High Point Enterprise Editorial and Circulation Leadership
The document lists personnel including R. B. Terry as President D. A. Rawley as Secretary and Treasurer, Charles B. Loflin and Robert L. Thompson as editors, with W. Patterson Jr. as Advertising Director and Circulation Manager, from the High Point Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
Charles B. Loflin
Robert L. Thompson
W. Patterson, JR
Adv
Mgr
Calls for chemical and speed testing to aid law enforcement
The paper supports use of chemical tests to prove drunkenness and blood or breath tests if accurate and rights protected. It favors highway speed cameras or "electric eye" devices to reduce wrecks, warning against sensational speed traps while endorsing science aiding safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Unfair Taxation and the Repeal of Wartime Excise Taxes
A letter endorses the National Committee for the Repeal of Wartime Excise Taxes led by transportation, luggage, fur and jewelry groups. It argues taxes on luxury items were unfair and discriminatory, noting some items are necessities and urging readers to pressure Congress while acknowledging President Truman’s stance on keeping taxes high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee For
Cotton Bowl
Chicago
Truman
Delphia Mint
Iowa
Guy Gillette
Congress
GOP
Here We Go Again Tar Heels Board for Cotton Bowl
The piece notes that North Carolinians head to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl extending the football season into January. Critics call bowl extensions bad for college athletics citing commercialization and campus hysteria, though the author expresses personal enjoyment of the tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Cotton Bowl
Uni
Versity
Delaware
North Carolina Virginia gas dispute resumes at FPC
The North Carolina Virginia natural gas controversy will be resumed next week before the Federal Power Commission. Southern state business leaders oppose the Virginia plan to build a pipeline exclusive to Virginia, with Piedmont Natural Gas proposed to serve Georgia and the Carolinas along with Virginia. Charles B. Zeigler of Raleigh testified on the fuel supply issues and opposition to gas propaganda, recalling coal shortages and the need for reliable fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Virginia
Federal Power Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Commonwealth Gas Company
South Carolina
Georgia
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
Carolinas
Charles B. Zeigler
Raleigh
National Coal Association
Zeigler
Winston-Salem Sentinel
Patter Graphics and Quotations on Public Life
A clipped column notes wit and aphorisms about politics, tax guides sales, aging, and social behavior. The author, M. L. Patrick, offers quips on manners, media, faith, and dress as social signals.
Review of Half Century Change From Two Wars
The article traces a transformation from 1900 to 1950 driven by mass production and tech growth, shifting labor from farms to cities, and the rise of a lower middle class with capital. It links trust busting, populist pressure, and New Deal policies to a sustained welfare state under Roosevelt and Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Hearst
William Jennings Bryan
Middle West
East
Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
United States
RFC
WPA
Europe
Soviet
Russia
Italy
Germany
England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
1949 Washington Year in Review from Dixon
Dixon’s wrap of a busy 1949 lists January inaugurations and Truman’s mandate, drafting crew for inaugural programs, plus snippets about Louis Johnson as Defense secretary prospect, Shirley Temple’s visit, and quirky gags from Joe Lewis to Perle Mesta. It previews February and March humor and politics, including Wickard at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner and rent control quibbles, ending with a promise of more to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Government
Truman
GOP
George W. Malone
Nevada
Henry Dominique Larcade, Jr
Louisiana
Louis Johnson
Defense
Stevie O‘ Truitt
Stevie
Shirley Temple
John Agar
Joe FE. Lewis
Capitol
Perle Mesta
Phila
Claude Wickard
Wickard
West
Charlie Ross
Key West
Congress
ECA Appropriations
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rent Control Administration
Senator Mahoney Urges Peace Through Resource Investment
The quote stresses that funds for resource development, new opportunities, and economic stabilization will more effectively secure permanent peace than armies or nuclear weapons, voiced by Senator Joseph C. O. Mahoney of Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Joseph C
O's Mahoney
Wyoming
Washington issues clash over wage losses and complex ties
The piece traces the $3 billion wage loss figure from the National Industrial Conference Board and NAM scrutiny of dubious estimates. It covers intertwined marriages linking Navy and Adenauer aides, echoes Congress probes on steel price increases, and notes plans for a Philippine war claim office as Benelux and Uniscan are cited as bureaucratic naming trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Industrial Conference Board
U. S
Ernest T. Weir
Pittsburgh
National Industrial Council of the National Association of Manufactures
NAM
Weir
National Industrial Council
Industrial Council
N.1lc.b
Committed Aging Reads and Holiday Notes
A personal column reflects on birthdays reader mail and a featured piece from Woman's Home Companion on aging. It cites Dr. George S. Stevenson and Dr. David A. Boyd Jr calling for humane care for the elderly. plus humorous holiday quips from Greensboro and a book joke at Jake Harris' store.
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High Point Enterprise
Oz, Hig Si Lkh
Fanzing
FPC
Patter Graphics
M. L. Patrick
George Sokolsky
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Fricke
John Wanamaker
Thomas Edison
George Westinghouse
James J. Hill
E. H. Harriman
J. P. Morgan
Jacob Schiff
The
Inside
George Dixon
Dixon
Peter Edson
Navy
Francis Patrick Matthews
Naval Aviation
John F. Floberg
Floberg
Spencer
Matthews
Konrad Adenauer
John J. McCloy
London
Lewis W. Douglas
McCloy
Ellen Zinsser
Douglas
Peggy Zinsser
Hans Zinsser
Adenauer
Zinsser
Congressional
Commerce and Justice Departments
Joint
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
U. S. Steel
Ben Fairless
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
New War Claims Commission
Daniel F. Cleary, Jr
U.S
Cleary
Philippines
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg
United Kingdom
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Uniscan
W. A. Bivins
Western Union
Emilyickinson
Albert Deustch
Woman's Home Companion
George S. Stevenson
American Psychiatric Association
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
New England
David A. Boyd, Jr
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Deustch
Greensboroens
Duke Power Magazine
Jake Harris
Jerome K. Jerome
Jake
Dunn and
Bradstreet
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