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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1945
Page
4
The paper urges High Point to prevent future strikes by establishing a city mediation board or committee. It argues that strikes hurt workers and businesses alike, and that local resolution with fair play and public support offers a better path than police intervention or ongoing conflict. It ends with a call to act now.
A St. Louis bank employee confessed to stealing 279000 over 15 years while earning only 210 a month. The piece argues the law sets too harsh a cap on petty thieves and too lenient a ceiling for major embezzlement, calling for judicial reform across the United States.
The state board of elections heads a busy spring with local primaries and statewide races likely. Officials expect sheriff elections and county primaries, with two Supreme Court candidates and open solicitor seats. The war's end shifts private practice income and salaries, while guard details accompany a prison arraignment to prevent unrest.
On short notice, Lynn Nisbet notes Monday is busy in recorder courts with many patrolmen as witnesses. A radio call ordered witnesses to converge on US 70 where 18 patrolmen guarded the arriving prisoner in Lenoir County without incident. Governors and Col. Hatcher favored preparedness.
A street corner group discusses the Duke Wake Forest game and the Dix Hill hospital recreation park with a football field for non tackling play. A farmer praises rural electrification noting time saved feeding stock and improved farm chores from lighting and powered equipment.
A North Carolina veteran recalls a New Haven magnate who plans to support veterans by offering rent free or nominally priced buildings and funding to start businesses. He has subdivided multiple buildings to create space for 110 separate ventures.
Mrs. Mina K. Wilson of the Red Cross asks residents to donate clothing for a city veteran of World War II and his six children aged 6 to 14, via the Red Cross office on College Street. Councilman W. L. Hunt notes the importance of youth centers for tomorrow.
Mrs. C F Tomlinson praises Red Cross services at Patterson Field as her son lies ill. She thanks the Red Cross for arranging travel and housing and assisting with hospital needs while urging financial help. Other quotes urge continued war fund support and broader veteran training.
Senator Ferguson of Michigan blasts federal travel as excessive and centralized. He urges giving field offices more autonomy to reduce expenses and improve service, citing Byrd committee figures showing 1942 six month travel costs of about 35.7 million dollars across civilian agencies and 15.6 million for communications. He notes hotel and train congestion could ease with travel reductions.
By Jack Stinnett the exodus of teachers grows as tens of thousands leave for higher wages in industry and government. Of 900,000 teachers more than 360,000 are new to teaching and 50,000 teach on emergency certificates, with rural schools bearing the heaviest losses. Salaries for rural teachers average 659 dollars versus 1955 in urban schools, driving the shortage.
Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, 76, has served as acting vice president for over six months after President Truman moved to the White House. He holds a 28-year senate record as dean but says he has no desire for the presidency and plans to remain engaged in Senate duties, including chairing the Appropriations and Post Office committees. He notes a higher salary and two VP autos but prefers his senate office and weekend western films.
Before leaving Washington for Hollywood, Eric A Johnston urges President Truman to revive grass roots collective bargaining to curb strikes. He calls for lifting most price controls by next May, creating a wage pause to let business gauge reconversion costs and avoid Washington firms handling every dispute.
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