Absenteeism in High Point War Effort Highlighted
A North Carolina town faces rising absenteeism that harms war production. The piece notes civilian population losses, worker shortages, and the need to sustain factories like Fairchild and shipyards. It calls on residents to recognize their role, support war bonds, and maintain production momentum despite uncertainties in rationing and postwar plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
Armed Services
Fairchild
Burlington
Wilmington
Vere
U. Employment Service
Mixed Blessing of Italy’s Fall to Allied Powers
The article argues Italy will soon be out of the war under Allied control, with Rome Genoa Naples Palermo Florence and Catania likely to be held by the Allies while Milan Turin Venice and Trieste stay with the Axis. It notes the Allies must provide food coal and petroleum to 28.9 million Italians and that Sicily’s invasion, while successful, brings tighter wartime belts for food and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Hitler
Reich
Balkans
Rome
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Florence
Catania
Milan
Turin
Venice
Trieste
Germany
Sicily
Rhone
Peninsula
Opinion Voices From High Point Citizens on Local Affairs
A compilation of quotes from High Point residents and officials covers topics from city leadership and recreation to emergency services. Fire Chief Ingram praises Mayor Koonce, while Sheriff Wireless and others discuss public safety, ambulances, and crowd behavior. Community members urge better use of resources and support for military demonstrations and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koonce
High Point
Byrum Street
E. K. Ingram
Eddie Knox
Eddie
Inventors urged to use new plants for postwar goods
Richard P. Brown of Honeywell urges rapid study of peacetime products and use of 1500 government financed plants built after the war to produce civilian goods. He says Americans rely on inventors to keep postwar factories productive and avoid a return of wartime shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Brown
Brown Instrument Division
Minneapolis Honeywell
Brown
Hitler
Mussolini Sown, Hitler Follows Toward History’s Gallows
The text argues Mussolini pioneered the Axis dictatorship and that Hitler learned from him. It predicts Hitler will end up in prison and, later, on the gallows, continuing to trail his mentor’s path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Hitler
Inflation Threat and Cost of Living Debate by Peter Edson
Peter Edson argues that small price increases across many goods fuse into inflation. He cites cotton wool butter meat and oil as examples while noting rent and wage pressures in war production areas. He warns that collective inflation risks require ceilings and enforcement to return to prewar price levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United
Illinois
OPA
Congress
Washington
Unclear fragment prompts Pilate and Jesus reference
Fragmentary text cites Pilate scouring Jesus and poses a reflective question about holiness and wandering souls. The source mixes biblical phrasing with a poetic inquiry, lacking clear contemporary event or report details.
Vaudeville Playful Slices From Fame on Broadway
A collection of quick gags and quips attributed to famous figures like AL SMITH FANNIE HURST and JIM FARLEY. The jokes cover politics, theatre, boxing, and public life with light satire. Names include LIONEL BARRYMORE, JIM WALKER, CAESAR, DEWEY and HOFFER.
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Membem
Associated Press
N. Y
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Mes
Berlin
Hamburg
Nore
Japan
Malyust
National Association of Manufacts
NAM
Ian
W. A
High Point College
Merlin H. Watson
High Pointers
C. H. Sowers
J. M. Fowler
Sam
Bruce Coltrane
B. G. Leonard
Holy City
J. Gurney Briggs
Wesley Memorial Church
Byran Price
Office of Censorship
Aes Stevie
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
Bulloney
Tov Salisbury
Peter Edson
Pilate
Jesus
John
Christ
Winchell
Broadway
Walter Winchell
Harry Hershfield
Berle-Youngman-Jessel
AL Smith
O.K
MAYOR
LA Guardia
LaGuard&h
Proletariat
Fannie Hurst
R. N
President Roosevelt
Bernard Shaw
Lionel Barrymore
Jim Farley
Joe Louis
Polo Grounds
Jim Walker
Ilka Chase
Marc Connolly
Caesar
Ireland
Clancy
Finnegan
Julius
Forum
Tom Dewey
Harold Hoffman
Leon Henderson
H. Hershfield
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