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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1949
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise lists staff roles and Associated Press rights along with subscription rates. It notes editor and officers including R B Terry and Robert L Thompson and circulation manager C W Patterson Jr with pricing by mail and carrier for 3, 6, and 12 month periods.
The Winston-Salem Journal editors and publishers clash over ABC liquor stores in Forsyth County. Editor Santford Martin defends prohibition while publishers back legalized sales, with Martin publishing fair, strong editorials against liquor stores. The Enterprise commends both sides for free, principled debate.
Alfred Birnbaum a Columbia University optometry student bought a 50 cent raffle ticket for a $15 000 dream house placed on a Manhattan parking lot The owner demanded dismantling and moving costs Birnbaum sold the house to a savior for 1200 and kept his 50 cent stake freeing him from the dream cottage misadventure
The article discusses a bill authorizing 1.11 billion dollars for flood control and river harbor work. It notes authorization is step one, with appropriation needed later, and describes a cycle where lawmakers seek authorization to gain funding leverage, then request money claiming prior authorization. It highlights strategic pressure on appropriations committees and the staged funding approach.
Washington reporters describe a chaotic National States Rights press conference led by Judge Leander H. Perez of Louisiana. Perez claims fourteen states representation, denies party status, and offers unclear aims for a national states rights bureau in Washington. He cites Latvia and Yugoslavia in explaining goals, leaving journalists unsure of intentions.
General Albert C Wedemeyer to be sent to the Presidio in San Francisco to replace General Mark Clark who returns to Washington The piece lauds Wedemeyers staff expertise linguistics logistics and independence and references the suppressed Wedemeyer report and U S policy debates in the postwar era.
The summer union services on Main Street churches ended at Wesley Memorial Methodist with Dr. J. W. Greenwood of Detroit delivering the sermon. Attendance held fair despite July heat and attendees praised the fellowship and sense of unity among Protestant churches in North Carolina.
The speaker warns against a policy of no assistance to China noting it would pull US military and Navy advisory groups from the country and risk Soviet influence. He argues removal of American aid alone could invite Communist domination and affect Asia, mentioning Wedemeyer’s report and his exile to the presidio.
A sweeping profile of New York gypsies living on relief, their neighborhoods, and social footholds from Harlem to the East Side. It notes their voting blocs and ties to Tammany, plus a glimpse of bars, cafes, and personalities shaping a changing postwar scene.
A fragmented list of crossword style clues across horizontal and vertical entries. The garbled page presents numbered hints for terms from flags and meadow to varnish ingredient, tools, and measurements, mixed with corrupted words and incomplete entries.
Anver to Previous Puzzle 26 Flower 27 Horse's gait 28 Ireland 33 Stringent 34 Speaker 36 Form a notion 37 Moved rhythmically 41 Simple 42 Joint disease 43 Girl 44 Bone 45 Beborne 46 Belgian river 47 Trudge 52 Parent 54 Show Me State ab
Secretary Charles Sawyer warns fear can depress the economy while Gov. Ingram Stainback stresses the importance of ocean transport. Governor and leaders debate housing reform and the Hoover Commission, with Tighe Woods citing a $6 house as a test case.
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