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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1947
Page
4
The Good Citizenship Committee schedules a 7:30 p.m. mass meeting tomorrow in the junior high auditorium to discuss expanding youth programs, recruiting adult leaders, and positive youth development to curb delinquency. Junior high students recently voiced ideas on the city’s youth program, highlighting adult apathy and urging community involvement.
Eisenhower and MacArthur loom as possible presidential candidates amid Republican infighting. Both lack party ties and have no clear stances on many domestic issues. History shows war heroes have reached the presidency, but neither has definitive political experience to rely on.
The piece notes the 30,000 officers retired on three quarter pay for disability and laments widespread abuse. It cites two U S cases from home where civilian workers drawing disability pensions still hold full-time jobs. One warrant officer injured in Washington earns about 140 dollars monthly, while another Italy wounded veteran gets eleven dollars.
A group of Republican congressmen challenge Senator Taft and national chair Brazilla Carroll Reace. Observers say such dissension signals vigor in the party's recovery and renewal.
The piece reports Arthur B. Corey suggesting renaming East Carolina Teachers College to avoid misidentification with ECSTC and notes limited support for McIver College. It covers policy against naming state institutions after individuals, public reactions to the Freedom Train in Raleigh, and assorted local notes on public matters and a drum procurement debate for the National Guard.
Washington gossip notes the U S Senate holds auditions for a new reading clerk after John Crockett retires after 40 years. Candidates read bills and roll calls, with Emory Frazier offering blunt advice on mispronounced names and handling of documents.
A column recounts Capt A R Harrison now a justice of the peace discussing eviction work. It reflects on retirement, public service, and the balance of occupation and faith with reflections on U S aid ads and wartime memory. The piece ends with a brief rural misidentification joke about a hornless cow.
A local discussion on Sunday practice reveals broad opinions about how individuals spend Sundays off, with choices largely personal unless restricted by law or ordinance. The piece notes differing perspectives shared during a Sunday evening chat between friends.
A collage of show business quips and social sketches mocks Broadway and Hollywood culture. Columns joke about producers named Schmoe, fund raises, and stage life while lampooning political scenes and wartime attitudes. The piece blends jokes, photos, and witty asides about stars, strikes, and society.
New York lounge chatter covers ABC Saturday lineup stars Stan Kenton Jean Sablon Shirley Deane and Monica Lewis. A reader letter praises Stork Club staff after a Nov 22 incident. Weathered showbiz bits, quips, and TV/radio notes fill a lively nightlife column.
A damaged OCR style item lists wartime OSS chief Maj Gen William Bill alias Bill with scattered clues and word fragments across vertical and horizontal entries including names and terms like Japanese Burmese coins and pronouns, suggesting a crossword style feature or puzzle element within a newspaper page.
The Conestoga wagon of pioneer days was the first American vehicle to pass on the right when meeting another vehicle. Other travelers followed in the tracks and the custom became general.
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