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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1948
Page
4
The document is nonbinding yet hailed as a hopeful step in recognizing individual rights. It contrasts with historic charters and faces opposition from governments, notably Russia and its allies, while gaining broad support for social and political freedoms.
Observers who have toured Germany question the occupation government's democratization efforts. Berlin municipal polls suggest Germans may favor Western methods over Russian control, a hopeful sign despite discouraging overall Berlin conditions.
USDA textile experts conclude wear causes shine on seat of woolen pants. They urge acceptance of bureau science funded by public money. A South African scientist reports fossil remains of a primitive man possibly over 9 feet tall, noting the gap before basketball.
A political message asserts the GOP must restore the human spiritual base laid by Abraham Lincoln and rebuild on Theodore Roosevelt s Square Deal before returning to power. It cites Charles P Taft president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ and brother of Sen Robert A Taft.
A tale recounts a boy named Dodd sent to his farmer uncle to learn work and schooling. Ignoring orders, he is disciplined with a belt after repeated warnings. The experience teaches obedience and that duty must be met firmly in life.
The piece contrasts the old proverb Spare the rod and spoil the child with modern psychology urging training without breaking a child's will. It notes rod use as a quick obedience method reflecting lack of intelligence and cites a Roman centurion as an example of controlled command.
Louella Parsons hosts Hollywood radio chat with Ethel Barrymore who declines a dramatic reading and shares a brief poem from George Du Maurier's Tril by. The verses mix work and play themes and end with farewell lines.
A letter to Al Gerring of Blair Park Municipal Golf Course commends his family for combining sport and work. Charles F. Carroll lauds promoting activities like golf to curb juvenile delinquency and notes Al, Mrs. Gerring, and six children from six months to 12 years practice regularly with clubs and balls.
King Richard I of England died after a shoulder wound from a crossbow bolt during campaigns in France. The fatal outcome followed poor treatment or his own neglect, ending his reign and altering medieval succession.
Berengaria, mother of a great ship with a storied name, was wed to Richard the Lion Hearted, the 12th century English king.
Sailing vessels are classed by combination spars sails and cordage. The terms cutter brig and ship are shorthand for cutter rigged brig rigged and ship rigged, indicating the specific rig configuration.
The almost extinct right whale known as the Greenland whale is the largest of the whalebone whales and can yield about 3 500 pounds of baleen.
Washington scribbler notes Whittaker Chambers pumpkin coded microfilm tale haunting him. He riffs on Sumner Welles and the House Un American Activities committee, imagining a New York stage flop and Dewey survivor club humor amid national security debates.
The author experiments with rhymes for Cham bers or Whittaker after hours of effort. A playful scene ends with an exaggerated comic collapse described in a hyperbolic way.
George Sokolsky argues that private assaults on Robert Thompson and his daughter must be prosecuted within due process. He warns against vigilantism and urges authorities to prove criminals cannot escape justice, noting the danger of anarchic responses to political dissent.
A caustic World-Telegram amusement page round up covers October retail sales highs, Broadway musical buzz, film quotes and celebrity quips. Gene Kelly and Ray Bolger are referenced with stage history clarified amid glossy industry chatter.
Movieville surveys shows a mix of infantile and serious topics with Marcy killing mental illness abortion and a hush hush network gags on anti Nazi quips. Leo Genn's medical performance in The Snake Pit draws praise while Mary McCarty continues a long rising career.
F Carle showcases piano work on Little Jack Frost Got Lost while Grand Central glows with Christmas trim. Rockefeller Plaza and City Hall Park feature towering evergreens as festive backdrops. Mae West’s Diamond Lil encore underscores critics’ praise.
An old ballad The Birth of the Blues is performed in the film When My Boy Grable Smiles at Me. Barbara Britton is portrayed as a boy-bait figure amid Westerns while references to Anna Durbin appear and wartime documentaries are mentioned. The text notes a shift from radio’s Siberia time to livelier morning hours.
The text argues that redefining grounds for crime and divorce erodes impartial law. It warns that accepting vague excuses like a brainstorm, mental cruelty, or similar rationales weakens the legal system and threatens law and order.
A dense list of horizontal and vertical clues covering radio themed terms general words and abbreviations including Southern general decree and various abbreviations with many cross references across two directions pointing to a classic puzzle format
The article quotes Phrillulah Bankhead on her blunt honesty and links her candor to radio and editorial criticisms of mentioning modern weapons. It notes Gen McNarney’s recent remarks on new instruments of death and the global unease that follows.
The anonymous speaker questions the American Activities Committee pamphlet Communism and Education claiming 800 American Communists hold top posts in a secret army being drilled to topple the government. The author urges delivering evidence to J. Edgar Hoover or Woo Winchell, insisting on names and locations of these operatives.
A quip filled column laments how colyumists faced discipline for self-congratulatory claims while a reddy American magazine now runs full page adverts to tout an early expose of New York divorce racket before it hit front pages.
Winchell Killin shines in Bravo while Lili Darvas is praised for her pretence work. The Young and the Fair receives softer notes as the writer laments weaker scripts and urges sharper playwrights.
The article notes the season's total gross to date matches last year's within $130 per Variety. It highlights Evelyn Knight's recording of Powder Your Face with Sunshine and commentary on CBS NBC rivalry affecting US peace prospects.
A New England scientist, after years in Labrador, observed that quick frozen fish and caribou meat remained tender and flavorful after extended exposure to Arctic air, leading to the development of deep freezing for food.
The term calumet refers to the peacepipe shown to Pere Marquette during his 1675 exploration of the Chicago region, a name later attached to local waterways and harbors in the area.
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