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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1949
Page
4
The editorial argues Senator Hoey's proposed bill aims to expose lobbying and influence peddling, asserting openness could curb the practice. It cautions a single bill may not end all evils and notes the broader politics shaping voters in 1952 and beyond.
Maj Gen Alden H Waitt suspended chief of the army chemical corps confirms Senate testimony that he dictated a secret memo branding eight officers as incompetent for succession He allegedly prepared the document with James V Hunt and handed it to Maj Gen Harry Vaughan for presidential guidance The memo contrasted with praise in fitness reports and Waitt sat on an appointment board that chose among the target officers The episode highlights influence peddling and a double entry system of appraisal amid the five percent inquiry and prompts questions about power and governance in Washington.
A 28 year old Atlanta taxi driver, drunk at the time of the crash that killed author Margaret Mitchell, was over the center line. He had 23 prior traffic violations, suggesting license removal and stricter permit rules.
Louisville editor James S. Pope urged in Athens Georgia a duty for editors to wake daily with vigilance against civic corruption. He cited a Canton Ohio editor murdered 23 years earlier for crusading against gangsters and argued anger must be tempered to remain effective.
The piece describes a stalemate between the House and Senate over extending regular government expenditures. The House favored another one month extension while the Senate, pushing for August 15 as a hard deadline, failed to authorize $27 billion in appropriations, delaying payrolls but earning a temporary defiance against rapid funding.
A reader clashing with Chancellor Malott and Professor Ise over The Economics by Ise argues the work is slanted and biased. He counters claims of genius readers, discusses fascism, capitalism, and labor, and questions political capture by business and labor in America.
A columnist recounts a dull morning with no obituaries or deaths found while noting rain and theater chatter. The piece shifts to a cautionary note on counterfeit money, detailing postwar circulation and the risks. It ends with a brief, grim inquest verdict over a fatal train incident, led by a village jury.
An item notes BINAC, described as faster and more capable than ENIAC, may trigger an industrial revolution where machines replace many human tasks. J Prosper Eckert Jr is cited on AI imagination, admitting uncertainty about machines able to invent.
WASHINGTON August 22 A columnist recalls a Lake County Indiana fair display of Department of Agriculture circulars in Homer Capehart’s office and jokes about a chicken in the freezer recipe. The piece lampoons Senate visitors and recounts a deep sea fishing trip with Claude Wickard, George Vik and a piscatorial expert, ending with a clash over a sandwich and fishing etiquette.
The article notes Abilene Kansas as a frontier head of the old Chisholm cattle trail and explains its Biblical naming by a devout settler. It also mentions a linguistic note from the Encyclopaedia Americana about the Abipone Indians and a quirky term usage in handmade glassmaking where a water pitcher is called a jug. Sphagnum moss is described as antiseptic and capable of preserving logs cloth or even bodies buried in it for centuries.
A jury, after retirement to consider the coroner's verdict, resolved a dispute about the coroner's meaning and returned with the finding that the man had fallen into the sea. The foreman asserted the coroner’s authority, concluding the verdict as Found Drowned.
A New York author mid-20s pens a Jeanne d Arc study in The Voice and the Light, while the column critiques opium and marijuana use, New York mob activity, Hollywood freelances, and the welfare system. It cites Baynard Street Bum's Market, the Los Angeles influence, and political corruption in public relief and welfare administration.
A crossword style clue set titled On the Air Waves Horizon with numbered hints across and down. Includes names such as Man's name and Scottish radio actre and technical terms like Symbol for tantalum and Electrical unit.
The article argues that relief benefits hinge on local political demographics. Many mulcted by discrimination cannot join relief lists in their district and move elsewhere to obtain aid. It condemns this graft driven practice as a scandal in a city already noted for corruption.
A collection of controversial remarks from Governor Chester Bowles and Lord Morrison criticizing political disengagement. President Truman warns against Western Europe in danger during aggression. Los Angeles gang boss Mickey Cohen condemns violence after a shooting, reflecting public attitudes of the era.
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