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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1950
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise lists Robert L. Thompson as editor and C. W. Patterson Jr as advertisement director with circulation staff roles noted.
The nation mourns the death of General Henry H. Arnold known as Hap Arnold a pioneer flyer since 1911 trained by the Wright brothers and a leading advocate for air power. He shaped recognition of air forces and continued urging improvements after retirement.
The Washington columnist Drew Pearson praises Senator Graham as the best living American while criticizing Ade Hoey for unreliability. Pearson backs Graham and could influence the primary, but North Carolinians will decide their two senators this year despite Washington pressure.
The 1945 Labour landslide established state control over coal, utilities, rail, civil aviation and more. Now Britain grapples whether to extend socialism or return to private ownership under Conservatives who promise fewer new public controls and maintenance of welfare services.
The work of stenographers recording all senate floor debates is under pressure. Four reporters handle the task, one in hospital and three on the brink of nervous breakdowns. Advocates seek medical safeguards and extra staff for these essential workers.
The piece recalls Jacob Malik’s shift from charm to firm resolve as he criticizes the Chinese Nationalist delegate at the UN Security Council. It notes Malik’s slow walks as symbolic diplomacy amid shifts toward recognizing Communist China.
Excerpt notes the growth of Soviet influence from 190 million in 1945 to 800 million by 1949 and cites the earth’s population at about 2.5 billion. It references Dumbarton Oaks and the San Francisco conferences where nations sought a comity of nations and a world parliament concept.
A lengthy column discusses John F. Smithdeal's estate worth 1,668,082 and reflects on realty wealth, then shifts to social issues including a Raleigh anti mask resolution against the Ku Klux Klan and a Mesopotamian geometry discovery. It ends with a wartime interpretive piece on Soviet Russia and U.S. foreign policy.
A stream of notes and rumors from New York media and entertainment circles. Mentions Gordon Gray offer and celebrity bookings, Time magazine jabs, Runyon Fund support, and whispers about stars and marriages.
The speaker critiques self censorship in Arab broadcasts and questions official awareness. The note mentions the New York Times columnists the Pryors and hints at a broader story, with a reference to a page five continuation about Winchell.
Washington columnist rails against impersonators and praise for a Fort Worth publication The Southern Conservative. He critiques the editor Ida M Darden for a faux night column filled with satirical jargon about slum clearance Eskimos and cultural groups.
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