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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
4
An Ohio agency faced North Carolina carpetbagger bonds. Governor Lausche declined any suit, deeming the bonds fraudulent and noting Ohio’s wish to avoid acting against a sister state. The piece argues repudiation harmed NC’s credit and warns of broader lessons for state finance and legislative action.
The piece argues a proposed bill would let a majority of legislators call a special session by petition. It warns the governor alone now can summon such sessions, noting risks if the governor resists or delays emergencies. The author expresses support for Governor Scott and critiques current control dynamics.
A light AP feature notes a forty year old fork return and discusses hotel theft’s reach. It argues theft shapes room pricing as clerks vigilant, towels and ash trays vanish, Bibles may disappear, and staff monitor guests to set fair rates.
Lynn Nisbet notes Thad Eure and Brandon Hodges are whispered to covet the best dressed official label. She recalls Charles M. Johnson as Raleigh’s longest standing top dresser despite wearing the most wrinkled clothes, a contrast to current contenders.
In Washington taunt and wit mix as Taft jokes about initials in a Senate mail incident. Howard McGrath uses staff from Missouri and his Province, R. C., while Texans see little Texan presence in Clark’s office. The Dixiecrats plan backfires amid banter over margarine tax and a lively exchange on synthetic foods. A postal clerk asks to be reinstated after stealing funds, claiming he used the money to pay bills.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg and Dr. John A. Krout urge dialogue on freedom. They argue independence for nations to live by their own choices and stress that discussing freedom is essential to ensure its survival for future generations.
W A Bivins recalls a Springfield school acquaintance Mrs Groome now living on a Groometown farm. She aided spring through fall with cows and canning while winters brought city work. The piece contrasts modern rural life with eighties and nineties toil and night work, then longs for open country and starry skies. It ends with a note on Palomar’s 200 inch telescope reaching a billion light years and a Psalmic reflection.
Excerpts from Talks a quarterly digest by the broadcasting company compile witty and provocative lines from CBS broadcasts. The selections include quips on credit and prosperity and a humorous reflection on a woman’s hat dream without a mirror.
A local resident recalls FDR nearly four years after his death saying some still attack his work while supporting his heart for peace. She claims Roosevelt could influence Stalin for the better and cites his death as a great tragedy in American history. Walter Winchell would agree.
Washington political observers report the administration faces a stalled labor reform agenda with bills on minimum wage social security and national health ready for hearings but unlikely to pass this year. Morse leads a Lib Republican loom to modify Wagner act as Taft Hartley foes push back backed by business groups and lobbyist Ingles.
Lord Inverchapel may name an attache at the American Embassy in London while Lord Beaverbrook's favorite American is Mrs Vivienne Wooley Hart. Caryn stars, marriages, alimony, and political whispers color a sprawling, unnamed gossip column about Dukeable wits, celebrities, and power players across Europe and New York.
A collage of New York entertainment and press chatter covers TV schedules, a Greek shipping magnate’s poker club probe, uranium stock speculation, a fatal act by Tommy Farrell, Mae West earnings, antenna thefts, and a flurry of media headlines from Time and Life compared to New Republic and Collier’s.
A word puzzle listing across and down clues about deer like species and related terms. Includes hints on anatomy, geography, languages, and abbreviations with many partial entries and cross references. The grid references several Latin and Greek letters and common English words.
The 1948 year saw Navy and Marine Corps Air Reservists log a record 840000 pilot hours. The note mentions Allied Dutch snorkels, unused by Allies then, later a Navy submarine concept described as a noon look.
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