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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1952
Page
4
The article urges Republicans to attend precinct meetings at polling places tomorrow at seven, with an eight oclock township committee meeting in the courthouse. It notes a split among Taft and Eisenhower supporters and warns the rank and file bear responsibility if they stay away.
A handwritten note to Justice Valentine from an anonymous political acquaintance in town. The writer invites a social evening with the judge and remarks on campaigning, voting preferences, and a light taunt about his liberal views and judicial temperament.
The sun woke early and the Department of Public Works crews, led by Director George Deane, worked from dawn to clear the snow. Residents praise the DPW effort as possibly the best snow cleanup in the city’s history.
President Truman taps Lieut Gen James H Doolittle to head a committee on air safety amid Newark and LaGuardia Airport crowding and crashes. The piece argues against wholesale shutdowns or shifts, notes pilots would prefer Newark in trouble, and calls for balanced, fact driven recommendations to improve safety without crippling air travel.
A Moore County discussion recalls a Rockingham federal court jury case where eleven jurors stuck to a view until pressure to reconsider flipped the verdict. The tale highlights how sentiment and timing influence juror decisions and how opinions can shift before a final vote.
National Geographic notes the pecking order governs flock behavior with a head hen and a chain of dominance from leader to last hen. Dr. Arthur A. Allen cites cardinals, ducks, grouse, meadowlarks and other birds establishing hierarchy through varied acts of dominance.
The passage argues that open road travel and hitchhiking spoil national order by fostering crime and a shiftless mindset, suggesting such freedom enables criminals and leads to societal trouble.
The piece argues that the AEC nuclear project costs have ballooned from an original estimate of 1 billion to 1.25 billion, forcing an extra 650 million in spending. It claims Congress has lost control of federal outlays by signing contracts that later exceed expectations and notes inflation is not the sole cause. It criticizes expert perspectives and wasteful spending habits.
The writer accuses government plans of expanding control through contracts, boards, and rural electrification schemes, arguing several agencies favor public ownership to drive private business to bankruptcy. The piece cites Interior Department actions in Arizona and Montana, TVA wind experiments, and rising federal influence across industries with critics labeling it socialistic. It cites figures on land and insurance, plus warnings of political shifts and bureaucratic power.
A fragment from a February column blends weather and romance with a long personal memory. It recalls a 1896 snowbound courtship and recounts a humorous bird story about a flicker found in a chimney, rescued and released by C B Overman, in High Point Town.
The indignant stance quotes Newbold Morris as an anti spoils system advocate and an ardent opponent in the fight against political graft. The remark frames Morris as committed to reform despite partisan friction and entrenched practices.
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