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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1945
Page
4
The state board of alcoholic control grants wine retailers until September 10 to remove sub standard wines ahead of the planned ban next week. The extension draws criticism for delaying enforcement and harming public confidence in the industry and the board. The industry long knew the new wine law and its standards were coming.
Commissioner Forrest Shu ford notes fivefold rise in teenage workers since 1940 due to wartime wages and restlessness. He warns against long term education loss, urges wartime law slackening only for emergency, and stresses men will need real jobs after the war.
Column railing at capitalism argues court costs funded by Smith Reynolds estate harm free enterprise. Critic cites $85,338.28 yearly for educating 12 year old Christopher Reynolds and notes funds also support venereal disease education and guardianship costs.
In Casual Comments, Mr Bivins is praised for surviving a day without a tie and is named an authority on spelling quotations and High Point personalities. The column jokes about dressing with sense and envisions men in sport shirts, citing Rev Howard Hartzell seen in a blue shirt near St Mary's choir.
The North Carolina state board of education lifted for one year a rule requiring classified school principals to have at least one year of teaching experience before full pay. The move follows a shortage of experienced officials, raising questions about schools lacking qualified teachers for principal roles and stirring debate over gender and race in education.
Senate probes accuse high level WPB and Navy leaders of steering war plants to favored firms especially in light metals like magnesium and aluminum. Allegations assert labor and site choices benefited Aluminum Company of America with continued high costs against steel rivals, threatening future markets and consumer prices.
Inquiries consider claims that some prewar held executives aided by employers shaped wartime manufacturing and plant construction. Lawmakers may authorize investigations to determine if favored individuals benefited from ground-floor knowledge, while wartime aims prioritized speed over costs or postwar gains.
Walter Winchell is away this month with guest columnists including Uncle Nick the sailor who writes about Patty and his mother’s poetry. He shares poems about war, motherhood, and a world of letters from readers while noting a charity effort to supply electric razors for blinded soldiers and poems about ordinary dreams and farm life.
In wartime America an analysis finds Germany’s forests largely intact and spared by manpower limits, with Britain taking hardwood and France the Black Forest softwood. The US plans to ship lumber to war-torn Europe to reduce domestic shortages while Russia remains hesitant to supply. Military mills are being accelerated to meet demand.
Officials fear the rehabilitation effort will require large Atlantic shipments in coming months. If European mills speed up, a significant supply for next year’s restoration may come from Britain Sweden and Finland while Germany’s coal and Russia’s reparations reshape output and aid distribution.
Wartime report touts the P-80 Shooting Star as the world’s fastest plane with speed described as over 550 mph. It compares jet performance to the propeller era, notes simple engine design using kerosene, and suggests jets alter combat tactics and landing-barge defense on Japanese shores.
Albert Leman outlines future jet propulsion ideas including air friction heat, high altitude pressurized cabins, and rapid transatlantic trips. He predicts jet powered ships aircraft and trains, noting fuel exhaust challenges and the need for trained crews within the coming decades.
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