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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1949
Page
4
A warm welcome to buyers exhibitors and kibitzers returning for the semi annual furniture market in High Point. The message hopes for satisfactory prices profits wages and fair business in a competitive market while stressing the social value of the market as a highlight of the local life.
The piece criticizes the ABC board under Upchurch for fair play in enforcement and notes undercover operations lack specificity. It urges clearer charges, proper defense rights for dealers, and stresses cleaning up decent outlets while condemning disgraceful ones.
University of Chicago chancellor Robert M. Hutchins remains an energetic critic of American failings. He outlines his views during a speech in Aspen Colorado, discussing national direction and cultural concerns.
The House committee should avoid meddling in Judge Kaufman’s conduct of the Hiss trial unless clear justice violations appear. Congress has guardianship duties, but a hands off stance is wise absent flagrant breach or proven error, with appeals available if a verdict had occurred.
Reports claim Britain may paint new highways in pastel colors to aid driver attention. The note suggests women drivers will more readily notice a pastel green road than traditional gray concrete and black macadam, prompting favorable reaction.
A column mixes casual weather chat about rain and Saint Swithin with reports on Green Street Baptist church Jen's Bible class loyalty and leadership. It cites Captain J Roy Teague, Rev Julian Hop kins, and notes an outlook on local civic life and culture.
In Washington a flood of economic forecasts and proposed laws swirls around the mid year report era. Senator James F E Murray and allies push the Economic Expansion Act of 1949 with six key aims from tax revision to public works planning to spur investment and reduce unemployment.
Wilbur Peeble growls at modern life as monotony grips his office, commute, meals, and home. He longs for uniqueness while his wife Trellis Mae muses why they married, then he proclaims he is different prompting a hopeful, shared evening out.
The July economic report by the three man Council chaired by Dr. Edwin G Nourse echoes the President’s mid year analysis. As unemployment remains high and business slows, support grows for the Murray full employment plan, first proposed in 1945 and enacted in 1946. The President's new recommendations extend the plan's evolution.
In a summer column the writer tours cafés and nightspots as he riffs on colorful figures like Luciano and Giuliano. He notes Luciano’s Havana cash haul and Giuliano’s star power while Hollywood eyes a Giuliano biopic and Italy worries an anti climax.
Eugene ONeill completed three plays and will not submit them to the Theatre Guild. He acknowledges debt to the company but feels he has paid in full with his prior successes and prestige. One drama, by codicil in his will, must not be staged until 25 years after his death and concerns his father the Monte Cristo star, exposing some harsh facts.
A jumble of gossip notes records Jack Melkeon's death in debt, the Gaekwar of Baroda's rumored U.S. return, John Perona fleeing to Paris with Errol Flynn, Gen. Obert Wood Johnson on wealth in London, Duke of Palmella as future guest, and other showbiz moves. It mentions Mighty Joe Young's success, the Farleys sailing for Europe, Joel Friend in Pal Joey, Noel Coward satire, and Sonja Henie clippings with insurance chatter.
Skeptics say Lucia's deportation from Rome to Sicily is a pretense to placate American authorities, as he wields vast wealth and influence. A high narcotics official vanished while in Rome, and speakers including Murray and Dobbs frame fear and ideological struggle as central to wartime-like tensions.
A crossword style clue set lists numerous terms including positions like HORIZONTAL and numbered entries with definitions such as film star, east, river names, metals and crafts. The page appears as a fill in puzzle with across and down clues covering varied subjects from anatomy to geography and archaisms.
In a swirl of society gossip, Parisian playwright Sacha Guitry is linked to Greta Garbo. Other names surface in rumor including Serge Obolen’s son Ivan and heiress Claire McGuinness said to plan a September wedding. Joan Crawford’s new companion is Mel Dinelli as rumors swirl through Hollywood circles.
Coast Guard crews pursue a vessel reported cruising beyond territorial waters on a tip it is outfitted as a floating hospital used for illicit purposes. Officials say the probe focuses on possible illegal operations aboard the yacht outside the 12 mile limit.
Walter Winchell will resume his column on September 12. Until then Jack Lait's columns will run daily except Friday, continuing the pattern of previous years.
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