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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
4
The editorial condemns the state for upholding a death sentence for a boy aged 14 or 15, arguing youths are legally innocent of civil acts and urging Governor Cherry to commute the sentence. It criticizes juvenile courts and calls for harsher punishment for delinquency while condemning state responsibility in the crime.
The Greensboro press notes a dispute between Mayor C. M. Vanstory Jr and Magistrate John C. Strickland over rat blame and honors. It argues rats cross lines between city and countryside and urges coordinated city county action and shared responsibility.
The article outlines competing postwar aims for Germany among Russia France Britain and the United States. Russia would strip Germany of industry and direct labor for reconstruction while France seeks permanent Allied control of western Germany and coal fields. England and America favor a limited revival to support peaceful restoration, with a tough winter ahead and a plan for gradual economic recovery by 1948. A generation must be educated to renounce military glory.
State board official R M Rothgeb says the actual cost to care for patients in state mental hospitals has more than doubled in four years. Average annual cost per patient rose from under 300 dollars to about 629 dollars this year, excluding capital investment returns. The rise reflects medical and custodial care plus significant plant improvements over the period.
Lynn Nisbet notes that state hospitals will expend about 947 720 this biennium on improvements and additions, not counting 350 000 from contingency funds for Camp Sutton auxiliary unit. Costs rise due to higher labor and food prices and more hospital attendants, with salaries driving most of the per patient cost increase.
In Washington a split arose among farm bloc members over Rep Pace’s parity bill to add labor costs to the parity formula. Rep Hope of Kansas opposes the measure calling it ruinous for farmers, risking export losses and higher costs, while committee support grows but floor action is delayed to next year.
The speaker warns that subsidies or export losses could shrink production across crops, especially cotton and wheat. Aiming to protect wartime gains, he calls for a fair basis to keep agriculture at current price levels while accounting for higher labor costs reflected in farmers’ purchases.
Column notes Eleanor Roosevelt claiming Russia has not started wars as she contemplates Russia's history. The piece ridicules the definition of Russia across eras and mocks her democracy critique of Madame Chiang Kai-shek. The author recalls Mei Ling Soong and ties to Shanghai.
By George Sokolsky discusses social life in Shanghai after noon tennis at the Kwok household, Meiling, and Chiang Kai-shek. He surveys China’s flux from feudal pull to modern leaps, and then traces Russia’s wars from 1848 to post‑war Soviet actions, highlighting Comintern and fifth‑column concerns.
The piece argues the British loan plan is indefensible with escape clauses, hedges, and vague commitments. It warns Congress will likely approve despite flaws and details showing weak repayment prospects and a drift toward a broader world monetary system.
Paul Mallon ally argues the Byrnes group pressed for a quick private deal to settle the war loan. He contends the option to take equipment, stockpiles, territories, and bases in kind was viable but not seized. The result is a lasting debt with no repayment plan, leaving Congress to decide whether to accept the $3.75 billion package.
The article profiles Senator Brien F. McMahon of Connecticut as he blocks further Western and Southern industrial decentralization inquiries. It notes his strategic roles, including chairing committees handling atomic bomb policy, delaying McCarran’s venture, and shaping labor and veteran labor alignment during reconversion. It also covers reactions from Western lawmakers, Truman’s cautious stance, and veterans joining unions and loyalty organizations.
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