Soc Chakales, AP foreign correspondent, returns
The Enterprise pays tribute to Soc Chakales, chief AP bureau in Athens, who has completed a second three year foreign tour and is due back in High Point this month. He has covered tough assignments in middle Europe and Egypt near the Suez Canal. The piece praises his reporting, humor, and language skills, and urges AP to assign him to a Carolina program or back home for a Chapel Hill Newspaper Institute appearance.
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Associated Press
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Greece
Suez Canal
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Egypt
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Enterprise
Asheville High School
Rollins College
Middle
Europe
Charlotte
World
New York
Atlantic and Pacific
Paul Hansel
Carolina
Chapel Hill
Governor Kerr Scott to replace Judge Earle Rives
Greensboro and High Point readers discuss Governor Kerr Scott’s plan to replace Judge Earle Rives in the criminal division with Representative Clyde Shreve of Stokesdale. The column questions the appointment system and argues for broader electing of judges over patronage.
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Wade Renfrow
Greensboro
Kerr Scott
Earle Rives
Criminal Division
Municipal County Court
Clyde Shreve
Stokesdale
Scott
Rives
Judge MacRae
Judge Myatt
High Point
Shreve
Judge Rives
High Point Court
Superior Court
Baruch urges inflation fight and broad controls
The piece lauds Bernard Baruch as a principled statesman and argues inflation is the nation’s main threat. It supports strong economic controls by Congress, warns price and wage freezes must be comprehensive, and contends past missed actions at Pearl Harbor and during Roosevelt’s era weakened the nation. It ends with a call for courage and foresight from Congress and the people.
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Eicer
Bernard Baruch
Congress
Barich
Baruch
Humans and Nations Share War's Responsibility
A reflective piece argues nations, not soldiers, bear war responsibility. It cites Clausewitz and the Hague and Geneva conventions, cites Katyn and Korean POW abuses, and contends personal accountability for individual soldiers risks state anarchy and weakens humane protections.
Mr DiSalle praised as Santa to Christmas tree sellers
A news column mocks Farm Bureau praise for Mike DiSalle over price controls for Christmas trees. It compares DiSalle to Santa Claus, jokes about tree sellers, and imagines jingles about him. The piece shifts to Princess Elizabeth's remarks on travel, comments on Churchill, and ends with a humorous exchange about Senator Lodge's travel plans.
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Washington
Mike DiSalle
Farm Bureau’ Federation
Toledo
Farm Bureau
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Elliott Roosevelt
Mrs. DiSalle
Santa Claus di Salle
Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Commonwealth
Lillibet
Mr. Churchill
Quotes on death progress corruption and trade from historical figures
A collection of biologist R R Spencer on death and birth as natural. Henry Ford II discusses corruption in government and leadership flaws. Virgil D Reed defines trading as a balance of buying and selling, warning against forced exports and gifts.
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R. R. Spencer
Biologist
Henry Ford iI
Virgil D. Reed
Broadway Doffs Hats to New Shows and Old Critics
Broadway reviews mark Dorothy a $57,000 flop while Never Say Never draws ire. The Constant Wife at Columbus shines with Katharine Cornell, and Clare Boot Luce’s Child of the Morning faces snubs. In Philadelphia Nina gets harsh praise, Gigi opens, and Come Fill the Cup lifts with Jimmy Cagney. Across the era, CBS NBC TV lineups and MGM moves color the season as Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is dropped by Radio City.
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Dorothy
Herman Shumlin
Aifleman J. Chapman
Columbus
Somerst Maugham
Katharine Cornell
Variety
Boston
Clare Booth Luce
Detroit
Nina
Gloria Swanson
Gigi
Anita Loos
Cinemagicians
Jimmy Cagney
Utah
Walter Pidgeon
Tony Martins
Janet Leigh
Movietown
Capitol
Astor
Robert Cummings
Barbara Hale
Gene Kelly
Paris
Jane Russell
MGM
Radio City Music Hall
Pandora
Ava Gardner
James Mason
Music Hall
Personalities and Hometown Drunk in Village column
A column on personality types and town characters opens with notes on temperament and public figures. It profiles Sol Halbert, a former Civil War veteran known for heavy drinking and a peg leg, recounting humorous incidents and his death. Sid Caesar is praised for versatile comedy and stage presence through impressions and dialect. The piece ends with a quip about writing to lawmakers about high taxes.
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Sol
States
Chancelorsville
Town Bridge
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