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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1948
Page
4
The writer argues that meatless and eggless programs failed largely due to consumer selfishness. He cites New York snowstorm price spikes for meat, fuel, and oil as micro-illustrations, noting gouging worsens inflation and European aid. The piece urges honesty, charity, and unselfishness to avoid draconian controls.
The piece contrasts Wallace and Taft on foreign policy and domestic policy. Wallace favors planned economy and a stronger US stance toward Russia while Taft advocates limited government controls and pro capitalist policies. It questions Wallace’s motives and predicts possible shifts if Taft wins in 1952.
The Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce threatens to sue the Reno Chamber of Commerce accusing use of dry ice to milk clouds that could precipitate over Salt Lake City. The feud promises court action with waterlike implications for both sides.
A cross section of editors weigh Henry Wallace’s bid as sincere yet mystically misguided. They argue his effect on the Democratic vote hinges on Republican overreach and the risk of a Republican victory wrecking the party.
The state board of education devoted time to basic statewide policy and local bus route disputes. It approved renewal standards requiring study at regular college terms or credited courses, effective September 1, 1948, with many teachers affected. Local items included pay for lost days, doubled duties, and a new Forsyth county school district proposal.
The four largest bituminous coal companies in 1945 produced at most 14 percent of the industry’s total productive capacity. A major Ohio coal operation uses the largest power shovel with a forty cubic yard scoop.
The article comments on a congressional hearing with W. W. Butterworth of the State Department as he hedges on the source of Japanese arms found with Chinese Communists. It argues the department trains staff to avoid firm claims and avoidassumptions.
W A Bivins reflects on Mrs Glenn R Ward whose sudden death last week shocks friends. She devoted herself to home and Christian service in Highland Village and Highland Point. The piece notes her sons and community vacancy left for church and seeks inspiring others to follow her example. The other portion pities Mr Jones after a man killed the woman he loved, calling for understanding and psychiatric insight.
A notice recalls the death of Mrs. Elnora Jones wife of Wright W. Jones on a Wednesday afternoon. It notes his past as a traveling shoe salesman and local store salesman, his health decline, gardening hobby, and efforts to overcome a drink habit amid hospitalizations and suffering.
A letter from A Fleming Bell of The Randolphian at Randleman thanks W A B of High Point NC for boosting the mimeographed paper published from a bedside. Bell, writing from his illness, notes the paper grew in just over a year, written and produced by one man while bedridden with Bright's disease, helped by his brother handling ads. He expresses deep gratitude for the support and explains the paper’s humble origins and perseverance.
The column surveys actors, backers and a burst of talent across New York and Chicago. Barton Hepburn earns acting honors for Benchwarmer while Jean Sullivan shuns Paramount to dance at Ballet Theater. John Laurenz, a blind young man, debuts impressively after a family stir, and Kay and the Williams Brothers rise without press agents.
A reader commends Fleming Bell for his lift to Randleman NC readers and the paper's coverage. The letter thanks Bell for the pamphlet Facts and Figures about the City of Randleman and offers diet advice for recovery from illness.
A summer camp girl woke early for a swim and found a boy knotting her clothes. She swam ashore, used an old tub as a shield, and challenged him. He replied that she was thinking the tub had a bottom.
A dated crossword style list presents horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and partial word hints for a newspaper puzzle. The entries include common words and references such as seas nymph eternity and elemental symbols, alongside abbreviations and a paid notice indicator.
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