Carroll Targeted By Durham For Higher Superintendent Pay
District officials report Durham may bid for High Point School Superintendent Charles Carroll at a salary well above the current 6400. High Point council has been called into special session. The school board chair warns against losing Carroll, urging a raise to retain him and support for the South Piedmont plan to boost teacher pay.
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Durham
High Point
Charles Carroll
Walter Winchellism
Carroll
Charlies Amos
South Piedmont
Charlie Carroll
Be NOT SILLY About Parking Enforcement in North Carolina
A municipal parking case highlights gaps in enforcement and the need for court or legislative action. Judge Don MacRae notes officers cannot prove who parked the car, undermining tickets. The piece urges a test case or remedial bill to uphold ordinances before the supreme court.
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Don MacRae
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Wade Renfrew
Renfrow
Renfrew
Capitol Square Reader Young page reads at Saturday session
The senate used Billy Rance of High Point as Reading Clerk substitute after Robert Rasberry left for the weekend. Senators praised his handling of a house message and local bills. Attitudes among pages mixed with pride and envy as apathy looms over the 1948 gubernatorial and senatorial campaign. Sudden deaths of Max Gardner and George Ross Pou unsettle politics while hard legislative work remains key.
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Senate
Illyrance
High Point
Robert Rasberry
Billy
House
General Assembly
Max Gardner
George Ross Pou
Lawmakers Adjust To Transition From War To Peace
Legislators praise the six week session pace set by an emergency bonus fight in week one. They note a shift from wartime to peacetime norms with larger problems, less reliance on others' promises and a push for members to attend committees and study bills, leaving little time for gossip.
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Islators
A. Krock
N. Y
Cordell Hull
George C. Marshall
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Britain’s coal crisis blamed on past bosses not current owners
The piece argues Britain's Labour government blames weather and past mine owners for the coal famine while production under government control remains low. It cites Yorkshire, Sherburn Hill, and Tredegar colliery strikes and warns the government has not matched precrisis loading rates, suggesting broader failures in coal production.
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Washington
Britain
Churchill
London Times
Yorkshire Main
Sherburn Hill
Tredegear
Regional Coal Board
Britain’s Socialist Policy and Coal Crisis Revealed
Paul Mallon argues that democratic socialism undermines productive capacity in Britain. He cites Churchill’s warning about worker enslavement, notes a drop in exports to 70 percent of 1938 volumes, and warns that socialized policy harms coal and overseas trade. The piece contends private initiative was destroyed and Britain faces continued poverty in coal.
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Churchill
United Kingdom
South Africa
Commonwealth
Britain
Virginia Faulkner
Massieu
K. L. Krrchbaum
Sinclair Lewis
Austin O'Malley
D. McCowan
W. Holbrook
Anon
New York Critics Roast British Troupe and Radio Gagsters
A sprawling wall of reviews and chatter about a British acting company opening with King Lear in New York. Critics savage or praise acts from Ann Sheridan to Groucho Marx while debates rage over democracy and diplomacy in the press.
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England
Brooks Atkinson
Variety
New Haven Boy
Maxwell Anderson
What Is Fair Pay for Teachers Ballot Poll Prompt
The Enterprise conducts a public opinion poll on teachers pay amid a school crisis. The self explanatory ballot asks readers to consider the South Piedmont plan figures guiding the first question.
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High Point Enterprise
Enterprise
Senators Debate Courtesy Over War Fraud Probes
The column lampoons senatorial courtesy as McKellar and McMahon spar over Lilienthal hearings and a probe into war frauds. It notes Bankhead’s absence and jokes that deference may shield facts, while McKellar drills into speculative questions during the exchange.
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Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Hickenlooper Committee
Bankhead
McKellar
David Lilienthal
McMahon
Connecticut
Tennessee
Senator McKellar and McMahon Clash Over Hearings
The hearing room erupts in cross remarks as Senator McKellar challenges Senator McMahon about having one’s mind made up before testimony. The chair, Senator Hickenlooper, laments lack of formal rules and defends cross examination while both sides trade barbs on courtesy and court procedure.
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Tennessee
Senate
Connecticut
Senator McMahan
Senator McKellar
Senator McMahon
McMahon
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Geo
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Harry “Truman
Capitol Square
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Paul Mallon
Winchell
New York
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Ann Sheridan
Deanna Durbin
Sigma Chi
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State Department
Russia
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Gene Autry
Duffy
Groucho Marx
NBC
Arthur Godfrey
Lec'y Marshall
Kremlin
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Marshall
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Times
Wall Street
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Taft
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Pamby
Edna Ferber
Simon & Schuster
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SEP
Peron
Democracy
Mister Breger
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