High Point Retail Outlook Brightens With New Plant Expansions
High Point area business prospects for 1952 look strong as hosiery and furniture shipments exceed the first four months. Several hosiery plants plan expansions while Kaybey Hosiery from Pennsylvania helps offset layoffs. Retail confidence grows with Sears Roebuck plans for a local outlets and four large supermarkets entering the market, boosting Guilford area sales by 30.8 million dollars in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Guilford
Slane
Kaybey Hosiery
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Sears, Roebuck
Greensboro- High Point
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Golden Triangle
Foundations in Public Interest or Tax Evasion Debate
A columnist questions large foundations like Ford Foundation directing vast funds toward research and arts. He notes entertainment institutions such as the Metropolitan Opera provide powerful cultural value but lack sufficient funding and asks why money isn’t redirected from perceived trivial projects to support major causes and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Zoos
America
Ford Foundation
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Fund For the Republic
Republic
United States
Metropolitan Opera Association
Boris Godunov
Met
Great Britain
Canada
Committee of Congress
Eugene Cox
Fallacy of Quantity in Budget Debate and Tax Policy
The article argues the Treasury and administration misjudge defense and spending, calling for immediate budget balance. It criticizes foreign aid, pointers to tax burdens on the rich, foundations’ role in funding education and arts, and a stalled congressional inquiry led by Eugene Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Sitting Bull
North Dakota
South Dakota
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
The Credentials of A Life Lived for Him
A condensed devotional on Paul’s marks of Christ as proof of a life surrendered to God. It outlines three credentials obedience to God love and self sacrificial service as signs of faithful discipleship and a call to outward ornaments of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Georgia
Central
Europe
Methodist Board of Missions
Paul
Lordesus
Christ
Jesus
God
Lord Jesus
Apostle
Arthur J. Moore
Pierce & Smith
Abingdon-Cokesbury Press
First Atomic Shell Test Planned For Army Cannon
The U.S. Army schedules the first atomic artillery shell test from the 280 mm Yucca cannon at Nevada in May. Remote firing aims to protect crews, with two guns moved from Fort Sill to the test site to ensure no slipups as Nevada hosts the final phase of the current atomic testing series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Nea
Fort, Sill
Okla
Nevada
U. SS
Alamogordo
N. M
Russia
Great Britain
Usher
Howell G. Crim
White House
Crim
Roundabout Frick injunction tees up baseball gambling
The columnist lampoons Ford Frick for his ban on high-stakes gambling in baseball and cautions about associations with bookies. He cites Leo Durocher and other figures while recalling past canasta exploits and urging Frick to beware seedier clubhouses and ticket brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Frick
Galahad
Frick
Jedge Landis
Happy Chandler
Monte Carlo
Derring-Do
Mr. Frick
Leo Durocher
Giants
Leo
Durocher
George Raft
Chuck Dressen
Rogers Hornsby
Orlando
Fla
Philip Berger
Stanley Harris
Washington Senators
Shirley Povich
Arch McDonald
Buck O'Neill
Francis Stann
R. C. Ruark
Griff
North Carolina
Oklahoma
New York
Pump usage tops US machines in everyday life
A newspaper summary notes that pumps power work from autos to utilities and mining, while other items like X ray imaging advances and quirky human interest bits appear. It mentions a Washington University X ray innovation, a Reno animals tally, and a plastic globe capable of withstanding blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington University
Reno
New
the Humane Society
Quotations and light fare cross colonial echoes
The piece cites Samuel Butler on life’s purpose and recalls colonial toast with sugar and cinnamon. It notes in the Korean conflict only 17 percent of U S military deaths occurred at age 25 or older, compared with 40 percent in World War II. A rural editor offers a wry comment on women seeking steadfast men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electrical World Mag
Samuel Butler
U. S
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Leo Heer
Rok
Rye
George Sokolsky
Down South
Thurman
the Mighty Saviour
Washington
Peter Edson
American Legion
Legion
St. Louis
Arthur J. Connell
Middletown
Conn
Connell
Tidelands
William Langer
Langer
By Robert Ruark
Jaudi Dudi
By Neal O'Hara
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