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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1954
Page
4
The column criticizes politicians who predict a mass slump and mass unemployment. It highlights the GOP’s claim of a new method boosting unemployment to five percent and argues the change sows confusion. It cautions against alarm but urges action if the downturn persists.
A study for Journal of Living suggests voters over 60 could swing 1952 outcomes in Congress, Senate, and governors if united on issues like Social Security or age discrimination. The senior electorate would grow from 18.3 million in 1950 to 30.1 million by 1975, widening its political leverage.
George Sokolsky recalls Greenwich Village's bohemian era through Polly's and Hippolyte Havel. He celebrates a youthful dream culture, noting writers and artists like Bodenheim Eastman Goldman and Hecht, and argues art survives on dreamers who fear not.
The Camp Butner acquisition is praised as a top state deal with profits from sales and federal grants while intangible gains include payroll industries youth training centers and rehabilitation programs. Separately constitutional experts discuss who would govern if both Governor and Lieutenant Governor are absent and whether President Pro Tempore Pate could assume duties. Advertisements statewide will reproduce NC promotional mats at no cost to papers with optional publishing by papers.
A long quarrel over the name and label for Virgin Islands rum ends as the government relinquishes rights to distributor W. A. Taylor & Co. for six thousand five hundred dollars. The label history spans FDR to Eisenhower with Interior secretaries, patent rulings, and court battles.
The piece notes lawyers predict a quick end to Jimmy Roosevelt’s Pasadena court fight. It argues the Roosevelt name has lost credibility with voters and cites Jimmy Roosevelt’s remark that a dead candidate is nothing. The tone calls the scenario a soap opera and questions his leadership prospects.
The Asheville Citizen riffs on municipal zoning questions used by the American Society of Planning Officials about how many dogs make a kennel and when a puppy becomes a dog. It cites examples from Los Angeles and literature, notes census pet counts, and ends with advice to forget zoning pets.
Charles F. Tomlinson recalls a practical joke at the Denver Elk's convention where P. D. Gold, a North Carolina delegate, was passed off as the state governor. The ruse opened doors for three days as Gold gave speeches and enjoyed hotel courtesies, with no one discovering the deception.
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