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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1947
Page
4
The piece notes local speech quirks in Charleston, the Outer Banks, and Brooklyn with focus on High Point North Carolina where residents say misiz misis and uniquely Mizrez for Mrs. The article ponders why High Point mouths Mizrez more than other regions.
President Truman endorses a 28 member commission report urging free tuition for the first two college years, creation of hundreds of community colleges, and expanded scholarships. It denounces segregation and quota practices, supports unified general education, and calls for aid to needy students while preserving some tuition for wealthier families.
The November 29 1947 North Carolina Education editorial defends the integrity of the NC Education Association and its members amid the R L Fritz Jr case. It notes Fritz faced indictment December 15 and a prior certificate revocation, urging fair judicial process and cautioning teachers against rushing to judgment.
The narrative notes that youth cannot complete beyond freshman and sophomore years and, while the commission did well, substantial trimming and compromises will be needed before a congressional bill with the report’s essentials is enacted.
Washington columnist George Dixon muses on Paul V. McNutt as an impressive statesman type and recalls social misfires and spelling snags at New York’s Lambs club and within the city desk. He notes Admiral Monroe Kelly’s microphone moment and jokes about Toots Shor’s party antics.
Arthur Moore of the North Carolina motor vehicles department says at least five mechanical inspection lanes will be operating by mid January in Raleigh Durham Elizabeth City Greenville and Wilmington with five or six more by end of January and about forty temporary units in January The 1947 highway safety act requires periodic inspection of brakes lights wheel alignment horns mirrors and other items for all state registered vehicles One inspection is required in 1948 and two yearly thereafter The act has expanded the motor vehicles department into four divisions highway patrol highway safety division registration division and mechanical inspection division The patrol enforces speed limits weight loads and vehicle laws under Col H J Hatcher while the safety division under S L Gaynor handles licenses accident reports and driver education Registration by Miss Fay Ingram handles title registrations and plates Inspections in the mechanical division set up recently will expand with more lanes and temporary units It is part of the broader highway safety program debated in the 1947 General Assembly
Greensboro visit recalls old pride and family moments as W A Bivins and Ed Kemp praise community spirit. Belgium free enterprise policy praised for postwar prosperity. Calendar gift and election quip end column with humor.
Brazil exported roughly the same rubber tonnage in 1920 as 1910. In 1910 the 16 to 20 thousand ton exports comprised about 90 percent of global supply, whereas by 1920 that share had fallen to about 10 percent.
Although behind the scenes prep is done, the division under Moore will not begin operations with the public until January 1. Equipment and personnel shortages may push performance well past expectations, as motor vehicles work expands postwar.
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