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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1950
Page
4
The High Point editorial board endorses City Planning Director Malcolm Little's one way street proposal and calls for a trial period. It urges extending College Street north and English Street east to boost traffic flow and spur business, while avoiding property takings and political influence.
A letter from Culross and Trelawney of London informs The Enterprise that an editorial headlined Life Under Socialism did not appear in The Times. The solicitors demand a correction. the editor asks how the error occurred and whether The Times backs socialism. The piece notes American readers pay part of postwar U K costs and hopes for Times accountability.
The article surveys King Leopold III of Belgium surrender to Nazi Germany in 1940 and his contested return, noting exile, abdication, and the political split over his leadership. It mentions Baudouin’s forthcoming throne and reflections on Belgium’s place in the Western alliance amid postwar disputes.
A Syracuse Post-Standard letter by Irving C Mondore cites slogans about peace and water as misguided. The author argues such thinking ignores data and source material, noting it foreshadowed the Korean War started four days after the letter and led to American casualties.
A column discusses postwar peace measures, criticizing Soviet aims and NATO, arguing divided nations threaten global stability. Miss Rosa Sutherland links Russia’s actions in Europe and Asia to a broader pattern of conflict, while reflections on home front problems urge vigilance against slogans and weak will in peacetime.
Suburban readers are urged to consider life or death stakes of a nuclear attack in major cities. The piece outlines casualty ranges, the need to evacuate contaminated zones, and the role of rescue crews, hospitals, and blood centers while noting radiation risks and recovery plans. It cites Col Farber’s critique of sensational wartime fiction and emphasizes practical preparedness.
The piece critiques wartime fear campaigns and the Texas mythos, referencing James Farber's Texans with Guns. It disputes sensational depictions from Hollywood and recounts secrets about Rita Hayworth and a Texas actress trainee while warning of a Teapot Dome scale surplus scandal as Army and Navy items resold at inflated prices.
A review extols Col. Farber's Texans With Guns as entertaining and incontrovertible. It highlights its depiction of bad men, Rangers, sheriffs, Mexicans, Indians, gamblers, lynch-mobs, and cattle-runs in a wild West era.
Washington reports congressional scrutiny over defense spending as the planned American Canadian radar fence near the Arctic edge remains partly unbuilt. Only some equipment and four Navy vessels were provided, with billions in defense requests prompting skepticism about priorities. The project, proposed in 1949, was never fully funded and required reallocating funds from other programs.
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