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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1941
Page
4
The column discusses war production, labor bottlenecks in the WPA and CCC, and shifts in defense hiring. It notes Wayne Coy and Paul McNutt's roles at the Roosevelt administration, calls for economy in youth and labor programs, and reviews defense plant challenges, labor shortages, and zinc priority pools amid global war pressures.
New Yorkers express alarm as Federal Housing Authority approval of a Caucasian clause in Danville Virginia housing deeds prompts protest from Jewish leaders. City officials note promoters’ rights and F H A backing, while residents fear a spread of restricted areas amid wartime housing expansion. Cigar imports worth nearly ten million dollars enter Staten Island port as part of war era trade.
Charlotte will host discussions on possible changes to the 1942 program May 10 with farmer representatives from North Carolina and nearby states. About 750 participants are expected as A A A officials at N C State College announce the study of farmers ideas and proposed improvements led by E F Floyd.
Reports from North Carolina strawberry markets show yesterday's prices at 3.50 to 5.29 per 24 quart crate. Volume was light with markets in Chadbourn Wallace Mount Olive Tabor City Burgaw Rose Hill and Warsaw active.
This is the eleventh of a series on World Bridge Olympic hands by WM. FE. McKENNEY America’s Card Authority. The hand presents a difficult defense as South must decide whether to discard the ace or allow the declarer to make the contract.
In a bridge discussion the declarer uses a sequence to cash diamonds and force South into poor discards. West’s initial lead, subsequent club honors, and North’s known ten of clubs are pivotal. South’s only sound discard is the ace of clubs to prevent a heart run and diamond killer. The result: two clubs, two spades, and the ace of diamonds for the defense.
Raleigh April 30 A state school commission committee seeking safer student transport summoned highway safety engineers body builders bus drivers mechanics and school officials to a meeting Lieut Gov Harris Clyde A Erwin state superintendent Lloyd Griffin and others attended amid recent deadly incidents involving school children within weeks three youths were killed and at least one more injured
Raleigh reports that North Carolina's 1940 census counted 1,787,845 men and 1,783,778 women, reversing a long pattern of female predominance. The 1930 figures were 1,575,208 men and 1,595,068 women. No explanation for the shift was provided.
NEA Service report from Fort Benning Ga shows Colonel T S Wessles describing the M1 Garand as the faster firing, more reliable semi automatic rifle. He notes its eight round clip ease of disassembly and clearer sights, with recruits and officers achieving high marks in qualification tests far above prior expectations.
The War Today analyzes Hitler plans to strike into the Near East via the Balkan peninsula to sever British control of the Eastern Mediterranean. It notes oil as a critical objective, with Iraq and Iran as key targets, and discusses possible coordination with an invasion of Egypt from Libya amid Axis advances along the Egypt Libyan frontier.
Special to The Enterprise Thomasville April 30 Ben W. Parham Oxford attorney and former Thomasville resident will give the graduation address at Thomasville High School. Dr E H Blackard Wesley Memorial Church High Point will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday night May 18. Parham's address is set for Sunday night May 18 with another talk on May 21. Local superintendent J N Hauss announced summer holidays start May 23.
Washington April 30. Arno B Cammerer Sr former director of the National Park Service and later director of its region number one died early today at his Cherrydale Virginia home of heart disease. He was taken to Norfolk Virginia last week, park service officials said.
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