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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1943
Page
3
W A Bivins writes about being unable to vote in the city election after moving precincts and registering elsewhere. He notes the broader issues of registration and urges responsible civic action and a focus on real local accomplishments despite frustration.
The narrative centers on a murder plot linked to Col. Wesley Hope Merriwether aboard his Kin Long Island estate. A party finds a glamorous scene disrupted by a stranger Diar Danbar delivering word from Bill Stewart to Cyn thie, sparking a tense romance thread and hints of a fatal crime.
Chief Gunner's Mate Arthur Sides of the Navy recruiting station in Salisbury will interview applicants at the Lexington post office on April 27 28 and 29. He seeks 17 year old males for regular Navy and naval reserve and women aged 20 to 36 for WAVES and SPARS enlistment.
Wartime in Washington profiles Lt. Gen. Ben Lear who will turn 64 on May 12 and retire from command of the Second Army. The article highlights his strict discipline, frontier reforms, and impact on morale, noting his early career from the Spanish American War through World War I and his reputation as a tough, effective leader.
The government and the Brewing Industry Foundation receive high praise after an ODH survey in army camps. The Office of War Information calls the force 1942 troops our best behaved, contrasting with 1918 troops denied beer who faced bootleggers. Action is promptly taken to maintain beer sale conditions.
A noon drive urges soldiers to outfit themselves with essential items including gloves, hankies, stockings, and a lapel gadget, noting that a limited budget could cover eight pairs of cotton socks and a pair of GI shoes. The U. S. Treasury promotes buying the Second War Loan Bond this noon.
At Fort Bragg Captain John R Bennett Jr oversees three quartermaster laundries washing and ironing more than five million uniforms monthly. He manages over a thousand civilian workers at Maxton Laurinburg Camp Mackall Hoffman and Seymour Johnson fields while maintaining a Rocky Mount family laundry business and eyes a return postwar.
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