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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1951
Page
2
A clipped fragment notes activities at the Post Office in High Point North Carolina under the Act of March 3. Details are sparse but imply regulatory or administrative action affecting postal operations in the city.
A letter lauds the Friendship Weather Bureau at the High Point-Greensboro Airport under J. P. Molen for daily forecasts. The writer praises the clerks as cooperative, enthusiastic, and courteous government servants who deliver weather updates despite often being little seen or met.
Hollywood couple Barbara Payton and Franchot Tone reportedly kiss and make up for a second time this week and honeymoon at an out of the way spot. Ex husbands Tom Neal is out of the running for Barbara's hand. The pair previously split after a brawl and divorce suit, then reconciled over a weekend, with a United Press account claiming they were lovey dim and shopping for toys for their children before a second honeymoon.
The article warns of a looming steel scrap shortage risking defense production, noting mills exceed 100 million tons annually and by 1952 may reach 117 million. It urges mobilization of scrap from factories, railways, old machinery, and government surplus to meet demand and salvage an extra 6.5 million tons.
An irate Mississippi group forms a Let Us Alone club proclaiming they want no pensions no minimum wages no government loans no subsidies and no bureaucrats. Harvard critics in Washington may read bad grammar as support for federal aid to education and a Project on the Double Negative.
The Mad House Correspondent reports a chaplain election at National Press Club Post No. 20 in Washington reeked of chicanery. Only past commanders voted, producing a landslide for H R Bankhage, with other ballots sparse for Durns Godwin and O Donnell. The piece mocks post governance and cites a Justice Department anecdote about Western Union access.
The author argues ad agencies deny sponsorship to conservative voices, labeling them controversial, while liberal figures face fewer obstacles. He cites Fulton Lewis Jr. and Paul Robeson examples, insisting listeners should freely refuse sponsorship and listening to politically oriented performers. The piece frames consumer choice as a shield against political influence in media and advertising.
The Milky Way contains between 200 and 300 million stars. A newspaper note links this vast stellar count to the size of the American national debt. It also states dairying ranks second to cotton for farm income in Mississippi.
A sprawling tabloid chronicle details Hollywood and socialite intrigues with Brender and estranged husband plans, Bennetts, Winters and Granger feuds, Walter Inman's inheritance battles, Lt. Glenn Davis’s domestic issues, and Rockefeller connections. References include Doris Duke, Baker, Clooney, Garroway, and Bunco of tabloid celebrity, plus industry notes on radio, theatre, and court chatter.
Washington General Norstad, now Commander in Chief of Allied Air Forces in Europe, outlines plans to build bases in France and Europe, form a new tactical air division around the French First Air Division, and increase air strength to support Eisenhower’s armies. He notes current base bottlenecks, lack of planes, and the need for permanent facilities, stressing resolve to defend the United States and inspire European resolve.
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