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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1946
Page
5
A national call for stricter traffic rules follows a Christmas period of 201 deaths on streets and highways, mostly from careless driving. The piece urges action by state legislatures and Congress, contrasting traffic deaths with hotel fires, fireworks, and aviation hazards.
Anthony J. McKevlin managing editor of the Raleigh News and Observer died two days before Christmas after a long battle with cancer. He faced his death with courage and left plans to secure his daughter's future, supported by friends and his priest in his final days.
The article contrasts Senator Owen Brewster and Andrew Higgins praise for General Peron with reminders of past Soviet era and Nazi fears. It notes Brewster calls Argentina's policy schizophrenic and questions Perons democratic veneer while highlighting businessmen quotes about chaos vs order. It stresses wary stance on accepting Perons canonization from limited firsthand reports.
The 1947 North Carolina legislature faces equitable distribution of state funds amid growing regional imbalance. Rich areas gain while poorer regions lag, with industry concentrating in already developed zones. Calls grow for rural small industries and better schools and hospitals aided by federal funds.
Lynn Nisbet notes that cash ready to match federal offers favors wealthier areas, leaving poorer communities to wait for aid. Leaders argue the state must help the less fortunate, shaping plans that allocate 25 to 75 percent state funding by county wealth for schools hospitals and related programs, with similar federal aid principles for hospitals and agricultural research.
In Washington on December 24 a columnist critiques Christmas greeting cards for lacking religious significance. He notes most cards feature simple scenes or art abstracts, with few conveying Christ’s message. He questions contemporary holiday symbolism and reflects on proper observance of Armistice and Memorial days.
A speaker blends Christmas reflections with a call to defend individual liberty in mind and soul. He cites Saint Paul to argue for truth telling, justice, and labor to aid the needy, proposing these ideals as a basis for both foreign policy and domestic economic policy toward a better world.
The piece discusses gambling as a vice and its persistence through history, citing Monte Carlo as a famed hub and noting La Guardia’s limited anti gambling efforts. It describes New York’s marginal industries and a corrupt scene along Broadway where betting on sports and games ties to gangsters and racketeers.
By George Sokolsky argues that big crime figures and graft corrupt sports and urban life. He contends perjury and rackets thrive where communities shield criminals, police face sociological silence, and political corruption hinders reform.
Various 1940s society whispers span a New York heiress link to Princess Elizabeth Philip, secret seating for 9 months, a looming sugar beet seed probe, and a wave of Broadway and film industry chatter. Trade names like Bilbo, Wall Street firms, and Hollywood figures surface amid political intrigue and festive season notes.
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