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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1950
Page
2
Allied forces push toward Seoul as 2,400 airborne infantry arrive at Kimpo air field near the city. About 150 planes transported the troops from Japan, landed Sunday after sailing from the United States. Inchon area hosts a South Korean division as both outfits move inland without delay to strengthen the fight.
SENNELAGER Germany Sept 25 Future land battles will be controlled by television Lt Gen Sir Charles Keightley British commander in chief in Germany predicted today He reviewed autumn maneuvers begun yesterday He said battles could be controlled by television but hoped it would not create arm chair commanders He has sent film units to shoot events across the mock battlefield so actions of troops can be recorded as if watched by a television eye
A note states the average baseballs used in a major league game ranges from three to four dozen. It adds a historical aside that Panama shifted from South America to North America when it seceded from Colombia in 1903.
The piece explains that until legal machinery is completed, punishments for Communist work or propaganda are not in effect. It contrasts action organizations and fronts, noting the U.S. Communist Party would admit Moscow control if it registered, with the moon’s tidal effects mentioned at the end.
Police reports describe a rural highway collision with charges against Donald L. Weavil for operating left of center and Oscar Spencer for no operator license. A separate 8 00 damages case on Highway 62 involved Lloyd Rodden overturning after driver fell asleep. Municipal court handed down 60 day to two year sentences including probation and license revocation for multiple defendants on drunkenness, reckless driving, and prohibition law violations.
A fatal autotrain collision near Rock Hill South Carolina left one dead and two seriously injured. Goodman 53 a Morganton department store manager died minutes after the crash. Meyer Levy and his wife of Morganton suffered serious injuries. The automobile and a Southern Railway train collided at a York Rock Hill highway crossing near Marion, North Carolina.
Two sailors died and three were injured when the destroyer escort U S S Gilligan was tossed by heavy seas at the harbor entrance during a training cruise for naval reservists. The ship rolled onto rocks and was struck by a massive wave sweeping two crewmen overboard.
The White House announced President Truman will deliver a non partisan five minute radio talk on Wednesday for Democratic Women's Day. The address is sponsored by the Democratic National Committee and will be recorded in advance with air time undecided.
New York report says a 60 year old IRT motorman Michael Birmingham was killed instantly when stepping from his stalled northbound train to report a power failure. He was struck by a southbound express near the 50th street station. Another man Edward Henry 435 Staten Island was injured critically after jumping or falling from the 72nd street platform into a train path.
R L Baldwin Sr longtime head of Baldwins Store Inc died at home after brief illness He founded the Durham Rocky Mount Lynchburg and Farmville department stores opening the first Durham location in 1911 He also led Morris Plan Bank and the Home Building and Loan Association as president and chairman of the board.
Washington reports a new television tax of 10 percent of the manufacturers price will apply starting November 1 instead of October 1 due to a delay in passing the tax bill. The law becomes effective at the start of the first month after ten days from signing.
Heads of 14 state departments opened budget hearings before the advisory commission in Raleigh to outline requests for 1951 53. Public school spending exceeds 83 million yearly and may top 90 million with a new teacher salary scale.
American troops seized Chinju after a day of savage street fighting as the 25th division led by Rant Charles Torman of Keene reached the city from the south. The fall leaves Chinju abandoned with hundreds of Communist troops cut off, in a key deep south victory.
A 40 year old former Greensboro resident Cecil King, returned from Austin Texas, was questioned about the August Tar Heel Drive-In theft near Archdale. A tray from a metal money box tied to the Drive-In robbery was found near his Sherwood Village home. Tarbush remains jailed on multiple Greensboro robberies with no bond set.
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania on September 23 two convicted holdup slayers were executed in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary. Alexander Niemi age 31 died at 12 31 a m EST and Walter Maloney age 32 died at 12 39 a m They were sentenced for first degree murder in the January 6 1949 Chester Pennsylvania tap room holdup and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied their appeals before death.
Thomasville crafts Everybody's Day pet parade with entry blanks at the public library city hall and area schools. The event starts at 3 p m October 7 beside the city hall with nine cash prizes in three divisions for pets entered from chickens to ponies.
A Charlotte hitchhiker said two Greensboro men gave him a ride toward Salisbury but left with his leather jacket. John Taylor, stranded in 4A1 degree weather, reported the incident to police early this morning.
In Battleboro Vermont the Holdstein Friesian cow Bond Peggy Wayne owned by Baptist Orphanage of North Carolina Thomasville NC posted 547 pounds butterfat and 13 990 pounds milk at 3 9 percent. The cow was tested for 365 days milking twice daily aged 9 years 6 months at start. Testing supervised by North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering with the Holstein Friesian Association of America.
A mid afternoon fire in the janitor quarters rear of Norwood Court apartments caused extensive damage to the building and a car owned by Bill Currie of Norwood Court. Currie estimated losses over 300 dollars. Fireman W W Samuels suffered minor burns. Firefighters also extinguished a grass fire on Silk Street at 2 14 p m and responded to a false alarm on English Street at 3 30 p m.
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