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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1947
Page
4
The piece urges optimism by watching schoolchildren and college students. It argues postwar youth show more honesty, intelligence, and openness than earlier generations, offering a simple remedy to despondent readers by observing daily school life.
A devotional study outlines Jesus teaching on judging others and self examination. It cites Jefferson Bible insights, explains mote and beam with translation notes, and urges removing one’s own faults before correcting others.
Capitol Square gossip centers on the state treasurer vacancy with James B Vogler of Charlotte announcing plans to campaign while Tom Broughton of Lenoir and George Snow of Mount Airy are frequent possibilities. A stronger contender is anticipated.
William D. Kizziah of Salisbury reemerges as a potential candidate for Congress from a nine county district. Farmer Bob Doughton remains in office in his eighties with little sign of retirement, promising a tough race and possible interest in a constitutional state post for Kizziah.
The gossip says Kitziah will be favored by county commissioners and municipal leagues while rivals lack equal certainty. As ex officio director of local government the treasurer has close ties to officials. Long Democratic party service is argued to entitle Kitziah to seek state office.
A small slip near an elevator button in the justice building urges cleanliness but wall handprints force readers to brace against the wall to read it. The sign’s placement and reader posture undermine its purpose as it hangs where many must lean to scan the message.
Early in the fall term many schools remain closed or just open and complaints mount over unsanitary school rest rooms. Officials say children’s behavior contributes, making clean facilities hard to maintain by noon.
Public campaigns led by big oil companies, state health board and utilities inspectors target rest room conditions at bus terminals and service stations. An inspector returning from a western trip cites progress yet notes unsatisfactory facilities and urges school education to curb future nuisances. Officials attribute issues to insufficient funding for supervision and plumbing, with similar problems in some Raleigh state office buildings. Public discussion acknowledges the discomfort though few want to discuss it openly.
After a brisk first day and a busy second, veterans seldom redeem terminal leave bonds. Across Raleigh and the state, bankers say most bonds were cashed for urgent purchases rather than savings. The view is that holding bonds remains a strong investment.
The Ameri can Legion notes that the nearly two billion dollar WWI bonus went to three million men, with 31 percent paid to debts, 32 percent to homes, 16 percent to saving or investment, and the rest to smaller purchases. Terminal leave pay goes to eight and a half million men, spread across many younger recipients and a later life mood impact.
In Sandisfield talk and Will Durant quotes the piece argues education must be a personal yearning not a cash payment. It contrasts farm life ease with historic schooling and warns rights without effort cheapen learning and merit. A Phi Beta Kappa member finds true study requires effort beyond buses.
Washington reports leaked figures claim Europeans seek 38 to 40 billion dollars over four years, prompting State Department action. George Kennan and Charles Bonestel were dispatched to Paris to steer discussions, with Will Clayton observing in Geneva. Officials warned against excessive demands and urged Europe to show self-help before further aid. A Harriman committee review due before September 15 will outline how much the U.S. can afford without fueling higher prices.
A column recalls Winchell's attack on Trujillo linking him to Nazi collaboration after the war and alleged killings of 20,000 refugees, while noting U S reactions and rent issues in Hungary. Reviews of paparazzi shots from Rita Hayworth and Davis Cup coverage illustrate media chaos and a barroom joke at Reuben's.
The piece alleges a broad investigation of General Lee in Italy over wartime ties and business deals. It links ex GI opposition to Lee, asks why he is being probed abroad, and cites British and American interests profiting from wartime events involving Italian cables and telegrams in what is described as a major international scandal.
The text cites Herbert Hoover claiming we might have stayed out of war if we had not provoked the Japanese. It later quips about Pearl Harbor and asks what he would have done after the attack, reflecting a satirical take on wartime policy and public figures.
A collection of statements from Trygve Lie Ernest Bevin Claude Pepper Emanuel Celler William H. Draper and Daniel Tobin. They discuss democracy at home and abroad economic recovery in Germany the risk of war and the potential impact of labor unity on party and policy shifts.
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