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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
4
Fire Chief Ingram lauds a full month without any fire loss and notes the department saved the day on sixteen calls. The piece also includes local voices on traffic light waste, gasoline shortages, and a call for traffic studies, plus commentary on James Petrillo and music monopolies affecting amateur broadcasts and recordings.
The Enterprise congratulates Amos Kearns for leading a budget fight to raise school appropriations without raising taxes or cutting essential services. City Manager E M Knox worries about an unbalanced budget if revenue is overestimated. The paper agrees tightening tax rates is wise, noting even small tax hikes are burdensome amid high federal taxes. It argues economic restraint remains worthwhile for a child focused society.
Mrs. Garry Cleveland Myers of Chicago urged parents at the North Carolina Parent Teachers Institute in Greensboro to show love and significance through physical affection. She criticized past anti affectionate theories and warned that excessive reliance on pseudo scientific ideas harms children, calling for understanding over punishment.
The article argues that German western fortifications are overstated by Nazi propaganda. It notes Berlin’s warnings to Allies and the renewed second front talk, but concludes there is no solid fact supporting a impregnable western barrier. It suggests Hitler avoids a real second front while fixed on eastern resistance.
The Enterprise reporters heard Dr C Excelle Rozzelle at the Rotary Club and consider his government and democracy talk among the best. They suggest he repeat the speech as a sermon and urge every congregation member to attend when he does.
Walter Winchell On Broadway by Ray Bolger presents a spoof of Yank ee Doodle era trivia and odds and ends about a public figure. The piece lists quirky contrasts between careers, salaries, and historical facts while weaving in political notes and a brief flash on Secretary Ickes.
At Blair Farm last evening the Farmers Civic Organization held its annual watermelon feast with a baseball game captained by Tom Richardson and Joe Hoffman, drawing 200 attendees. The hosiery mill strike ended with a signed agreement and a wage-scale review to be funded by Adams-Alillis Corp. the mill will reopen Monday August 8. Rev. R. J. Farmer to preach at an open-air union meeting Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs John Mebane plan a Tennessee visit. Miss Mary Elizabeth Bennett visits Miss Hilda Allen in Charlotte. Mrs W L Jackson and daughter Betty Lou and Mrs Huntley of Winston-Salem depart for Atlantic City for a week or ten days. Senator Bailey in Asheboro blames Hoover admin for low mood. Guilford College Friends discuss educational aims at Yearly Meeting. stock market rally noted amid chatter of political manipulation. Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York defends himself against persecutors and their testimony over-moneys received in office.
In Danville Illinois a sparrow housed in the Virginia Theater box office became a mascot after staff nursed it back to health when a boy swapped it for a ticket. The bird now roams the neighborhood on brief flights, refusing to leave the building.
Private investigators and SBE agents pursue who shot Sheriff Paul Dale and Deputy John Stillwell in Burke County. Party politics and liquor ties loom large as officials face Democratic party risks, with reports of slot machines entering the fray. Wuestions linger as the official report awaits.
A compilation of remarks on wartime effort and national resolve. Mrs. Walter R. O'Hair stresses physical fitness for women’s effective service. Wayne Morse urges uninterrupted work flow. Pravda cautions against retreat in the Soviet frontier. Stalin underscores the duties of soldiers officers and political commissars to the country.
A garbled wartime collection quotes Donald Nelson and others on policy, planning, and future readiness. It mentions the need for 500000 typewriters for the Army and Navy, and likens boxing referees to officials who count. The text is fragmentary and reflective rather than a single report.
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