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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1951
Page
2
The Senate subcommittee on housing near Camp Lejeune exposes landlords gouging Marines and families. The piece condemns the practice as disloyal to the nation’s soldiers, urges severe legal crackdown and government housing, and praises Greensboro Daily News for its investigative reporting.
A lively sports column predicts North Carolina will beat Georgia this week and win at least four more games, while Duke under coach Bill Murray shows resilience after Wallace Wade's era. State College’s Wolf Pack is seen improving and may upset Duke or Wake Forest, with Wake Forest losing to Carolina.
An editorial urging BPW Week readers to view women as active partners in national strength through participation in business and government. It argues that employed women, housewives, and voters must exercise rights such as free speech, assembly, equal protection, petition, and voting to sustain democracy and curb corruption. Every American woman should engage in both civic and household duties.
President Press Secretary Joe Short visits the National Press Club where air drills disrupt reporters ears. An anti administration member labels the activity a new RFC scandal as Senator Homer Capehart from Indiana grows increasingly agitated.
The piece weighs the 1950s Republican power struggle as General Eisenhower Wizardry clashes with Senator Taft. It notes hopes among Dewey Stassen and others for presidential draft, Truman’s leverage, MacArthur’s potential role, and a party split risk. It argues for a decent conservative candidacy amid party power plays.
A parody of public figures and policy debates appears in a collage of quotes and anecdotes. It touches on medicine socialization, Paris and London esprit, Mae West on Stalin, letters of recommendation in Congress, Capehart amendment hearings, and a zookeeper ostrich feather anecdote, ending with Dr. Wilson Compton’s government appointment and a Times quip about cutting dead wood.
Charles E. Wilson critiques Russia for misrepresenting American aims while emphasizing the need to confront and understand U.S. defense production figures.
A jittery collage of theater chatter from London and New York covers Mary Martin, Sadler’s Wells, and Gilbert stage frictions, with Glenda Stewart, Nathan Detroit, and Mae West linked to other shows. Orson Welles mocks critics while Elena Nikolaidi headlines the Met season in Aida, and Vic and Vic admire diverse productions in a bustling showbiz snapshot.
The excerpt surveys editorials and anecdotes from a midcentury columnist, railing at graft trials and public apathy, noting Harry Gross’ aborted testimony, urging clean government. It recalls D A Miles McDonald’s tears, references Truman’s allies, and recounts Camp Lejeune to Warrenton history with local names and events.
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