Clean-Up Campaign urged for Lexington and neighboring towns
The Lexington chamber of commerce plans a city wide clean up and beautification movement to run year round. The High Point chamber is urged to follow this example to tackle widespread dirt litter and odors in streets, storefronts and neighborhoods with active citizen pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
High Point Chamber of Commerce
High Point Inier Chamber of Commerce
Lexington
Jaycees
High Point
Good Man Appointed Legislative Assistant to the Governor
Former Senator Brandon Hodges of Asheville is chosen by Governor Cherry for the temporary post as legislative assistant. The role links the executive and legislative branches, helps prepare administrative measures, and serves as the governor’s eyes and ears with lawmakers. Hodges’ background includes leadership on the senate appropriations committee and budget and contracts boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Hodges
Asheville
Cherry
Hodges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Board of Awards
Republicans Seek to Block Bilbo Seemingly at the Door
The GOP aims to keep Senator Bilbo from taking the oath of office while planning a full hearing on charges. The editorial hopes Republicans reconsider to permit a proper trial, warning that a hasty or partisan action could derail the issue and undermine justice for Bilbo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbo
GOP
United States Senate
Repub
Missis
Sippian
Court redefining work day sparks massive suits
A 1938 wage law left definition of a work day unresolved. The Supreme Court reinterpreted walking, dressing, and prep time as work time, prompting billions in suits. Critics say Congress should define it, not the court, to avoid crippling industry and higher prices. A Pittsburgh firm counters with a breach of contract suit against unions to challenge the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Justice Murphy
Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Community letters condemn unsafe buses and political betrayal
John M. Culp laments unpaid costs for rotting Thomas Car Works truck chassis and ties modern geopolitics to local school bus safety. He volunteers to protect and transport kids with unsafe buses, condemns Governor Cherry and calls for action in High Point.
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Thomas Car Works
John M. Culp
North Carolina
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas
Cherry
T and I
Sugar Bowl Officials Cited By Competing Sports Editors
Edits from several editors praise the 1947 Sugar Bowl while criticizing officiating and Georgia betting instincts. Opinions come from Bill Cox of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Chauncey Durden of the Richmond Times-Dispatch Frank Spencer of the Winston-Salem Journal and Joe Livingston of the Atlanta Journal noting UNC merits and surprising for Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cox
The
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Georgia
Chauncey Durden
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Carolina
Frank Spencer
Winston-Salem Journal
New Orleans
University of North Carolina
Joe Livingston
Atlanta Journal
Baruch Policy Dilemma Framed By Potsdam and UN Talks
The piece surveys U S atomic policy after Potsdam as Truman Attlee and Mackenzie King push promises, Molotov uses leverage, and the San Francisco veto doctrine shapes UN discussions. It notes the Lilienthal report Dean Acheson and tensions with Baruch MacArthur and Smyth report access amid espionage cases in allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Baruch
United States
Messrs
Truman
Attlee
Mackenzie King
Potsdam
Teheran
Yalta
San Francisco
UN Assembly
London
State Department
Lilienthal
Dean Acheson
Baruch
General MacArthur
Smyth
Canada
Great Britain
Russian stance on atomic control and veto in UN talks
The piece argues Russians seek controls and inspection but refuse punishment for any Soviet blame in atomic use. Baruch condemns a treaty with no enforcement, while Gromyko uses the veto as a political tool. Disarmament talk is a delay tactic to stall the bomb decision.
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Baruch
United States
Gromyko
Soviet Russia
Mr. Baruch
Great Britain
Canada
United Nations
Russia
United States Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
Behind the News: Mallon Reflects on Postwar U.S. Travel and Living
Paul Mallon surveys the nation from Chicago noting improvements in rail service and food, but a lack of new equipment. Hotels run below capacity yet prices edge downward. Construction stalls as OPA withdrawal frees materials but demand collapses. durable goods scarce and car presence rare, with Studebakers catching the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Chicago
Washington
Illinois
OPA
Minneapolis
East
Industry outlook lingers as cars lag and religion rises
The piece notes Studebaker pulling ahead of rivals while many commercial vehicles pass through streets. It observes no immediate auto industry restoration, with strikes and pricing less urgent than new cars. It highlights a surge in religion with six new parishes in one Midwest city, and calls for renewed work to lift the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
Midwest
CIO
1946 Fizzles and Flops in National Affairs Recap
A sharp survey of postwar year missteps covers Demmy misjudgments in elections, Rankin and Wheeler political shakeups, the Pearl Harbor probe, sedition cases, and the Iran Kremlin flare up. It notes black market gains, vet housing woes, and appeasement strains with Franco.
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High Point Enterprise
Fk. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Associated Press and
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Lich Point
John L. Lewis
By Jimmy Hatlo
Charles ST
LA Crosse
George Sokolsky
Winchell
New York
Demmys
Dembells
Rankins
Bilbos
Wheelers
Marcantonios
Arthur Murray
John Roy Carlson
Rankin Un-American Committee
Rankin
Washington Honorables
Atlanta
Law and Order
Justice Dep
Pearl Harbor
Naziland
Sen. Wheeler
Wheeler
Wall St
Berlin
Tokio
Uncle Sam
Kremlin
Iran
John Bull
Mr. Whiskers
Joe Stalin
Amity
Bolshies
Europe
Franco
Mister Breger
By Dave Breger
Smokin
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