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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1944
Page
4
Subscription rates listed by carrier include 20 cents per week and 3 months for 2.60. The notice cites a Bureau of Circulation address in New York and the paper’s masthead for August 11, 1944. It notes audit movement and provides location details for 490 Lexington Ave, NY City.
The piece discusses polling methods and their limits, noting a shift from Digest style mail sampling to modern broad outreach. It cites Roosevelt and Dewey, Hodges’ career, and suggests school openings may be postponed due to an epidemic, urging prompt formal actions.
The Enterprise received a certificate of appreciation from the Fourth Service Command for meritorious service. Initial instincts to publicize it gave way to restraint, as nearby papers displayed similar certificates and questioned their significance. The note invites readers to view Lynn Nishet's Capitol Square column on the page.
Wording suggests that parties may be unsure of plans or actions pending conversations. Those most affected worry about what will be done if talks occur, while key decision makers appear engaged but no definitive plan is stated.
The article recalls President Roosevelt speaking to the Democratic Convention in San Diego on July 20 and hints at a secret Hawaii stop on July 26 for three days. It muses on unexpected destinations and the impact on war news, noting Dewey must make a bold move to shift front-page attention.
A column recalls a suspended weekly card and a hand printed scroll of meritorious service from wartime mailed to a deceased paper. The article also reports the state commission completing an early itinerarium of institutions and delaying hearings to October 1, with remarks on insurance regulation and a lawyerly quip about keeping the law not too plain.
The report notes a facetious remark by Lynn Nisbet intended to keep humor alive. taken out of context it could embarrass the Governor, but present understood the aim was a simple, clear law. A famed child actor and flight officer, Jack, visited the Capitol as reporters covered the insurance study commission meeting.
A friend reports the June Monthly Report from the Purchasing Department noting an OPA inspector visited a plant to evaluate wiping rags. He contrasts rationing with coupons and free lists, noting shortages and the shift to many one gallon stamps and why stores stock differently for points versus free items.
The author critiques government price and policy announcements as blunt, inflexible rules that ignore real value and individual circumstances. He argues ceilings on prices and rigid bureaucracy hurt people, likening it to misleading ads and impersonal data processing that reduce humans to mere holes on a card.
A columnist argues for mental discipline in home and school to curb juvenile delinquency. He links declining respect for reason to a shift toward intuitional living, warning that emotional leadership and totalitarian trends threaten government and personal liberty.
Paul Mallon argues that innate intellect requires disciplined training and problem solving, not passive education. He cites James and Hitler as examples of intuitional thinking, urging schools, parents, and communities to push analytical learning to combat moral decline and national naivety. He warns war debt and cooperation depend on reasoning over intuition.
Walter Winchell reports guest columnists as he notes the rise of Hitler’s postwar plan. General Karl Warlimont von Greifenberg is highlighted as a key figure in Nazi power and the purge of German leaders. The piece outlines underground networks, forged files, and escape routes to Argentina, Spain, and beyond.
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