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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1951
Page
9
The article reports a divide within the AFL over backing in the 1952 race. Seattle leader Beck questions aligning with Eisenhower and other candidates, arguing unions should wait to assess domestic positions before committing. Other AFL figures hint at shifting toward performance based support.
Hollywood millionaire Joel W. Thorne, 36, builder of the winning car in the 196 Memorial Day classic at Indianapolis Speedway, remained in critical condition after a motorcycle crash Saturday. He suffered a skull fracture concussion severe lacerations and other injuries when his hopped up motorcycle sideswiped a car and threw him about 15 feet.
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion appeals to American Jews to support Israel's independence bond issue to the limit. He urges strong financial backing amid ongoing tensions and calls for united backing from the diaspora.
About 98 pounds of refined uranium metal split into two chunks were found near Dalhart. The material weighs 33 and 65 pounds and tests show 18.6 percent uranium. The AEC confirms ownership and Los Alamos is cited as a nearby secret installation. The FBI investigates whether the uranium was taken or stolen, with value estimates ranging from six dollars to three thousand five hundred dollars per pound.
Paris reports a one year advance in the target date for assembling sufficient force to halt a Soviet invasion. Earlier notes suggested Gen Eisenhower would not mobilize his so-called medium case force in Western Europe within the next fiscal year.
North Dakota Republican leaders told a UPI correspondent they had given Sen. Robert Taft strong assurances of their backing for the GOP presidential nomination. A separate brief reports a man shot his wife in Sudbury Ontario, with hospital officials noting the injury. Also, a wartime fact lists 435 U.S. Army posts and camps within continental United States during World War II.
An advertisement extols BC Tablets and Powders as fast acting relief for headaches neuralgia and minor pains. It claims multiple active ingredients provide superior effect and urges购买 of tabs powders and family size bottles with price points 10c 25c and larger.
Abner Holton, longtime East End Methodist Church superintendent and local furniture dealer, was presented with a Bible during yesterday’s services before announcing retirement. Rev. Rayle preached on human suffering citing Job and Paul, urging forgiveness, patience, and a renewed start free from past sins or injuries.
French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman said the Schuman plan to unite coal and steel resources of six European states should be ratified in weeks by the parliaments. The plan, he added, would raise productivity and total output, improve living standards, strengthen economic stability, and expand Europe’s defense capacity while aiding anti-Communist efforts. Four varieties of trout inhabit streams and lakes of New Mexico.
Iris Beeson 47 wife of Ira S Beeson Sr of Route 3 Thomasville died Sunday at City Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health. She leaves two daughters Sarah and Linda and five sons Tra Jr Joe Jack Wade and Charles with her father J G Matthews and mother Bertha Huff Matthews. M C Elledge 68 retired merchant of 11 Second Avenue died Sunday morning after extended illness. Survived by wife Lucy Eason three brothers and one sister and three grandchildren. Burial arrangements detail the family plot and services in Thomasville.
Funeral services were conducted for P. M. Caudle with ministers Rev. John Cagle Rev. E. M. Jones and Rev. IL P. But. Active pallbearers included W. Howard Steed T. A. Riley Walter J. York Fred Metcalf Ralph Slate Veleo Jaich Stanton Cecil and H. B. Cheek. Burial followed in the family plot at the church cemetery. Caudle, a well known resident of 204 Guilford Avenue, died early Friday after a year of ill health and was a longtime Republican figure and member of the State Executive Committee.
A funeral service for Bill Ryan was held Monday at 10 o clock in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church with Father R MacMillan presiding. Pallbearers included Dixie Griffith Harry Harker Jr John H Banks T R Sullivan A L Shelton L G Venable Vernon ce Percy Payne and R A of Greensboro. Interment followed in the Ryan family plot. A High Point native and World War One veteran, Ryan died after a period in Point Mary land hospital at age 56.
In Portland Oregon the Defense Electric Power Administration ordered cuts to assure power supply after a driest summer in the region. Mobilizer Charles Wilson said plans aim to plausibly remove some Pacific Northwest plants to balance shortages caused by low river levels and drought.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Addie McConkey 49 of 701 Wise Street were conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Green Street Baptist Church by Rev. L B Reavis pastor. Burial followed in Floral Garden Park cemetery. Mrs. McConkey of Towee Street died Thursday night after being a resident of the city.
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