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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1946
Page
4
The mayor and city council express confidence in Roy Braden’s leadership. The resolution introduced by Mayor Phillips amounts to a vote of confidence and clarifies the atmosphere at City Hall.
The resignation of Dr Robert A Herring as head of High Point health department, effective September 16, surprised locals. He led with medical training and thorough disease work, facing wartime burdens while fearing staffing gaps. The piece notes praise for his methodical care and calls for continuity in health measures and nurses, with focus on building on Dr Grayson’s foundation and addressing education system concerns.
The article reflects on the start of the school year with about 8 000 students and teachers adjusting to modern methods. It notes changes in reading instruction, student self government, room shifts in high schools, and compares comfy old desks to newer setups as Superintendent Smith of Greensboro Schools discusses teaching practice.
Business and industrial circles expect a modest downturn by late 1947. Buying power stays strong due to higher wages and unionized workers. Unemployment will rise but compensated by unemployment benefits. Financial safeguards like the Fed margin rule and FDIC lessen panic. The New Deal legacies are cited as stabilizing factors.
A Wilkes-Barre brunette known as Miss Rice sat on Central Park grass provoking a summons. A New York magistrate suspended sentence after she paid 7.07 dollars for round trip travel and was allowed to return home.
Major H J Hatcher reviews a National Safety Council report showing 18 000 traffic deaths in the United States for the first seven months of 1946. North Carolina records 565 deaths up 66 percent from 1945, with higher death rates per miles traveled than the national average. Officials note outcomes may decline for Labor Day and July Fourth periods as data is finalized.
Lynn Nisbet reports the advisory commission will hold continuous sessions in Raleigh from September 30 to October 9 to prepare department requests. Officials warn budget demands will rise sharply with higher salaries, more construction, and expanded services. the general fund for the next biennium may exceed two hundred million dollars.
The piece portrays Maxim Litvinoff as a symbol of Soviet policy who is alternately used for Western outreach and later discarded to moth balls. It notes his survival among old Bolsheviks and frames his repeated purges as deliberate political signaling rather than executions, amid broader emnity and appeasement cycles.
By George Sokolsky argues Americans must demand full truth about U S Soviet relations to avoid war. He criticizes wartime alliances and urges investigations of OSS OWI and state department, noting purges and political shifts as evidence of deception and risk.
Damon Runyon wrote vivid columns on Manhattan police calls from Battery to Washington Heights. The piece recalls a jailhouse morning ride with Winchell, debating headline billing and recounting a legless beggar fight near Broadway, with Runyon warning not to interfere.
Washington notes a veteran AFL leader argues union strategy must favor justice over control and criticizes CIOPAC for attempts to dominate politics. He defends AFL independence and urges public debate to find common ground among sincere readers.
Paul Mallon criticizes totalitarian tactics in labor unions and warns against class based “representatives.” He opposes CIOPAC and AFL strategies leaning toward socialism or a labor dominated third party, favoring a democracy that represents all district citizens including professionals and voters alike.
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