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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1947
Page
4
The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists chaired by Albert Einstein warns of an atomic war danger within eight to ten years. It urges active American engagement in world settlement and mobilizing vast resources to raise global economic life, while acknowledging limits of supranational government and the need to share know how.
The article recalls Independence Day observations with Truman's July 4 speech at Monticello and outlines Jefferson’s role in drafting the Declaration. It shifts to North Carolina politics noting lieutenant governors, potential gubernatorial bids, and possible congressional races in the sixth district with figures like Hodges Penny Durham Suttle and Royall.
Today's note says H P Taylor of Wadesboro will seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. It suggests Brandon Hodges of Asheville and others may not run, and that Taylor’s entry could affect Hodges’ plans.
The piece weaves quoted remarks about John L. Lewis and Nazi crime, Boston mayor James Curley’s jail sentence, Fourth of July dangers, and short vignettes on dependability, a coroner scene, a dentist joke, and a butler misaddressing a baron in a quirky column from a 20th century era.
The piece lauds Senator Robert A. Taft for masterful leadership in managing the Taft Hartley bill veto override. It credits him with bipartisan appeal, objectivity, and a steady, principled approach that helped Democrats and Republicans alike, while noting his public perception as a cold but honest statesman.
A collection of historic quotes discusses women’s tax rights, Japan’s material constraints, and the Communist threat. Included are J Edgar Hoover on banning the party, Bourke Hickenlooper on peace versus war, and Thomas E Dewey criticizing a Democratic spraying plan.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale is a vast cemetery and attraction drawing 1.5 million visitors yearly. Founded by Dr. Hubert Eaton, it features babyland, sunken markers, a slumber room, and a vast statue collection along with chapels, life insurance services, and a Westminster Abbey–like memorial court. It hosts many famous burials, claims space will run out in two decades, and plans expansion above San Fernando Valley.
Winchell surveys Broadway with notes on Tobacco Road Abie's Irish Rose and Life with Father as family portraits. He wryly sketches theater news from critics to stars, cites Barrymore legal trouble, cinema reviews, and industry quips from Gordon MacRae to Esther Williams, with lively city gossip and press chatter.
A review of new radio TV offerings notes attempts to imitate Duffy’s Tavern and features NBC and ABC fall lineups. Highlights include Arthur’s Place and Theater Guild of the Air with Jimmy Fidler, plus Phil Silvers as a rising star and press coverage like John Gunther’s Inside USA.
Crossword style puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues. Clues cover actors, objects, actions, animals, and celestial signs across two grids. Pictured actor appears in a Western theme. other entries include unit, symbols, and common nouns.
A compact, scrambled set of clues and answers appears in a historic page fragment. Entries include references to fruits, sailors, debates, chemicals, oils, images, and navigational terms with possible cryptic solutions. The items hint at a themed glossary or crossword style exercise from a newspaper column.
The passage notes Paul Revere as a silversmith and beer tankard maker. It also defines tortoise as a land dwelling reptile without teeth, and describes its horned beak like jaws. It cites U.S. employment in motor trucking at about 5.5 million and notes Australia’s Sydney woolen mills producing 750000 yards annually. It mentions Vitamin A in cow milk from alfalfa hay and potato wart entering Pennsylvania via immigrant coal miners.
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