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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1946
Page
4
The High Point rent control rollout faced a rocky start as residents and landlords struggled with new rules. Officials warned rents must align with rolled back amounts from July 1 1944, but many tenants remain unclear on payment and protest procedures amid slow guidance and mixed landlord responses.
Three House members Estes Kefauver Clarence Brown and Fred Bradley open 3XWT News Views from Hotel Harrington with Allen B. DuMont studios. They note small local TV reach but fear of the New York audience as 6 000 sets loom and the session records for home viewers.
In a futurist musing, Jack Stinnett imagines living rooms filled with television and wonders how congress would function with remote access. He fears more floor time for members and questions how committee meetings and appearances will be managed as citizens see their representatives more clearly.
East Carolina Teachers College trustees fail to win back public confidence amid two hostile camps over former president Meadows now in prison for embezzlement. Auditor Pou's findings triggered threats against him by a trustee as the board sought a new leader while split by anger and distrust.
A historical profile notes Harry Hopkins held vast informal power under Franklin D. Roosevelt, second only to the president in influence though never elected. It compares Hopkins with Harold Ickes and Henry Wallace, detailing his rise, lack of a personal political machine, and the strategic loyalty within the Roosevelts’ inner circle.
The article portrays Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inner circle, contrasting elites like Henry Morgenthau Jr and Sam Roseman with Harry Hopkins. It argues Roosevelt sought unwavering loyalty and a neutral servant personality to safeguard secrets and advance his complex wartime diplomacy from Churchill to Yalta.
The Washington inquiry into Pearl Harbor shows Kimmel and Short cleared of sole fault and highlights shared blame across Washington. Roosevelt is linked to overall policy keeping the fleet in Hawaii, with failures to alert Hawaii and coordinated actions amid secrecy and diplomatic tensions.
The text argues the Roberts commission failed to prove advance Washington warning from wind code messages and notes widespread blame across officials from Washington to Hawaii. Court martials seem unlikely as politicians debate culpability without single culprits.
The War Assets Corporation scales back hopes from a 10 cent to 1 cent on the dollar recovery for the $200 billion wartime arsenal. Only about 24,000 of 60,000 surplus planes are salable, mostly trainers and transports, with sales totaling just over $56 million. Heavy weapons remain unsellable, prompting scrap drives and overseas destruction while lend lease assets face uncertain recoveries.
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