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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1950
Page
10
President Truman argues for a swift path to a balanced budget and tax reform to reduce inequities and spur growth. He cautions against drastic spending cuts while forecasting a midterm deficit unless taxes rise, with expected revenue near 38 billion and possible excise reductions. The piece notes prior tax proposals and anticipated safeguards for essential programs.
President Truman presses a Fair Deal program including repeal of Taft Hartley, rent control extension, Brannan farm plan, public power, anti trust reform, housing for middle income families, expanded Social Security, education aid, compulsory health insurance, and civil rights legislation. He forecasts growth, warns against booms and busts, and urges Congress to act on nine key items.
Eastern standard time is the reference. Central subtract one hour, mountain subtract two hours. Some stations adjust relay times to fit local schedules. No last minute program changes are included.
Radio and TV listings show a packed evening with NBC ABC CBS and mbs programming. Notable items include This Is Your Life Great Gildersleeve and The Lone Ranger Drama along with Burns and Allen and The Dick Haymes Club.
The reformist party gains momentum with calls for eased government controls and potential martial law and censorship relief. In other news, Derevyanko again leaves the Allied Council for Japan amid charges on Japanese war prisoners, while Finland’s trade union seeks a 10 percent wage rise under Premier Fagerholm as elections approach on February 15.
Praised statements show opposition within Congress to the civil rights program. Rep Cox says he's for the president but against the civil rights plan. Rep Cooley notes the Brannan farm plan has no chance in current Congress. Rep Hope argues the Congress has decisively rejected the Brannan plan and will not change position this session.
North Carolina saw cash income from turkey sales rise from just over 500000 dollars annually before World War II to 2.6 million dollars in 1948, reflecting postwar expansion in poultry markets.
Berlin reports show Western Germany's churches crowded with growing attendance driven by refugees, while the Soviet zone faces low turnout amid anti church propaganda. Protestant and Catholic figures show mixed gains and losses as the postwar revival moves forward amid restrictions and migration.
Pur chase of the New York Sun by the New York World Telegram was announced today. Both papers will publish under a joint title beginning tomorrow. The Sun's features and columns will be added to those of the World Telegram. There are no authentic world records for sunfish. average length about seven inches and weight under half a pound.
Davidson county commissioners in Lexington deferred action on a county school bond issue until next week after hearing requests from school officials. The group from Lexington Thomasville and county schools proposed a 4 925 483 73 bond package to fund five years of needs including a 16 room elementary school gym and vocational facilities in Thomasville. If the county bond election fails the law allows a local election in Thomasville to cover city school needs with alternate funding considered by commissioners.
Mrs. Truman considers four double teas to accommodate guests due to 16-seat dining room limits as Blair House hosts live during repairs. Vice President Barkley and wife may be honored in smaller dinners while the First Lady resumes social duties and congressionals teas continue.
In Superior court, defense witnesses testified McD Gordy was mentally sound shortly before he died in his late eighties. The seven children challenge the will as invalid, alleging lack of mental capacity and undue influence.
A local food market on Washington Street reports a $58 theft at about 3 a.m. when a man posing as a part time worker opened the cash register, grabbed the money, and fled while clerk B. J. Hale watched. Police have a fairly good description and are searching for the suspect.
Under order of the Guilford County Superior Court a commissioner will sell at noon at the Guilford Courthouse door the Roxie J Miller estate tract of 1.70 acres in High Point Township. The parcel, conveyed from John Portis et al in 1943, lies along a railroad and county road and will be sold to the highest cash bidder subject to 1950 taxes.
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