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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1945
Page
4
The piece celebrates National Newspaper Week praising the free press for enduring wartime censorship and reporting bravely. It honors 250 American reporters and many war correspondents, notes casualties, and argues for truthful, nonpropaganda broadcasting in occupied Germany and Japan.
Capitol Square residents oppose applying the Hatch Act to Clyde Hunt, Davidson County welfare superintendent, arguing politics influence at all levels of state employment. Supporters note Hunt's minutes show court records of activity, but critics fear backdoor dismissal and broader political entanglements in merit council actions.
The text notes a contentious stance by Lynn Nisbet ham county regarding invoking an unpopular federal statute as a means to punish a state law violation after state courts chose not to punish. It highlights tension between federal authority and state court decisions.
The piece notes State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson and Comptroller General Lindsay Warren as leading gubernatorial contenders in Raleigh coverage. It reflects on earlier predictions that either could win, acknowledges initial doubt about their candidacies, and suggests one will run while the other may not.
In western Raleigh near State College, hundreds of married veterans face GI bill housing shortages, driving some to abandon college plans. Meanwhile a committee plans tickets for President Truman's Raleigh visit, with 4 000 seats and broad demand, possibly marking a first NC presidential appearance since Wilson.
Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren told a congressional committee that the federal bureaucracy is a hodgepodge of duplications and inefficiencies. He cited twenty eight agencies and dozens of bureaus involved in housing transportation and labor. He urged trimming the government to ensure value for massive postwar expenditures.
By Jack Stinnett elusions. The comptroller general heads the GAO, the federal watchdog of expenditures. Warren, with 15 years in government work, testifies in favor of granting President Truman broad authority for government reorganization, arguing it would give taxpayers their first break in a long time.
The New York elevator strike demonstrates how a limited number of workers can disrupt a city’s economy via a general strike. The union property owners and WLB avoided losses while residents, businesses, and delivery services bore the costs, with daily public damage estimates ranging from eight to twenty five million dollars.
By George Sokolsky argues private union actions threaten public welfare and essential services. He warns of city-wide disruption from strikes and calls for citizen organization to protect families, likening it to wartime vigilance and urging immediate public self-help.
The piece reports President Truman clashing with the House Ways and Means Committee over unemployment compensation. It describes CIO organized lobbying campaigns targeting state congressional delegations in New York Maryland and Pennsylvania and outlines their methods and aims including influencing votes on the unemployment bill and related labor measures.
Paul Mallon and Senator Tydings led a walkout claiming elected by their state and answerable to their class. CIO leaders rally, plan a Washington visit, and push for a 30 percent wage hike, signaling a national strike and potential reshaping of political power before next year's elections.
A rapid survey of the Broadway week shows mixed reception for new plays and films. Critics praise The House on 92nd Street for its thrills while condemning some other titles, with mentions of actors, directors, and industry pundits shaping the discourse.
A compact reader of quoted witticisms on artistry ambition and manners. Notable lines touch on sculpting in snow belief and bigotry power and hospitality jealousy of success and autumn humor.
George Lait gains a dossier via U S intelligence on him from Goebbels files and Nazi spies in Argentina report on scribe activities. Stanley Frank pummels Rankin noting he entered Congress with 7000 votes. A digest mocks tastemakers while praising mass appeal and a columnist recalls a maxim about writing for readers.
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