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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1945
Page
8
A collage of Q and A items including a question about camels used by the United States, a note on Flemish language relation, and a term for the tuft above a horse hoof. Horoscope hints assign birthday traits and marriage optimism while a one minute test begins with a military communication purpose.
Keep weeds out and prevent thick beds. Space plants in a single row with room to pass. Fertilize August or September with 1 gallon of 5-7-5 per 100 feet of row, repeat in December or January in Eastern Carolina. Mulch heavily in mountains, lighter in Piedmont and East. Plant February or March. recommended varieties include Blakemore Massey in the east and Premier Dorsett in the west.
Fragmentary notes reference locations in Texas and New Mexico and a date around 1856. A second item mentions Dutch and a term fetlock. The readable text is sparse and disconnected.
In Eugene Oregon Ins reports Sim Walker fire warden of the eastern Lane county fire patrol association has deployed a 200 gallon fog tank truck with a 66 foot spray. He says the fog spray is more effective than water for quenching fires.
Salisbury reports the Carolina Beagle Association plans field trials here in November with over 200 entries expected.
The roundup covers meat fats and sugars with stamps valid through late August to November. It notes book four red stamps and sugar stamps with future valid dates and lists shoe stamps 1 to 4. OPA says no cancellation plans while gasoline fuel oil and certain processed foods rationing end August 15.
Andrews Lewis, 28, of Seamonn, who operates three cutting machines at Westinghouse Electric in East Pittsburgh, is totally blind but pursues hobbies in electrician studies and the reading of history and science.
Weekly publication issued for men and women in service under Edgar Snider. Includes notices, updates, and guidance relevant to service personnel and their families.
Eddie Rickenbacker speaks about the imminent tomorrow after four years of war. He urges a swift shift from wartime production to civilian needs to raise living standards and keep the nation united in building a better world.
No. 36 Peace Celebration High Pointers burst forth in a spontaneous celebration after President Truman's announcement. Crowds filled downtown streets, dances formed at Howell and North Main, and a jammed traffic scene followed. A fatal crash marred the night. many injured from car accidents as revelers rushed to celebrate. Factories and shops closed or extended holidays. a sense of disbelief and relief pervaded as the war news spread.
The Enterprise features High Point lads in distant postings. Pvt. E. T. Ferguson Pfc. Pope Chandler and Pvt. Clyde Efird Sr. appear in Italy after two and a half years in the West Indies and six months there. S Sgt H E B Saunders from 1100 N Main rides a cart labeled Press in the Western Pacific. William R. Smith of 509 Commerce St reports meat tonnage aboard a battleship. Sir Paul G. Welborn serves aboard USS Salt Lake City. W. E. Hussey learns son 2nd Lt Jack W Hussey returns to Marine units after Guam hospitalization. Harold M. Bowers awaits shipment from Normandy staging. Sgt Wayland H Linthicum assigned to 13th AAF in the Philippines. Ed Teer and brother Robert Teer in Luzon and the Philippines respectively.
U.S. military personnel visiting home after service abroad include M-Set. Robert Dunkleberger and T-4 J. Howard Horney returning from the European and Iran theaters. Also listed are T-5 Arthur Hunt and Troy Boles from Italy and Europe, with others in Miami awaiting reassignment and reporting to East Coast ports after leaves at home. Included are Pfe. Dolan Cecil at Fort Jackson after overseas service and Sgt. Roland Cecil on furlough.
About 13 650 North Carolina war workers face layoffs as Pacific war ends but double that number could be absorbed by other industries in the state. Most plants are expected to reconvert quickly to civilian production with no glut in labor. High Point industrial leaders note equipment can shift from war orders to civilian goods. Spencer Love of Burlington Mills says civilian production will resume amid tight labor and fabric needs. A program to welcome returning veterans has been prepared.
Building The city receives approval for the Perry and Willowbrook street bridges with a 126800 appropriation in the current budget. WPB priority for materials allows immediate start as Hugh Smart of North Carolina Theatres, Inc announces a new three story theatre at North Main and English streets to replace the current site purchased for about 50900. The Burlington labor rehires and the firm outlines a four year postwar expansion plan valued in the millions.
Eastern Airline introduces two new schedules at the Greensboro High Point airport. One daily flight departs at 3 45 a m for Atlanta and Birmingham, arriving from Boston New York and Washington. A second flight at 1 40 p m routes from Birmingham and Atlanta to Washington New York and Boston.
Roy Braden received a letter from J M Neese director of institutions commending the city for good jail condition and the quality of food served to prisoners after welfare officials visited earlier in the month.
Mrs Helen M Lambeth owner of WMFR receives permit to remodel the eighth floor of the Security bank building at 8 Main Street for broadcasting offices. Estimated total cost of the transfer and remodel is 10000 dollars.
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