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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1950
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise issue dated Wednesday March 8 1950 shows editorial leadership Robert L Thompson and C W Patterson Jr with circulation pricing by mail and carrier options for 3, 6, and 12 month periods priced at 3.25, 6.50, 13.00 by mail and 0.30 weekly 7.80 six months 15.00 yearly by carrier.
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers proposes a financial alliance among large unions to coordinate actions against industry and the government. The piece argues anti trust laws should cover unions as they do corporations and urges Congress to act.
Greene Drug Company's bid for an ice cream sign highlights flaws in High Point's sign ordinance. The column argues for a complete rewrite or broad amendment to treat all brands and advertisers equally, urging swift council action and enforceable rules.
The piece argues Vogeler’s Hungary espionage confession was coerced and served Soviet propaganda. It likens the trial to Mindszenty and calls for redefining such proceedings as propaganda circuses. It urges cutting ties with iron curtain states and ending reliance on broad listening posts.
The United States and Canada sign a 50 year agreement to develop Niagara river power, replacing older treaties focused on strict limits. The pact prioritizes output yet pledges to preserve Niagara Falls scenic beauty, implying power lines stay hidden from view.
In Washington today a pastime of selecting ten Americans to be saved in a cave grows fierce. Lester Dill, owner of Meramee Caverns in Stanton Missouri, seeks a million dollar loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to build an atom war refuge. He hired New York agents who circulated letters to national leaders inviting nomination of the ten Americans chosen for cave rescue.
Senator Kerr of Oklahoma disputes reports that he is the wealthiest senator and rebuts a study claiming his amendments to the Natural Gas Act would boost prices and his profits. He argues contracts and regulation would limit gains and protect independent producers.
President Truman says he is prouder of winning the national election last November without New York, the industrial East, or the Solid South. He emphasizes the significance of that achievement.
Roberto Rossellini’s former wife and other celebrities populate the social pages with rumored betrothals plans and lavish parties. Dolores Del Rio’s compliments arrive, Metro stars and heiresses spark city chatter, while golf mishaps and royalty headlines mix with theater and film deals and a charity front row.
A column discusses increased religious content in secular papers citing books like The Greatest Story Ever Told and Peace of Mind. It argues the press should promote public happiness and cites Judith Coplon trial coverage, politician Tom Turner, and poet Edgar Lee Masters.
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