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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1949
Page
4
A tribute to S H Tomlinson portrays him as a rugged lone wolf who built one of the city’s leading new industries and shaped High Point with civic vision. The piece defends minority courage and criticizes easy conformity in public debate on state beer policy.
The legislature considers a bill to shift supervision of beer outlets to a revived state ABC board while preserving local powers. Backed by beer distributors and lobbyists, it aims to tighten control as counties ban beer and referendums fail. Supporters say clean outlets reduce vices. opponents fear overreach and timing. The outcome could determine whether beer joints survive.
The act to permit pari mutuel betting on dog and horse racing passes in the House despite pleas from L A Martin and others. Currituck is deemed unlikely to support a track due to population, money, and attendance limits. Nearby Dare county could drive a race track if properly equipped.
Local citizen W A Bivins recalls two notable films The Birth of a Nation and Cavalcade. He notes Birth of a Nation drew on Thomas Dixon and amid Civil War themes while Cavalcade portrays Victorian England events from Queen Victoria's reign and the 1897 Jubilee to 1901 reflections.
Novelist Louis Bromfield asserts in a dated remark that King Cotton harmed the South more than General Sherman, arguing cotton agriculture caused greater economic and agricultural ruin in Georgia.
Obituary notes S H Tomlinson and other furniture industry pioneers who helped build High Point into a major center, praising their contributions and marking the shift from the Old Plank Road era to a modern era. It recalls J J Farriss and Col Blair and reflects on the historic plank road and the arrival of the iron horse.
The piece mocks Soviet claims on Russian scientific history from the telephone to radio and electric light. It notes calls to credit Pavel Schilling over Bell for the telephone and jokes about future bold Russian historical claims under the iron curtain.
The essay highlights Sinkiang as a strategic Turkish Muslim region on Russia’s border, its compact mix of Turks, Mongols, and Moslems, and the potential for a Pan Turanian alliance linked to Moscow. It notes 5 million Turkish Muslims and 12 million Moslem Chinese, plus Genghis Khan's historic routes and Mogul links, urging awareness of Russian expansion and the lack of Chinese governance in the area.
The Washington column argues General Clay’s possible resignation highlights a lack of a system to train U S officials for overseas posts under the Marshall Plan and related programs. It cites three varied land directors in Germany and warns that consistent, well trained leadership is essential for postwar administration.
Washington gossip centers on Edwin W Pauley and Raymond Wilmarth Ickes tied to a Mexican oil venture amid a busy orbit of political figures. Details include a Mexico City weekend gathering in Del Prado Hotel suite 1142 44 with Pauley Ickes Davies Judson and Pagliai. Rep Robert Crosser and housing lobby conflicts also surface.
A crowd of 400 welcomes 6 785 silent sailors home to Brooklyn as coffins are moved from the Barney Kirschbaum. An army band plays taps, Col. Edward R. Martin delivers a brief sermon on sacrifice and freedom, and grieving families sob beside the ship. The ceremony marks a winding down of the large repatriation effort with about 140 000 of 160 000 dead returned.
A mixed crossword style item features horizontal clues such as depicted bird of prey and sea eagle plus vertical prompts for speedier and nimrod. readers fill common abbreviations and colorfully defined terms across a grid of intersecting hints.
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