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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1949
Page
4
The piece weighs the new farm program against the present subsidy. It notes potential consumer grocery bills and taxes, possible shifts in costs, and broader effects on producers distributors and shoppers. It predicts a rough transition with technological progress outpacing public adaptation.
The piece muses on growing automation from answering machines and wire recorders to electric minds for billing and chess. It notes radar speed traps and home movie options while questioning how pervasive electronic life could affect human ego and subconscious.
Excerpts praise Sir Stafford Cripps for sticking to a difficult, unpopular plan to cut dollar shortages and fund social security from British earnings. The piece commends candor over expediency and notes higher taxes, reduced subsidies, and no relief from austerity as Britain aims to finance postwar social benefits. It closes with a China remark on Sun Fo's resignation.
Trygve Lie argues the United Nations can bridge East West differences through peaceful means. Frank Lloyd Wright criticizes capitalistic urban inequality in Houston. General Douglas MacArthur vows to stay on duty until peace is signed despite resignation rumors.
W A Bivins recalls a morning at a bus stop when a passing car rings out Look up and prompts him to lift his gaze. He muses on how the season invites all of God s children to look up, linking everyday scene to seasonal reflection.
A reflection on Easter grief and renewal through poetry and nature. The piece recalls Tennyson’s In Memoriam and Henry Foscue's dogwood tribute by Conrad Frederick Smith, linking memory, faith, and the season’s beauty to solace in loss.
The passage features quotes from Robert Schuman on Western Europe arms, Nat R. Howard praising reader courage, and John Foster Dulles critiquing postwar policy. It contrasts military influence with public sentiment and editor’s sense of responsibility.
Harold Stassen, Penn president, argues at MIT convocation that the US must act now to bolster Canton and southern China, criticizing inaction and selective aid. He calls for an Asia wide approach with a minimum of one billion dollars annually, directed through local provinces and private enterprise, and contrasts with European Marshall Plan policies. He warns against enforcing external governmental concepts on others and notes the US has become a vast empire since 1939.
On Guam the Guam Style Center run by Abe Goldstein becomes a flashpoint in a broader clash with Rear Admiral A C Pownall and naval rule. The Guam Congress seeks power over civil affairs, while petitions, arrests and mass meetings roil the island amid postwar reconstruction and license disputes. The dispute draws in Interior, Navy, Congress, and Washington as Guam moves toward greater self government.
A collage of witty lines and social riffs from a 1940s era column. Humorous asides about editors, federal figures, and public figures mingle with quips on lamb chops prices and political tensions. References span Time Newsweek Bevin Roosevelt and Guam policy discussions.
A collage of remarks and gloss from the era includes a critique of New Dealers and a noted hope about civil rule. The piece mentions General Clay praising a Big 3 decision, a Kay Lawrence sighting at Park Sheraton, and gossip about May Yohe and the Hope Diamond legend. Conversation ranges from Franco to unemployment worries under Truman.
A horizontal and vertical word puzzle lists clues across categories. The grid fills with bird, ocean, metals, units, and common terms. Readers solve by matching clues to letters, with many entries tied to chemistry, languages, and geography.
A stark personal note from Betty Jane Bulch promises a date tonight ignoring family gossip about horse theft. She describes herself ready with dishes done, red nails, and pin curls, noting the mare is locked up as she waits.
Richard H Crowe a banker charged with theft of eight hundred sixty thousand dollars enters a plea of insanity. The item notes public remarks about Hollywood stars and film culture from various papers and includes a quip about a night club doorman tip.
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