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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1943
Page
4
A brief catalog of the High Point Enterprise publishing details from 1915 to 1937 notes J P Rawley as a key figure and credits Associated Press dispatches. It includes distribution terms, subscription rates, and a note on second class mail status at High Point North Carolina.
The Greenville News notes propaganda aims to bolster German morale and hints at a possible invasion of Western Europe next spring. It argues inflation and price controls threaten stability, urging Congress to back hold-the-line policies and warns against any loosened subsidies or inflationary plots.
Editorial notes opposition to a five percent tax on pari mutuel horse racing betting while a twenty percent tax on theatre tickets advances. The piece argues racing supports state economies and questions the fairness of singling out amusements for higher levies. It cites racing bets totaling over seventy-one million and claims the proposed tax would have raised over thirty-five million.
A local editorial supports the High Point city council plan to create youth recreation centers. It argues centers should be run by young people under supervision rather than by adults, and notes youth are not inherently worse off today, blaming adult actions for some faults. It views centers as a hopeful progressive step toward delinquency prevention.
Letters and quotes from Lee E. Hague, Mrs. Harry Baumel, Marine Pfc. John Dover, and others reflect community views on the Enterprise Home Front pledge, unemployment, licensing, and wartime morale. Residents discuss war reading, WAVEs, pork shortages, and children’s fairy tale reading amid aviation interest.
In a wartime era reflection, Woodrow Wilsons League of Nations vision fuels debate over a forthcoming biopic. Critics fear propaganda aiding Roosevelt or Willkie while supporters note the lasting impact of Wilsons global order ideal. Col Zanuck leads the project at 20th Century Fox amid partisan scrutiny. The discussion ponders if the portrait could influence 1940 political fortunes and rekindle interest in international peace.
The Panama Canal has been directly under the supervision of the secretary of War since 1914. There are about 400 Indian service schools in the country attended by 33,600 children. Knights of the middle ages often wore armor weighing up to 200 pounds.
A collage of Broadway gossip and public notices features Ethel Merman Joan Fontaine and Joel McCrea among headlines and captions. It highlights stage door activity traffic lights on Park Avenue and dazzling diamond changes on West 47th Street as the city roars with celebrity chatter.
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