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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1949
Page
2
President advocates an employer paid pension costing 8 cents per hour to argue with steel firms. The steel industry resists implementing a 10 cent pension insurance plan proposed by a presidential fact finding board to be fully paid by employers.
North Carolina forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions today and tonight with scattered coastal showers forenoon. Wednesday looks fair and mild with sunrise at 6 07 and sunset at 6 19.
U N assembly discussions include Dean Acheson praising an encouraging Vishinsky remark. France's Robert Schuman hopes the declaration can become reality. British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin arrives from Washington to join the big four ministers for the session.
Moody backs strike as unjustified while violence erupts in Kentucky and West Virginia. A strip mine truck is rammed and dumped coal as pickets riot. no arrests. Virginia Governor Tuck vows law enforcement, Truman plans no immediate intervention to end the walkout.
New York reporter Howard Rushmore testifies in Washington before the Senate Immigration Committee. He is cited as an expert on Communist activities as lawmakers seek measures to curb Soviet infiltration.
The article traces gold demand surging in Johannesburg as markets adjust worldwide. It notes London bonds rise while Paris bans foreign stock trading and Canada devalues ten percent. It highlights Britain's 30 percent pound fall, its impact on inflation and wages, and forecasts further currency cooling globally.
High Point's touchdown club met at the Sheraton Hotel with Dave Yow predicting a banner season. Officials Dolan Hedrick and Buan Hackney outlined National Big School Federation and National Collegiate Association rules, referencing Georgia Clemson and Clemson Boston games. Wilbur Groome praised the clear explanations and invited more members to join next week.
The acquittal centers on alleged improper relations involving Judge and Mrs. Carpenter and another woman Mrs. Estelle Manful. Minnie Sullivan testified the judge entered her bedroom in 1943 and made dirty advances and remarks, prompting threats to kill if he stayed.
A diesel engine and six cars derailed near Newton trapping victims and overwhelming Catawba county hospital. Two cooks were killed and two railroad workers were listed in critical condition. blood and medical aid were mobilized as Pullman cars remained on intact tracks.
Postwar era dialogue among Britain Canada and the United States on atomic matters reveals limited information exchange and a revised uranium ore division. By January 1948 a joint working arrangement fixed what data could be shared and how ore was allocated, yet cooperation among the three nations has fallen from wartime levels.
Church bells rang in Smithfield to summon dry voters for a county-wide election on banning beer and wine. Polls opened with little activity and no active campaigning predicted a light turnout in the early hours.
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