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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1949
Page
5
Berlin blockade nears six months and the airlift proves a success. Gen Lucius Clay declares Soviets have lost the battle for Berlin and Germany as western unions, elections, and currency reform show strong western allegiance and Soviet setbacks.
A Pravda front page targets theater critics and Western influences. It labels critics as anti patriotic parasites and cosmopolitan maligners and calls for defenders of socialist culture. The piece also mocks American Democratic leaders and hints at cultural battles between capitalism and Soviet ideology.
An advertisement promotes FPASTEETH as a powder that stiffens dentures for comfort, plus a note about soothing gums and avoiding embarrassment. The rest of the text is a legal foreclosure notice in Guilford County North Carolina, detailing a sale by trustee James W. Clonts on February 24, 1949, at High Point courthouse.
A newspaper note explains a milk supply method where four bottles serve each person. One bottle is delivered, a second awaits delivery, a third is washed, and a fourth is kept in reserve for future use.
Cambridge Massachusetts January 31 American archeologists plan a February voyage to a cave site 40 miles west of Algiers to study hunters who may predate Egypts pharaohs Tufts College and the American School of Prehistoric Research sponsor the expedition led by Dr Hugh Hencken ASPR director and Archeological Institute of America president He will sail from New York aboard the Queen Mary February 12 seeking evidence of ancient hunters overlooking the southern Mediterranean decades or millennia before Roman times
Israel's newly elected assembly will be led by two rival labor blocs with Mapai holding 44 of 120 seats. Dr. Chaim Weizmann is expected as president and David Ben-Gurion to return as premier defense minister, amid stalled Rhodes armistice talks with Egypt and Bunche mediating.
The Chinese steamer Hsianghsing, 1668 tons, carrying 300 passengers from Shanghai to Swatow, collided with a coastal vessel about 40 miles off Fukien near the Formosa Strait entrance. Initial distress calls were softened by a later message stating the ships merely touched.
Beers and wines discussion in Brunswick County Southport, North Carolina grows as county votes on alcohol options. Residents weigh whether to permit beer and wine sales within the county.
The High Point Enterprise reports a 3 to 1 victory on a dry vs wet measure with official returns due after unofficial counts from Saturday. The outcome asks voters to decide on beer and wine sales reflecting a local referendum in North Carolina.
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