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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1943
Page
4
Editorial urges immediate universal price freeze as the only way to halt inflation. It argues choosing winners among farmers merchants and workers creates inevitable price rises and calls for courage and consistent policy without exceptions to hold the line against rising living costs.
The piece urges Washington to prioritize World War II over politics praising General Douglas MacArthur who, on Bataan’s anniversary, urged to “get on with the war.” It notes administration distractions, laments delays in liberating the Philippines, and accuses politicians of weighing a possible 1944 nomination over the war effort.
Readers comment on rising food costs and rationing, OPA ceilings, school pledges, a house fire saving a life, industrial comparisons, political opinions, military policing, and draft policy amid World War II era uncertainty. Names include R F Tuttle D L Rueger Gus Marshall Noah Davis Eric Johnston J B Turner Charles F Carroll Leonard Bolton Ed Mendnhall Hubert C Herring Pvt Charles Reinett Alexander Loudon Leslie Whiton.
The Overseas Branch of the Office of War Information reports that passive resistance in Europe is highly effective against the Germans. Danish and Dutch efforts include humorous anti-Nazi actions, such as satirical editorials, red white and blue paper, and creative noncooperation. A Norwegian farmer’s defiant reply to a German egg quota ends with arrest for sabotage.
A brief Christian reflection praising God for the unspoken gift and expressing gratitude beyond words. The message, attributed to Nicolas Rowe, notes that even if the mouth is silent the heart remains thankful.
Colorado is called the Cen tennial State Key West supplied early sponge trade Kairouan in Tunisia is the holiest Moslem city Childbed fever is the leading cause of maternity deaths Cotton is a major source of vegetable oil Mountain laurel is Connecticut's state flower A 500 pound bale of cotton fiber yields 140 pounds of oil for food Farmers were asked to produce 57 billion quarts of milk in 1943
A sprawling critique and collage of show business items from Broadway and Hollywood. Notes on Monty hats, army posts for entertainment figures, Dreiser contract news, Benchley and Gunther book chatter, Mimi teaser campaigns, a 60th Street cafe, Trixie Friganza mausoleum, and reflections on Ellery Queen era personalities and late 1940s celebrity exploits.
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