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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1943
Page
4
Representative Hatch urges 18-year-old voting while noting military maturity may outpace civics readiness. The piece questions wartime and peacetime education, family training, and adult responsibilities, arguing for maintaining a 21-year voting age until schools reform to prepare youth for citizenship.
A newspaper editor admits audiences nationwide misjudged a radio quiz show. A Greensboro High Point reader notes that only one local participant won twenty two dollars, while criticizing public leadership and quoting concerns over wartime honesty. The piece contrasts statements by Secretary Knox and Secretary Stimson.
Reports from Germany Italy and the Pacific show fear, new successes, and offenses. Bern observers foresee European end in five to eight months, possibly earlier. Secretary Knox dismisses complacency as foolish, urging continued effort despite optimism.
The piece argues General MacArthur needs solid armor and air power reinforcements for a Bataan return, urges quiet aid to China to set up an invasion base, and warns against excessive island hopping. It also notes a Missouri driverless car incident and ends with reflections on smoking and Russia’s actions against Hitler.
Residents discuss ration books and shortages as Ada Burgess notes mail delays from Charlotte while Mary Ann Baker fears airplanes over High Point. Cadets train with pay, bandages roll for Red Cross, and citizens cite patriotism and social events. A South Pacific letter praises home and censorship limits.
Washington editorial attacks Harold Ickes for claiming the United States is worth 12 trillion dollars based on underground resources. It argues wealth is only real when profits exist, warns against overreliance on ore and factories, and urges maintaining profits to fund war debt. It concludes Ickes underestimates the need to sustain payoffs and government action.
CBS reporter Cecil Brown, famed for surviving Italy, Germany, Singapore exploits, tours 38 states posing questions about wartime American minds. Across Washington and Pittsburgh, Ohio, Detroit, Dallas and the Pacific coast, locals comment on prices, labor, Fascism fears, and postwar plans. The journey paints a vivid mosaic of home front sentiment and wartime strains.
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