Warning to A and B drivers on new permit deadline
A city notice warns all high pointers with last names starting A or B to obtain new driving permits before January 1. It cites an estimated 150000 A or B drivers in the state and notes 60000 have not yet been examined, with patrol spot checks planned and a minimum $75 fine for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
Arvil H
Byrum
Paul
L. C. Rosser
Col
H. C. Hatcher
Highway Patrol
Mail Carriers Need Licenses For Vehicle Use
A state attorney general ruling states post office employees require a driver's license only when driving mail vehicles, causing confusion. The issue arose after North Carolina DMV asked about license needs for mail carriers. Critics warn mail trucks can cause serious damage and question the department's judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McMullan
Post Office Department
North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
A. E. Helmick
Greensboro
Rtment
F.F
Round Three Signals CIO Demands for Pay Hikes
The column argues Philip Murray may push Congress to restore price and wage ceilings, framing Murray's postwar push as a trigger for inflation. It warns wage controls without price limits are unlikely and politically risky for proponents.
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80Th Congress
Truman
Congress
CIO
Murray
Philip Murray
Harry S. Truman
Republican Congress
UN's Palestine decision challenged by Arab defiance
The text notes Arab governments defy the UN Palestine ruling with precedents from Soviet boycotts including the Little Assembly. It cites a Yugoslavia Bulgaria mutual aid treaty barring the UN Balkan Commission, highlighting UN flaws: lack of a binding law code and enforcement. The piece argues these defects endanger the UN's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Soviet Union
Little Assembly
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
UN Balkan Commission
These Days by George Sokolsky on crisis talk and policy
The essay argues that the Truman administration and Henry Wallace promote an inevitable crisis to justify policy actions. It claims no real agricultural or steel shortages exist and warns that government policy inflates subsidies and money supply to create fear for political gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Henry Wallace
United States
Wallace
Gay
Luckman
Abe Fortas
Fortas
Yale Law School
AAA
Citizens Committee
Anderson
Harry Truman
Quotes on Communism and labor from U S lawmakers
A collection of remarks by Gov Dewey Prof Warne Sen Watkins Rep Gavin and Taber criticizing Soviet aims defending free expression and warning against five day week plans. The quotes discuss democracy aid to allies and preventing communism while protecting U S economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Arthur Watkins
Utah
Royal marriage talk hints at future royal match
The piece muses a possible wedding between King Michael of Romania and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma. It notes Anne worked in a New York hat shop and argues Michael is fortunate to choose a bride with practical living experience amid Romania’s unclear monarchial future.
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Michael of
Romania
Anne of
Bourbon- Parma
New York
Michael
Senator Brewster Absence Passes Posthumously In Congress
In Washington the column recalls Senator Owen Brewster Maine asking permission on the Senate floor to be absent for two weeks after already being away, with a tongue in cheek note about posthumous approval. The piece lampoons intellectuals and cites the Trumbo defense and other anecdotes.
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Washington
Mary
Owen Brewster
Maine
Senate
Howard Hughes
Buddy
Brewster
State Department
Geneva
Fox
Casual Comment By W. A. Bivins and Local Reflections
A column recalls health habits of Jack Ferguson Duke Power bus operator and a man named Tom X who battled addiction. It also notes Guilford county ABC store referendum talk fading amid debates on bootlegg ers and youth drinking. A call for a generation of total abstainers closes the piece.
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Mayffield
Jack) Ferguson
Duke Power Company
Monthey
Uptown
Jack
Tom X
Keeley
Withal
ABC
Guilford County
Black Market Racket Warned In Car Sales
A local citizen warns about black market practices in motor vehicle sales after a failed pickup truck purchase at a used car lot. He urges buyers in High Point to use authorized dealers to avoid scams. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president emeritus of Columbia University, died at St. Luke's Hospital in New York.
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Black Marketa
High Point
Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
St. Luke's Hospital
New York
Columbia
Intelligentsia notes and stage orbit of postwar cinema
Winchell surveys hooping hype on We the Pipple and 8.9 lifting claims. Cocateau Beauty and the Beast via surreal technique draws siege of cinephiles. News page covers postwar fatigue in book pubs and a major film cutting staff by New Year. Critics clash over Streetcar, Caribbean Carnival, Finan’s Rainbow in London, Esther Williams splash, and other Broadway cinema chatter.
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C. E. Hooper
Yoo-Hooper
Bess White Cochran
Lucille
Eddie Roberts
Walter
Bennett Cerf
Eduardo
W. W
Ike Mr. Billingsley
Michael
Rerl
Roumania
London
Brooks Atkinson
Paragon
Finan
Aristocrats Review Highlights and TV Picks in New York
A New York review praises Bill Shirer for weaving world events into a coherent picture. It lauds Info Please as top among charades and notes Fadi’s sharp wit. It criticizes Hollywood Star Preview for bland scripting and praises ABC World Security Workshop and NBC Patterns of Melody. It also mocks midday DJs for overbearing singing ads.
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Bill Shirer
Fadiman
Hollywood Star
ABC
World Security Workshop
Cholly Laughton
NBC
Forthright Doctor Butler and the Harding Judgment
Dr. Butler was known for clear positions on current issues and was described as a forthright leader. He wrote that Warren G. Harding was honest and well-meaning but a weak executive, once telling Butler he was not fit to be president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Butler
Times
Tennyson
Harding
United States
Columbia
Radio M. C. 13 Before 14 Undulation 15 Limited
The list presents a crossword style clue set with numbered hints for words across various definitions including radio terms, verbs, animal names, plant references, and measurements. It appears as a fragmented puzzle with mirrored entries for vertical clues.
The Press Box on Un State Creation and Folkloric Ironies
A sharp, opinionated note on the UN Jewish state plan and Arab reactions, contrasting 1947 America with Palestine’s 1776 moment. It scores the NY Times Marshall Plan critique and mocks McDowell’s anti fascist rhetoric while noting a Justice Department stance on Tokyo Rose and praising Mrs. H. W. Copeland.
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Gestapo
America
Palestine
The
NY Times
Europe
McDowell
Un-American Activities
Tokyo Rose
H. W. Copeland
South Glens Falls
N. Y
The Story Tellers and Thematic Echoes in wartime Opinion
A fragmented collage notes that European Rightists and Communists share irritations with Uncle Samson and calls for reading essays by Hansen Baldwin and foreign observers. It mentions Marshall easing State Dept. red tape, and a Random House tome offering new views of America seen from abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Wilson
Merk
Europe
Uncle Samson
Hansen Baldwin
Harper's
Holt
ABC
Marshall
State Dept
Fortune Informs
America
Random House
Quotation Marks and Mirth in a Holiday Echo
A collage of quips from J G Pollard, Walter Kiernan, Geo Santa and others reflects retro wit on December cheer and social banter. The lines poke at psychology, smoking, patience, and marital envy with playful sarcasm.
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Russell Nype
J. G. Pollard
Walter Kiernan
L. Nizer
S. Porter
B. Demasquita
U S Government Printing Office Called Largest in World
A report describes the U S Government Printing Office as the largest of its kind globally. It notes that the Nazis prepared samples for production of aerial attacks on the United States if they had won the war.
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U.S
Uni
Farmers Employ Nearly Eleven Million In 1946 US
The 1946 census shows about 11.49 million persons employed as farmers across the United States. This figure reflects the nation’s large agricultural workforce during the postwar period and underscores farming as a major occupation.
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United States
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Dalton Trumbo
Hollywood
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Sing Sing
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W. A. Bivins
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