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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1949
Page
3
The High Point Enterprise lists Robert L. Thompson as editor with C. W. Patterson Jr. serving as Adv. Director and Mer as circulation manager.
The piece argues Bernard Baruch’s warnings are sound and urges renewed U.S. focus on international control of atomic energy and a standby mobilization plan. It notes Russia’s atomic test and criticizes Truman for ignoring Baruch, calling for congressional action ahead of any new conflict.
Two American students in Germany were held by Russians for two months accused of spying after entering the Soviet zone while sightseeing. A U S soldier faced brutal questioning and water torture for boarding the wrong Berlin streetcar. The piece contrasts Soviet propaganda with real abuses, urging Americans to recall these actions as Vishinsky lectures at the UN. Pear Buck denounces such accusations as dangerous and un-American.
A column mixes political gibes and social notes from Washington. It recounts Wayne Morse’s dramatic wheelchair entrance during a Senate arms aid vote, Rosa Ponselle as subway singer, Katharine St. George at a ball game, a wedding with Princess Tawhida Halim and Frank Rediker, and Senator George W. Malone’s lonely inability to attend due to a night session, plus a Truman-era note on Near East collaboration and a railroad wood tie stat.
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam declares a shift toward valuing individuals over possessions amid Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union. Henry J York reports from Copenhagen on Danish farming, religion, and roads, while a humorous note about Mark Twain and a Decalogue joke closes the item.
A sprawling, fragmentary network of named figures and claims shows socialites, actors, and diplomats amid World War II era intrigue. Ambassadors, noblemen, actors, and spouses collide in Paris, Venice, and New York as rumors, marriages, and legal actions ripple through high society.
In Washington Indiana 41 year old World War II veteran George N Craig rests hopes of becoming the first veteran to lead the American Legion nationally and perhaps rise to senator or president. He campaigns on nonpartisanship locally while advocating citizen responsibility and skeptical about welfare state trends. Craig is a Republican and admires Indiana Senator William Jenner while promising to uphold Legion traditions and forward independent action.
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