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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1950
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise presents a dated midweek and weekend edition. The 1950 issue from January 25 features standard local news briefs, community notices, and upcoming events reflecting the city’s civic life.
A column recounts a 19 year old caught passing a halted school bus after a 70 mph chase. He was fined 25 dollars and costs and allegedly vowed to outrun officers in the future. The piece argues such a driver, if real, is a greater risk than a dog shooter and calls for stricter penalties.
The piece lauds Governor Scott as a smart politician offering counsel to Senator Frank Graham. It notes Graham faces no strong opponent yet and reflects on past political battles between Scott and Charles M. Johnson, suggesting future race dynamics while praising Scott's likable character and welcoming him to High Point for the furniture market.
The secretary of state admits the United States pursued an unwise Spain policy and that the 1946 UN boycott decision was a mistake. He says the U S would back UN moves to reverse it but would not send an ambassador without UN approval. He urges leading a return to a saner UN course to end the boycott.
A U S ambassador notes Soviet aggression toward Yugoslavia and our stand against it. He expresses cautious encouragement from a recent labor settlement that links cost of living to living standards rather than dollar figures. GE President Charles F Wilson weighs in on future labor management relations.
Senator Robert A Taft sparked a flurry in educational circles by swapping rimless to horn rim glasses provoking claims he looked schoolteacherish. A Mount Berry School for Boys principal protested the implied insult, while Taft’s family links to universities and schools were cited as counterpoints. A separate club financing quip and a dry budget remark from Senator Millard Tydings closed the piece.
A stream of celebrity tidbits spans Joan Crawford Greg Bautzer Ginger Rogers and Ingrid Bergman with notes on Mary Martin role swaps Joan Castle and Esquimo Mike join gossip alongside hospital intrigue and a Boston robbery theory The piece cites Elsa Maxwell WW Tips to the Papers Harper s magazine and March of Dimes appeals plus industry gossip from Hollywood and Detroit pubs
Casual comment by Hal Boyle on Urbana New York wineries sauerkraut weather and local folks. He recalls family wine making and sauerkraut storage, notes hard winters and a groundhog remark, cites census figures and population growth, and ends with a light Miscellany and intangibles quips.
A reader reflects on a great transition in human affairs likened to Roman era upheaval. The piece cites Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery as part of the commentary on global upheaval and political shifts.
The text portrays Alger Hiss as a gifted, influential figure with elite education and high offices, then reframes him as a convicted liar and spy. It links his rise to wartime diplomacy, ties to the Harold Ware cell, and critique of 1930s New Deal appointees. It calls for full disclosure of all facts and a sweeping government cleanup.
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