Knocking Heads Together in Armed Services Debate
Eisenhower's Defense Secretary Wilson warns the services fail to cooperate amid two Senate probes into war roles. The Armed Forces Day emphasis on power for peace has spurred a costly tug of war over unified procurement and top management. Vested brass hinder progress. taxpayers bear the bill. The piece urges coordinated leadership to serve national interests.
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Pentagon
Senate
Armed Forces Day
Wilson
Armed Services
Hoover Commission
Who's a Squirrel-Head Harry Truman Sparks WWII Debate
The article recalls Truman calling the Anzio landings a useless and planned venture by a "squirrel-headed general" triggering responses from Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese Gen. Mark Clark and others. Eisenhower Churchill and a White House spokesman are noted, while the question remains who the jab targets as public debate resists closure.
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Harry Truman
Salerno
Anzio
Rome
Truman
Oliver
Leese
Britain
Mark Clark
U. S
Fifth Army
Eisenhower
Europe
Winston Churchill
White House
Harry
Fair Trade and Stamps Rise in American Commerce
The Bureau of Education hosts a Silver Jubilee Conference in New York to mark five years since California’s first state fair-trade act. Experts discuss trading stamps and efforts to extend anti-monopoly laws to cover stores using such premiums. The FTC probes, state courts split on fair-trade legality, and legislative moves seek tougher enforcement. Federal acts complicate non signers and price wars follow.
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Bureau of Education On Fair Trade
New York
California
Federal Trade Commission
Virginia
Oregon
Texas
Missouril
Vermont
U. S. Su
Preme Court
New York City
Congress
Attorney General's
National Committee On
Sperry and Hutchinson
Senate Small Business Committee
Philadelphia
High Point Enterprise Contact and Leadership Listing
The High Point Enterprise lists office and contact details for its publishing office at 205 307 North Main Street High Point with C D A Rawley as president and Mrs R B Terry as secretary treasurer in a formal organizational note.
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High Point Enterprise
Svo
North Main Street
High Point
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Mall Cartier presents Sunday Morning feature
The notice cites Mall Cartier presenting a Sunday Morning feature at the Mall with a price of 15 dollars per tear. The Associated Press grants reproduction rights for local news and AP dispatches published in this newspaper. Public notice indicates post office entry and carrier details at High Point North Carolina.
Missile Planes Redefine Air Combat Roles
Jet ages favor bomber pilots over fighter pilots as the F-104 Starfighter and Sperry Rand black box systems reduce pilot control. Automated guidance and heat seeking missiles reshape base deployments and flight procedures, with Parker Air Force Base and Patrick AFB cited as test milestones, signaling a shift in air warfare.
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Douglas Larsen
Sean
Sperry
Primary race narrows as voters head to polls
The piece details final weeks before voting day for the 1956 primary with expected reelections for Sam Ervin and Luther Hodges. It notes close contests for lieutenant governor and several congressional and judicial seats, highlighting leaders like Alonzo Edwards, Luther Earnhardt, Kidd Brewer, Raleigh Whitfield, and Gur ney Hood amid potential runoffs.
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Sam Ervin
U. S
Luther Hodges
Il of State
Alonzo Edwards
Greene County
Luther Earnhardt
Cabarrus
Senate
Kidd Brewer
Raleigh Whitfield
Pender County
House
Gurney P. Hood
Raleigh
Banks
Cantabeneer
Backlog heat shifts congressional race standings
The note winds through incumbents and polling shifts over two weeks. Cooley moves ahead while Chatham and Deane fight near parity as voters weigh backlogs and heat from recent surveys. The piece compares current margins to 1940 and 5, leaving tensions in Durham Scott Carlyle Lennon contests.
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Ballentine
Gray
Crane
Farlow
Lambeth
Gold
Frederick
Mallard
Greer
Goodman
Campbell
Barden
Simpkins
Cooley
Debnam
Scott
Chatham
Durham
Lennon
Carle
Deane
Kitchin
Gardner
Whitener
Wells
Galen
Coole Cooley
Piron
Satur
Mor
Oegern
Prominent quotes on communism and war by Legion leader
National commander Wagner warns that communism would not fear war if it believed it could defeat the United States without being destroyed. He contrasts this with Stevenson and Khrushchev comments, noting primaries influence public opinion and British Laborite dinners.
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United States
J Ddingtor Wagner
The
American Legion
Wedding chase ends in wreck with injuries on Main Street
The bride and groom survived a high speed pursuit through High Point’s Main Street ending when their car crashed into a tree after 285 feet of skidding. Neighbors, a Day Center worker Hank Powell, and Archdale residents are urged to offer transportation for a handicapped child. Dr. Burt warns against ego hardening and urges humility, constructive talk, and active faith. Steve Clark praised for eloquent writing and his support for Carl Durham’s re election. Dan River Mills plans a major expansion absorbing Iselin Jefferson Co Alabama Mills and Woodside mills, boosting employees to 18,000 and spindles to over 800,000.
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Love
Asheboro
High Point
Randolph
Hank
Powell
Enterprise Press Room
Hunk
Archdale
Dan Jackson
Steve Clark
Carl Durham
W. J. Erwin
Dan River Mills
Erwin
Iselon-Jefferson Co., Inc
Alabama Mills, Inc
Danville
Schoolfields and
Fitzgeralds
Dan
Woodside
South Carolina
Alabama Mills
Iselin-Jefferson Corp
Southern Textile Mills
Dan River
Mr. Erwin
J. Spencer Love
Burlington Industries
Shelby
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Capitol Square
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Ervin
Hodges
Hallentine
Edwards
Mecklenburg
Charles Pearson
Adlai Stevenson
Russia
Nekita Khrushchev
Holt McPherson
Jesse C. Burt
Journal of Lifetime Living
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