Odor of Lottery and Its Threats Offensive to All Good Citizens
A High Point editorial denounces the revived lottery racket led from Guilford County jail as a threat to public safety. It cites a local man convicted of selling tickets who refused to name employers, claiming life threats from Winston-Salem figures. The piece urges a decisive end to corruption and warns prison is the expected penalty for operators and their enablers.
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Crip Smith
Guilford County
Winston-Salem
Myatt
High Point
Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Tomlinson
Burdine’s
Miami
Lynhurst
W. A. Tomlinson
Wasp
Antarctica
Randleman
United States
Schoo
Ron Cocking
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
U. N
Sir Oliver Franks
Isaac Fiddler
Christian Science Monitor
Roger Makins
Sir Oliver
Lord Halifax
Winster Churchill
Twin City
Kenneth Goodson
Winston-Salem Methodist
C. Excelle Rozzelle
High Point College
Winston Paper
Florida politics in turmoil after McCarty death
Florida faces renewed political strife as acting governor Charley Johns demands resignations from McCarty appointees. The dispute exposes tensions between governor and lieutenant governor and questions of continuity until 1957. Arthur Godfrey’s firing of Julius La Rosa and his claim of the singer's swan song also draws attention to show business humility and management.
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Florida
Dan McCarty
McCarty
Sunshine
Charley E. Johns
Johns
Arthur Godfrey
Julius la Rosa
Godfrey
la Rosa
Ed Sullivan
Mystery Witness Breaks Silence In McCarthy Hearing
George Dixon reports the dramatic backstage break at the New York McCarthy hearing when the so called mystery witness Carl Greenblum suffered a heart attack and then confessed to lies. The testimony shifts to reveal dates names and places with renewed candor. The piece contrasts the three government branches and laments unequal working hours amid Capitol Hill frustration.
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Washington
Joe McCarthy
Senator McCarthy
New York
Carl Greenblum
Egg — Laboratories
U. S. Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Quotations From Leaders and Officials Stir Public Debate
A collection of remarks spans Eisenhower urging fairness to labor and justice, Dean and Reid over wartime letters from Korea families, Army views on POW repatriation, Lausche declining self-appointment, a nudist camp operator remark, and a Kinsey book controversy reflecting postwar discourse and public interest.
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Prize Reid
Korea
Kinsey
G.i.’S
U. S. Army
Germany
White collar workers face rising costs and stagnant wages
The Greensboro Democrat argues white collar workers, 40 percent of the workforce, struggle as housing costs rise, wages lag, and middle income options shrink. It warns apathy risks political influence and cites subsidies for farmers and lobbying by business, urging white collar women to unite for equal pay and political action.
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Hitler
Germany
Congress
Barriers to American Goods in Foreign Markets Needs Study
George Sokolsky argues that while nations push for lower U.S. tariffs and reforms, they maintain quotas licenses and preferential tariffs that restrain trade. He cites Britain France West Germany and others and calls for a thorough investigation and public disclosure of barriers to American exports.
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United States
Great Britain
West Germany
France
Japan
Brazil
Commonwealth
Detroit
Football tragedies spark Southern rally from 1897 loss
A historical note recalls how Von Gammon's 1897 death nearly ended Georgia football and spurred a mother’s letter to the governor. The piece also covers midyear furniture shows in Chicago, industry shifts toward public showrooms, and local hospital finances with rising costs and thin occupancy.
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Bill Stern
Virginia
Georgia
von Gammon
South
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Charles B. Loflin
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Radar Laboratories
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Capitol
Labor
President Eisenhower
AFL
Ohio
Lausche
Taft
Harold Zimmerman
Woodland Acres
Hillsdale
The
Greensboro
Democrat
George Sokolsky
Holt McPherson
High Point Hospital
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