Wisdom and Common Sense Against the Ku Klux Klan
An editorial denounces the Ku Klux Klan as midget-minded and violent. It endorses legal channels and court actions by groups like NAACP, condemns Klan threats over school integration, and praises courageous judges and law enforcement in Columbus County. It urges NC to resolve segregation through wisdom and common sense, not burning crosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
North Carolina
Klan
South Carolina
NAACP
Columbus County
Rales News and Observer
Herschel D. Som
National Grange
America
U. S
Grim lesson in reckless driving and deadly car as weapon
A Denver Post photographer recalls a hospital room scene after a 2 year old boy named Tony Guerrero died when struck by a truck that fled the scene. The writer compares driving to a deadly gun in the hands of a maniac and urges witness to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Post
Tony Guerrero
North Carolina vacation spots boost swimming pool boom
California style pools arrive at Fontana Village and several inns across North Carolina this summer. New pools open at Fontana Village in the Great Smoky Mountains and at Lake side Inn Hendersonville Mayview Manor Blowing Rock Sedgefield Inn Nantahala Village near Bryson City plus other motor courts adding guest pools, signaling a growing NC swimming trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
North Carolina
Fontana Village
Great Smoky Mountains
Lakeside Inn
Hendersonville
Mayview Manor
Blowing Rock
Sedgefield Inn
Nantahala Village
Bryson City
Guaranteed wage tied to profit risks free enterprise says NAM
The Dallas News says NAM finds 70 percent of employers would curb expansion if a broad guaranteed annual wage were imposed. It argues guaranteed pay shifts risk from capital to labor, undermining free enterprise and profit incentive, comparing pension versus work income and citing Walter Reuther challenging Ford on stock plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufacturers
Walter Reuther
Ford
High Point Enterprise August 23 1955 front section
High Point Enterprise page from August 23 1955 lists staff roles with President Mrs R B Terry, Secretary Treasurer Bolt McPherson, Editor W Patterson Jr, Director W Idol Jr, Business Manager Charles Loplin and circulation details. Publication details note afternoon and Sunday editions and AP membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Bolt McPherson
W. Patterson, JR
Hitutiang
W. Idol, JR
Sess
Charles Loplin
Actress Miss Muir Questions Spanish History Facts
The piece criticizes Miss Jean Muir for her House Committee testimony and ignorance of Spanish history. It details a timeline from 1931 to 1939, noting elections, revolts, and Franco’s rise, while questioning Muir’s ties to the Loyalist movement and urging further inquiry by the Un-American Activities Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Muir
House
Corenittee
The
S Republic
Franco
Rockwell Kent
Miss Muir
Spanish Republic
Republic
Alfonso
Spain
Alcala Zaenora
William L. Langer
Harvard
Cerehoslovakia
Jan Masaryk
House Committee On Un-American Activities
North Carolina City Revenue and Expenditure Comparisons
The column surveys North Carolina cities in the 15,000 to 30,000 population band, detailing population, taxable valuation, tax rate, and operating expenditures for Burlington, Concord, Gastonia, Greenville, Kinston, and others. It notes variability in accounting methods and outlines tax provisions for stored cotton and tobacco, with several cities reporting power and light revenue separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
Burlington
Concord
Gastonia
Notes on the News: Municipal Finance and Government Varieties
The column lists utilities revenue figures for several North Carolina cities and describes local government structures. It notes revenue from electric operations and outlines council and manager forms in Greenville Salisbury Gastonia Concord Kinston New Bern Statesville Rocky Mount Shelby Wilson and others with aldermen commissioners or councilmen and mayors as chief admins.
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New Bern
Rocky Mount
Salisbury
Shelby
Statesville
Wilson
Aew
Greenville
Gastonia
Concord
Kinston
Wilson Hs
Unce
Heat and unrest thread through wartime era musings
A collage of items on heat and weather, violence in North Africa, hurricanes and public nerves. It notes mass casualties in Casablanca amid rioting, weather patterns blamed on unknown causes, a Blackie rescue tale, and reflections on food costs, liquor woes, and civic adjournment in California.
Pencil Stub Drama A. Eden Angered by Dodge Letter
Washington columnist Homer Joseph Dodge attacks British police with a whimsical memo about pencil stubs. He mocks Sir Anthony Eden and predicts a government collapse amid Irish troubles. The piece lampoons British policing and horse troughs as symbols of distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain
Irish Republican Army
Homer Joseph Dodge
Nestor
National Press Club
Dodge
Congress
Whitehall
H. d. Gladstone
Winston Churchill
John Simon
Scotland Yard
Barnardo Homes
Trinity House
Cone Stable
A. Eden
House of Commons
Admiralty
Privy Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Imperial Wizard
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Knights of Columbus
the Defamation League
Supreme Court of the United States
Dallas News
High Point Enterprise
LNC
North Main Street
High Point
N. C
Associated Press
Associated Press Ia
N.C
High Point Enterprise, Inc
National Advertising
Ward-Griffith Company
George Sokolsky
Zamora
Jose Sarturjo
Catalonia
Barcelona
Popular Action Party
Alondre Lerroux
Manuel Azana
Spanish Morocco
Francisco Franco
Emilio Mola
Russia
Cormsuunist
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
Grensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
State Tax Research Department
Goldsboro
Fayetteville
Hickory
Lexington
Elizabeth City
Albemarle
Reidsville
Thomasville
Henderson
Monroe
Sanford
Charles Pearson
Potts
W. A. Biins
Casablanca
Algeria
Oued Aem
Carolinas
Florida
Blackie
Aeer
Josephine Ripiey
Christian Science Monitor
Blackie Fhlows
Maryland
Maryland Roads Engineer
York
New York
Bureau of Health Education
American Medical Association
U. S. News and World Report
Pacific
George Dixon
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