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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1944
Page
4
The piece urges High Point to accelerate postwar plans for industry, hotels, the furniture market, and public construction. It warns that federal aid will favor those with ready plans and funds, and notes other cities, including Charlotte, moving faster. Time is essential as architects, contractors, and materials grow scarce.
J R Johnson notes The Enterprise why not be upfront about moves. The Stewart Warner unit sought a 35 000 square foot ready building in North Carolina near furniture makers. Myer preferred High Point. Winston-Salem building eyed as fallback. state department pushed for ready built plants to ease postwar relocation.
The piece weighs Turkey's possible shift to war against Germany and questions if the Allies should accept Turkey as a true ally given the timing. It compares Turkey to past Italian declarations and suggests Turkey may have been more neutral or even helpful to the Allies. The piece also muses on love as a virtue and mocks postwar depictions of soldiers and jeep life.
Citizens criticize gasoline rationing and speed limits as unfair while arguing city awning height rules should be uniformly raised to seven feet. F M Bullard notes drivers ignore limits. J M Hiatt urges compliance with the ordinance and store cooperation.
R J Glaeser proposes shifting work hours at the Demobilized Personnel Records Branch to finish at 5 30 for grocery shopping. Lt Willis FE Stemper discusses a permanent High Point recruiting sub station with regular WAC staff and frequent mental exams. George Bernard Shaw notes on Hitler and Ireland on his 88th birthday. Ralph H Justice of Raleigh laments high sales during postwar times while praising resilience. Capt Paul Ginsberg of Atlanta comments on captured Japanese and the relief after feeding and clothing them.
The piece critiques bipartisan blame over 1930s preparedness, arguing that liberals opposed force while industry and press oscillated between alarm and pacifism. It cites Franklin D Roosevelt’s 1932 letter to Hoover on disarmament as a cautious path toward arms reduction and economic stability.
The column laments Baruch's demobilization program being sidelined after World War II. It questions who supports or opposes the plan, warns against delayed action, and urges readiness to demobilize 12,000,000 veterans and civilians, while calling for a clear national peace program.
Oscar Richardson of Union County visited Raleigh to lobby state leaders on the 1945 House speakership. Indicted Rowan Rep. George Uzzell lingers as a frontrunner but faces a federal case, while A. B. Stoney and Shelley Caveness also seek support. Governor Broughton, en route to Washington, says he will not make demands for higher tobacco price ceilings.
Lynn Nisbet urges agencies to favor their request while avoiding a government strike. He aims to support Tar Heel growers and prevent discrimination, noting higher ceiling prices for Kentucky burley and Maryland tobacco versus flue cured leaf. He views political factors but cautions against partisan motives.
Commissioner Expectant Hinton James announced a 15 day reduction of the deer hunting season in eastern North Carolina and set lay-down for quail restricting hunts to Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays in seven eastern counties. Game conservationists call the move necessary while sportsmen protest due to restricted travel. James prepared to present his responses when asked.
A retrospective of U S presidential campaigns and conventions highlighting firsts oddities and notable figures. It traces early party nominating practices from 1831 Anti Masons to modern era precedents, with anecdotes about Lincoln Seward Bryan Taylor Cleveland Jefferson and others.
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