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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1947
Page
4
The message urges Negro leaders and the broader Negro community to share responsibility for stopping interracial crime and the mob violence that follows. It credits the state governor for upholding race relations and law, but emphasizes that white citizens and Negro leaders must cooperate to reduce crime and incite mob action.
The piece questions Russia’s move to replace capital punishment with 25 year labor camp terms, arguing the change may merely redefine slow death and noting that labor camps abuse prisoners. It also covers North Carolina Governor’s education stance and calls for more school funding to raise per capita income.
The piece recalls Secretary of State Thad Eure praising Governor R Gregg Cherry for injecting common sense into state government at Elon College. It notes calls for higher education funding, more pay for teachers, and the link between education and business, with mention of budget figures and the need for trained teachers to support industry.
The House Judiciary Committee will review resolutions for a nationwide popular vote to elect the president and vice president. Proposals face opposition as smaller states fear being outweighed. past examples show a minority popular vote did not determine electoral outcomes, while a proportional state-by-state split could align electoral votes with state popular majorities.
Dr. Harlow Shapley delivers a Madison Square Garden speech railing at government excess and socialism while praising American capitalism. The talk traces U S aid to Europe, oil and mineral resources, and wartime loans, urging self-reliance and caution against isolationism and foreign entanglements.
The piece critiques Harold Stassen’s plan to loan 10 percent of exportable US production for ten years. It argues the size of the venture would equal about 100 billion dollars, questions payment in raw materials, and urges measuring import needs first. It ends with a note on India’s cobras offerings in Britannica.
New York social pages spill gossip on high society, Hollywood stars, and political figures. Tales include Egypt's queen mother visiting, King Farouk, Runyon Fund has donations, showbiz earnings, and a mystery editor’s disappearance amid broad city chatter.
Chronicle describes Capitol Square mood as on edge amid planned state mobilization for potential mob violence. Reports link Jackson mob, Clinton rape, Darlington amid labor strikes as Governor Cher ry pledges no toleration of lynching. Political machine intrigue centers on Umstead circle with names Bal lentine Smith Horton in play.
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