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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1952
Page
4
Afternoon and Sunday morning notices appear regarding a fond class matter at the High Point Post Office. The brief item indicates official action or filing related to postal operations.
The bandit James Francis Hill was declared mentally incompetent in Federal Court and committed to a mental hospital. His Robin Hood persona is judged hollow, as his crimes harmed many, with a spree across Middle Tennessee to Florida. He claimed generosity but his victims were numerous and his loot minimal compared to “Robin Hood” politicians who steal billions yearly.
A World War II era reflection notes how 37 000 workers at a hydrogen bomb plant in South Carolina went on strike after six firings, risking war production during Korea. The piece contrasts GI sacrifice in Korea with labor unrest at home, warning Southerners in uniform may doubt their safety at home.
A Harris County Texas case sees a woman jailed five years for murdering her second husband with the pistol divorce, the maximum for murder without malice. In North Carolina a Black man is convicted of assault on a white woman for leering from 75 feet, though no touch or verbal abuse occurred.
A Robesonian column reflects on how innovations like central heating electric lighting and automobiles save time yet fill it with tasks and obligations. It notes that spare time risks scrutiny by revenuers and presidents records as people justify income and expenses while enjoying convenience.
The article argues that church state separation extends to education, stressing parental trusteeship over children and that the state acts only when parents fail. It notes rising juvenile delinquency and cites J Edgar Hoover on teen crime, urging practical parental action alongside school accountability.
Washington dispatch outlines pressure on Anna Rosenberg to remain as assistant secretary of defense after strong performance in personnel policy coordination. It notes Secretary of Defense nominee Charles E. Wilson is likely to ask her to stay, though she prefers a return to New York business.
Gossipy notes from New York tease Truman post Johnston speculation and star sightings including Virginia Mayo Jack Haley and Dorothy Sarnoff. Looming crime report mentions Roy Wright 29 who stuck up a cabbie with a .38 and asked for $2, plus an ad offering seven columns weekly starting December 1.
A discussion of iconoclasts in early church history and modern Protestant splits between Fundamentalists and Modernists. It contrasts views on icons, scriptural literalism, evolution, Bible translations, and the Revised Standard Version versus King James. The piece notes figures like Martin Luther, Adolf Hitler, Mary, Bob Jones Sr., and stresses varying scholarly translations while urging focus on core truths.
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