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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1953
Page
8
In the High Point North Carolina Enterprise issue dated March 23 1953 the masthead lists W Patterson Jr as Advertising Director Holt McPherson as Editor and circulation manager. Subscription rates by mail three months three dollars twenty five cents six months six fifty twelve months thirteen dollars. By carrier one week thirty cents one year fifteen dollars.
Wise Old Fox notes Fox Paper Company will more than double its High Point facilities after expanding from a single year old branch. The firm, with a century of operation, outgrew its space and chose to enlarge, signaling a strong manufacturing climate that attracts new plants and supports existing ones. Congratulations are extended to Fox and to a community that welcomes profitable growth.
Lindsay C. Warren, head of the General Accounting Office, delivered three major speeches in 12 years and cited nearly a billion dollars in unauthorized expenditures. In Raleigh he warned the national debt totals and urged North Carolina to model fiscal honesty, arguing private favors and corruption reflect the broader public mood.
The article discusses Civil Service reform aims to detach federal staffing from politics and employ merit through written examinations overseen by the Civil Service Commission, ensuring permanent positions and advancement free from political favoritism.
The piece reflects on postwar normalcy and the 1920s return to normalcy under Harding, contrasting weariness after World War I with a nostalgic look at Hometown’s calm Eighties and Nineties. It notes low prices for farm produce, live-at-home policies, and early local industry. The author criticizes wartime and postwar federal employment growth and calls for Civil Service reform.
The piece cites Dr Vannevar Bush and Senator Stuart Symington warning that the United States remains unprepared for atomic threat and jet warfare. It urges honest national discourse, public sacrifice, and a strengthened defense to ensure freedoms earned by past generations amid a more uncertain future.
A claim estimates 60 million Americans use motor vehicles for work or school daily. Each trip supposedly loses 10 minutes due to traffic snarls, a conservative figure that implies substantial daily time losses.
The Suez Canal carries 80 million tons of world traffic annually with one third US shipping. The piece argues Britain must withdraw only after a joint defense plan protects Suez, warning that Russian influence and an anti Semitic Arab appeal could leave Suez undefended and draw the West into a World War. It urges Naguib to accept joint protection and US British diplomacy to secure the canal.
An Western observer in Nairobi argues that stamping out the Mau Mau is impossible and warns that counteractions risk spreading ethnic conflict across East Africa. He reflects on fear, dispossession, and the toll on settlers and natives, urging restraint and acknowledging a fragile peace.
In Raleigh Around Capitol Square Lynn Nisbet notes lawmakers will likely stay past April 20 to finish school aid and appropriations. Headlines across papers offer varied spins on Governor Umstead’s tax stance and duration of the session, with editors emphasizing revenue, not the same message from all outlets.
A collection of quotes from U S figures on embargoes efficiency in agriculture and government reform. Sen Paul H Douglas defends embargoes with mutual benefits while Ezra Benson touts a reform plan to cut payroll. Kingsley cites Korea aid costs and Finletter warns of atomic response to Soviet or NATO threats. Vaughn mocks the election defeat. Humphrey questions two conflicting stories from Van Fleet and Wilson.
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