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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1948
Page
4
The High Point city council approves a rapid polio response including halting public gatherings and funding immediate DDT spraying. Citizens urged to limit children's activities, with a drive to fund a regional polio convalescent hospital growing through bridge events, radio programs, and public donations.
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio comments after losing the GOP nomination. The piece analyzes how the Democratic Party’s coalition under Roosevelt fractured, criticizing Harry S. Truman’s civil rights program and forecasting Southern and urban machine opposition as the 1948 election nears. Taft argues Truman relies on political expediency and Pendergast lineage, not lasting leadership.
A naval aide and guests spar about Truman and the underdog in a Bellevue-Stratford lobby scene. Dialogues touch on Roosevelt, Pepper, Taft, Hoover, and Dixie sentiment as reporters chase up a Democratic convention backdrop.
The remarks feature Sen Wayne Morse on military policy and the 1950s election, Sen Robert Taft on inheritance taxes and wealth, and Howard Hughes praising Senator Pasgerbe’s acting talent. The dialog reflects partisan views and career concerns of the era.
Commentary argues the right to change government declines after two world wars and rises of oligarchy. It cites Franklin on liberty, warns of dictatorships, notes U S political debates must stay broad, and urges vigilance amid Berlin and European crises. The piece stresses elections matter beyond personalities and cautions memory may fail promises.
W A Bivins notes praise for The Enterprise and WHPE in polio hospital fundraising. Guilford county surpasses 12000 in three days for a central convalescent hospital while the National Foundation lauds record contributions totaling 19099.31. High Point residents urge immediate hospital construction unit by unit to relieve crowded facilities and avoid delays.
A Veterans Administration unit in Winston Salem received a complaint in verse about a missing monthly check. The author and family describe hunger and hardship as the mail failed to deliver funds, calling the situation tarfu and stressing the impact on their children.
A collage of verse fragments and muttered notes on theater, film and politics. Jumbled mentions include Sleepy Hollow creators and Kaufman, a Julia Wolfe home auction in Asheville, plus digs at Democrats and a Philly editorial critique.
Puzzle clues link musical terms and common words across several definitions. Read across to match each numbered clue with a fitting word, from songstress to sea eagle and legal terms to Norse gods, ending with a musical note and lingering conjunctions.
The article portrays Truman as a self made man who will clinch the nomination. It notes his inheritance of leadership qualities and his path to the front through steady effort and momentum, implying strong support and expected victory.
A Broadway boxing tale centers on Tommy Loughran facing a newcomer as gangsters attempted to fix the bout. Loughran prevailed and the criminals wired back that everything was fixed except Loughran's fists.
The readable lines show a chaotic exchange mentioning a partner and a financial angle. Tony is cited with a question about a payoff, but the fragment provides no clear event, names, dates, or outcomes.
A fragment quotes Helen Fraser's remark on a social climber, noting his self awareness of pretension and bearing. The line suggests satire of status chasing and self perception in local society.
S Jay Ponge recalls a pioneer tale from two decades ago about Herbert Hoover being defeated for re election Cal Cook said Hoover considered a plan and met few travelers Cal noted a Philly barbershop sign Get a Trimin with Truman Whitney Bolton enjoys the joke The piece also mentions two actors and Movietown with little luck and a shabby Hywood Blvd stroll referencing Kisa Maxwell.
A mountain climber reports finding Moss growing in the Oak area near the Wa Alps. The text also notes a genealogical relationship: your first cousin's child is your first cousin once removed.
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