Highway bluff claim sparks High Point by-pass fight
Editorial charges State Highway Commission chair Henry Jordan with bluffing over abandoning the 11 mile High Point link. The piece argues costs and tactics are inflated, urges court action to force project completion, and accuses officials of endangering public welfare while demanding a real price for right of way.
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Henry Jordan
State Highway Commission
High Point
Maine
Louisiana
Jordan
Commission
Raleigh
Thomasville
City Hall
Tubby Hinson
Malcolm Little
Tom Burton
Byrnes predicts Truman not seeking Democratic nomination
Governor James F Byrnes of South Carolina, speaking at Gatlinburg Tenn, says Truman will not seek the Democratic nomination. He warns a Southern candidate would fail, compares to last year’s Dixiecrat movement, and notes big city machines control the convention in 1955. He suggests a non Southerner as nominee if Truman does not run.
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James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Gatlinburg, Tenn
Truman
Byrnes
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Dick Russell
Georgia
Democratic Party
Byrd
Russell
Big City
Congress settles foreign aid at 7.48 billion for next year
Conferees approve 7.483 billion in foreign aid for the new fiscal year, about 200 million above the Senate plan and 15 million below the House. The decision draws on an Eisenhower appeal from Paris while leaving administration requests short by 1 billion. Critics call the economy claim a flimsy excuse.
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House
Senate
Eisenhower
Paris
Congress
A Good Start for Czechs Resettled After Express Train Escape
Canada agrees to accept 52 Czechs who fled through Germany aboard an express train. Under Allied pressure, 32 Czechs resettled by the Iron Curtain Refugee Campaign led by Gen. Carl A. Spaatz illustrate a needed large scale solution. Communists label the escape a terror plot by U.S. agents, while Reds fear exposure of facts.
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Canada
Europe
Germany
Paign
Carl A. Spaatz
Air Force
Americans discuss hot dogs submarines and jokes in a quirky briefing
The piece notes USIS publishing on American food habits led by hot dogs. It jokes about Navy submarines receiving fish names and humor involving Congress staffers and a Tass reporter snoozing in the Senate powder room. It ends by flagging National Cage Bird Week for Nov 18.
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Soviet Union
William Jenner
Indiana
Entertainers and the Laugh Makers of a Bygone Era
A column profiles Tallulah Bankhead Eddie Cantor and Herman Hickman as humor and show business figures. It notes Bankhead’s unpredictable stage presence and Giants fandom, Cantor’s rise from nervous beginnings to Broadway fame and charity, and Hickman’s football coaching and TV presence.
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Eddie Cantor
St. Vitus
Ziegfield
Cantor
Ziggy
Kid Boots
Broadway
Quotes on extending brotherhood to all people
Martin Niemller argues against limiting brotherhood to favored viewpoints and calls for extending mercy to all, including hardened criminals, to uphold universal humanity. The quote underscores inclusive ethics beyond personal biases.
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Martin Niemeller
New York Gossip Roundup From High Society to Crime
A sprawling New York pageant of society chatter covers romances, divorces, and maneuvers. Edna Ferguson doubles as Nancy Randolph. Alger Hiss reportedly ill in prison. Mel Ott’s daughter Lynn to join a Christmas project. Deanna Durbin and Charles David in tune. Cebu-like garish notes on park avenue figures and graft cases loom.
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Tallulah
Tallulah Bankhead
Giants
New York
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Miss Bankhead
Huntsville
Ala
William Brockman Bankhead
U. S
Eugenia
Iris Mountbatten
Duke of
Kellie
Mexico
Bailey
Bob Merrill
Susan Sulzberger
Times Tribe
Edna Ferguson
Nancy Randolph
Society
Neil Wilkerson
Alger Hiss
Gayelord Hauser
Western Union
Edith Kermit
Aess New Baybee Baybee
Baseba Cer Mel Ott
Lynn
Coleen Gray
Eddy Duchin
Park Ave
Wm. Saroyans
Bird of Prey Puzzle Clue Grid Requires Answers
A crossword style puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues covering birds, prefixes, numbers, and common words. Entries include terms like depic ted by, small find, golf term, knight's title, and various abbreviations, requiring cross filling of a themed grid.
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High Point Enterprise
Robert L. Thompson
D. A Rawley
TED Press
So Septa
Nason
Rnseo
AP News
The
State Department
George Dixon
Washington
United States Information Service
USIS
Sue
U. S.A
Frankfurt
Main
Ag Sar Bagger
William A. Brockwell
Fathead
Rale
W. A. Bivins
Hickman
Herman Hickman
Yale
State
Wake Forest
Tennessee
University of Misys
Gladiators
Herman
Yale Sen
Harvard
Piedmont
Marksman
Walter Winchell
Eadline
Los Shad
Bkiyn
Deanna Durbin
Chas. David
Umberto
Italia
Maria Jose
Belgium
Countess de Cordoba
Arki
Yavensonne
Patsy Lydon
Johnny
Meyer
Louella Parsons
Louella
Jerry Redfield
Richard
Ross
Gross
Abe Stark
Waldorf
Abe Reles
O’dwyer
Bureau of Narcotics
Gir Stewart
Yankee
Raimondi
Mfrs
Mortimer Hall
Mrs. Hall
Ruthie Roman
Mort
Ruthie
Mona
Joy Hodges
Paul Dudley
Jeff Jones
LaRue
Bramwell Fletchers
Polley
Winred
G. Legot
Smith
Oia
Adolf
Life
Shana
Stephen Alexander
Roberta Quinlan
St. Louis
Runyon Fund
St. Loo
Mocambo
H’wood
Blair House
Attlee
Churchill
SEC
Cong. Heller
Fdr
Harry Hooker
Harkness Pavilion
Pneumonia
San Francisco
FBI
Libbey-Owens + Ford glass firm
Fibber McGee & Molly
Dghtr
Kay Jordan
Setto “Diamonds
Cafe Madison
M. Jelke
Poo Brown
Poo
Krect
Roney- Plaza
D. Schine
Ginny Simms
Joe Louis
Natalie H
Boston
Bagels
Vox
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Russia
Bird of Prey
New
Ireland
Imoore
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