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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1950
Page
4
The High Point community chest campaign lags, with slow progress and weak public relations from chest agencies. Despite residents’ generosity, skeptics question the return on investment, urging citizens to support preventive relief and citizen-building work for a better town, especially for children.
Radio coaching derides play calling as Bud Wallace scores Carolina's only touchdowns against State and Notre Dame. Wallace, a sophomore, shows blue chip potential but did not carry the ball inside the Georgia ten yard line. The Gray Fox Carl Snavely faces questions over his Fordhamish line strategy.
The editorial uses Philippians 1 21 to discuss growing in Christian living through self surrender to Christ. It reviews Pauls sufferings and ministry, urges readers to press toward the goal, live in Christs presence, align judgments with Christs way, and seek the power of his resurrection and fellowship in suffering.
In a stark 1950s fiscal view, the U S has spent about 368 billion for war and defense from 1940 to 1950 with an estimated 1951 add on, nearing 500 billion by 1950 51. The 1950 gross national product stood at 259.8 billion, implying two years of national output funded by war. The piece warns of inflation and asks how much of the economy and resources should be devoted to war, criticizing reliance on allies and urging clear social spending cuts.
Andrew May, a former Kentucky representative, spoke upon release from Federal prison, saying he would serve his people and look to the future with God’s help. Alabama father Oren Hester vowed to lock his house and move to the open spaces rather than let his children lose their ponies, if needed.
A weekly column surveys headlines from the era, noting Ted Robison's disappearance six weeks after severance, Nancy Valentine debunking rumors of a secret marriage to the Maharajah, Toscanini's daughter’s divorce, and various industry tidbits from Broadway to radio. It tracks Ferris wheel of gossip, arrests, book news, and TV plans with named figures like Jane Wyman Kirk Douglas, Marguerite Higgins, and Burgess Meredith among others.
Rambling Round reports on High Point growth hampered by land titles restricting use to residential, plus estates tying up vacant parcels and off street parking barriers. Experts advocate an industrial development corporation to buy land with water sewer roads and rail access to attract plants. Explorers Robert Lee and Bill Fry praise a new highway between here and Thomasville though route details await highway commission action. Arthur Corpening at the Sheraton shares the motto Count the day just when you don't get hell for something.
Washington editorial examines the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the National Production Authority under William H. Harrison. It warns of looming burdens on small businesses as production-expansion programs unfold, with potential regulatory friction, inflation pressures, and court challenges. It notes expected roles for officials in Commerce, Agriculture, Interior, and fiscal agents, emphasizing public criticism and political risk tied to enforcing price and wage controls.
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