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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1945
Page
2
Cloudy skies and cooler conditions grip North Carolina with showers in the east through Wednesday. Temperatures will run a few degrees below normal then rise slowly midweek, with light to moderate rains expected Thursday or Friday followed by cooler air into the weekend.
Thomasville reports the infant son of C L and Ramona Garner Hill died in a High Point hospital. Surviving are the parents and grandparents Carl Hill, Mrs. Hill, F C Garner, Mrs. Garner. Funeral from 309 Barnwell street Wednesday at two with Rev S E Taylor officiating. Interment Mount Zion Pilgrim Holiness church cemetery.
A two weeks term of superior court in Lexington will begin in November with criminal cases in the first week and civil cases in the second. Local jurors named include Henry Wear Jr Paul Mendenhall Hepler Joseph W Boyles Jr Theo Bowers Vernon Flippin H Skeen Jacob M SF Johnnie Charles G E La C F Allred.
The senior choir of Temple Memorial Baptist Church will rehearse tonight at eight o'clock. Members without winter robes are urged to attend, announced director J. C. Nixon.
Charles E. Redecker of Detroit was elected president of the Patriotic Order Sons of America at the 43rd national camp in Reading. Delegates elected Henry A. Styers of Lexington North Carolina as vice president and W. A. Bearman of Kannapolis North Carolina as inspector as the convention closes today.
R L Bob Smith told members of the Point Exchange club at the Sheraton that city civic groups should reduce duplication and work cooperatively. He cited out of town clubs as examples. J A Kelley visited, Everett Wall won the attendance prize, and Rocky Mount formed a new Exchange club with local members joining charter night.
In a tense meeting Deputy Sheriff Ballinger wins 14 votes to 12 for W J Donavant as deputies sign a petition backing Ballinger. The panel, including Apple and Walters, hints a split in the sheriff's department if Ballinger takes the post, while John Deer acts as chief deputy and Jones leads the OPA office.
At a Cigstan club luncheon at the Sheraton, Dr Wood detailed a portable evacuation hospital unit. He said care starts at battalion aid stations near the line, advances to division clearance, then to evacuation hospitals. Units treated 45,000 patients with 45 percent battle casualties and 55 percent disease, and logged eight operating tables with up to 15 to 11 major operations daily.
Wage increase demands spearhead activity on the war labor board disputes act with Chrysler Ford and General Motors facing ballots. Meanwhile CIO glass workers Pacific Greyhound and Libby-Owens-Ford Crosley plants see strikes or resolutions as cinema studios and Chicago Rapid Transit face walkouts and pay priority fights.
The individual recalls 1916 U S Army service and West Point near-miss while detailing plans of the new De Facto in Venezuela. He criticizes past regimes for coercing oil firms into high commissions and questions Me dina’s wealth source during custody. He says the revolution hurt communists but allows them to operate as the regime shifts.
President Truman calls for a one year universal military training plan for young men, with entry at 18 or after high school, and six years in the general reserve. He argues it preserves national security, reduces illiteracy, and strengthens the nation without conscription, while offering pathways to officer training and civilian service.
Potatoes arrivals in Chicago show 148 on track 405 with new stocks liberal and slow demand. Idaho Russet Burbanks U S No 1 priced 2.85 to 3.00. Colorado Red McClures 2.65 to 3.00. Nebraska Bliss Triumphs 2.90. Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss Triumphs 1.75 to 1.90. cobblers 1.70 to 1.90. Wisconsin Chippewas U S No 1 2.00.
Dry goods reports show small sales of print cloths sheetings and osnaburgs for quick delivery. Buyers and sellers await clarity on labor, pricing, and rayon supply while government possibly considers a set aside order to ease shortages.
Salable cattle and calves totals, demand patterns, and price ranges across grades. Barrows and gilts at 14.85 ceiling for 140 lb, sows at 14.10. Choice fed steers and yearlings up to 18.00, best heifers 17.50, cows generally steady to weak, bulls steady to strong, and heifers firm. Stock cattle 12.50 to 14.50, yearlings 14.50.
Wheat No 3 red steady at 1.72 percent. No corn sales reported. Oats No 3 white 66 percent. Barley nominal at 1.21 to 1.39 percent with seed 1.06 to 1.23 percent. Field seed prices per hundredweight: timothy 5.25 to 5.50, red top 11.00 to 11.50, red clover 31.50, sweet clover 10.75, alsike 28.50, alfalfa 33.50 to 36.50.
Charles Hovie Williams 29, contractor, died at an Atlanta hospital Sunday after 19 years in the city. A native of Wingate North Carolina he moved to Atlanta in 1926. Body sent to Wingate for funeral. Survived by widow two daughters a son four brothers seven sisters and parents Mr and Mrs M V Williams of Wingate.
Reported decisions show a push to use government persuasion to grant wage increases, possibly around one percent under Truman’s August executive order. The advisory committee of the Office of War Mobilization will review any new plan before public release, with meetings slated for next Monday and Tuesday. Truman plans to meet labor and management reps before their conference, while unions push for about thirty percent to offset wartime overtime losses.
Raleigh dispatch reports hog markets active and steady with top bids of 14.55 at Clinton and Rocky Mount and 14.90 at Richmond.
President questions defense gaps after Pearl Harbor. He compares hypothetical atomic bomb stocks in New Mexico or Tennessee and asks which would have survived a surprise attack, stressing humans must be trained to use new weapons.
An air armada of 1200 navy fighters and bombers will fly over New York as President Truman reviews the fleet on Navy Day. The flight begins at 3 30 p m and will last about an hour, with rendezvous points in Bangor Manchester Burlington Albany Rochester Buffalo Trenton Philadelphia Bethlehem Harrisburg Richmond Danville Roanoke Greensboro High Point Charlotte Columbia Spartanburg Washington Columbus Cleveland Toledo.
In a Monday hearing before Judge Carl Wilson, Percy Eller Moore of Winston-Salem was convicted on drunken driving speeding reckless driving and driving without a license. He received a suspended 12 month term with fines costs three years good behavior and no driving for one year. Other convictions included Lucille Hedrick Hill on trespassing with a six month suspended sentence bonds set for appeal, James McKay on assault with a deadly weapon eight months, and Luther Long on a deadly weapon eight months. Guy B Faulk of High Point was taxed $25 plus costs for reckless driving.
State commercial hatcheries produced about 1,000 chicks in September, up from 410,000 the year before, marking a 144 percent increase and 52 percent above the 10 year average of 658. The data reflect a strong rebound in poultry production for the period.
William Beane aged 72 dies at his Fairgrove home in Thomasville after a weeklong illness. He led the Fairgrove Methodist church and taught the men’s Bible class until two years ago. Survived by wife Melia Jane, two sons Benny and Howard, six daughters, a brother Ernest, two sisters, ten grandchildren, and several nieces. Funeral plans pending arrival of CPO Beane from California.
Raleigh dispatch reports Major H. J. Hatcher instructed all highway patrolmen to spend two nights weekly correcting defective vehicle lights. He urged arranging with local filling stations to remain open for on the spot repairs, adding indictments only for flagrant violations or refusals to fix lights.
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