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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1948
Page
1
Paris dispatch reports UN circles predicting a swift strengthening of America’s dominant role in world affairs after President Truman’s reelection. Delegates react with surprise at the election news while noting there will be no waiting period before a new president takes office.
Winston Salem and Danville tobacco markets of the Old Belt set final sales for December 10 after a meeting of warehouse associations. Williams said about a majority of this year’s crop could be sold by Thanksgiving. Other Old Belt markets will set closing dates. most flue cured grades declined in auctions with the day's average near 43 dollars per hundred pounds.
Nationalist China tightens defenses around Nanking as Chiang Kai-shek fights a cabinet crisis economic strain and a shrinking lead over the Communists. Calls for an end to the fight or a Communist coalition remain unaccepted as central China forts block any push past Suchow 170 miles north.
The weather bureau reported a virtual cloudburst in Elizabeth City North Carolina early today with over three and a half inches of rain in six hours ending at 7 30 a m Raleigh logged 3 01 inches in 21 hours ending the same time Forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm conditions today and tonight with showers in eastern portions then showers and cooler tomorrow.
At the UN Security Council a U S proposal to back sanctions on Palestine was altered by President Truman influence and a plan to amend under chapter seven was debated. Russia blasted Western atomic energy control while Vishinsky pressed for the Soviet plan and warned of a contradiction in U S aims.
Washington reports doubt about a flat return to the Wagner Taft-Hartley era as President Truman seeks repeal or partial changes. Union leaders and Democratic leaders weigh possible compromises on injunctions and nationwide strikes while balancing public welfare needs and congressional mood.
North Carolina Democrats see Warlick's federal judgeship chances rise as the November returns reshuffle committee chairs. Key lawmakers Coughton Cooley Barden Kerr gain leadership posts while Warlick lingers awaiting nomination. Amendment results show support for pay raises but mixed signals on debt limits and tax hikes.
New York November 4 poll observers question why forecasts misled voters against President Truman. Elmo Roper of Fortune and George Gallup discuss possible causes from don’t know votes to labor turnout and Roosevelt era concerns. Archibald Crossley notes apathy affected both parties before the election.
The story reports Republicans consolidating ranks to block President Truman’s post election agenda. Truman returns to Washington for a homecoming and plans a two week break at Key West before shaping a Democratic platform driven program including housing, social security, health, education, farm support, and civil rights.
Raleigh observers compare the Dewey Truman campaign with the Johnson Scott race in North Carolina last spring. The piece notes political leaders no longer guarantee victory and highlights how Scott’s nomination and election reshaped North Carolina politics.
The Washington Post invited President Truman to a crow banquet for forecasters including editors reporters pollsters and columnists. They asked him to deliver the evening address claiming he is "the only accurate" election forecaster and to share the secret of his analytical success.
Detroit reports Truman's election win as nations react with jubilation. London papers run vivid headlines praising Truman and his campaign, while Shanghai's Evening Post Mercury opens editorial with lighthearted lines about Harry Truman at the piano.
Governor Ernest Gruening states the election assures Alaska of statehood at the next Congress session. He calls the result the most gratifying aspect for the territory and emphasizes the political breakthrough achieved for statehood efforts.
The stock market opened strong in New York led by gains across major issues. U.S. Steel Union Pacific Santa Fe and Dow Chemical rose as buyers reentered the market after yesterday’s two year low. Many large names recovered from heavy losses with broad upward momentum on the ticker tape.
Tokyo reports the International Military Tribunal for the Far East convicts Hideki Tojo and 24 co defendants of waging aggressive wars against China Britain the United States and other powers. The 1575 page judgment finds militarists seized control of Japan and provoked the Manchurian conquest of 1931 and the full scale war starting in 1937.
President Truman outlines a broad domestic program dubbed the Truman Deal as Congress convenes January 3. He faces questions on price control and rationing, tax hikes, and defense spending while voters shift power in the Senate and House.
A Greensboro committee proposes that 3 percent of the state six percent gross utility tax be returned to municipalities. The effort follows Duke Power franchise disputes and a Raleigh budget hearing on November 12 to seek local accounting and tax shares. In a separate report, Dr Raymond D Baker of Surfside New Jersey was killed when his car collided with a truck near Lumberton and his wife was injured.
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