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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1942
Page
4
A Raleigh area write up describes Mrs. Strude Clinton urging North Carolina employers to hire women in war effort roles, with local reactions from High Point and Asheville. The column compares wartime shifts to a college freshman learning discipline, urging residents to stay steady, work hard, and resume growth as the town adapts to war economy.
State News Bureau provided reels depict North Carolina cotton growing and manufacturing with scenes on eastern beaches. Shown in western states during lessons, these films aim to extend similar service to North Carolina schools amid ongoing textbook criticism.
A Raleigh based newspaper questions why High Point lacks a large downtown cafeteria as 500 to 700 new federal workers arrive and notes S and W Cafeteria will be a ground floor tenant in Durham. The piece also condemns vote theft and calls for arrests to protect democracy amid war.
The State Board of Elections invalidated votes in Watauga County, ordering three Republican commissioners elected over Democrats after uncovering fraud. Investigation found 1500 more names on Boone registration books than adults, with Appalachian State Teachers College students and staff implicated. About 20 voters cast two ballots.
A columnist questions the division of rationing authority between William M. Jeffers and Harold Ickes amid rubber and gas conservation goals. The piece notes eastern and western disparities, asks if dual motives hinder efficiency, and cites wartime pressures and Polish leader Sikorsky to frame the broader war economy.
A sweeping column by Jack Lait recounts Hitler’s alleged plan to strike Moscow and Pearl Harbor in a single day, the German push halted by Soviet counterattacks, and Japan’s role. It weaves in Allied spy lore, a British showgirl spy tale, Ellen Merrill at Broadway Stage Door Canteen, and a playful wartime letter from a fiancé seeking wedding presents.
Local residents are invited to hear Handels The Messiah by the Mozart Club at Central Methodist Church Winston-Salem Sunday at 9 PM. High Point sent 13 delegates to the inter-state Older Boys Conference in Columbia led by Edgar Hartley of the local YMCA. The revival by Rev. Charles B Howard at Green Street Baptist Church closed last night with VFW and American Legion members as guests. Personal notes report 8 year old Burrus Chate injured but not seriously, released home after a fall. Wallace Ellington led the Bisons to the State Championship via cross country at Winston-Salem yesterday. The Army defeated the Navy 20 to 0 in Philadelphia. Washington police say they are ready to meet the Hunger Marchers. Norman Thomas warns of riots in Washington unless farmers’ needs are addressed.
A non publication date marks the issue. A lone, half-starved Chinese soldier with a field telephone and rifle advances along a slippery mountain trail. He refuses relief to carry on orders, as E T D Lambert led Chinese Fifth Army across jungles. The piece closes with quotes on education, cinema, and faith from Dr. Everett Case and a Bible verse urging courage.
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