Jealousy vs Vision for Tri City Growth Debate
The Enterprise echoes a civic plea for a tri city commission to spur general development in the Greensboro High Point Winston Salem triangle. A prominent business leader warns jealousy could derail cooperation, urging thoughtful leadership to advance regional industry despite local resistance.
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High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Vision Plus
Phil Grandjean
Tri-City
Earl Phillips
Truman to award Medal of Honor to Sgt Hendrix Jr
President Truman will present the Medal of Honor to Sgt James Hendrix Jr of Lepanto Arkansas for single handedly destroying two German artillery positions. His family attended the ceremony, marking a historic moment for the farm family. The article notes the night before last event as a turning point.
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Truman
James Hendrix, Jr
Lepanto
Arkansas
Papa
Old fashioned argument over sale of church site for beer
In Kinston the Primitive Baptist church trustees sold their abandoned building to W. M. Dunn who planned a beer business there. The church protested desecration while the city council refused a beer license, noting the structure still looked like a church. Mayor Guy Elliott called it not converted.
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Kinston
Primitive Baptist
W. M. Dunn
Dunn
Durin
Guy Elliott
Capitol Square Tobacco Market Opens With Mixed Signals
Phil Hedrick, tobacco marketing specialist for the state department of agriculture, toured eastern markets on opening day and praised prices for lower grades while warning of long term harm from neglecting quality. He noted five cent leaf fetching forty cents and dollar leaf forty nine cents per pound amid concerns over spoilage in Goldsboro.
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Phil Hedrick
State Department of Agriculture
Hedrick
Goldsboro
Buses Delayed by Chevrolet Strike Hit Local Schools
The state education board says delivery of several hundred buses will be delayed by factory stoppages, delaying roughly 175 buses expected around October 1. A September meeting will decide if school buses can legally haul students between classrooms and distant cafeterias, depending on the act’s wording.
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Carolina
Chevrolet
Paul Reid
State Board of Education
Chasses
War talk and social notes from High Point column
Mrs E L Tomlinson laments war word fatigue calling for gentler terms like vacation while wartime jobless persist. Alonzo Edwards hails the state junior order’s strong meeting and courtesies from High Point. Carolina theater faces a spelling misstep and misnamed film titles on its marquee with Wallace Berry’s Rogue of the Range confusion.
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Alonzo €. Edwards
High Point
Carolina
Arkansas
Wallace Berry
Community reflections and remarks from local residents
Local voices share memories and opinions on daily life and social events. Married couples, veterans, and volunteers at Camp Butner events express humor, nostalgia, and optimism about upcoming VFW and USO activities and a victory ball at the Country club.
Truman unity fades as wartime rhetoric returns in Congress
Washington recalls unity under Truman giving way to old political battles as wartime remedies resurface. The full employment bill and the Burton Ball Hatch plan split labor and pro labor coalitions while social security and deficit concerns loom. General Omar Bradley appears divided on the measure where veterans groups push for free enterprise over unemployment.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
New Deal
Pandora’s Box
California
Senator Downey
Townsend Advocate
New Dealing
Wagner
Banking Committee
Omar Bradley
France
Veterans Post
Ohio
Burton
Moderates split over Wagner act reforms and union controls
Paul Mallon faces a cool reception as he pushes for reform but gains little congressional support. Moderates worry an anti closed shop approach or labor curtailment may emerge unless a prudent path is followed. The rhetoric alarms many lawmakers and signals President Truman must defend unity amid rising pressure groups.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Letters discuss Truman, Roosevelt, and accountability
The writer questions how leaders are judged, arguing Truman is influenced by aides and advisors while cautioning against over blame. He contrasts Roosevelt’s presidency with Truman, asserting the need for full responsibility rather than casting blame on subordinates.
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Mr. Truman
Dave Niles
Bob Nathan
Ed Prichard
Prichard
Vinson
la Follette
Roosevelt
Ray Moley
Tommy Corcoran
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
End of War Reconciliation and Truman's Leadership
George Sokolsky argues for a presidency based on deeds not personalities praising Truman for dignified war conduct and prudent peace terms. He urges gradual demobilization, ending conscription except for replacement, releasing surplus troops, and truthful reconversion data amid calls for an impartial jobs commission.
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Dave Niles
Bob Nathan
Ed Prichard
Mr. Pauley
Harry Truman
Truman
Japan
Genal MacArthurthur
MacArthur
Mamma
Congress
United States
Henry Wallace
Angling the Word and Early Fishing Traditions
Winchell features guest columnists on angling history from ancient hooks to modern sport. It traces the word angle to the root ank, details early gorge and bait methods, notes Egyptians and Greeks as early anglers, mentions Izaak Walton and The Compleat Angler, and discusses salmon and eel migrations, global fish abundance, and postwar angling spending surging toward eight billion dollars.
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Ike Walton
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