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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1949
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise lists editorial leadership and officers including R B Terry as part of the staff, with Robert L Thompson as editor and C W Patterson Jr as advertising director. The notice includes circulation by mail and carrier rates for 3, 6, and 12 months and weekly prices.
Forsyth county voters rejected liquor sales and kept the county dry, a result with potential influence on Guilford, Greensboro and High Point. The piece argues enforcement remains weak without strong citizen action and speculates on possible county wide beer votes and future legislative changes.
Paul G. Hoffman, administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration, told the 19 Marshall Plan nations they must boost dollar earnings in the American market. He warned that failing to unify Europe and improve selling to the United States could endanger future ECA funds. Hoffman urged Europe to tailor products to American wants and form a single large market to grow as a better buyer and seller.
The piece discusses Hester McCullough's libel suit against Greenwich community concertists over performances by Larry Adler and Paul Draper deemed subversive by federal authorities. It critiques conservative unified action and notes funding struggles for The New Leader and similar publications, urging individuals to stand alone for American principles.
The column ribbing the 81st Congress notes 220 bills enacted by Aug 15, including Public Laws 1 2 9 19 22 23 32 51 and more. It highlights stamps commemorations Olympic invitation visa rules postmaster changes daylight time and various local and infrastructure measures across states and districts.
A citizen letter urges impartial juries in capital cases and criticizes mercy for Streeton murder. It discusses independent journalism, freedom of the press, and editorials. Light anecdotes about a penniless crib and a vaudeville gag wrap the column.
The fragment discusses driving technique focusing on wheel rim grip, aircraft fuel use of 90 gallons per hour, a 1940 law authorizing the RFC to sell tin concentrates, Swan Island quarantine closure, on the spot audits by the GAO, and a flag day designation of June 14 under PL 203.
The DeMarco Sisters who open at the Paramount on Broadway next Wednesday rose from poverty in Rome NY to become national favorites via John O Connor and Fred Waring connections. They are known as singers singers with a natural, spontaneous style and have a busy season ahead.
The piece recalls Tom Chamales once tied to Chicago powerhouses Hinky Dink Kenna and Bathhouse John Coughlin, now retired in Yakima running Hotel Commercial with his son. a note on seltzer’s nostalgic grip as a vanished social staple and a fleeting glimpse of a new Parisian makeup method called matralage transforming eye emphasis.
A compact crossword style prompt lists clues for wind instrument and various words across astronomy to law terms. It pairs terms like War god and Gaelic with nouns, prefixes, suffixes, and body parts, suggesting a fill-in puzzle with multiple intersecting definitions.
A note in Daily Variety says the Italian film Deported bears an unsettling likeness to the career of mob boss Lucky Luciano. Luciano, long expelled from the U S and Cuba and now in Sicily, remains a powerful force influencing finance industry politics and coercion, potentially hindering U S screenings as with Scarface during Capone era.
The passage links Dave Bennett living in a decorated apartment once tied to Benny Edwards and mentions Buddy Arvey courting Lila Leeds, with ties to Sunny Ainsworth and more Manville marriages. References to Bonny’s bathtub, Mitchum era, and Gussie Moran lace are noted as colorful context.
A reflective snippet contrasts old sayings with modern viewpoint. It muses on genius as 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, happiness in making the best of what you have, and vague remarks about aging and science shaping the world.
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