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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1949
Page
4
The piece argues penny pinching by voters harms lawmakers and state workers alike. It notes many legislators lack funds to live on while serving, urges applying the golden rule and boosting lodging and meal allowances, and calls for voters to reconsider pay policy at the next general election.
In a radio speech and a full page ad, Henry Wallace attacks the North Atlantic treaty as a threat to the UN and claims it places German arms in Europe. He cites Dulles misquotes and argues the pact violates Potsdam and United Nations principles, while critics urge refuting half truths. J.T.
A reader letter requests a story on how High Point voted a bond for the HPTD RR and on the pet iron road of O A Kirkman. The columnist notes Kirkman’s rise after his father’s death and recalls the line’s financial ups and downs while stating the piece offers local history context without endorsing the railroad.
The line started as a small venture by Capt. Milt Jones of Thomasville to haul iron ore from his Glen Anna mine. It grew into the Carolina Valley Railway company after charter changes in 1903–1905, rebuilding 21 miles in Davidson County and extending toward High Point as the project expanded to interurban lines.
The history covers the Carolina and Yadkin River Railway later renamed High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad. It notes electrification failed, the line extended to High Rock, bond details around 1.2 million, and first shipments. Local efforts included O A Kirkman Sr backing up to 10 000 and leadership by Tomlinson and Millis with 1947 officers listed.
A travelogue style column from Honolulu discusses Hawaii becoming a cultural carnival with locals and visitors chasing Broadway fantasies. It notes the humor of misused Hawaiian terms, a luau at Niumalu hotel, and a tale of travel allowances from federal workers, including Secret Service and CAB members, highlighting six dollar per diem limits and Hawaii’s potential statehood. Virginia Warren is mentioned as a source of local color.
Washington notes that the American Political Science Association is pursuing a campaign to compel Republicans and Democrats to live up to platforms. A series of dinners will gather leaders and scholars to craft reform, with a final report due by December 1949 and potential 1950 election changes.
A collage of society gossip links banker Crowe’s domestic defeat to his arrest and traces high society moves. Names like Winchell Rockefeller Cowl Davis Welles Magnani and Farouk surface amid divorces, contracts,Merge rumors, theater, and political chatter across New York and Paris social pages.
A compact crossword style entry lists across and down clues with numbers. Solving yields reptile related term connections and brief word fits across the grid with standard crossword mechanics.
Philippine President Elpidio Quirino says Europe is an economic liability and the Pacific is a virgin region with eager people, urging free nations to unite or face falling one by one as Secretary of State Dean Acheson echoes the call.
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