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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1943
Page
4
The note asks readers to promptly report errors in any reports so corrections can be made at once. It lists staff roles J P Rawley 1915 1937 R B Terry president H A Cecil general manager and notes Associated Press rights. Published as second class matter in High Point North Carolina on April 5 1943.
The New York Times reported freshmen across 36 colleges showed widespread ignorance of U S history geography and current affairs. Key findings include 21 percent knowing Lincoln led during the Civil War and 94 percent not naming the 13 original colonies. The piece urges North Carolina officials to study the full report and insure better history education nationwide.
County Commissioner Hoffman questions a tax agreement with the city of High Point while Greensboro lawyer C C Frazier suggests property tax value tricks. Other figures discuss price ceilings, hearing defects in children, WAVES SPARS, patriotic drives, Red Cross dances, and unity against totalitarianism in wartime.
In a syndicated column from Ireland, Jnderdog enry McLemore argues that Allied victory shifted Irish and American sympathy toward the Allies and criticizes the Maritime Commission. He notes ordnance production outpacing ship transport and calls for accountability, urging focus on results over personalities.
Henry Kaiser, praised for rapid shipbuilding, is accused of 31 violations of priority regulations in six months. Officials must decide punishment, while Kaiser laments that newspapers warn about lawful conduct before the WPB issues guidance.
Dietitians urge using peanuts as a nutritious stand in during spring meals. The discussion notes the role of nuts in balanced diets and challenges stigma about peanut usage in certain nutrition contexts.
Peter Edson describes the Bureau of Motion Pictures within the Office of War Information as a wartime clearinghouse rather than a censor. He cites cases from Iceland to Tennessee Johnson showing it advising studios to alter or reshoot for the war effort while denying formal censorship powers.
A brief reflection cites Psalms 10 4 about the wicked not seeking God linking pride to folly. The note mentions Wentworth Dillon and identifies Provo Utah as the site of Brigham Young University, tying an intellectual fault to a religious education center.
The piece reviews current Broadway and film items with mentions of Fred Allen leaving radio, Lucius Beebe on a train joke, Hecht and Tully chatter, and praise for Oklahoma and Ziegfeld Follies. It notes newsreels' wartime coverage, Lana Turner, Tom Conway, and Hitler era cinema, plus radio scholars and magazine pieces. Characters include Beebe, Hecht, Rodgers, Drake, Berle, Turner, and von Paulus.
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