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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1950
Page
5
Sixty six Cleveland County young men will begin receiving greetings from the local selective service board with another hundred slated for an August 24 date to determine fitness for service. Induction exams will bring closer the reality of the Korean War and its long term implications for national defense amid isolationist shifts.
The Herald urges the Kings Mountain city board to compel bus companies to build or obtain a station here, noting the city lacks a chamber of commerce and a bus terminal. The editorial highlights waiting on sidewalks in heat and cold, and credits past city actions in other towns for successful terminals. Sympathy extended to the Huffstickler family. Pvt. Rufus G. Huffstickler was the first local Korean War casualty.
The piece reviews action in Congress over price controls and taxation amid whether to extend presidential powers, notes North Carolina census redistricting implications, praises Shelby Lions Mira cle Farm Day plans for Gardner‑Webb College, and welcomes Lam Beth Rope Corporation after acquiring Kings Mountain Narrow Fabrics assets.
Items from the 1940 Kings Mountain Herald files note executives Ben F Beam J R Spargo and J B Moore of Imperial Life Insurance touring mid summer convention in Jacksonville Florida for a three day paid vacation. George F Lattimore and a touring party visit Washington New York and Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs Glee Bridges stay in Palm Arbor with Mr E L Campbell and Mrs O W Myers and children at Georgetown and Pawleys Island. Hilton Ruth attends Belk Ager conference in Charlotte. M L Harmon Jr spends weekend rowing.
Veteran reminiscences recount grim scenes from past conflicts including World War I and World War II era actions in Italy and the Mediterranean. An officer named Pay relives near misses on the USS Chicago, while others describe Luftwaffe flares and a Casablance air raid, with censorship and duty shaping wartime memories.
The puzzle page points readers to the weekly completed crossword in the Want Ads section, guiding solvers to check for the solution. It references the newspaper's puzzle feature and directs attention to the upcoming page.
An editor's viewpoint argues the Senate risks democracy by backing Franco's undemocratic regime in Spain with a $100 million loan, warning that backing fascist governments undercuts America's moral leadership in the global battle of ideas. The piece urges genuine democratic allies and warns against propaganda as a substitute for democracy.
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