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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1950
Page
4
The city council votes a three month trial of a five day work week for city employees. If popular, make permanent. Suggestions include Saturday open hours withSkeleton staff and potential staggered weekends subject to public response. Public service duty and citizen convenience take priority over staff schedules.
The Greensboro Daily News argues for a parole system held by a board rather than an individual. It calls for open public hearings in highly controversial and death cases to reduce political pressure on governors and a parole commissioner and to ensure fair final decisions.
The piece notes that U S output nears a Truman goal and employment peaks while blaming Korea War policies for the rise. It argues production growth stems from defense needs and warns the administration must accept blame for policy choices that contributed to the conflict and world turmoil.
A four year old Tomas Stadler, labeled a political undesirable, travels from the Netherlands toward the United States with his family. Dutch officials, citing political reasons, speed him across the border to join his parents while his father works to reunite the family with an Allied entry permit. The boy’s smile underlines a humane moment amid bureaucratic red tape.
The Food Minister Maurice Webb announced a Christmas week allowance of extra foods for Britons. Six ounces more candy four ounces more fat and a pound and a half sugar will be added despite a lean meat reserve. The author notes American readers should be grateful for their meals and warns against socialism.
Washington report notes remarks by A A Crouch of the Iowa State Federation of Labor urging a new Brannan plan and a declaration of Baldy surplus. The item references President Truman and labor perspectives amid New Deal politics.
The November 18 issue highlights Benjamin Franklin's motion for daily prayers in the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It notes his age, his call to God for illumination, and quotes his pledge that prayers should accompany deliberations each morning. The page also features light commentary on wartime prayers and contemporary public notices.
The piece surveys campaign expenditure figures for Taft and others, notes gaps in state and local reporting, and discusses probes into campaign spending. It then covers missile secrecy, material controls, UN reconstruction efforts in Korea, veteran education rights, and steel industry constraints amid wartime needs.
A columnist urges giving to the International Children's Emergency Fund of the United Nations. One dollar helps multiple welfare needs for war‑affected children, with Christmas cards sold at 10 cents to raise funds and awareness.
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