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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1949
Page
4
The item lists the High Point Enterprise publishing details with editor Robert L Thompson C W Patterson Jr and subscription rates for afternoon and Sunday morning editions.
Senate Republican opposition and shrinking housing needs signal end for federal rent controls after June 30 1950. President Truman seeking renewal may fail without broad congressional support as construction surges reduce housing shortages. Strong Democratic shifts and local measures expected to fill remaining gaps.
The article argues that urban growth breeds congestion and raises costs for services and transportation. It cites Mumford on inefficiencies of road, rail, and subway expansion, the drift to suburbs, tax pressures, and the danger of atomic attacks on dense hubs, warning dispersal is even more expensive.
A garbled note presents quirky lines on opportunity and opinion attributed to M L Patrick. The fragment references penicillin as once the miracle drug and folds in aphorisms about minding others business and a marriage vow phrase I do.
A woman reports rough treatment by High Point police after a disorderly conduct arrest. The column argues police faced a difficult moment handling a resisting suspect while urging public respect for law and proper conduct by citizens.
The writer reflects on U.S. presidencies from Cleveland to FDR, praising restrained, principle driven leadership over expediency. Truman is examined as a pragmatic but controversial figure, with questions about welfare, labor, and government intervention amid Cold War pressures.
The excerpt discusses possible dollar devaluation via higher gold prices and compares it to Sir Stafford Cripps denial of devaluation. It cites Senator George W. Malone advocating government cooperation for peace and Lord Boyd Orr, Nobel laureate 1949, stressing practical benefits over political conflict.
Special Brass Correspondent Georgi Gramada recalls a football game between army and navy cadets in Philadelphia. He critiques bi partisan politics and Truman’s stance while noting cadets’ parade, salutes to Truman, and the casual handling of class, power, and ideology as they move from parade to game.
A collection of Washington gossip touches Governor Bowles and possible Senate picks, Ewing and health debate, Clifford resignation, census TV instruction plans, Navy officers’ promotion fate, atomic energy prospects, cotton trade fears, jet travel logistics, and Silver Purchase Act violations.
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