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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1951
Page
4
Opinion piece condemns society for neglect of the homeless Mary Hopkins, detailing her hunger sleep deprivation and death near the bus terminal. Calls out charities welfare agencies and public funds for failing to help and urges action to prevent similar tragedies locally.
A column laments grim themes in comic pages showing mayhem and disasters while noting reader fatigue. It then profiles the late Mrs Martha Beck who was executed in Sing Sing for the lonely hearts killings, highlighting her last minute concern to preserve her hair.
A digest from 1902 era pages recounts a dramatic lantern lit wagon show with a train illusion, a discussion of the word conservative and its misuses, inflation worries for gardeners, a nagging husband anecdote, and a reader letter about movie star temptations, all from local papers like Hamlet News Messenger Greensboro Daily News Thomasville Tribune Winston-Salem Journal.
The article urges steadfast patience and courage in crisis, citing Luke 21 19 and Jesus guidance to possess souls through steadfastness. It notes modern civilians and soldiers show courage facing danger, urges quietness, hearkening to the Lord, and persistent labor for the Lord.
A collection of public statements and quips from wartime figures and celebrities. General Marshall comments on religious leadership and soldier care. James B. Carey decries isolationism as communism's fifth column. British minister Webb discusses food queues and social talk. Dr. Weller Embler reflects on modern life’s pace. Actress Lauren Bacall comments on fame and public scrutiny.
A chaotic column lists figures like Edward Von Rothkirch, Clare Alexander, Anatole Litvak, Hildegarde Knef, and Max Kase in a flash of gossip. It notes Garden vs. journalist feuds, legal moves, and Broadway tangles while touching on politics, cinema, and society figures. The piece jumbles names, scandals, and cultural tidbits in a rapid-fire roundup.
Washington report notes Senator Pat McCarran faced a backlash as the postwar Basque sheep herders he sought to import were barred by the McCarran act. Despite bills to loosen interpretation, 247 of 250 visa requests were blocked, delaying Nevada sheep raisers. The piece also touches on Arab funding for a Washington mosque as costs rise.
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