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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1953
Page
4
The furniture industry shifts toward four annual showings as Southern lines drive mid season previews. The American Furniture Mart plans an official October 1923 preview showroom while Chicago aligns dates with Southern peak season. Manufacturers face higher costs and retailers worry about balancing new line launches with core production.
Governor Umstead selects Ed Gill for North Carolina treasurer post citing his deep federal and state government background. Gill's career spans secretary to Governor Gardner, parole and tax work, and IRS leadership, bringing stable administration and strong fiscal oversight to Raleigh plus influence on Local Government Commission.
A Rhodes scholar argues in the New York Times Magazine that Cecil Rhodes envisioned a global English speaking alliance. Fifty years in, Anglo American ties underpin survival and joint Crusades against totalitarianism despite expanding differences and strains within the fellowship.
A Plainview editorial extols jury service as a core American duty and a pillar of justice. It stresses citizen participation in resolving disputes peaceably and warns against punishing the innocent, noting the guard against wrongful imprisonment.
Carlsbad readers note a flare of tornadoes this spring linked by some to atomic tests in Nevada. The author argues for shifting tests to fall to avoid out of season fear, noting over 200 tornadoes and a rising death toll.
President Eisenhower returns from a Midwest and New England trip and denies targeting Senator McCarthy. Talks with General Persons and C. E. Wilson touch missile policy, Hatch Act limits, and a planned Democratic Digest publication, while Mamie Eisenhower settles into First Lady duties with veteran doorman John Mays praising her ease in the White House.
George Dixon tells of Sullivan E. Barnes becoming president of the Young Republican National Federation after romance with Julie Bailes. Barnes, once obscure in Senatorial offices, rose to lead the 350,000 member group, introducing Eisenhower to the convention.
Rep. Charles J. Kersten of Wisconsin charges Koreans and Chinese refuse to return to Communist lands to show fear and hatred of communism among enslaved people. Harry Bridges, after an acquittal on perjury charges, calls the case a frameup from the start.
A Duke Divinity School arranged a homecoming honoring Gur ney Harriss Kearns as 21 outstanding graduates celebrate the Kearns Fellowship in Religion. The awards, three prizes of 1200 dollars each annually, support graduate study and have aided hundreds of scholars since 193? initiation.
Governor Umstead of North Carolina unveiled a slate of judicial appointments including Eugene Shaw as commissioner of revenue and Edwin Gill as state treasurer. He explained why only seven of twelve special judges were named, emphasized supervision limits, and urged reporters to avoid implying partisan motives behind the personnel choices.
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