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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1945
Page
4
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The High Point section leads subscriptions in Guilford College campus development drive reporting $89,959 raised locally toward a $350,000 goal and a largest single gift of $50,000 from Robert R. Ragan. The piece commends local generosity and highlights wartime international tensions and awaiting Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference remarks.
A Luxemburg radio dispatch claims the German high command is pulling soldiers from the eastern front to reinforce the western front around Berlin. The report suggests Berlin could fall or be abandoned as Russian forces close in from the east, altering the strategic balance of World War II.
Greensboro Daily News weighs the Caveness bill as a potential wedge against UNC consolidation. The bill would title heads of the three units as President, prompting concerns about control and legality under current law. The Attorney General notes only the General Assembly can alter official titles.
Debates in the 1945 General Assembly center on replacing deans with chancellors at UNC units in Chapel Hill Greensboro and Bal as. Backers cite stronger heads of institutions while opponents warn of unit autonomy loss and disintegration of the consolidated university. The vote in the house Tuesday is expected to be close with opposition noted among Daniels and Gard.
March 15 stands as the most frequently mentioned possible adjournment date as Governor Cherry and others forecast a 72 day session. Bills introduced include training school for feeble minded Negro children and a hospital for spastic children, all awaiting after the war. Legislative leaders warn the assembly is behind prior two sessions but not hampered by major time constraints.
Miss Nina DeBruhl of the local NCEA unit argues teachers should not hire a high priced lobbyist to gain raises. The editorial note defends the group’s spending and suggests a public relations specialist could secure more than a modest increase for teachers.
Quotes from B D Thompson UNC Controller W D Carmichael J F Jones Representative Billy Arthur State Auditor George Ross Pou State Superintendent Clyde Erwin on coal shortages cost of living teacher salaries and a proposed three‑unit university president and executive chancellor role in the NC legislature during a winter period.
In Washington the Fish and Wildlife Service led by Director Ira N. Gabrielson reports a wartime experiment in salmon propagation paid off. Fingerlings released below Grand Coulee were returned to spawn five years later, confirming the Leavenworth hatchery program as a successful, large scale effort.
In 1944 the U S government paid the first interest on millions in taxpayer funds and salmon transplantation proof emerged. Yet the full story remains: most spawning occurs in tributaries between Grand Coulee and Bonneville, with postwar dam plans threatening future runs and the price and availability of salmon for Americans.
A historical reflection notes four score and seven years since Lincoln spoke to a nation in turmoil. It praises Lincoln as suited to the hour, contrasts his predecessors, and asserts democracy and a republic as core American virtues guiding growth to a mighty free nation.
By George Sokolsky argues that the United States rose on individual freedom and self rule rather than elite power. He praises Lincoln as a symbol of national identity and warns that Europe and parts of America have shifted toward state domination and servitude to the government.
Trade sources report tobacco supplies adequate to sustain current cigarette output despite wartime losses of workers and machines. Turkish tobacco may expand blending, while Philippines leaf hopes rise. Cigars remain scarce at low prices, with some optimistic imports. pipe smoking targets women with novelty designs as General MacArthur’s habit is noted.
Manhattan merchants push English pipe trade postwar with brier stems from North Africa and Italian bowls. Allied North Africa wood ready for U.S. export while synthetic stems gain Navy and Army orders. prices rise amid cigarette famine and luxury carvings attract collectors. Also notes on Nazi control and 1935 army to party ruling.
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