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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1953
Page
4
A porch light signal invites neighbors to contribute to the March of Dimes polio campaign. Residents in multiunit housing may attach a handkerchief or shoe on the door knob to indicate a call is needed. If light fails, call 5020 for a mother to contact your block.
Harvey F. Moore will take over Duke’s High Point transportation facilities in a shift set for April. He has run a long standing bus operation from Winston-Salem to Greensboro and High Point areas without raising fares or cutting schedules, earning local trust for precise timetables.
Farewell note from the Turpentine Drippings column as Bill Sharpe retires and the feature ends. The piece praises the column’s state knowledge and quirky writing, noting notable pieces by Al Dickson and Mrs. Cashwell as examples of its distinctive humor and local flavor.
A humor piece by Bill Sharpe recalling a 1920s county jail liquor caper where a prisoner used a jail key to release whiskey and later sold “pure spring water” in fruit jars. Cold weather stalls daily work, and Reg Thompson notes a late night bus stand exhibit of magazines about women, briefly describing provocative titles.
The column critiques Roy Brewer and Gunter Lessing in a debate over Charlie Chaplin's Limelight. It exposes Lessing’s opposition to the American Legion stance and examines industry ethics, tax exemptions, and the impact of making films abroad on American workers. The piece argues for patriotic labor officials and questions Lessing’s defense of Communism implications.
Six months after Naguib ousted King Farouk and dissolved the Wafd party, observers weigh whether his strong leadership will advance land reforms and anti corruption or drift toward dictatorship. The piece notes initial progress against government corruption and questions the lasting benefit to the Egyptian people.
The Greensboro Daily News reports widespread by product reuse from phosphate mining to cattle feed and cement clays across the South. North Carolina weighs a $180,000 annual industrial research budget, with unclear plans but strong support from officials and industry alike to boost competitiveness and attract new wealth.
A report traces the handling of the Iran oil dispute and a domestic cartel probe from 1951 to 1953. It details cabinet splits, the National Security Council, and efforts to suspend or continue a voluntary foreign petroleum supply committee amid a grand jury investigation. The fate of the case hinges on the Eisenhower administration's next steps and whether Leonard Emmerglick remains in charge.
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