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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1947
Page
7
Washington analysis outlines the two major issues facing President Truman as Congress nears final passage of tax cut and labor bills. It weighs veto options, potential two thirds overrides, and possible political fallout in the 1948 elections, including unions' reactions and non union voter sentiment.
CHAPEL HILL June 2 The Horace Williams Philosophical Society will host a panel discussion on the responsibility of the United States in the next step in civilization. Speakers include Chancellor R B House C W Tillett and James Street. The event in Gerrard Hall Sunday June 8 at 3 pm is open to the public with floor questions.
In Columbia on June 2, white Democrats prepare to defend the party’s private-club primary against a suit by George Elmore arguing the vote should be open to Black citizens. Judge J Waites Waring may dismiss if the party proves the primary is unregulated by state statutes. Separately, John F Wrighten sues the University of South Carolina Law School for alleged racial exclusion.
Duke University announces new appointments to its law faculty. Loyd Hall Sutton, George Washington Adjunct Professor, will be the John McTyeire Flowers Lecturer for 1947–48, teaching patent law. John deJarnette Pemberton Jr., Rochester, Minn., joins as assistant professor teaching negotiable instruments, credit, transactions, and debtors estates.
Duke University in Durham awarded 1,468 diplomas completing its largest class. General Levin H Campbell Jr spoke on World Peace A Challenge To the Youth of America. The 50th anniversary grads of 1897 attended a breakfast. ROTC swearing in added about 90 naval reserve commissions.
New York May 31. Formal weddings surge after the war with record projected marriages in 1947. About 1.7 million marriages expected, mostly formal, with four to six attendants. White satin gowns dominate, priced around 50 to 98 dollars, and gown production rising to meet demand.
Copies of the spring issue of Law and Contemporary Problems from the Duke University School of Law were sent to all members of Congress through Congressman Richard M. Nixon of California, an alumnus. The issue features a labor dispute symposium organized by Paul H. Sanders and edited by Brainerd Currie.
Salisbury voters upheld prohibition in Rowan County with 8,423 votes against county controlled liquor stores and 5,988 for, in an unofficial total of 14,411. The outcome keeps Rowan dry forty years after North Carolina statewide prohibition.
New York INS reports natural gas reserves total about 160 trillion cubic feet, enough for 40 years, with 1946 discoveries adding 12 trillion. Despite expanding reserves, shortages last winter caused production and industrial outages. legislation in Congress seeks to accelerate supply via amendments to the Natural Gas Act and changes in FPC control and interstate sales.
The summer conference season at the Methodist assembly ground began today with an address by Josephus Daniels, Raleigh publisher and lay leader. Daniels urged redemption of the pledge that the recent war was fought to secure world peace, speaking at Haywood County Day yesterday to open the season.
Washington D C special corrosion resistant enamels are used as coatings for pipe and fittings in the rubber industry. The enamel’s high cleanability reduces the periodic cleaning time and saves many man hours.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a natural remedy for backaches caused by kidney acidity. It promises rapid relief by flushing acids and increasing urine flow, with a free trial offer from Kilmer Co. and a full-size bottle at drugstores.
Pennsylvania's 1946 milk production totaled 5.319 billion pounds, down 85 million from 1945. The 1945 output of 5.404 billion pounds remains the all-time record for the Keystone state, according to the state agriculture department.
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