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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1949
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise lists mailing options and prices: by mail three months 3.25 six months 6.50 twelve months 13.00. By carrier one week 30 cents six months 7.80 twelve months 15.00.
Local newspaper summary notes events in High Point North Carolina as of Monday November 21 1949. Details cover community happenings, notices, and brief items.
Governor Kerr Scott told radio listeners that there is no lazy money in the state treasury, noting the current reality of scarce funds. He contrasted this with his campaign criticisms of the prior administration and warned that the state will need bank borrowing to operate until March due to depleted general funds and reserves.
The 1949 Duke Carolina game drew 57 500 in the stands the largest crowd for a Baltimore New Orleans showdown. Despite a late one point decision and a few incidents the fans behaved admirably with rare fights and an outcry over a drunken baton theft incident. Highway patrol received praise for handling the crowded lots under tough conditions.
The Inter state Commerce Commission approves another 12.5 percent fare hike for eastern railroads, lifting rates 44 percent above 1946 levels. Officials say passenger traffic has fallen since 1948 while the rise may reduce the deficit but risk diverting riders to buses and planes. Chairman Mahaffie and dissenters warn further increases threaten traffic and urge experimentation with lower fares.
A collage of wry observations and snippets about society, media, and politics. The notes reference runaway trends in newsprint usage, a blonde stenographer quitting over punctuation, and quips from M. L. Patrick about government and calendar chaos.
A Washington scene features Mme Hussein Ala remarks about the Shah of Iran and Margaret Truman. A reporter jokes that the Shah is temporarily unmarried and asks about Truman, prompting amid the talk a quip about her being out of town.
Navy Captain John C Crommelin demands a full clearing of a reprimand from Adm Worrest P Sherman while Captain Ira Nunn cites article 1413 to bar court martial proceedings The piece links the dispute to broader navy cutbacks amid unrest over unification and retrenchment in aircraft and ships and reflects on moral limits of rushing progress.
A press handout from the National Ballroom Operators Association urges International Dance Week to foster universal peace. The issued quote claims if Joseph Stalin danced with Perle Mesta to a good orchestra there would be no wars. The piece mocks the idea and invites readers to raise hands if they support war.
A collection of quotes from Henry J Kaiser Margaret Chase Smith Louis Johnson Nehru and George S Kaufman. The statements cover ambition tests world government the Cold War iron curtain and show business miscasting.
Robert E. Sherwood revises The Road to Rome. Lee Shubert buys Mansfield Theatre. Ballet de Paris plans Washerwoman's Ball at Winter Garden next month. South Pacific advance sales exceed last April. Lost in the Stars lauded for scenery. Premieres and reviews span Broadway and Melbourne with mixed notices.
A 6th grade class from Mrs McMaster in West Central School thanks columnist Mr Winchell for his Statue of Liberty piece featured in The St. Petersburg Times. Paul Kaniss signs the note.
Report to the Rich notes many readers and listeners mis understood announcements about seats for South Pacific and Kiss Me Kate. The seats will not be sold in competition with box offices at the theatres.
George Sokolsky recaps reader donations and columnists supporting Mrs Hester McCullough in her libel case against Larry Adler and Paul Draper. He notes fund-raising spread across columns, air coverage, and volunteers, with no settlement offered yet and lawyers changing hands.
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