North Carolina Forecast: Warm Today Then Cooling Tonight
The forecast says fair and continued warm conditions today and Tuesday with a cool change tonight.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1945
Page
2
The forecast says fair and continued warm conditions today and Tuesday with a cool change tonight.
Dispatch notes confusion in Russia as diplomacy shifts with Harriman's report that Marshal Stalin is refreshed from vacation. Moscow sources suggest Truman Stalin talks may steer Allies toward cooperation. If Big Three align, it could mark a major statesmanship achievement amid fragile postwar rehabilitation and looming dangers to peace.
The report notes General MacArthur ousting officials from St. Paul’s Episcopal university and ordering a Christian curriculum restored while demanding accounting for 81 other war aid supported schools. It also highlights a push among Japanese peers to drop noble titles, Konoye’s possible conservative return, Matsushima’s appointment as vice foreign minister, and Kawai’s retention of the information board presidency.
The statement notes that the global population rose by a similar amount over the last five decades as it did in two centuries before, highlighting rapid growth within a shorter period. It emphasizes how the rate of increase has accelerated in recent history.
The plan, led by Chairman Cannon, would cut individual taxes, repeal wartime levies, and spare veterans from service pay taxes while applying a 1 percent payroll freeze. Corporations would see major tax reductions and notable tax reforms, with targeted relief for low to middle income earners and employer payroll adjustments.
The record details multiple violent incidents in North Carolina. Roland Yeargan Crabtree, 25, of Durham, killed himself at Wake County Jail in Raleigh by strangling with a suede jacket. In Catawba County, Oll Martin of Hickory fatally stabbed a man. Sheriff Roy Pitts of Newton reports 26 year old Carolng, an ex serviceman of South Fountain, in custody related to the case. The slaying occurred during a corn husking gathering at Lone Young’s home, the cousin of the accused.
Governor Cherry criticizes nativist creeds and praises North Carolina diversity of commodities. He calls for processing more raw materials and selling through local organizations to a public that values North Carolina products. He urges communities to create channels to channel energy into orderly business development.
Detroit report describes UAW CIO use of an administrator 60 day empowered by the international board to run a local unit. Percy Llewellyn says the system protects autonomy while preserving democracy. Readers learn about the 1939 origin and safeguards around local elections after administration ends.
Light selling in steels rails and motors interrupted today's stock market rebound. Laggards included U S Steel Bethlehem Santa Fe New York Central Southern Pacific Chrysler General Motors Western Union A Sears Roebuck Continental Electric American Can Kennett the Allied Chemical and Douglas Aircraft. Gains came in Electric Power and Light American Water Works Anaconda and Westinghouse. Bonds and commodities were mixed.
Potatoes arrivals 351 on track 428 total U S shipments Friday 1161 Saturday 942 Sunday 51. New stocks liberal demand fair market steady offerings other sections slow market dull and slightly weaker. Idaho Russet Bar s U S No 1 3 00 3 25 Washington Russet Burbanks 3 20 Colorado Red Mc Clures 2 50 2 75 Minnesota North Dakota Bliss Triumphs Commercial 1 50 1 60 cobblers Commercial 1 70 1 80 Wisconsin Chippewas general good 1 85.
Livestock prices show steady to uneven demand as totals shift. Sows bring 14.10 while salable cattle reach 22 000, calves 2 000. best steers steady to 25 cents lower, vealers scarce at 15.50. Bulls and heavy bulls steady, stockers firm, cows weak to 25 cents lower.
Grain market report from Chicago on October 23 shows no wheat sales. Corn prices for sample grade yellow and white reflect new ranges around 8.44 to 9.0 percent. Oats list varied values with multiple grades, and barley futures quote malting and feed at several points. Seed prices per ton appear for red top red clover alfalfa and other grasses with wide ranges.
Dry Goods reports small volume print cloths and sheetings in cotton textile markets as the army seeks large quantities. Wool goods trade was slow due to manpower shortages. Demand remains strong as retail stocks stay low. Textile workers union plans a 15 cent hourly wage increase from northern mills. Rayon deliveries remaining routine.
Gunfire raged in Soeraa with a Jeep and two British convoy trucks hit. Brig. Mallaby ordered street barricades and patrols as snipers and mortars fire. Suderman urged armistice while offering talks if Indonesians disarmed.
High Point civil term reviews a case where G A Johnson, for his minor son James, sues Melrose Hosiery mills claiming injuries after a truck struck the boy at Washington and Wrenn streets on October 12, 1943. The defendant says the truck did not stop. Also set for trial is Clara C Harper versus T H Harper.
Vinson announced plans to travel to Statesville North Carolina for a free speech event and dinners tied to a special meeting of the state senate. President Truman, slated to speak there Friday, said he would not travel to Statesville. Lovey Patterson was scheduled to speak Thursday night.
AFL CIO machinists at 13 thousand plants in San Francisco and East Bay walk out after pay demands fail. Union calls for broader activity as steel and electrical industries prepare strike votes for over 800 thousand workers. Western Union telegraphers plan a five hour stop page with 52 thousand of 160 thousand operators to join. General Electric and General Motors face votes impacting hundreds of thousands. Hollywood studio talks ease a long dispute with 5 000 to 7 000 workers expected back to work Wednesday.
Bill to service on 30 days notice outlines 681 major vessels in reserve manned by caretakers. Total fleet 1 082 ships excluding availianes include three large carriers 24 medium carriers ten light carriers 72 escort carriers known as baby flat tops 18 battleships 31 heavy cruisers 48 light cruisers 307 destroyers 300 escort destroyers and 199 submarines.
Local stamp collectors may send up to 10 envelopes to the New York postmaster with a money order to obtain first day cancellations for the new three cent Coast Guard stamp. The stamp debuts November 10 at the New York City post office and will be sold nationwide thereafter. It is a green horizontal special delivery issue in sheets of fifty. Personal checks not accepted for the first day purchases.
Mrs. Platinie McCobe Hollyfield er, 83, widow of George Bater, dies at home of Hans Butcher on Trinity Route 2 after an illness. A lifelong Surry County resident until 15 years ago, she was a Bear Creek Union Baptist member. Survived by three daughters Martha Callahan and two others, three sons John B Butcher S B Butcher and Noah Butcher, 48 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Bear Creek Union Baptist Church at 2 PM with interment in church cemetery. the body to be moved there from Trinity Route 2 residence.
An African woman in the British Cameroons section of the former German territory uncovers 16 bars of gold buried in her garden. Police believe the treasure dates to World War I era German activities. The item’s discovery adds to colonial era curios and wartime relic lore.
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