High Point Resolutions Set by Local Leaders for 1946
The Enterprise outlines New Year resolutions from local figures including the mayor city council city manager chief of police director of public works and chamber of commerce The statements pledge better news coverage prompt city action reliable governance and stronger industrial and civic collaboration aimed at making High Point a better city to live work and grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
Robert L. Thompson
Associated Press
High Point No. Anne
Emyes
Suilford
Obor
Cain
Chamber OF Commerce
High Point
Faor
Ickes
Capitol Hill
House Agriculture Committee
Theodore Spector
City eyes library progress and a permanent home
The High Point council supports moving the library from the old store building to a new site near the Pickett house north of the Sheraton, calling it the least undesirable of three options. A second phase calls for legal city funding and a permanent facility, with citizens urged to back the library.
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Pickett House
Sheraton Hotel
Library Commission
High Point
Silly and unenforceable liquor laws spark questions
Yesterday's Enterprise quotes Judge Don MacRae and local officers calling current liquor transport laws silly and dry laws unenforceable. The column argues liquor law gaps allow unopened tax paid liquor in cars and questions enforcement, urging legislative remedies and personal reflection after the holidays.
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Don MacRae
High Point Wellington Street Paved Delays Prompt City Outcry
Durham man John Persons blasts Wellington street as worst in a so called civilized town. He says street assessments were paid in advance yet no work done and the road remains unpaved despite pleas. No Scare George Steffan Jr quotes Christmas blessing by Daily Smith as cafe men face hardship and street begging.
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High Point
Wellington Street
John Persons
Durham
Wellington
George Steffan, Jr
Smith
High Point JayCees honored for memorial scholarship noted
Community leaders praised the JayCees for establishing a memorial scholarship and aiding city betterment. City officials and club members lauded efforts benefiting High Point, while local optimism grew for continued civic progress. A veteran observer credited volunteers for guiding the city forward as Christmas season reduced juvenile cases this year.
Truman and capitalism in US political thought
The essay defends a private capital based economic system rooted in private enterprise and competition. It argues Truman acts decisively without a coherent philosophy and credits the nation’s wealth to its long standing embrace of free enterprise regulated by government, despite 20th century upheavals.
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Truman
United States
Truman and the American way against total state control
The column attacks socialists and appeasement, arguing Americanism is a way of life stronger than communism or fascism. It asserts Harry Truman misreads fact finding, moves reflexively, and risks a fascist or communist economy if the government dominates finance and industry.
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Kansas City
Good Fellowship
Jimmy Byrnes
Hary Truman
Italy
Germany
Soviet Russia
Truman
Washington insights on postwar stock market and housing limits
A stock market analysis argues earnings and inflation do not drive future gains. It cites material and labor shortages, high costs to start new plants, and competition as barriers. Housing and demobilization pace are pivotal, with a New York analyst warning a vast building program is needed to meet demand.
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Washington
Oth
Truman
New York
Sean
Pa Geome
Era
Housing Boom and Demand Shaped by Economic Policy
Paul Mallon argues population growth and high national income drive housing needs beyond current output. He says a large postwar housing program is essential if Truman pursues other promises, but stabilization and lower prices could ease demand. He urges private building to wait for clearer economic signals in 1946.
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Truman
Navy court martial and political uproar over duty failures
The text attacks the McVay court martial for negligence and questions why senior naval officers and planners failed during wartime. It criticizes prosecutors for omitting critical issues about rescue actions and highlights Harold L. Ickes battles over a 12,000 acre duck sanctuary and protests by Massachusetts lawmakers and residents.
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Navy
Congress
McVay
Maurice J. Tobin
Ickes
Washington
Thomas J. Lane
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Audit Bureau OF Circulation
JayCees
Roy Braden
Edgar Hartley
Nand
James J. Ellington
George Sokolsky
Paul Mallon
Uncle Sam
Apolis
Leyte
Philippines
Harold L. Ickes
Boston
Ipswich
Georgetown
Rawley
Newbury
George J. Bates
Massachusetts
Spector
Fish and Wildlife Services
Terror Department
Harold L
Lei
MasorChusetts
Thei
Joseph AW
New England
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