Forward Step In High Point Hosiery Labor Policy
The Enterprise lauds Melrose Hosiery Mills president Charles L. Amos and Mr Boyd for appointing a labor leader to manage personnel. The move signals cooperation between management and workers, aiming to improve labor relations and benefit High Point hosiery workers and the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Amos
Melrose Hosiery Mills
Boyd
Amos
Charlie Amos
Joe
Melrose Organization
High Point
North Carolina
Tmme
Melrose
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Roosevelt and Bricker clash over preparedness in wartime policy
A columnist critiques John Bricker for blaming FDR's leadership on unpreparedness. Bricker's stance shifts toward preparedness, while the piece notes isolationist resistance and urges Bricker to focus on home support. It also urges qualified women to enlist through services like the WACs and Air Transport Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Tal
Bricker
Febam Bren
Air Transport Command Wacs
Recruitment Push for Women in Wartime Air Forces
A World War II era notice invites High Point women to visit recruitment teams from the Air Transport Command Miami WACs or WAVEs this week. The text notes no bias among WACs WAVEs ARs or women Marines, urging interested individuals to learn more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airansport Command
Miami
Spelling Shuffle for War Names Confuses Readers
The piece lampoons recent spelling reforms by press groups affecting place names in Russia Romania and the Balkans. It notes Ploesti becoming Plesti then reverting, while Romania stays unchanged, and jokes about using generic terms for places and even Russian generals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Balkans
South Pacific
National Geographic Society
Ploesti
Rumania
Plesti
Romania
Doohicky
Songwriters swap could boost interpreter jobs
The exchange could create many interpreter roles as Americans explain to Moscow audiences the meaning of popular songs like Mairzy Doats and Hutsut Ralston on the Rillaran. Russians might also melt down keys from so called key cities captured to ease metal shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Moscow
Mairzy Doats
Hutsut Ralston
Community Voices on War Efforts and Daily Life
Citizens offer views on volunteering for Red Cross kit bags and Air Transport Command recruiting, the impact of war on marriages, annual cleanup campaigns, police and night-shift duties, naval recruitment, bicycle tag fees, and storefront awnings height on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Potts
Main Street
Pegler Norsts On Roosevelt Publicity And Press Freelance
A New York columnist, Westbrook Pegler, misread the evolving press role in the Roosevelt era. The piece argues the press should present facts not propaganda, notes Mellett left White House to write a column, and suggests balanced coverage with Republican voices. It also discusses postal reform plans including postal notes to cut costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Westbrook Pegler
Twain
Mellett
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Elmer Davis
Robert Sherwood
Davis
Sherwood
Roosevelt, Hopkins
Ickes
Congress Rebuffs Money Order Cost Hike Critics
In a Revenue bill dispute, post office money orders saw increases up to 66 percent stirring banker lobby critiques. The note suggests persistent congressional narrow view and implies intensified lobbying by bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means
Post Office
General Accounting Office
Congress
Bankers’ Lobby
News From Home High Point April 1944 Highlights
Weekly item from High Point North Carolina covers draft exemptions for essential workers. Rotary Club officers, county commissioner race notes, personnel records changes, and demobilization shifts. Births deaths and hospital stats. staffing changes at The Enterprise. wartime absences and local police retirement. weathered by community events and local sports results.
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
Associated Preas
Postice
D. C
Colagian Ave
Otty
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Enterprise
Boya
John W. Bricker
Ohio
M. P. Yarborough
The
Red Cross
WAC
J. C. Clark, Jr
Air Transport Command
Baren Lanier
FE. K. Ingram
Rufus Craven
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
A. Petrosky
U. S
Homer Grant
Washington Reporting
Paul Mallon
Jack Stinnett
Dear
Jos
N. C
Selective Service Board
Charles F. Carroll
Rotary Club
A. L. Klemme
Hal Devis
Myron Folger
Joe F. Hoffman
Hoffman
W. G .Ragsdale
Jamestown
Jonathan D. Hawkins
South Main Street
Organization Records
ASF
Savannah
City Health Department
L. S
Soc
Chakales
A. W. Stamey
Durham Herald-Sun
Southern City Magazine
Stamey
Charles F
Douglas) Thorburn
Charlies F. Thorburn
W. Ray Street
Germany
Thorburn
Robert Wade Biesecker
Dorothy Rankin
Bob Biesecker
Lexington
Biesecker
U. S. Army Air Forces
England
W. B. Ridge
High Point Creamery
H. M. Taylor, Jr
Shirley Ellis
Jack) Tucker
Raleigh
H. Irvin Coffield
Lindsay Street
Emerywoodountry Club
Henry D. Perry
Wiltshire Boulevard
Joseph Oscar Cook
East Green Street
Grady Lawson Robbins
Trinity
Blair Park
Neal Farlowe
Sophia
Eugene Osborne
Black Bison
Burlington Bulldogs
Ray Delapp
Walker
Kennedy
Curt McDonald
YMCA
Mercury Athletic Club
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
USA
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