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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1949
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise lists staff including R B Terry president D A Rawley secretary and treasurer Charles B Loflin Robert L Thompson and C W Patterson Jr as circulation manager Editor by mail options: 3 months 3.25 6 months 6.50 12 months 13.00 by carrier 1 week 0.30 6 months 7.80 12 months 15.00.
W A B comments urge restraint as Thurmond Chatham attacks Governor Scott over urban rural rift claims. The piece rebuts Scott’s alleged sensationalism and urges focus on policy, praising NC’s neighborly history while warning against labor and farmer tensions and tariff inflation impacts.
The piece argues the United States will set world money standards as the dollar dominates trade. It notes World Bank and IMF leaders urging European devaluation to spur recovery, cites the British pound at 4.03 dollars and warns cheap money raises prices and risks bankruptcy while gold bullion underpins circulation.
The nation views Herbert H. Lehman and John Foster Dulles as top contenders for the New York Senate seat. Lehman, a former governor and relief administrator, and Dulles, serving as interim senator, both bring high stature. Dulles emphasizes cautious foreign policy while Lehman stresses domestic leadership.
A magazine column essay critiques Maurice Tobin and American views on labor and farming. It contrasts farmers as investors and workers with wage earners, arguing job security is flawed and urging stronger personal philosophy and public service.
The writer recalls a White House press conference filled with vaudeville banter as President Truman faces a tough 1952 election. The column praises his self effacing humor and notes how such acts could sway voters away from logical issues. It ends by crediting Truman and a gentleman named Vaughan for influencing the mood, with hints of a broader comeback in vaudeville.
Robert M. Tanney, 26, a former air force sergeant, opens a stock market office claiming to be the nation’s youngest independent broker. He plans a 40-man door-to-door sales staff targeting working and middle class buyers with low-priced high-yield securities and education on investing.
Ethel Barrymore reflects on the idea of retirement. Winston Churchill discusses Europe’s future and the Council of Europe. John J. McCloy warns Nazism remains tied to defeat. Trygve Lie urges sustained dialogue among great powers. Dana Andrews critiques movie ads for tarnishing the industry.
Earl Godwin the radio commentator is described as planting a vaudeville related question. The speaker doubts Senator Taft would seize the chance to praise vaudeville and jokes he would refuse to discuss trivia. The remark hints at an upcoming mismatch in public discussion.
The United States treasury notes $27,389,359,745 in circulation as of August 31, equating to $183.08 per person. A Morganton hospital birth adds a 16-pound baby to a 300-pound mother, sparking humor about growth and life.
A collection of aphorisms and quips on topics from crime and punishment to optimism and aging. The notes cover crime pays, parole, church attendance, guests, and the paradoxes of leisure and production with wit and social observation. Prominent ideas include a 102 year old remark on longevity and a punchy view of postwar atom science.
A list of horizontal and vertical clues with numbers covering rodents symbols tools words and place names. The puzzle seeks solutions for items such as depictions of rodents oiled biblical names and various abbreviations and terms across two directions.
The passage offers reflections on courtesy versus intrusion and internal claustrophobia. It contrasts ignorance with bliss and normalcy with anomaly, arguing we move between inflation and deflation. It suggests originality hinges on being acceptably different and eccentric otherwise.
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