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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1947
Page
4
Trustees endorse a downscaled plan for High Point Memorial hospital to 100 beds and promise enlargement potential. Competing facilities and financing constraints loom as the region weighs the need for more beds and the prospect of public oversight of a large hospital project.
Joe Johnson leads High Point effort to build a commercial complex over the Southern railway tracks from North Main to Wrenn streets. The 99 year state lease, now under 40 years remaining, could support amortization and tax arrangements with state boards to benefit Southern Railway and city citizens. Vision and pressure may win support from President Norris of the Southern.
The Southern Governors conference freight rate committee, praised for pushing fair rates, plans to focus on equality and avoid opposing railroads unilaterally. It notes inflation must be curbed but argues railroads are not the first target, citing the sector's sad economic plight with Pennsylvania's first loss in a century.
The Greensboro Daily News argues Hoover failed to provoke Japan in 1931 and now urges President Truman to provoke Russia to halt its march toward World War III. It notes past losses from appeasement and warns against repeating the same mistake with Russia.
The Cleveland air races face calls to end as dangers rise. Four crashes in one event left one flyer dead and another badly injured, with a third narrowly missing a field crowded with 50 000 spectators.
A U S Atomic Energy Commission member warns that peacetime atomic energy is not imminent and aligns with UN efforts to approve a program to outlaw the atomic bomb.
A misc text mixes fiction and musings on optimism and fear. It recalls Rip Van Winkle's outlook, Benjamin Franklin's self analysis, a psychoanalytic tale, And discusses world war fears, materialism, and hope in spiritual understanding. The piece ends with a humorous exchange about a silent clock and a variety of trivia notes.
George Sokolsky discusses the United Nations Palestine commission proposal to split Palestine into Arab and Jewish states with an economic union, a separate Christian trustee for holy places, and British interim rule. He argues the plan blends principles with practical needs, notes immigration targets, and highlights rights for Jews, Arabs, and Christians while envisioning a peaceful, shared future.
Paul Mallon outlines how Secretary of State Marshall shifts to personal emissaries traveling by air to Greece, France, Rome, and China. He notes quiet actions, cabinet shifts in Greece, and a thrust to rally Europe against communism while avoiding public statements.
The line states that production is achievable only with peace, attributed to Herbert Hoover. It reflects a wartime or postwar emphasis on stability enabling economic growth and industrial output. The remark underscores the link between peace and productive capacity.
Genial critic chatter notes Maria Ouspenskaya’s theater quirks while she shines in Wyoming with star William Elliott. Gabby Hayes headlines a Moscow Art Theatre cast, with Geraldine Fitzgerald in Dublin quotes and showbiz gossip from New York’s stages and London’s cowed cinema scene.
A Sun night mystery show promises chills as sponsors hawk hair tonic. Patti Clayton recalls 15 years in film and a craze for singing commercials. A Town Meeting broadcast features Senator Tenney clashing with Albert Dekker as fans crowd the venue and radio buses roll.
Hal Boyle reports on a radar based cooking device that rapidly cooks foods in minutes, demonstrated at hotels in Boston and Washington. The gadget resembles a hybrid electric stove and laundry machine and could reach homes in three to five years.
The article notes Gov. Dwight H. Green of Illinois vetoed a bill to abolish snapshot taking in night clubs. It cites naval figures with Capt. Lyle Armel commenting that Russia has more submarines on reconnaissance duty in the Pacific than the United States has in active service.
Willard L. Thorp, Assistant Secretary of State, argues that a prosperous coal industry cannot rise in a prostrated German economy and that Germany is integral to the European economy. Recovery cannot be piecemeal and must be coordinated.
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