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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1949
Page
4
A compact item notes the High Point Enterprise carries Associated Press material and lists mail and carrier subscription rates for three, six, and twelve months. It emphasizes republication rights for local news and dispatches.
Citizens are urged to consider who will run for Guilford County’s state senate seat and four state house districts in 1951. The piece calls for party support, urging prospective candidates to run and asking voters to encourage sacrifices and active campaigning as primaries approach and filing deadlines near.
A Berlin licensed paper accuses Soviet Russia of mass slave labor, prison camps, and atrocities, noting 2000 deaths in a Saxony border uranium mine and questioning the fate of 305000 Japanese prisoners. The writer argues Western powers still negotiate with Stalin's dictatorship despite evident inhumanity.
A young AFL newspaper editor Ed Wall is linked with Margaret Truman. Wall offers no comment beyond a flat denial and hints at close acquaintance with unspecified girls. The remarks resemble statements a congressman might give.
Public figure General Montgomery faces reporters with deflective replies aboard the Queen Elizabeth. He treats newsmen as impudent children and shows impatience with the press conference as an American institution.
A collection of brief observations on education spelling out words before juniors, common beliefs about temper and religion versus politics, critiques of conservatism and radicalism, and a playful jab at public figures like John L. Lewis and the idea of Santa Claus fading into Uncle Sam.
In Washington a lighthearted note tells how British Field Marshal Montgomery keeps his famous beret protected. He jokes that female souvenir snatchers often grab the hat, prompting a discreet guard to wrestle it back if needed while Monty laughs off the losses.
A 1949 style column muses on weather anomalies from Florida frost to Pacific Northwest storms, notes the erosion and forest-fire risks, and argues against blaming nature alone for calamities. It also discusses healing through religion and community, quotes Walt Whitman, and recounts a humorous historical complaint about hotel weather in Salem.
Viscount Montgomery spoke at the National Press Club delivering a lengthy address that critics found dull yet noted his quickness in handling questions about armed forces unification. Tass reporters in Washington drew attention for similar access to officials and venues, with Todd Krafsur Fedorov Montgomery Lautman and Euphemia Virden among listed press credentials.
The line notes that dark red can appear nearly black on camera tubes making it a common substitute in television. It explains how color perception shifts due to camera sensitivity and signal processing.
Long roundup notes Gwen Cafritz hosting a July lawn party aiding Mrs. Carlton Hadley and Vice President Barkley. Also details on a large potential trip for the House agriculture committee to Puerto Rico with 26 congressmen and 25 wives, plus a plan to clean the Statue of Liberty and other political and economic items.
Interior Secretary J A Ki is noted in a brief item directing readers to page seven for more details on a policy or event related to the department. The report hints at ongoing activities but provides limited specifics in this notice.
Gramada reports on Soviet claims that atomic bombs move mountains to bring water and peace while Western leaders doubt and forge data. He attacks Hoover era dams rhetoric and mocks Trumanists, asserting Stalin’s prophecies prove bombs move mountains and electricity origins lie with Krasnoshakoff.
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