Across the tracks in High Point a defense of industrial areas
A Lincoln County News reader argues against labeling one mill village as inferior. He cites High Point athletes and professionals from the area, praises industrial communities, notes improvements in Lincolnton, and asks why textile towns face stigma while textile work supports many NC livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail
Marie Grant
Lincoln County News
Lincolnton
N. C
High Point
High Point High
Carolinas
Thomasville
Anibeans
Midwest
Civil Aeronautics Authority
State Baptist Convention
Jerge
Southwest University
Tony Simeon
Edgar Hartley
D. P. Whitley
North Carolina
Kannapolis
Gastonia
Greensboro
Burlington Mills
MARSE GRANT Appeals to Include Point and Nearby Cities
A brief note signed by MARSE GRANT urges consideration of Point and nearby cities to address a difficult problem. The statement emphasizes regional cooperation and a call for action from concerned communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point
Marse Grant
Federal loyalty program questioned in landmark court challenge
Twenty six post office workers under investigation challenge the loyalty program as unconstitutional citing First to Tenth amendments. The suit seeks to clarify disloyalty definitions and possible political discrimination while weighing liberty against government security. Justice and policy implications loom for labor and political association rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyalty Review Board
Seth W. Richardson
Communist Party
J.T
Casual Comment By W. A. Bivins Recounts Boyhood Fishing Memories
The writer reflects on past hours of fishing with his father in Home town The piece recalls clean waterways childhood dances by a bonfire and the lure of fishing along Town creek and the Falls of the Yadkin He notes changes from mills dyes pollution and dam construction altering the rivers and spoiling old spots and experiences.
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English Street
Father
Town Creek
Seldon
Falls
Yadkin
Maggie
American Aluminum Company
Pee Dee
South Carolina
Nature's Way and Philosophy in a Quieter Era
A fragment from a nature column discusses salmon and eel migrations linking California to New York via Cape Horn and Atlantic routes. It then shifts to a philosophy column quoting Emerson on Socrates and a local remark about reverence for Socrates after Jesus Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
S .Way
California
New York
Cape Horn
North America
Norway
Airmail Carried by Day Planes Then Transferred at Night
Before night flying became common, airmail moved by planes during daylight and was shifted to trains after dark, illustrating early routing practices for postal service transport.
The Mad House on Mon Wallgren and Washington politics
George Dixon mocks President Truman over Mon Wallgren nomination to the National Security Resources Board during a filibuster by Senator Harry Cain. He notes Senator Magnuson snoozing, calls Congress lazy, and jokes about Mrs. Perle Mesta hosting parties and public grazing rights under a Bureau of Land Management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Truman
Mon Wallgren
Fannie Brice
State of Washington
National Security Resources Board
Harry Cain
Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
Magnuson
Perle Mesta
Head of ECA Chooses Studebaker for Limousine
In Washington, Paul Hoffman, head of ECA, insisted on a Studebaker for official transport, arguing that as leader of the Studebaker company he should ride in one. He warned he would be ribbed to death if denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adillae
Paul Hoffman
ECA
Studebaker
Squatters Rights Stall House Commerce Committee Meeting
The Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee has not met due to a dispute over office suite rights in the Capitol. Chairman Charles Wolverton refuses to vacate the office, blocking Democratic chair Robert Crosser from convening hearings. Crosser, wheelchair bound, aims to hire a carpenter to fit the space and break the stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Capitol
Charles A. Wolverton
New Jersey
Robert Crosser
Ohio
Wolverton
Crosser
Lobby game and Monopoly revived by Mrs Hatch notes
In a casual town column the writer recalls a new game lobby by Mrs Douglas L Hatch and mentions Monopoly still popular per Parker Brothers. The note laments croquinole sales and observes the newly released Congressional Directory with Republicans in italics and Democrats restored to Roman. The piece ends with a witty thought on hat check concessions in the Senate cloakroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas L. Hatch
Parker Brothers
Roman
Way of a Fighter Noted China Policy Critique
George Sokolsky cites General Claire Chennault in the Foreword to a new book arguing the United States has mishandled China policy. He highlights testimony by Marshall and MacArthur warning about Communist gains and urges Americans, especially veterans, to read the work and judge officials in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coness
Dean Acheson
Reg
China
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Acheson
Claire Chennault
United States
Japan
George C. Marshall
Convess
Manchuria
Korea
Marshall
Congress
North
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Yangtze Valley
Shanghai
Okinawa
Philippines
Yangtze
Nanking
Changhai
Burma
India
Malaya
Indonesia
Ring of Red
Siberia
Saigon
Chennault
Notes on a Theatre Program and Broadway Viewpoints
Winchell surveys theatre notes and personalities as Cliff Odets criticizes Hollywood calling it immoral. Lee J Cobb wears a toupee in Death of a Salesman to look 63. South Pacific premiere draws over 1,000 seat checks mailed back. Stravinsky, Berlin, Gershwin, Kern labeled declasse. press notices discuss They Knew What They Wanted and At War with the Army. Crosby Gaige’s wine cellar anecdote and Broun quip anchor intermission. mentions of Julius Caesar modernized, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, and radio shows misreporting audience sizes. Steinbeck and Chennaut referenced in literary notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Yorker
Cliff Odets
Hollywood
Broadway
Lee J. Cobb
Fred Waring
H. Cullman
Cullman
Waring
Igor Stravinsky
Leeds Music So
Irving Berlin
Geo. Gershwin
Jerry Kern
Paul Muni
Sentinels
Wm. Hawkins
The
World-Telly
Richard Watts
Post
Atkinson
N. Y. Times
Crosby Gaige
Heywood Broun
Gaige
Crosby
John Barrymore
Braun
Barrymore
Studio One
Julius Caesar
Bill Shirer
Jack Giford
Phil Silvers
Mr. Silvers
J. Benny
Guess
Fibber and Molly
Mutual
Hmf
Quotations and Quick Takes From a Busy Press Box
A brisk survey of names and witticisms from NY critics and public figures. Mae West, Kinsey, Dewey, Truman and Einstein appear in snippets, quips, and squibs. The column riffs on publishers’ rejections, editorial trims, and the evolving press culture.
Horizon 1 Mammal Puzzle Depicts South America Clues
A dense crossword style list links mammals to continents with clues for elements such as conchions locale names and gadget terms. Readers map words to answers like locale oceans and common tools while tracing cross references across numbers and abbreviations.
Postwar business readjustment seen as salutary
Earl O. Shreve president of the U S Chamber of Commerce says the postwar readjustment should clear the way for longer business spending if policies do not hinder it. Air Secretary Symington warns that an A-bomb capable B 36 bomber could strike distant targets, potentially avoiding ground campaigns and heavy casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl O. Shreve
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Air Secretary
Symington
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Thomas Fe, Dewey
Argentina
Juan Peron
W. A. Bivins
Dean P. E. Lindsey
Emerson
Meno
Socrates
Crito
Jesus Christ
George Dixon
Senate
George Sokolsky
Winchell
John Steinbeck
Country
Yalta
George Jean Nathan
Raymond Massey
Theater Guild
All For Love
Mae West
Prof. Kinsey
Cosmopolitan
Houcle
N. Y
Wm. Faulkner
Byron
Clarence Darrow
Antoine Bret
Anon
Sally
Germany
U. S
Elsa
Palm Beach
Windsors
Dewey
Vaughan
Molotov
Stalin
A.P
Jerome Frank
Boston
Vishinsky
Amba
Sol Bloom
Florida
Mammal
South America
Charles Lamb
Lil
Arctic Gulf
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