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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1947
Page
4
The High Point community chest opens with a $97 500 quota, but editors urge lifting the goal beyond 100000 to reflect local generosity and invest in youth programs. They emphasize expanding YMCA YWCA efforts and stronger Salvation Army services for both races while building future citizens.
W A B discusses Luke 13 on mercy and fruitfulness. He contrasts Old Testament patience with Jesus demanding fruitfulness and warns nations and individuals to seek repentance and deeds, citing Israel’s exile, Jerusalem, and the need for ongoing effort toward peace and truth.
Confusion arises over license expiration tied to the holder’s birthday rather than the license anniversary. The law makes licenses expire in the fourth year after issuance, causing three to five year variances. Col L C Rosser warns A or B surnamed applicants to hasten filings before December 31 1947 to avoid loss of time. Officials discuss broader state policy and funding for education and welfare amid federal withdrawal.
NASHUA Iowa Oct 10 The Little Brown Church in the Vale has undergone a 4000 face lifting with restored belfry and interior redecor, attracting 30 40000 visitors yearly as the Midwest’s wedding hotspot. Rev F L Hanscom notes marriages here last longer. 5000 couples wed since 1940.
The column argues official irresponsibility underlies postwar tensions and scandals from Morgenthau diaries to Marzani, condemns OSS and state department lapses, and urges candor about policy errors from London to San Francisco. It cites British labor practices, refugee capital, and long series of wartime decisions as missteps.
The text notes U S car numbers rising from eight thousand in 1900 to thirty three million in 1942. It mentions the concertina’s 1829 invention by Sir Charles Wheatstone and cites the accordion’s reputed origin in that year. It recalls Dutch bicycle losses in World War II and comments on song birds, cats, and restoration timelines.
A comparative list contrasts American workers' rights with Soviet limits, covering strike, job change, emigration, schooling, opinion, and government criticism. It asserts freedoms in the United States—strike, mobility, education, and civil liberties—against Soviet repression and state controls under Stalinist rule.
In New York a court system upholds habeas corpus and freedom from arbitrary penalties, while a Freedom Train promotes constitutional ideals. By contrast, Soviet Russia imposes surveillance and arbitrary detention by the MVD, with trials often bypassed by decree and a harsh penal code.
In the United States involuntary servitude is outlawed by the Constitution and freedom of the press is guaranteed with no censorship. In Soviet Russia millions face forced labor in camps under the M V D and all non Communist Party publications are censored or banned for agitation propaganda or state secrets.
The speaker credits the American Federation of Labor as the root authority and urges American workers that their best protection lies in free American enterprise alongside free labor unions.
Sen Harley Kilgore warns that loan value depends on lowering prices to stabilize the dollar as the only true foreign exchange. Cyrus S. Ching urges slow steady progress over grand gestures. Henri Stakgold argues exports must be paid for by goods, not loans or foreign exchange tinkering.
Rep. F. A. Hartley of New Jersey criticizes massed picket lines seen nationwide and urges decisive measures to end work disruptions by outsiders.
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet delegate to the UN, says Russia cannot accept the US atomic plan because it wrongly assumes national sovereignty and independence are nullified by the atomic age.
Sen. Chapman Revercomb of West Virginia denounces sending a center ounce of American wealth to nations he accuses of undermining the United States position and security.
Warren R. Austin, the U S delegate to the United Nations, states that an armed attack on one is an armed attack on all. He emphasizes collective security under the UN framework.
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