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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1943
Page
4
The Enterprise endorses allowing Democratic and Republican rank and file to select nine nominees per party from 22 Democrats and 12 Republicans. Leaders lament discord but favor broad participation to choose the best nine candidates, then let voters decide. Absenteeism and war production are discussed as broader governance concerns.
Kay Kyser, a band leader and morale figure for OWI, was rejected for military service after extensive army morale work. Critics say the push to draft this overaged entertainer wasted his value, with 1,100 post appearances and $400 million in war bonds sold.
The National Industrial Conference Board estimates last year’s absenteeism cost American industry the equivalent of 1 350 000 full time workers. It ignores non industrial accidents and time lost to strikes or leaves and holidays. Absenteeism rose about 20 percent last year and shows no sign of decline despite war needs. A large portion of these absences ...
International writer Dorothy Thompson wed Josef Bard of Budapest in 1913, divorced later, then married Sinclair Lewis in 1928 for nearly 12 years. She now marries Maxim Kopf, a Czech painter born in Vienna who served in the Austrian army, moved to Prague, and fled to New York. If anyone knows global affairs, it is her after all.
A collection of quotes from court staff, citizens, and officials on duty to country, 18 year olds voting, rationing impact on Girl Scouts, and wartime ideals. Notable names include John W. Myers L H Morgan R B Sutton Paul Thornberg and J Edgar Hoover.
Chester Davis, the new food administrator, coined the slogan this is no 10 per cent war. The piece argues the claim is inaccurate as people pay federal income tax, state taxes, and various hidden taxes in addition to a 10 per cent bond allocation, challenging the 10 percenters label.
For the first time in wartime, steel for ships and weapons is adequate, breaking the bottleneck on production. However, a 70,000 worker labor deficit in shipbuilding due to high turnover threatens expanded goals, while Nazi U boat activity is increasing faster than public notice. The shortfall risks impacting output despite steel gains.
Burton Heath argues civilians must accept real wartime sacrifices as shortages become real. He warns against lingering grievances and urges belt tightening, noting fuel, rationing, and materiel limits reflect home-front war reality. He cites Rommel and Guadalcanal to show resilience.
A short verse lines praising Zion and the Lord with a springtime image of a bird beneath a rainbow arch. Quoted from W. H. Davies reflecting faith and joy in God and creation.
Errol Flynn debuts in Edge of Darkness to loud female applause while Folies Bergere extols a 30000 dollar coatroom advance. Hollywood stars, labor talks, and army entertainment plans populate a hectic Broadway-gossip snapshot with names like Alan Ladd, Barbara Hutton, Cary Grant, and Nina Luan, plus talks of curfews and rationing.
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