Rent Control Comes to High Point and Board Protests Rollback
Local observers note federal rent control now covers High Point within Guilford County. They urge rewriting the OPA rollback date to July 1 1943 to align with Greensboro and the county, arguing the current January 1 1945 date unfairly rewards noncompliant landlords and harms cooperative tenants.
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High Point
Guilford County
OPA
Greensboro
Adjuant General's Office
Volun
Rds
Cooper
Coate
DPA
James
Guilford
Disarmament Debate Mirrors World Tensions and US Stance
The piece argues for cautious support of Truman’s world disarmament call with stipulations. It favors UN involvement but demands equal say for US military leaders, warns against disarming while rivals arm, and cites Byrnes Eisenhower Nimitz and Tydings as shaping voices in a broader effort to curb global militarization.
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Maryland
United
United Na
United Tions
United States
Tydings
United Nations
Germany
Japan
U.N. site decision spurs debate on vast 40 square mile area
The United Nations committee weighs a 40 square mile site near New York for its future home. Critics fear lengthy lawsuits and decades of international control, while supporters emphasize a lasting, multipurpose international center.
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United Nations
New York
Emergency housing sites chosen for High Point project
The emergency housing committee recommends placing 50 prefabricated homes on two properties in High Point. White residents would occupy the Lowe property on Springfield Avenue while the colored residents would be housed on the Thomas property on Vail Street. The decision weighed city growth water sewer and power needs amid possible objections from various sites.
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Emergency Housing Committee
High Point
Lowe
Springfield Avenue
Thomas
Vail Street
Zacharias and the Pearl Harbor Vision That Faded
Luke recalls Zacharias of old who was struck dumb after an angel’s vision. A modern Zacharias, a navy captain, warned Admiral Kimmel of a Sunday Pearl Harbor attack, but the admiral does not remember the warning.
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Zacharias
Luke
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Kimmel
Real Estate Rents and Public Health Note
Curtis Smithdeal defends rent rollback stance while remarking on misused terms by realtors. An editor’s note apologizes for mislabeling realtors and praises Eastman publicity efforts. Mrs Martha Sharp cites winter epidemics and undernourishment affecting children after return from Czechoslovakia.
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Curtis Smithdeal
Smithdeal
Real Estate Board
Eastman
Martha Sharp
Czechoslovakia
Silent suffering and postwar woes cited by locals
The passage notes acute need for warm clothing in Czechoslovakia with 10,000 war orphans in Bratislava lacking stockings and underwear. It also includes remarks on local issues from city managers and workers, reflecting postwar frustration, labor strains, and social unrest.
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Bratislava
Washington Behind the News on Anderson and Farm Policy
The piece argues Agriculture Secretary Anderson faces a Washington dead end as the old department factions resist his parity to world price shift. It notes Cabinet internal cliques, possible successor hints like Milton Eisenhower, and strained ties with Congress and unions amid policy battles.
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Washington
Truman
Anderson
Wallace
White House
Milton Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Albuquerque
Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers Union
Lassiter
Hudgins
Sic
Congress
Secceien
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Food Shortage Deepens Amid Farming Boldness and Bureaucracy
Paul Mall argues that food shortages persist due to farmer fear of abundance, political cliques, and lobbies. Winter wheat suffers from bad weather, meat production is hurt by a strike, and poultry drains stock. vegetables may suffice if weather improves, but relief seems unlikely soon.
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Mr. Anderson
Britain
Truman Rejects Proposal to Hear Struck Labor Side
The article argues President Truman dismisses Ben Fairless's plan to meet with struck labor employers to hear their side. It questions why Truman would not accept an invitation via mail or telegram and asserts he prefers to listen personally rather than through others or press channels.
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Truman
Ben Fairless
Snyder and Schwellenbach
Chester Bowles
Murray
Mr. Truman
White House
United States
Truman’s policies face critique on dollar value and wages
The author argues Truman’s 18 percent formula fails to address key economic issues. He lists problems: falling dollar purchasing power, high taxes, price freezes lowering tool returns, declining production efficiency, inflation from fiscal policy, and failed reconversion. Fairless should present industrial data to the president, not rely on trade group voices, to face real producers.
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Truman
Mr. Fairless
Snyder
Schwellenbach
Ben Fairless
R. Truman
CPA
CIO
Locke
Many
Eric Johnston
Henry R
Trade Association
Harry Truman
Senate debate on postwar industry squeeze and rival groups
A bloc of senators blames management in steel and auto strikes for trying to crush postwar rivals and war born independents. They seek a congressional study of economic trends resembling the 1932-33 Wall Street inquiry, with Kaiser and Reynolds targeted alongside U S Steel and General Motors.
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Wall Street
United States Steel and
General Motors
Kaiser and Reynolds Companies
Pittsburgh
Detroit
South
U. S. Steel
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
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