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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
2
Editorial argues a $5,000 maximum anti trust fine is inadequate and calls for prison penalties for corporate officers. It critiques lenient penalties that fail to deter price fixing and urges stronger enforcement and safety code inspections for dwellings to prevent fire hazards.
A religious message urges that love outlasts hate as a world guide. It cites Christ’s life and teaching, noting faith hope and love, with love as the greatest. The piece warns that sowing hate brings a destructive harvest and that kindness returns to the giver.
The author questions leaders who warn of societal collapse and argues people today enjoy higher living standards than ever. Despite wars and troubles, power and machinery have increased comforts worldwide. The trend continues with varying intensity across regions.
The piece cites figures like Bulgaria's Dr. George Dimitrov and Hungary's Ferenc Nagy to illustrate how peasant leaders who cooperated with Communist regimes faced execution, arrest, exile, or imprisonment. It portrays peasants as the primary victims under so-called Peoples Regimes.
A Washington woman left her infant children alone in a temporary sheet dwelling while returning a borrowed utensil. Returning home, she found the house in flames and the children dead. The housing shortage persists, forcing unsafe wiring and equipment in substandard structures.
Mrs. George E. Marsh announces that North Carolina surpassed the 1948 cancer drive goal of 200 421 57 dollars. More than 50 000 will support the National Research program and the rest funds education and victim services. Cancer claimed over 2 600 NC lives last year with an estimated 900 recoverable with proper treatment.
A historical editorial notes that Supreme Court rulings against labor leaders draw praise for law and order, while recent monopoly verdicts on salt sugar cement and films alarm business interests. It argues anti trust laws aim to prevent monopolies and that consistent enforcement supports competition.
Pleas echo across the state for strict enforcement of compulsory school attendance. Advocates urge each school to hire an attendance officer to ensure every child attends daily, arguing that full attendance is essential to define and improve curricula and overall educational quality.
Federal Reserve Board figures show $20 bills in circulation at end March totaling about 68 percent, with $10 bills around 6 billion and other denominations trailing. Postwar shifts moved the 20 from second to first, while smaller notes like $1 and $5 rank lower.
A reader notes the phrase I SAW IT IN THE NEWS in quotation marks. This brief comment thanks the news source and signs off with gratitude.
With a truce arranged in Palestine the United States and Great Britain must take the lead to craft a political settlement in the Holy Land and advance prospects for a lasting peace.
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