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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1944

Page

4

Women urged to join WACs and serve after the war

Corporal Hazelbaker of Columbus Ohio and Sgt James W Ellis Jr with Private Frank King set up witnesses at the Post Office to recruit women as medical technicians for Army training. They decry poor female enlistment asking why women avoid service given pay benefits GI Bill security and postwar value.

Wacs Marilyn Hazelbaker Columbus James W. Ellis, Jr Frank King Post Office Army

Full and Open Debate Faces Secrecy Critics

A World War I veteran condemns secrecy in diplomacy while praising youth rallies that push for openness. He cites the Dumbarton Oaks talks and contrasts their guarded secrecy with calls by Cordell Hull and John Foster Dulles for full open discussion to educate the American public.

Cordell Hull John Foster Dulles Dewey Hull Dumbarton Oaks

This is North Carolina booklet boosts veterans interest

North Carolina promotes state appeal to service members with a new booklet titled This is North Carolina. Prepared by the State Department of Conservation and Development, the brochure uses pictures and brief notes to show the state's diversity and to encourage veterans to settle in the state after the war. The demand has exceeded expectations as servicemen want copies for themselves and to send home.

North Carolina State Department of Conservation and Development Armed Services

Herrenvolk and the German morale during WWII

A commentary criticizes Nazi propaganda aimed at strengthening the myth of the herrenvolk super-race. It notes a new German broadcast slogan urging soldiers not to run but to dig. The piece also discusses the mispronunciation of ski and an incident of souvenir hunters damaging Indigenous headdresses at a film preview.

City officials trumpet early signs in infantile paralysis case

Dr. R A Her ring says no new infantile paralysis cases recently but expects more statewide in September and October, while city leaders praise the curb market and local officials comment on weather, Sunday school, and hospital work at the Hickory emergency infantile paralysis hospital.

R. A. Herring Hickory Jim Steele

Local residents discuss noise and cats amid wartime life

Mrs. R Sayers laments a noisy neighborhood with cats and duck sightings near Wetle Street. Residents recount wounded servicemen, a new coffee shop planned on East High Street, Guilford county farm placements for teens, and postal money order declines after higher rates, reflecting home front concerns.

Mrs. R Sayers Wetle Street

Republicans at Chicago choose Dewey over Bricker for 1944

The piece notes that Republicans favor Tom Dewey to prevent FDR's fourth term, rejecting Willkie due to similar stances. It highlights domestic issues as the party’s core concerns, including employment, money value, debt, and federal power, with emphasis on administration in correcting New Deal errors.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Chicago Tom Dewey John Bricker Dewey Roosevelt Wendell Willkie

Dewey as Roosevelt rival spurs Republican unity on domestic issues

By George Sokolsky notes Republicans back Dewey as a competent New York administrator who could beat Roosevelt. But foreign policy splits risk weakening unity. Dewey must win over independent voters by stressing domestic matters to outperform Roosevelt in the upcoming campaign.

Tom Deway New York State Franklin D. Roosevelt John Bricker Bricker Republican Party Dewey Dumbarton Oaks Mr. Roosevelt Churchill Stalin Ruhr Europe Tom Dewey Roosevelt New York Pittsburgh Louisville Willkie

Behind the News Washington on wages and inflation

A columnist argues that wage hikes feed price rises and hurt workers. He criticizes labor leaders and Frances Perkins over planned wage increases and taxes, claiming higher costs reduce real pay and fuel inflation. A Colorado unionist disputes his view on profits and taxation.

Elmer Kennedy Colorado Bor Kendy

Labor and Business Tax Policy Clash for Wages

By Paul Mallon argues higher business taxes reduce funds for wages by lowering profits and investment. He warns labor risks government ownership and socialist control if profits vanish, urging labor to oppose price hikes and support business profits to sustain wage growth and efficient production.

Broadway gossip and celebrity marriages in wartime press

Henry Wallace roving ambassadorship pledge for a fourth term prompts headlines. Mickey Devine and Horace Dodge divorce settlement and remarry prompts chatter. Hollywood circles mix with politics as stars, reporters, and socialites navigate marriages, ships, salacious tales, and Liberty Ship Floyd Gibbons launch delays in Savannah.

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