What Do the Liberals Stand For
A defense of true liberalism as individual rights and limited government. It argues liberals support labor rights to organize and bargain, protections for minorities, and freedom for both workers and employers, warning against totalitarian drift and excessive wartime controls.
The Bread and the Water of Life sermon reflection
W.A.B. recounts Jesus as bread and water of life, contrasting physical feeding with spiritual sustenance. He notes the crowd seeking signs, Jesus offering eternal life, and the call to seek, knock, and access divine grace through faith and prayer.
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Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Moffatt
Capernaum
Tiberias
Moses
Israel
Jacob’s Well
God
W.A.B
Voters weigh party strength after Tuesday elections
W B Harris notes Republicans gaining strength in High Point while the trend favors the party over individual candidates. J F Jones argues juror gender reform should have waited for a general vote, not the primary, since women would bear the burden of the decision.
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High Point
W. B. Harris
J. F. Jones
Community Voices from High Point and Beyond
Readers weigh in on air mail week generosity in High Point with 5 000 stamps sold. A judge urges NC lawmakers to ban firecrackers at large gatherings. A shopper questions Sunday bread sales and curbs on selling bread.
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High Point
S. C. Clark
Moscow’s Hand in 1948 GOP Gains Explored in NY Column
The piece argues Moscow-backed stumping helped GOP wins and PAC ties with CIO, warns of aftereffects for 1948 campaigns, and credits internal betrayals within Democrats for their losses. It names Phil Murray, CSO, and various party figures while noting media responses and political shifts.
Capitol Square Teachers Salary Fight Promises Big Battle
Cape main issue in North Carolina budget talks focuses on a 20 percent teacher salary increase and wartime supplements. The Charlotte Observer endorses higher scales with proposed ranges up to 3000 for long service, while state figures suggest increases could vary from 42 to over 68 percent. Experienced teachers are expected in large numbers for 1947 48 term.
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General Assembly
Advisory Budget Commission
State Board of Education
North Carolina Education Association
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte
South Piedmont
NCEA
State Board
State Department
Charlotte plan would raise teacher salaries across boards
Lynn Nisbet reports on shortages and the Charlotte plan to raise teacher pay. A certificates and graduate certificates see large percentage increases, driven by多数 experienced holders, pushing total costs from 48 million this year to about 80 million under adoption.
PAC and Its Coalition Fail to Break Party Lines in US Politics
The piece argues PAC and allied groups pushed a socialist agenda, aiming to force Democrats and some Republicans to back its program or face defeat. It claims success only in New York, describes PAC as un-American for forcing candidates to accept its platform, and notes Stalin’s alleged endorsement as decisive but ultimately insufficient.
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PAC
Democratic Party
Republican Party
New York
Congress
House of Representatives
Stalin
France
PAC implodes as Wallace era ends and PAC fails to unite
The piece argues Americans vote as individuals, not as a bloc, naming Wallace, Pepper, Kilgore, De Lacy, and Marcantonio as key figures. It claims PAC lost cohesion after Roosevelt and Hillman died, failed to mobilize labor, and produced a chaotic, disunited stance that subordinated American concepts to European ideologies.
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Henry Wallace
Senate
Pepper
Florida
Kilgore
West Virginia
House
Hugh de Lacy
Marcantonio
New York
PAC
Helen Gahagan Douglas
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