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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1945
Page
2
The article discusses views from the White House on Wilsonian ideals and warns that neglecting these ideals could lead to a third world war. It notes empires cannot dissolve quickly and highlights Britain and Holland moving toward self rule for colonies as parts of a global shift.
Considerable gloom expected today and tonight with light rain in western sections and again Friday in the east. Temperatures hold steady this afternoon and tonight, turning a bit cooler in the west, with cooler conditions persisting into Friday.
Luis Carrizales, 86, keeps fit by rope skipping and chopping wood and claims he fathered a baby daughter with his 21 year old wife. The infant weighed eight pounds two and a half ounces. Carrizales, half Cherokee and half Spanish, has seven other children from a prior marriage.
In Detroit Gentral Motors Corporation officials and CIO UAW leaders seek a settlement as wage talks continue. Walter Reuther urges patience while H. W. Anderson of General Motors says no strike and no work disruption. AFL council cancels movie workers strike but 400 pickets target Warner Brothers.
Domei reports Prince Fumimaro Konoe will renounce titles to enter politics as a private citizen. Konoye delays action pending constitutional revision, urged by Marquis Koichi Kido to take responsibility for Japan's wartime role.
Mrs. Paul Craven 37 a prominent Thomasville resident was fatally struck by a southbound freight train while walking on the track about a mile south of the station. Coroner says no inquest needed. Survivors include husband mother five brothers and four sisters with services pending at J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home.
Senator Taft challenged OPA rhetoric describing businessmen as guilty until proven innocent. Chester Bowles defended Bowles praised. President Truman pressed full employment policy after talks with Carter Manasco and Whittington about the employment bill. The committee remains doubtful the president will secure his aims.
President signals submission of wage price policy to the labor management conference amid labor disputes. Unions demand 30 percent wage increases as administration leans toward August 18 executive order limiting automatic price hikes and promotes collective bargaining to shape industry wage patterns.
Mrs. Thrift travels between England and Omaha Beach, France, in a bid to locate anyone who knew her husband’s buddy. She believes new information may prove her husband is still alive despite years of uncertainty.
Gales battered the coasts of the British Isles and Western Europe for the third straight day driving the American liberty ship Charles G. Glover aground off St Nazaire France. The ship carried coal from Charleston to France. A French tug and trawler aided the rescue but the crew doubted the ship could be saved. Widespread floods caused destruction in Great Britain.
Mail service between the United States and the whole of China has been resumed by local postal authorities. The service covers all ordinary and registered mail including letters and printed matter. Articles up to two ounces may be sent by air direct to China prepaid at 70 cents per half ounce.
Word reached Winston-Salem that Miss Jane Crater died at the home of Mrs. W. H. Gaither on Rt. 3 this morning at 2 30. Funeral services were incomplete but expected at 3 p m Friday afternoon.
Senator H Dixon Smith of Georgia and native of Cleveland County dies after a long illness at his Columbus home. He is survived by his widow Pearl Weathers and three sons and a daughter, plus his mother and a sister and a half brother. Funeral plans: services in Columbus then burial in Sunset cemetery Shelby.
Dr Thomas James Wilson Jr dean of admissions registrar and secretary of UNC faculty died at his Chapel Hill home after years of declining health He would have been 72 next January A Hillsboro native he taught latin and Greek at UNC and served as registrar from 1908 to 1915 Surviving sons include Thomas J Wilson III Lt Commander Peter P Wilson Marvin P Wilson and Walter W Wilson Funeral planned for Saturday
Comedian Joe E Brown, famed for entertaining American servicemen in battle theaters, was awarded the Bronze Star at a testimonial dinner for Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe. Brig. Gen. E. B. Sebree presented the medal for Brown’s 1944 Italy service.
In Little Rock on October 25 Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan applauded Truman’s postwar program. He called the Democratic party’s plan for peace abroad and prosperity at home specific and concrete. He spoke at a banquet for Arkansas Young Democratic clubs.
The 400 million dollar fertilizer industry, started in Baltimore in 1853, is expanding toward the Atlantic seaboard and moving westward across the United States. Industry analysts note growth and regional shifts as production and markets spread.
In New York the market showed selective gains with less vigor than Wednesday’s retreat. Paramount Pictures and Sears Roebuck rose to new highs while leaders included U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodrich Southern Pacific Southern Railway Santa Fe Douglas Aircraft American Telephone Western Union A Anaconda Pepsi Cola Standard Brands Johns Manville with pockets of strength in Eastern Air Lines Standard Oil NJ Texas Co and Air Reduction as commodities and bonds also advanced.
In Chicago on October 25 potatoes arrivals reached 126 with on track 370 and total U S ship ments 1029. New stocks are liberal while Idaho and Washington russets remain in demand moderate and market firm. Prices listed include Idaho russet Burbanks US No 1 at 3.00 to 3.10 and Washington russet Burbanks US No 1 at 3.25. Colorado red McClures US No 1 at 2.65. Nebraska and Wyoming Bliss Triumphs US No 1 2.60 to 2.65. Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss Triumphs commercial 1.70 to 1.75. washed US No 1 2.25. cobblers commercial 1.70 to 1.85.
In New York on Oct 25 scattered lots of print cloths and sheetings were released. Duck cloth prices rose about three to five and a half percent, disappointing buyers though yards remained held back for a ceiling alert. Woolens and worsteds markets focused on converters seeking faster mill allocations amid tight supply. Rayon goods market remained quiet.
US DA data show salable hogs 4,500 with total 13,900, active and steady. Barrows and gilts at 14.85 ceiling, sows at 14.10. complete clearance. Cattle salable 5,000 of 6,000 total, calves 800. steers at 18.00 top for good grades, 14.50-16.50 for others. heifers steady to weak. mixed grades 17.75. cows steady. bulls steady to strong. weaners 15.50. slaughter calves up to 13.50 with weight gains. stock cattle 12.00-14.50. New Mexico bred yearlings at outside prices.
In Salt Lake City a jail inmate serving 90 days for drunkenness earned a pardon for janitorial work at the public safety building recommended by City Prosecutor Irvine who praised him as the best janitorial worker. In Kanakakee a bedside wedding followed a service discharge delay and an automobile accident involving Lawrence Longtin, 25, and Phyllis Johnson, 22, as they wed at St. Marys Hospital after years of plans interrupted by fate.
Workmen for a Salt Lake City construction firm battled a stubborn tree root while laying a 7 inch line across a street. The suspected “roots” proved a false alarm and phone service was restored to 450 subscribers hours later.
Grain prices and bids listed for wheat corn oats barley and field seeds. Weevilly wheat at 1.76 percent, oats various No 1 and No 3 white grades, barley malting 1.21 to 1.39, feed 1.07 to 1.23. Field seeds include red clover 31.50, sweet clover 10.75, alsike 28.50, alfalfa 33.50 to 36.50 per hundredweight.
Asheville reports Dr. R. C. Gardner and nurse Vivian R. Buchanan were arrested on warrants for murder in the death of 23 year old Lois E. Cordell wife of an army sergeant stationed in the Philippines. Acting coroner Dr. Curtis Crump said Cordell died after an operation in a house occupied by Gardner. Solicitor James S. Howell ordered police to issue warrants for both suspects.
Soviet scientists set up an ultraviolet health chamber called photioran at Voroshilovgrad to treat coal miners out of sunlight. Miners move along an escalator past lamps exposing them to rays from all sides within minutes. The device, first in the USSR, was developed by the Ukrainian Institute of Labor and Hygiene in Kharkov and Engineering Chemistry.
In Spokane Washington an elderly pensioner found a large diamond ring on the sidewalk. He stored it in his coat pocket for days and later learned it was advertised as lost by Ms. M W Farweather who valued the ring at 2500 dollars and awarded a reward to the finder.
Dean Bethel, fresh from Navy discharge, surprised his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bethel in Topeka. Brothers Paul and Howard, also discharged from the army, joined the visit, all arriving on the same day for a family reunion.
In Portland on October 25 a young wife, her face bruised and nose broken, regained consciousness and pleaded to Judge John Seabrook in city court about the assault.
The Merit System Council office announces December 1 examinations for permanent professional and state welfare, health, and public service posts. Vacancies include interviews, clerical and statistics roles with salary ranges. Applications must be mailed by November 15 to Box 2328 Durham NC for bulletins and filing.
Lewis O. Doty, resident manager of the Stevens hotel in Chicago, says a regular street panhandler comes in daily at 4:30 p.m. to exchange alms for folding money. He works an eight hour day and never overtime after 4:30 p.m.
In Raleigh on October 25 seven prisoners were paroled by Governor Cherry. Among them is Robert Pays from Guilford County who was convicted of larceny and sentenced to 18 months.
Lodz Poland, once a major textile center, has reached about 70 percent of prewar production. The Russians bypassed Lodz in their advance toward Berlin, leaving the city, factories, communications and transport intact. Population is about 700,000, with 800 of 7,000 Jews alive after a Nazi burn area.
Reheat vegetables by placing them over steam atop a double boiler or in a sieve above boiling water. This method preserves texture and nutrients, avoiding direct contact with water.
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