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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1949
Page
4
North Carolina voters face a June decision on rural road bonds up to 200 million dollars and a one cent gasoline tax. The editorial warns the ballot omits the tax, questions the Governor’s highway commission picks, and argues the outcome will mark a major political test for Kerr Scott.
Luke recounts Jesus after the resurrection for forty days, the promise of the Father, and the beginnings of the church. He notes Luke's Gentile, physician background, Theophilus, and Peter's Pentecost sermon as pivotal. The piece argues the gospel empowers all believers to act with divine power and mercy across professions.
Ramblin Round discusses traffic engineering with bank curb service plans at Wachovia Bank and Security Bank, potential street congestion, and public policy on curb transactions. It notes High Point not dead but seeking balanced growth, urging active Chamber involvement and business improvement rather than grumbling.
The United States hosts about 250000 cigarette vending machines and 1500000 bulk product venders. Coin operated machines grew into a major sales channel in the 1930s and roughly 275000 jukeboxes are in operation nationwide.
Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson moves to curb railroads by demanding full cost data before approving interim pay hikes for railway mail service. He charges the ICC lacks authority for interim raises until hearings, and urges a new cost study plus potential court review of ICC decisions.
The article argues against a chief of staff led militaristic system, warning that concentrated military power risks undermining civilian rule. It cites James Forrestal and Ferdinand Eberstadt, notes General Bedell Smith comments, and borrows Hamiltonian warnings about a strong military state and potential erosion of civil liberties.
New York writes about theater and culture as the Broadway scene endures a downturn. Wally Beery started as a chorus boy and Bobby Clark remains a playwright of bold stage shocks. The Met ballet returns while audience tastes wobble between novelty acts and cut rate shows. The Life of Riley mocks finances amid laughs and a grim undertaker gag.
Notes compare changing pop styles with stable rhumba tempos and question disc jockey explanations of bop. A Judy Garland revival renews interest in Over the Rainbow, while documentaries stitched from old newsreels are seen as propaganda for drug culture.
The revue pairs Ray Bolger with jolly audiences in Where's Cholly and Once in Love with Amy. Rockettes add a soft-shoe routine to their famous high kicks. The Barkleys of Broadway closes with the Manhattan Downbeat finale featuring Tapper-topper.
The passage highlights Jose Morand's melodic take on Brazilian Rhapsody with guitar and percussion. It compares radio critics to clowns and doctors, noting media shifts toward film and television newsreels dominating the scene.
A column mix highlights Cyd Charisse minor film roles and star glitter, questions backlog of 150 unreleased films, mocks TV fluffs, praises Vera Lynn's best recording, notes Vera Lynn and Ralph Bellamy as film icons, and teases a Sturges title The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend amid Anne Baxter publicity gaps and Schrafft's dinner pricing.
The speaker warns of dangers facing the nation amid factional strife and alien intrigue. He urges vigilance to avoid destroying what better men have built.
The El Paso flicker prompts shockers as reviewers note Clifton Webb’s sharp lines outshining the joke. Doris Day emerges as a rising star while TV education receives cautious praise. Rodgers and Hammerstein seem busy with profits, and Time’s critic is cool toward Pacific as Life offers a contrasting salute.
The piece notes CBS You Are There presents history in spot news form. It cites a New York Times description of an actress in a contemporary film saying she looks what she has made herself to be. It contrasts blunt critique with conservative press tone and mentions Berle as top TV sport draw.
The piece praises Quartet as high class cinema and notes the four Maugham stories gripping viewers. It cites Variety on 1948 film grosses dropping by 66 million from the prior year and comments on producers facing financial pressure. Garbo remains a marquee name despite an eight year gap since her last film.
Cedric Hardwicke condemns radio and television as harmful to the human mind. The outspoken actor insists sudden catastrophe is preferable to gradual decline. The piece notes Broadway road companies collect more loot than New York troupes.
The piece reviews light entertainment trends noting the Aldrich Family humor on radio kilocycles and a surge of reissued sage crux sagas. It mentions song and dance record tie ins expected to boost profits and previews Bob Hope's Sorrowful Jones adapting Runyonesque dialogue. Billy Rose recalls being seen as a columnist abroad.
Churchill warns Bolshevism born anew is dangerous and supplies a wartime analogy. Maj Gen Edwin P Parker argues vaccination against war through armed services. The era notes widespread coin-operated devices with vending sales reaching about 75 million dollars in 1948 America.
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