Town Meeting Welcomes Harold Stassen and Guests
High Point hosts a town meeting with Harold Stassen and Robert Nathan as debate participants. The discussion covers political and economic philosophy, partisan balance in the city, wages versus prices, and local audience divisions between Republicans New Dealers CIO members and Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stassen
Robert Nathan
James Carey
Emerson Schmidt
George Denny
America
Stassen
Nathan
North Carolina
Aélda Iz
Andithe Chaption
Oraleph
de Schmidt
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Wre Snemba
CIO
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
U. S.hhamber
Chamber
New Deal
USCC
Geen Thertiety Ork Ie
Missouri
Denny
North Carolina Women Jury Service and a Proposed Bill
A discussion on women serving on juries in North Carolina. After an amendment granting full citizenship, Representative Frank Taylor proposes a bill to excuse women from jury duty for any reason. Critics warn the measure would undermine the amendment and justice.
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North Carolina
Site Court
Supreme Court
Frank Taylor
Associated Press
Chase
Taylor
Marshall Defers Presidency Bid in New Secretary of State Role
Yale historian Prof. Thomas C. Mendenhall hails General George Marshall after his oath as secretary of state. He notes Marshall’s denial of presidential candidacy and his pledge to keep foreign policy nonpartisan while demonstrating leadership and financial prudence.
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George Marshall
Marshall
Truman
Thomas C. Mendenhall Fi
Yale
Capitol Square Strategy in Legislative Salary Dispute
The piece outlines tense tactics over supplemental salaries for six months, noting accusations of impeachment by both sides and a bid to influence the biennial salary scale. It highlights Senator Libby Ward’s motion to instruct conferees and Representative Oscar Barker’s resistance to a 20 percent rise, with hints of a broader 30 percent target and the roles of John Umstead and Robert Moseley.
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Senate
Libby Ward
Ward
Craven
Oscar Barker
John Umstead
Chapel Hill
Robert Moseley
Grensboro
Teachers urged to restore free tuition for future public school teachers
Lynn Nisbet notes two major Wheater University units back a bill to return free tuition for students who commit to teaching in public schools. The proposal aims to attract more teachers as colleges fill and classrooms demand staff. It recalls a 1931 repeal prompted by oversupply and revenue needs.
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Wheater University
Robert M. Hanes
Forsyth County
Displaced Persons Yet Without Home or Country
The article notes a growing class of displaced people after the war, numbering over 800,000 with about one third women and 150,000 under 19. It covers origins, limited repatriation, and the danger of death upon return, stressing that most are not Jews and highlighting Polish and Yugoslav cases amid anti Semitism in Poland.
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Poland
Displaced Persons and Jewish Refugees in Europe
The writer argues that repatriation to Poland or Yugoslavia is a death sentence for displaced Jews and Catholics. He critiques immigration barriers in the United States and Western countries, citing low permanent-residency admissions and wartime restrictions. He calls for immediate, constructive action to admit more refugees.
Truman’s unified defense plan and navy lobbying end
In Washington reports portray a so called compromise that unites Army Navy and Air into a single defense structure with an overall secretary. The Navy gains a formal right to planes but under coordination rules. opposition by naval leaders is framed as a rhetoric compromise and restraint on lobbying.
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Washington
Truman
Navy
Army
Air Force
National Defense
Armed Forces
Air
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
George
Russia
Spitzbergen
Military budget debate wraps Navy reform pledge in doubt
The piece argues the military budget will stay near 11.5 billion next year despite talk of savings. It notes hopes for reduced duplication and cost cuts, while praising a new unified approach after Pearl Harbor lessons. It says services can now cooperate within a single unit, boosting efficiency and national protection.
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Little America
Congressional
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Memo Magic and Nazi Echoes in New York Columns
A Rush of editorials mocks wartime figures and postwar stalemates. Memo items cite Merry Fahrney, Nenni, Tito, Cripps, Perón, Messersmith, Taft, and a flood of alleged Nazis and traitors, with critique of the State Department and press.
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Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Town Meeting
George W.ay, Jr
George V. Denny, Sr
Tice Stacy
Jimmy Hatlo
City Editor
Magazine
Rossman
Cleveland O
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
George Sokolsky
Europe
Yugoslavia
United States
Great Brittain
Scandinavia
Canada
Berind
Paul Mallon
Winchell
New York
Merry Fahrney
Merry
Miss Fahrney
Brazil
U. S. Federal Reserve
Benedict Arnold
Nenni
United Nations
Marshal Tito
Rome
Tito
Belgrade
Italy
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
U. S
Singapore
Lloyds of London
Great Britain
British Empire
Mr. Cripps
Pevka
Downing Street
Orchids
Claire Neikind
Palestine
American Press Corps
Anthony Drexel Duke
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
John Winan
Messersmith
Peron
Buenos Aires
Tem
Perdn
State Dept
Taft
Goebbels
E. L. Delaney
Delaney
Derrick Carter
London Daily Worker
South
Bilbo
Communist Party
Justice Dept
New York Daily
Fdr
Mister Breger
By Dave Breger
David
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