Sam Tobias Death Remembrance Across Community Roles
In the untimely death of Sam Tobias his family friends and associates lost a great deal. His church lost a fine Jew High Point lost a leading citizen the American Legion lost a patriot the Masons lost a leader the local business world lost an outstanding merchant. The greatest loss was the family and friends loss of a devoted and loyal man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Tobias
High Point
American Legion
Masons
Polls deserve calmer appraisal despite post election scorn
The piece defends opinion polling as a developing science and argues polls helped shape democratic process. It cites Gallup, Roper and Crossley, notes 1948 errors and Digest bias, and urges public faith while acknowledging room for improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
Roper
Crossley
Funk and Wagnalls
Stuart Chase
Literary Digest
Chase
Republican Party
London
Messrs
Rep J Parnell Thomas refuses to testify before grand jury
Rep. J Parnell Thomas appears before a federal grand jury on payroll padding charges and asserts constitutional rights against self incrimination. He stands by his stance as others in the era labeled as Communists or alleged Communists have likewise refused to testify before the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas Wask
Thomas
un-American Activities Committee
Capitol Square Overworked Budget Plea Faces Skepticism
North Carolina budget hearings weigh state employee pay as agencies seek higher raises. Few staff leave state service this year, easing pressure to boost salaries. Officials expect next legislature to raise pay with a stepped schedule, potentially doubling 1941 scales by some classifications. Five day week for state offices appears unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina
General Fund
North Carolina lawmakers clash over personnel supervision plan
Governor Kerr Scott and Governor Cherry oppose a proposed shift to separate personnel supervision from the budget bureau. The state employees association supports the plan, with highway workers and other departments backing it. Advisory budget commission shows limited sympathy. Ray Byerly likely to lead senate clerks, while Annie Cooper faces Walter Horton for house clerk. Scott says full time service requires Saturday operation. he will not influence votes.
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General Assembly
State Employees’ Association
Kerr Scott
Cherry
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Bureau
Scott
North Carolina
Senate
House
Ray Byerly
Annie Cooper
Walter Lee Horton
Motor Vehicles Department
Horton
Cooper
Journal
Johnson
Night Thoughts by W. A. Bivins
A Friday night column reflective on local events and morals. The writer notes moonshine plots, family quarrels, and a call for civic action, contrasting High Point with Chicago and urging communal improvement through church and civic leadership.
Health official praised for improving city cafes
A cafe patron recounts praise for Dr. Lorin Wallin's sanitary reforms in High Point. The health officer’s efforts led to cleaner dishes, better lighting, and improved service across eateries, with paper cups suggested for epidemics and made available on request.
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Lorin Wallin
High Point
Dr. Wallin
Ealing
Wallin
Uncle Sam and World Aid Notes in Briefings
Two bulletins from government and association sources urge humanitarian aid while outlining limits. A China aid note warns that China’s fall could threaten India and global stability. A stat on United States workers shows about 20 percent in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Himalayan snowline drops toward the south due to heavier southern snow.
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Uncle Sam
the Informations Services
Government of India
American China Policy Association, Inc
Russia
America
China
India
The
United States
Federal prose satire of the new English by masters
A book review lampoons UNC Press title Federal Prose by James R. Masterson and Wendell Phillips Brooks. It mocks a rigid, bureaucratic reformulation of plain speech, showing exaggerated rewrites of simple phrases into verbose official prose. The piece encourages readers to copy the style, warning of dulling clarity and blunt business consequences.
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James R. Masterson
Wendell Phillips Brooks
University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill
N. C
Washington
Wny
Harvard Law School
Junior
Political tide forecasts and realignment talk in 1948 era
Washington column surveys Louis Bean predictions and actual 1948 outcomes, noting Democrats gains in the House and a possible party realignment. It covers UAW aims for a progressive party, then clarifies Walter Reuther’s stance as political realignment rather than a single party shift. Also mentions FCC talk and Pershing office upkeep as curiosities.
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Washington
NEA
Department of Agriculture
Louis H. Bean
Bean
Louis Bean
Senate
House of Representatives
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
United Auto Worker
Reuther
Detroit
CIO
Auto Workers
Democratic Party
Truman
Federal Communications
Wayne Coy
Radio Executives Club of
New York
Coy
Radio Indust
FCC
Doodlings and Ditties on Dewey and Broadway Gossip
Winchell surveys post election mood with zany notes on Dewey Truman and poll chatter. Movie titles, stage acts, and club reviews mix with celebrity quips and theater gossip from New York to Miami Beach.
Truman is Stranger Than Fiction
A whirlwind satirical wrap cites political rumors and media curiosities from postwar era, noting G Man Hoover's nine elections, assassinations talk in Cuba, Hollywood gossip on film plots and censorship, and sharp quips from critics and commentators about Truman, Dewey, Flynn and Fletcher era politics.
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Truman
Stalin
Dave Browne
John T. Flynn
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Frankelin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Flynn
Thornton
Harry Truman
Harry Houdini
Republican Party
Runyon Cancer Fund
Pershing Estate Settling to Take Two Years
It will take about two years to settle Pershing's estate and his business affairs. He still receives many letters from men who served under him and do not know that he is dead.
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Dewey
Truman
Buddy Clark
Joe Louis
Mag Biog
Gene Kelly
Hope Miller
Bill Callahan
Russia
Neal Lang
Roney-Pleasure Mgr
N. Y
Pershing
On the Air Waves HORIZONT 1 5 Pictured vocal star
A compact list of clues and word fragments highlights a crossword style puzzle. Entries include musical notes, animals, currencies, and geographic abbreviations with several numbered hints such as 1 Covered with pitch and 2 British money of account.
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Memphis
Bashan
Puzzle Answer Key Clues From Old Newspaper List
A compact answer list decodes a mixed set of clues from a historical page. It pairs numbers with terms like Hindu, Barterers, nostrils, hearing organ, worm, insurance, sea eagle, names, youth, click beetle, symbol, and Tellurium. Each item links to a brief definition or abbreviation.
Snow formation and fall rates described
The article notes that snow forms at very low temperatures as small flakes, while just below freezing lakes produce large, complex flakes. It states snow falls at two to three miles per hour, about one seventh the speed of rain.
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C. E. Rozzelle
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Pentagon
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Winchell
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Hamlet
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Hooper
Walter Kiernan
White House
Pedro Martin
Ingrid Bergman
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Marie
Butch) Austin
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Harry Candullo
Rosanne
Minnie Astor
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le Directoire
Mocambo
Ciro’s
le Pappilon
Hollywood
Mr. Girkeby
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Chi
Joe E. Lewis
Pari Soir
Paris Gazette
Hoover
Waldorf
Cuba
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