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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
2
Articles marked down from high wartime prices flood warehouses and threaten current operations with inferior furniture office equipment and textiles. The overstock stems from rushed Pearl Harbor buying and flawed methods.
Chicago dispatch reports President Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation urges a united world security pact backed by force if needed. He says free nations must band together to deter aggression and uphold peace, with force only if necessary.
Taft served as a civilian administrator and held no further public office after the presidency before his appointment as chief justice. Izaak refers to a name needing century clarification but the question lacks complete context.
War Food Administration reports flue cured tobacco prices steadier to slightly higher across markets with some grades down and others up as marketing nears end. Old belt sees a $1 gain in some grades. middle belt mostly steady with gains. eastern markets report very light sales amid near end of season.
Words of wisdom reflect on motherhood and pride as Richter notes a fisherman named Walton and questions about Mme Curse's nationality in a fragmented item from a periodical. The entry reads as a terse, curious slice of a larger page with unclear context.
A dressy black dress is permissible for wedding guests but not for members of the wedding party. The guidance emphasizes appropriate attire for outside attendees while reserving certain colors for the wedding party.
The reading notes a logical mind and firm opinions, with positive, aggressive traits and some vanity. It warns of potential losses through law, church matters, speculation, and extravagance, and advises caution with lending or borrowing today.
A Yale professor lived from 1593 to 1683. The 16th and 17th centuries mark his era. A biographical note mentions a woman born in Warsaw, Poland.
A gale caused a 300-foot corridor to collapse at Moore General Hospital in Asheville injuring two people, with no serious harm reported. Winds also damaged storefronts in West Jefferson, unroofed two houses, and scattered snow halted mail and bus service in Boone as 10 inches fell in Watauga County.
FI MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE training at the San Antonio aviation cadet center in Texas prepares aircrew candidates for Army Air Forces instruction. SGT. SMITH returns home under rotation furlough after six months in the BE theatre and is at Fort Bragg reception. five High Point men with the Fifth Army fight with the 363rd Infantry in the Florence offensive as part of Powder River Division under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark.
Clegg G Baxley 26 seaman 1c of Raleigh after recruit training in Virginia and basic training at Submarine School Newton CT has completed schooling for duty with the Navy’s growing underseas fighter fleet. He attended High Point High School where he lettered in baseball and football. He has been in the Navy since last March.
Pvt. Jesse P. Clodfelter Jr., 24, son of Jesse P. Clodfelter of High Point, graduated from the RAF Training Command aircraft radio mechanics school at Truax Field. He studied servicing radio equipment used on U S bombers and fighters, announced by the post commander.
Bayne P. Keever Jr aged 23, Cadet Midshipman in the United States Merchant Marine Cadet C, has just returned from months of service aboard a merchant vessel in the Pacific. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Keever of High Point North Carolina and a graduate of High Point High School who attended High Point College. He earned ribbons for Pacific war zones while serving aboard a ship carrying arms and equipment to Allied forces. He has been assigned to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point New York for advanced training toward graduation and a license as third engineer in the Merchant M
Staff Sergeant Payne of High Point North Carolina receives promotion to technical sergeant in the Fifteenth Air Force Service Command Italy. He has served since December 1941 and is the son of Mr. A J Payne of 1711 North Main Street High Point.
Congress moved to advance a four billion postwar public works program by approving a rivers and harbors measure and sending two other job acts to President Roosevelt. The package aims to provide work for returning soldiers and displaced war workers and continues postwar reconversion and veteran unemployment education benefits.
A reflective piece contrasts a boastful youth named Bill Shiner with Adolf Hitler, detailing warnings to a Bowing Green teacher and the broader damage of Nazi tyranny. It notes wartime fears of new German weaponry and the ongoing pursuit of postwar stability, citing the Christian Science Monitor.
A High Point High School graduate serves as an aircraft mechanic with a Fifteenth Air Force Service Command Squadron in civilian life a salesman by trade.
Donald A. Horne son of Mr and Mrs Bennie Horne Jr of 611 Chandler Street has been promoted from private first class to sergeant while stationed in Germany. The promotion was learned today.
Dr Logan Clendening discusses public education on cancer and urges visits to local authorized cancer clinics for breast lump evaluation. He notes most lumps are not cancer, explains simple histories and exams, and addresses fear of biopsy, cost, and surgery versus non treatment. He also comments on tuberculosis exercise restrictions.
San Francisco’s Welker Cochran defeats Willie Hoppe 50 to 44 in 31 innings to win the world billiards title on the final day of a ten day Robin tournament in New York. Final standings list Cochran and Hoppe among others with Bozeman and Greenleaf also contending.
A scattered OCR segment recounts a German to American explosive threat and a war bond anecdote. It notes a bank clerk and the reply by a social misfit about denomination and a humorous exchange about a Baptist and a toll bridge. The passage ends with a nod to the Wall Street Journal.
A wartime casualty notice lists several North Carolina servicemen wounded in naval action. Names include Carl Griffin Jr and Henry Harrell among others with their hometowns and next of kin details. Records indicate second-time injuries and ties to communities from Shallotte to Tarboro and Hickory.
Champaign Illinois December 12 Lt Richard Good University of Illinois halfback in 1940 41 42 and regarded as one of the Tilini s best forward passers in the decade died of wounds suffered in France His widow Mrs J Good has been notified He was a native of South Bend Indiana The contest notes suggest a cooking tip about cutting large potatoes in half to save fuel consumption
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