High Point Court Needs Reforms and Local Judge Pay Boost
The letter urges Representative Crissman to back a local bill raising the city judge’s $6,000 salary while calling for courtroom reforms. It favors more court days, a dedicated municipal courtroom, better jury rules, and accountability, ending governor appointments in favor of local selection.
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Walter Crissman
High Point
MacRae
Council
North Carolina
New York Gazette
McNarney
Valley Forge
Marshall von Rundstedt
N. Y
Love as the Greatest Thing in the World
A sermon reflection on 1 Corinthians 13 praising love over gifts and urging global unity through Christian virtue. It contrasts spiritual riches with earthly progress and calls America to lead by example in faith, peace, and righteousness.
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Saint Paul
Corinth
Apostle
Toni Malin
Christ
God
King of Kings
America
Staggered council terms eyed as city grows
C A Lewis cites late Eddie Knox idea to stagger mayor and council terms to keep four experienced members. Carlton Kirkman notes hidden industrial growth along the H P T and D railroad when surveying building activity. New equipment and better air service are boosting travel appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Knox
C. A. Lewis
High Point
Carlton Kirkman
Thoughts on Air Travel and Local City Politics Observed
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker lauds postwar air travel growth noting 1 8 million annual passengers on Eastern Air Lines and rising air mail and freight use. Local remarks touch on council in High Point and a lighthearted take on holiday biking pride from Mrs Harrill.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Air Express
High Point
Mt. Mitchell
England
Liberals fret as Truman gains public support in postwar outlook
The piece argues liberals misjudged 1946–47 economic trends and underestimated President Truman. It asserts liberal predictions of mass unemployment and inflation failed, while prices fell and supply rose. It notes liberal dissatisfaction with Truman and belief he lacked FDR's timeliness, but claims people rewarded his stance.
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OPA
Mr. Truman
Roosevelt
Truman rises as public backs blunt leadership
By George Sokolsky argues Truman's blunt approach appeals to the public as liberals criticize Roosevelt era policy. The piece defends Truman's handling of labor and the war end while praising the national resolve against foreign entanglements. It contrasts Truman with Roosevelt and Wallace, insisting the American team keeps the country from Soviet influence.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Vandenberg
Baruch
Connally
United States
America
State Department
Mr. Truman
Henry Wallace
Chester Bowles
Hey Morgenthau
Notes of a New Yorker editorial on press freedom and war
A New York editor asserts that free press does not guarantee factual reporting and recalls warnings of another war. The piece surveys Nazi influence, wartime diplomacy, and public figures like Arthur V. Bevin and Jimmy Stewart, ending with a thank you note from the American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Yorker
New York
South Pole Race Spurs Debate Over Antarctica Treasures
The article discusses nations racing to Antarctic exploration led by America under Admiral Byrd, probing for resources like coal oil and uranium. It notes historic claims from Cook Bellingshausen and Amundsen, and details brutal polar conditions and the continent’s vast ice features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Hickery
Dock
Three Mice
England
Russia
United States
Antarctica
South Pole
North America
America
Antarctic
Byrd
Mars
Capt
Cook
Fabian von Bellingshausen
Alexander Land
Tsar Alexander
Ross
Great Bay
Ross Bay
Norway
Amundsen
Britain
Scott
Pole
Admiral Byrd
Virginia
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
D. A. Rawley
Robert L. Thompson
Lexington Ave
N . City
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Capitol
Noble Praigg
R. L Grace
George Sokolsky
Morgenthau
Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
Poland
Manchuria
Arab League
Congressional
Army
Artinazi Peron
Pampas
Hitler
Germany
Naziland
Argentina
Dep
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Malmedy
Belgium
Rankin un-American Committee
Ernie Adamson
Adamson
Bevin
White House
Gen. Sherman
Penitentiary
Herb Hoover
Bilbo
Chamberlain
Munich
Coventry
Jimmy Stewart
P.S
Jimmy
Sally
U. S
Dept of Justice
American Cancer Society
James S. Adams
Standard Brands, Inc
E. Simms Campbell
Great Britain
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