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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1944
Page
4
The failed bid to remove J Ed Millis as Guilford County Board chair highlights long standing local factionalism. Behind motives include Greens adoption and political leverage over county governance rather than the Dewey gift or Willkie support.
City Councilman W. R. Grant argues a nonpartisan form of city government would be ideal but doubtful in High Point current times. Pvt. Carlton T. Foster corrects a misimpression from a news article about his furlough and marriage status. He traces postings from Winston-Salem to Greensboro to San Bernardino and Memphis before reassignment to Homestead Florida.
Capt. Friddle laments Bible theft as a woman is arrested for larceny. Mrs. Montgomery urges optimism for curb market and farming plans. Mrs. Stevens mobilizes 36000 surgical dressings by December 31 with women’s support. Page Harris notes sparse Legion Christmas boxes. Legion Auxiliary to collect, rewrap, and send gifts to service members in hospitals nationwide.
State bureau of investigation moves into Davidson election fraud case as reporters note activity in capitol offices. Raymond Maxwell of the state board of elections attends. SBI vows a thorough inquiry and reports will follow.
The update notes a measure to bar a register of deeds who also serves as a justice of the peace from performing marriages. It argues the practice enables last minute license issuance followed by ceremony, with a deputy or clerk remaining as JP seen as a workaround. The attorney general backs ten day waiting and parental consent as cure.
A Washington columnist argues that business and unions face a turning point after victory in World War II. He contends Petrillo era tactics threaten public welfare, warns against wage spirals, and urges moderation to avoid fueling extremist outcomes.
Paul Mallon argues that the US can overcome postwar debt and inflation through vigor, thrift, and free enterprise. He urges avoiding excess debt, forging foreign trade partnerships, and maintaining democratic ideals to preserve national strength and prosperity.
Louis Waldman presents a biography detailing how Communists create division, then seize influence and destroy groups. The analysis applies to the New Deal era politics and cites Sidney Hillman and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union as a test case, predicting future splits after united fronts.
The piece discusses Father William J. Smith's critique of Communist domination within the C. I. O. and the P. A. C. It outlines three tests targeting Sidney Hillman and Phil Murray, urging clear denouncement of Communists in leadership and explicit rejection of their cooperation. Murray’s silence is noted as implying consent to Communist power within the unions.
The 15 000th and final P-40 is delivered to the Army Air Forces, the Curtiss-Wright Buffalo factory torn down as wartime aviation progress ends the line. The P-40 era produced notable aces and firsts across theaters from France to the Pacific, shaping air power lore and prompting manpower challenges for war industries. The Civil Air Patrol enters its fourth year expanding from coastal patrols to a large cadet program with tens of thousands of members and recruits across all states.
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