stockholders' consent on September 24, 1948. The certificate was executed by S. D. Phelps, with Thad Euro as Secretary of State, in Raleigh.
Forsyth County Court House Winston Salem will hear applications by K Herman Falk doing business as City Transit Company on October 29 1948 at 10:00 A M. Docket No 4524 seeks franchise rights for a Trinity route bus service looping from U S Highway 311 to Oakdale Cotton Mill area with extensions to Medlin Town Road Springfield Church Road Kivett Brown's Store and East Green Extension along specified roads and development areas as shown on a Guilford County map. The notice is dated October 18 1948.
Eleven men vie for the US presidency with candidates from the two major parties, Henry Wallace representing a third party, J Strom Thurmond the Dixiecrat pick, and seven other minor contenders in a crowded race.
Salonika article says top Communist planned and carried out the killing of George Polk, CBS correspondent, on May 8 in Salonika bay. Four defendants, including Mouzenides and Staktopoulos, face conspiracy charges. Vasvanas at large. Trial dates set in Salonika.
Washington reports the wage and hour division begins applying a Supreme Court overtime pay decision to workers on holiday or weekend premiums. The rule requires that extra differential be included in base pay for overtime, affecting longshore and related industries.
NEW YORK Oct 18 Stocks turned mostly higher led by steels with U S Steel, Bethlehem, Jones & Laughlin and National Steel hitting new yearly highs. Oil group rose with Standard Oil (NJ) as leader while rails and utilities advanced slowly. Notable gainers included Southern Railway, Santa Fe, Chrysler, GE, Kodak and Western Union. losers included Vanadium and Union Pacific.
The state board of health reported nine infantile paralysis deaths today, raising the yearly toll to 133. Three died in August and six in September, with eight new cases taking the year’s total to 2,337.
The October total reaches 56 with Wake County reporting 2 cases and Columbus, Durham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and McDowell counties each reporting one case.
Franz Lehar the composer of The Merry Widow is in serious condition after a relapse. Doctors say he has taken no food since Saturday and suffers a heart ailment complicated by a stomach ulcer.
An American C-54 transport supplying Berlin reported a mysterious explosion after takeoff from Gatow. Initial pilot remarks suggested a shell, but officials attributed the blast to a near airfield ground explosion. No gunfire warnings were detected.
A crippled twin engined C 82 transport crashlanded in a ravine near Clinton Louisiana killing four of the 33 aboard. The lead plane in a seven ship flight with 172 passengers left Biggs Field El Paso Texas en route to Operations Combine II at Elgin Field Florida. Occupants include 29 artillery officers from Fort Bliss and Fort Sill and an air force crew of four three officers and one enlisted man.
Public auction of Pointer Real Estate Corpora tion property under a deed of trust to Owen Reese Trustee. Sale set for November 2 1948 at 11 AM in front of the County Building High Point NC. Property 19.35 acres with many lots excluded. bid opening at 10550 dollars. 5 percent earnest money required.
An early morning blast at a Michigan Consolidated Gas Co compressor station in Melvindale killed W. A. Blascak 26 of Allen Park and injured four other employees. Company official Lawrence K. Richey estimated total damage between 250000 and 500000 dollars. About 15 people were present at the time.
Rates shown include minimum charge 450 with line based pricing for consecutive days. Ads require definite insertion counts. cancellations only charge for appearances. errors corrected upon notification.
Notice states forms close at 10 30 for publication day with deadline at 4 p m for Sunday issue. Readers are informed of submission cutoff and timing.
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