This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1945
Page
4
The High Point city faces a push to close its public library within five days, prompting calls from council members and residents for swift action. Suggestions include repurposing the Paramount Theatre as a library, or other revenue-based solutions, with emphasis on decisive leadership at City Hall.
The United States is argued to have secured the United Nations headquarters but at a high cost. The author contends the U S gains no real benefit and will bear ongoing expenses and political blame for UN votes, suggesting the location should have been in a small country or international land instead.
The Enterprise lauds Colonel Bill Bailey for joining High Point industry’s growing personnel staff, praising his fair dealings with labor and management. The editorial notes Bailey’s prior civilian and Army service, predicts a better future for local industrial relations, and credits Triangle connections while urging cautious optimism.
A column questions UAW President R. J. Thomas asking British Prime Minister Clement Attlee to intervene in the General Motors strike. It notes Attlee seeks a $4.4 billion loan from the United States and that Congress questions the move. The piece mocks Thomas’s assumptions about the British labor government.
High Point awaits a new bus station as Carolina Coach says it will come once a suitable site and materials are available. The piece contrasts the delay with the library project and calls for basic improvements like paint and water in the interim.
The article explains extraterritoriality as a concept where diplomats and their staff enjoy immunity from local laws. It notes embassies as parts of their home nations and describes how misconduct can be pinpointed to the home government, with possible recall or waiver of immunity and trial in the offender's country.
A hypothetical view explains diplomatic immunity as protection for foreign officials abroad to conduct affairs without interference. It imagines Nation A and Nation B hindering each other’s staff for minor infractions, risking wider disruption to negotiations with other nations.
The piece portrays a strategic standoff between Philip Murray and John L. Lewis over a January 14 steel strike, with Murray seeking a wage rise to prove his strength while avoiding tacitly aligning with Lewis. It stresses fears that Lewis could wreck Murray’s CIO leadership if the steel union falls and notes the broader impact of autos and steel in the labor conflict.
By George Sokolsky discusses Phil Murray and the CIO steel strike, wage and price controls, and OPA policies. It argues steel can’t be produced at cost due to wartime controls, wages rising, and profits forced by postwar deflation risks. Bowles is named as next mover in negotiations.
The narrator laments Grandfather Pomerene's insistence on treating money lent as a non-interest loan to protect his honor. Family dynamics show pressure to accommodate him while a roving cousin Nagon mocks rural virtues and a mother's kitchen labor.
The narrator recalls a conflict with Grandpa Pomer ene and a local candy merchant over money and influence. Threats of economic mischief, a nudge toward paying for candy, and questions about family stability surface as the plan unfolds and backfires.
The piece reports clashes over introducing evidence against German financiers and industrialists led by Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach amid Allied hesitancy. It notes Jackson’s concerns, Goering–Hitler connections, and hints at tensions within the control council and treasury staff over prosecuting the economic elite.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.