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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1946
Page
4
The piece argues Labor Day sustains a false class distinction between laborers and white collar workers, calling it un-American. It coins concerns about unions, campus sports subsidy, and college athletics as false pretenses undermining character building and integrity in institutions.
Chancellor Robert B. House of the UNC Chapel Hill unit challenges the role of football as student exercise, calling it a highly organized game tied to coaches rather than the college. The Greensboro Daily News report sparks debate on professionalism in college football and the nature of Duke's Wallace Wade era.
Ossie E. Davis, Negro boys commissioner, is praised as a valuable citizen in High Point. The piece urges comparing delinquency records between white and colored youths and notes High Point colored boys perform highly, crediting Davis for his influence and love of boys.
A Miss Tennessee contestant refuses to pose in a bathing suit at the Miss America contest in Atlantic City. The letter questions her publicity strategy and asks how she became Miss Tennessee without the traditional swimwear display.
A political critique argues Roosevelt enlisted broad support across parties and sectors to win World War II while Truman faced appointment challenges after the war. It notes 20 000 nominations during the 79th Congress and about 35 000 total, contending many passed without adequate scrutiny.
George Sokolsky attacks the selection of George F. Allen for director of the reconstruction finance corporation and John Stam Hooker as U S alternate executive director of the IBRD. He questions their lack of banking experience and argues the appointments reflect political favoritism rather than qualifications.
The piece alleges Stalin used Molotov to persuade Tito to back down from confrontational diplomacy surrounding Trieste. It argues Moscow blocked Yugoslavia from UNO action, framed Greece as a peace threat, and sought to unsettle Britain by altering Greek and British ties as events unfolded.
The piece argues Moscow could back a one party system to secure a short peace by banning opposition, suggesting Greece may see such a plan and noting delays to a goodwill visit by an American carrier to avoid partisan polling, while warning of broader implications for world balance and the atom bomb question.
Walter Winchell substitute coverage reports on J. Brooks Atkinson and L. Nichols. Annie Get Your Gun sales rise ahead of performance. Obituaries and bequest news touch Charles Butterworth and Bob Benchley. Hollywood chatter spotlights George Jean Nathan, Park Avenue dispute, Kaufman and Hart plans, and film releases.
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