Rent Control Vote Buoys Local Landlords In High Point
In High Point landlords and real estate men voted to roll back rents to 1942 levels hoping to avoid federal rent control. The move hinges on voluntary compliance and may delay but not prevent rent control if increases continue or the rollout falters. The outcome remains uncertain as shortages and profit incentives loom.
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High Point
OPA
Wade
J. F. Jones
High Point Board
Paid Players and the Case for Athletic Subsidies
The essay argues that paying college football players through scholarships and stipends can be ethical if transparent. It defends subsidies as recognizing players' labor, supporting their education, and benefiting institutions and public relations, while noting the need to avoid hypocrisy and secrecy.
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Middle West
West
Southern
Ern
Iiny
Ose
Ivy
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Athletic Association
Hurleys resignation and Marshall appointment shake China policy
Major General Pat Hurley resigns as ambassador to China citing hostile diplomats and a rift with administration policy. General George Marshall succeeds him, seen as a hopeful step to revitalize U S China policy amid Asia upheaval and the Atlantic charter tensions. Meat rationing ends making steak legally purchasable but difficult to obtain.
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Pat Hurley
China
Washington
Far East
Communist Party
Bloc of Nations
General Hurley
Asia
Hurley
George Marshall
Byrnes
State Department
Veterans study on campus age mix and local football week
AP reports by journalist Dillon Graham notes a Greek byliner now in Albania covering an election. Bill Leaming, a veteran student, says the typical undergrad is 24 and upperclassmen around 29 with about half married. High Point hosts a football week with Burley Bowl plans and a Raleigh game, while locals fantasize about bowl and state title wins.
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Chakales
Greece
Albania
Dillon Graham
The
Enterprise
Associated Press
Bill Leaming
High Point residents praise street work and local projects
Residents tout resurfaced Main Street as a top city thoroughfare and applaud cleanup of the highway 29 and 29 A junk yard. They discuss YWCA gym and pool plans, rationing limits, tire shortages, and a wish for a broadcast Messiah program at the city high school.
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Main Street
R. L. Grace
High Point
Nannie Wilkinson
Thomasville
YWCA
Charles Sheloff
Adams Memorial
YW °A
Eddie Tinsley
Wings on the citizenry as light planes boom in 1946
A department store pitch reveals a Piper Cub Special offered at 2010 dollars as the light aircraft boom expands. Piper Aircraft aims for 600 planes monthly, with over 5,000 deposits and an expected 25,000 aircraft sales in 1946 across rivals like Taylorcraft and Aeronca. Congress backs Sea Bill to fund 3,000 new airfields over ten years, expanding from 3,255 existing fields nationwide.
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Piper Aircraft
Piper
Taylorcraft Aviation
Aeronca Aircraft
Globe Aircraft
Consolidated Vultee
Engineering & Research Corporation
Bell Aircraft Company
Niagara Falls
CAA
Corbett Poll Finds Support for Peace Time Training
Representative Robert J. Corbett of Bellevue Pennsylvania conducted a district opinion poll on peacetime universal military service. Results show 66 percent favor a year of military training for 18 year olds, 34 percent oppose. Among those under 18 polled, 54 percent support training. The survey aimed to gauge voter wishes versus national polls.
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Washington
Robert J. Corbett
Bellevue
Corbett
Rep. Corbett
Poll findings show bipartisan views on tax and term limits
The Corbett poll reports Democrats and Republicans broadly agree on abolishing the oleomargarine tax, limiting the president to two terms, and exempting incomes under 1500. They split on unemployment pay increases, with Democrats for 25 for 26 weeks and Republicans opposing.
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Corbett
McNarney to curb Soviet stance on Europe council
General Joseph T. McNarney is named Ike Eisenhower’s successor on the Allied Control Council in Europe and is expected to press a tougher line with the Soviet Union. The piece notes his diplomatic background, prior talks with Stalin, and the shift in U.S. posture under President Truman.
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Truman
Joseph T. McNarney
Ike” Eisenhower
Allied Control Council
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Ike
Mareshal Zhukov
McNarney
Italy
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Eisenhower
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Berlin
Joe
West Point
General McNarney
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Joe” McNarney
Ike” Esenhower
Marshal Zhukov
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