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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1947
Page
4
The piece argues the senate may sustain or override the veto of the compromise labor bill. It warns of strikes or legal battles regardless of outcome and urges compulsory arbitration as the true solution. It contends the bill falls short of real reform and cautions industrial strife will continue.
The Raleigh News and Observer editorial argues the civil service and diplomatic postings are biased against the South and West. It claims North Carolina should receive 1,270 of 50,000 Washington jobs but only 1,119 are filled by North Carolinians. It questions party politics and whether stronger Republican gains in the South could shift federal favoritism.
Newsweek notes diplomats at the State Department react to Paul Porter wording in a Greece dispatch. Porter refuses to alter the phrase The Greek economy going to hell in a hack aiming for readership, insisting readers will grasp the point.
An analysis in We the People magazine estimates North Carolina total taxable property at 8.351 billion dollars with ad valorem listings at 2.982 billion. It notes that counties often value below market, raising local tax rates and straining city finances, while comparing 1933 tax relief to 1946 rates and detailing county disparities in valuations and rates.
Ex-patient John Doe urges High Point to build a modern hospital and improve the crowded, unsanitary conditions at I. Point Memorial. He cites dust on ward windows, noisy units, and poor vessel handling as evidence and calls for unity among physicians and rapid hospital expansion.
The column argues that the nation risks losing irreplaceable natural resources and accuses leaders like Hoover and Baruch of warning that current consumption and exports undermine future security. It calls for a congressional commission led by Hoover Baruch and Compton to inventory possessions and assess economic prospects.
Winchell surveys Showfolk and whispers on Broadway theater, television and film stars. Joan Crawford allegedly spurned a 10 week tour over stage fright. Satchmo Armstrong marks 25 years as maestro with New Orleans premiere. Burlesque comic Mike Sachs nears blindness yet thrives on laughs. SAG contract and cross picket concerns rise amid industry chatter.
Norman Thomas, five time Socialist candidate for president, says he is finished with runs as it is not good for a man to run repeatedly. He spoke at the 13th annual economic and social institute in Tamiment Pennsylvania Friday evening. He notes his consistency through critiques and praises and suggests he would be valued in England's Labor party if naturalized.
The piece contrasts President Truman and Senator Taft, noting their liberal conservative stances and mutual distrust. It predicts the Senate's likely veto outcome and mentions banking commentary by Bill Spradlin Jr. plus varied trivia on depth surveys ramjet engines Phoenicians and India's population.
Hal Boyle portrays San Francisco as a legendary place that may not exist in strict fact yet fulfills the dreams and desires of visitors. The piece blends myth with memory, calling the city a melting pot of culture, history, and climate, prized for its food, cables, bridges, and enduring character.
A young koala rides on its mother's back during growth, a behavior seen until the joey is about halfway grown.
The text notes annual U S post offices sell about 4 6 million postcards and stamped envelopes Only Richmond Virginia is mentioned as the southern city with a declined color ed population The article also remarks on Arctic mosquitoes being among the largest and hungriest species and ends with a fragment about bananas growing on a tall plant which is really an overgrown
A crossword style list presents horizontal clues from 14 to 25 and vertical clues from 1 to 31. Entries include military topic references and common words such as bed, weight, nutshell, and pronouns, forming a themed clue grid.
Fragmentary OCR list shows scattered clues including numbers, mythic and Norse references, chemical symbol for tellurium, and a reference to a conference. The text lacks coherent narrative, making exact event or identity unclear and no concrete actions identifiable.
A collage of short aphorisms and witticisms from Arthur Koestler Wrigley Coolidge Everhart Miller Donald McLuke Murray and Jimmy Cannon. The quotes touch on death illusion honesty and everyday behavior with a light satirical tone.
The passage presents remarks attributed to Chen Li-fu praising mankind’s benefit through industry, Sen. James O. Eastland arguing the UN would be stronger without the Soviet Union, and a view that government is public housekeeping. It includes a remark about women as good housekeepers from Mary Donion.
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