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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1950
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise prints daily news of North Carolina events. This issue covers local happenings, community notices and regional updates characteristic of the January 5 1950 edition.
The White House announced no surprises in President Truman's address to Congress, yet the speech is seen as the opening salvo of a 1950 political campaign. He urged higher social security and civil rights measures, farm support, and changes to labor laws, while signaling limited willingness to accept major cuts or new taxes. He aims to frame issues for 1952 and beyond, viewed as a strategic political move.
The Sun The 116 year old New York Sun sold to the New ark World Telegram Scripps How paper. Mergers shrink diversity as production costs rise and newspapers grow more alike. Radio and facsimile offer partial public information but cannot replace papers. The piece warns of higher costs fewer distinct voices and more mergers ahead.
The 1950 congress faces an early clash over foreign policy as Republican leaders like Wherry and Taft oppose what they call partisan bias. They argue bipartisan policy has become rubber stamping and treat it as mere metoism. Supporters say bipartisanship aided World War II and UN founding, and must adapt to global threats without paralyzing executive discretion.
Yale president Dr Edmund Sinnott proposes mobilizing ten million amateur researchers to collect natural specimens observe the stars and study weather in remote areas. He conditions the plan on assembling at least one million to organize and interpret the data for public understanding.
Quotes from Maj Gen Clovis Byers and Gen Dwight Eisenhower reflect concerns over over expansion of the armed forces and the burden on the civilian economy. The remarks underline how Army Navy camaraderie varies with proximity to federal centers.
Holt McPherson recalls Harvey Wray persuading a South Carolina widow to let hunting occur once on her land by promising to shoot her mule. The tale ends with the party rushing away in disbelief after the stunt. The column also notes fading jackpots and taxpayer concerns about government spending and radio shows.
As the Asheville Citizen traces history, Mr. Lew embodies industrial malaise. Time shows he is a symptom of the era when coal miners labored as serfs in dangerous mines. Lewis appears as a whip and warning, an arrogant labor leader demanding discipline.
A Carthage grocer laments the surge in black-eyed peas from five cents per pound to a higher rate. He recalls the old days and notes the price change while recounting memories of the late Walter Wii.
The Department of Agriculture notes smoking has doubled over the four postwar years compared with the five years before the war. This year’s consumption reaches 258 billion cigarettes, vs 157 billion on average from 1935 to 1939. The piece links nervous energy to electricity and imagines widespread TV and appliances in rural homes.
The veteran world traveler declares Frisky is not a bull dog but a female or cow dog and notes she is the mother of seven male puppies. The reporter asks a clarifying question about Frisky’s breed.
A reader recounts a visit to a shop where both a man at a desk and a young woman at the cashier read newspapers in silence while handling a bill. No greeting or thanks was offered, prompting advice to seek friendlier clerks and wonder how firms earn community goodwill.
A speaker recalls neighbors exaggerating ailments and quack cures while sharing tales of back pains and home remedies. The narrator notes skeptical disbelief but describes a father’s method of easing pain with corn cob scrubbing and strong liniment to distract from the original ache.
A Sandhill Citizen passage celebrates the simple pleasure of a full wood pile for the householder. It notes the sadness of an empty fireplace area and the happiness found in neatly stacked wood, praising a ready supply as a man's greatest joy.
The Devil's Tramping Grounds by John Harden is praised as entertaining and proving North Carolina’s long history of mysteries from the Lost Colony disappearance to the era of Senator Frank Graham, as noted by Gerald Johnson.
A 1789 Lafayette plea for religious tolerance is cited as Congress investigates a $13,000 gift tied to a condition excluding Jews and Catholics. The college, accused of accepting dirty money, faces calls from Pennsylvania to strip tax exemption while editors critique media coverage and public memory of FDR and Roosevelt era politics.
A Greens boro minister led a full seminar on emotional tension describing it as a modern disease. Dr. Dicks urged cooperation with physicians while stressing spiritual aid from ministers. The piece cites Peale and notes personal struggles with worry. It encourages facing problems and seeks inner faith to relieve burdens.
A letter argues for a Republican Congress in 1950 and a Republican president in 1952. It praises Senator Taft as a friend to labor and warns that repealing the Taft Hartley Act would destroy unions and democracy. It criticizes the New Deal and Fair Deal as heading toward a dark deal.
The Journal of Science and Life argues atheism lacks life changing power and cites the Soviet effort to remove faith. It notes science explains life but cannot create it or speak ultimate truths. Meek says weed control may move toward mechanical methods in cotton. A farm tale ends with a witty pasture moment between a city girl and a farmer boy.
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