24 Sep 1949
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1949
Page
1
Washington dispatch notes that Truman’s atomic test shifts U S policy with Britain and Canada. Lawmakers push for tighter NATO defense links and international control via the United Nations. Calls grow for a Truman Stalin meeting to ease the Cold War.
Washington reports a U S security official cites a wide American advantage in atomic weapons and predicts the United States will likely stay ahead. President Truman disclosed Russia’s recent explosion and triggered calls for stronger international controls and openness with allies. The exact nature and timing of the Soviet test remain uncertain.
Irregular prices across the Old Belt tobacco market closed the second week of the season. The market news service cites price changes from $1 to $4 per hundred pounds with more gains than losses. Thursday sales totaled 3.29 million pounds at $45.76 per cwt, while season totals reached 54.32 million pounds at $46.78. Eastern North Carolina belt held firm to higher averages with several grades reaching season highs. Carolinas border belt saw steady averages with Thursday sales about 977 thousand pounds and season total near 277.3 million pounds at $48.90. Lumberton’s closing date was moved from Sept 30 to Sept 29.
Frost nipped the Midwest with clear skies and chilly air as the nation enjoyed pleasant weather elsewhere. The U S weather bureau reported a low of 28 degrees at Land O Lakes Wisconsin with widespread frost across the region and cooler air moving southeastward.
In Pittsburgh on September 24, talks between U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers resume Monday after a weekend recess. Five major producers are involved as a new deadline of October 1 looms to avert a national steel shutdown. The negotiations follow Truman board recommendations on pension and insurance costs.
Homestead recreation director Arthur McKee, an underwater photographer, found silver ingots in a Florida Keys wreck on Memorial Day. Smithsonian Secretary Dr. Alexander Wetmore confirmed authentic Spanish markings and age over 200 years. McKee displayed 60 and 80 pound bars. the wreck lies off Plantation Key near Tavernier, vessel identity unclear.
Raleigh Sept. 24 A State advisory committee recommended a new study of the Yadkin River to evaluate flood control needs and the possible addition of a hydroelectric power project. The panel urged de authorization of the current program so all dam options can be weighed for flood control and power. Governor says eight to ten hydroelectric projects may be needed to avert a future power shortage. Miles J. Smith of Salisbury appointed to the advisory committee to replace W J Damtoft who resigned.
Paul Robeson spoke in Chicago last night to an overflow crowd urging racial equality. Police and supporters attended as war veterans urged restraint, and civil rights groups led by the Justice Department sponsor the event without incident.
Dr E J Coltrane has been re elected president of Brevard College. Edwin L Jones chair of the board said the trustees re elected him at a May 23 meeting. The fall board meeting came during the Western North Carolina Methodist conference amid rumors of a resignation. The college opens the new school year with 405 students.
A noon lightning bolt struck a group of grade school children in Du Bois Pennsylvania during recess. Jimmy Proske and John Hillard, both 11, died. Four others were stunned by the bolt.
Detroit reports a shift in the auto market as production runs at high rates and demand cools. Buyers who once paid premiums for new cars or resold year old models find value has dropped, while factories push record outputs well into the year.
Washington report says President Truman learned of a Soviet atomic blast through teamwork of many agencies in the United States Britain and Canada. Security officials describe a broad collaboration among the state department military CIA and allied governments with hundreds involved. They emphasized the evidence was not seismographic but complete and that the timing aimed to avoid political use and to coincide with arms aid debates.
Report from Peiping says the new Chinese peoples Republic will be a working class regime led by a central peoples committee beneath a people’s assembly elected by popular vote. Tung Pi-Wu announced a political affairs Yuan, military affairs committee, peoples court, and supervisory department with impeachment power. Chung Li named head of the political affairs Yuan.
LENOIR September 24. P h Wiley Sholar a noted southern football referee died last night in Fayetteville after a year of ill health He ran a lumber business in Lenoir eight years previously lived in Greensboro born in Sumter attended Presbyterian College at Clinton He officiated major college games in 18 states over 25 years and refereed in the Rose Sugar Tangerine Tobacco and Shrine Bowls He is survived by his wife a daughter and three sons.
In Columbia South Carolina former University of South Carolina professor Russell B Maxey 45 receives a minimum six and a half year term for beating nurse Ann B Pierce a jealous attack Aug 3 He also gets concurrent terms for burglary with intent to murder and for assault and battery with intent to kill Pierce testified of their shared trips and nude photos Maxey previously served a federal sentence for mailing nude photos. In St Louis Vice President Barkley attends a birthday party for Mrs Carleton S Hadley amid mentions of the widow’s status.
A Blakeslee report notes that Soviet bombs need not match American A bombs to be competitive. Terrain and ground shape largely govern blast damage, meaning a smaller bomb can equal or exceed the impact of a more powerful device in many conditions. The U S asserts its A bombs exceed Russian capabilities by multiple fold.
Daylight saving time ends officially at 2 am Sunday as clocks are set back one hour to 1 am EST. The change affects about 50 million Americans and ends the spring forward period that began April 24, with most regions in the Northeast and Middle East adopting the change while the South and much of the Midwest and Far West stayed on standard time.
The state advertising division will spotlight the mountain area from now through October with color film and descriptive scenes for fall promotion. Director Charles Parker photographer John Hemmer and writer Carl Sink will tour the mountains to document scenery and work with resorts to boost tourism.
A Hungarian people's court sentenced Laszlo Rajk and two co defendants to death for conspiring to replace the government with a Tito aligned regime. Two others received life terms, one nine years, while two defendants were held for court martial. The case involved alleged collaboration with an American spy ring and Yugoslav influence.
The Western North Carolina Methodist conference opened its third day in Winston Salem with reports that it leads national conferences in contributions to the Advance for Christ and His Church four year program. Bishop Costen J. Harrell of Charlotte presented the leadership finding while Rev. Ralph H. Taylor of Albemarle urged pastors to pursue the goal of 2,000,000 new members.
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