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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1948
Page
4
Editorial correspondence notes President Truman's North Carolina visit, praising the reception and predicting Tar Heel electoral support. It critiques Dixiecrat efforts, projects Dewey as runner up, recounts the dedication speech, air show disruptions, and a Marine band playing Dixie with a joking quip about Dixiecrats.
In Raleigh for Truman Day, crowds estimated from 20 000 to 75 000 filled downtown streets for a morning parade and statue unveiling. Police noted about 40 000, with observers guessing crowd size could exceed stadium capacity. Race and age mix noted, with roughly a third white and two thirds Black, and about two thirds male.
Productive consensus among state Democratic leaders interviewed during the day held the president's visit would aid the entire Democratic ticket in November. His speech at the Capitol Square presidential monuments was non political, in a conversational tone, praising Josephus Daniels sculptor Charles Keck and the three presidents memorialized by the statutes being unveiled.
An unusually quiet reception greets the president with a subdued showing from the crowd. College youths joke about tomatoes while a group carries a sign proclaiming North Carolina may be cloudy, but ain't Dewey, reflecting a restrained, wry mood at the event.
Twenty or so secret service agents guard the president in Raleigh. One officer quips he’d support a constitutional amendment to elect a president every ten years and bar reentry, arguing they should not guard candidates not yet in the White House.
The speaker drew parallels between Andrew Jackson James K Polk and Andrew Johnson and current policy. He said each faced tough problems unpopular at the time but earned high historical standing. The address linked past presidents to present domestic and foreign issues and was seen as a strong campaign speech.
Dr W R McCain asks about the harvest moon and Webster's timing. The harvest moon appears near the autumnal equinox as the moon rises later each day. This year the next full moon is November 16, with the last full moon occurring after the equinox last Sunday.
The piece recalls fall agricultural life with tasks such as fodder pulling corn gathering peas and pumpkins curing tobacco hog killing and cider drinking. It evokes nostalgia for the traditional rural year and the remembered pleasures of "dem good ol' days."
Observers note truckloads of ceo goods rolling through High Point toward Winston-Salem while recalling the tobacco era. The piece suggests a possible revival with large processing plants, yet the city now prioritizes other welfare avenues. cotton and furniture shipments also flow through, shaping local industry and jobs.
A Buick magazine excerpt highlights Williamsburg Virginia as a near living 18th century scene. The piece notes restorations funded by John D Rockefeller Jr in 1927, 20 years of work, and the reconstruction of over 300 colonial buildings creating an historic model for Americans to revisit the past.
A pompous government official staying at a country inn enters the breakfast room where a lone visitor rises. The official booms for the man to sit, then the visitor asks if he may rise for marmalade, highlighting social ego and a humorous exchange.
A West tour anecdote recalls Joseph Jefferson waking at six in a small hotel after a late show. A new Irish porter wakes him, and Jefferson demands why. Moike explains in broad Irish slang that the actor has a reputation for snoring, hinting at repeated restlessness.
General Hoyt Van Denberg, chief of staff of the U S Air Force, warns that the service must be ready today and tomorrow to retaliate with intensive sustained long range bombing against the heartland of any enemy anywhere in the world.
Washington dispatch humorously mocks Dewey as schoolchildren reject his campaign charm. The piece recalls stops in Sapulpa Oklahoma Austin Minnesota and Rensselaer Indiana with audience heckling and comic anecdotes about teachers meetings and “noon” excuses.
Washington hosts the annual World Bank and IMF board meeting drawing major financial figures. Treasury Secretary Snyder hesitates reading his speech and defers to Gene Meyer, while Cripps dodges questions on nationalization. Thurmond releases biographical material, and 13 million veterans may receive about 100 dollars each from the Mellon VA after election politics.
A sprawling New York gossip digest cites Corinne Calvey and J Bromfield in holiday chatter, notes marriages and splitups among actors, writers, and society figures, and reports on diplomatic buzz from Washington to Lisbon with fashion, finance, and entertainment angles.
A defendant remarked he was puzzled by the timing of a loan and said, I hope I was there, as the exchange highlighted confusion during the hearing. No new loan was announced and the question of responsibility remained unsettled.
A crossword style clue set lists across and down entries for a U S senator themed puzzle. Many entries refer to common abbreviations symbols and words such as Te for tellurium and expletive like bloodlessness interstice and dining terms, with several proper names and titles scattered through the grid.
Senator Irving Ives warns Western Europe crisis darkens world prospects. Actress Mae West, defendant in a $100 000 plagiarism suit, notes her stage role Catherine Was Great can sound funny in performance.
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