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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1944
Page
4
Local page from The Enterprise reports community notices and brief items dated December 28 1944. Names, events, and local details appear in compact notices reflecting wartime era civic life.
An Associated Press veteran notes military experts push back dates for victory in Europe delaying end of war. Critics urge leaders and media to stop crystal gazing and acknowledge the tough work ahead while ensuring soldiers can vote easily and without referendums during the conflict.
War shortages press home front as survey shows absentee rates in High Point factories rising from 10 to 35 percent with some departments at 50 percent. Editors urge residents to support troops and front-line efforts despite festive New Year plans, stressing the crucial hour for the nation.
R H Sechrest, admired for his youthful sympathy and service to countless High Pointers, died this morning. The community expects a deeply heartfelt funeral, as his impact extended beyond his professional duties.
An editorial notes about 2.8 million service members voted in the election, roughly 33 percent of eligible personnel, arguing the vote was a rightful duty despite absentee voting hurdles and wartime duties, and that homefront criticism is unwarranted.
The governor reduces Annie Mae Allison from death to life imprisonment citing her age though he believes she is guilty. Her older accomplices face execution tomorrow. A cable dispatch notes France has developed the world’s most perfect television method as post war Paris nightlife is anticipated.
Local comments praise Gregg Cherry as a fine leader and future governor with strong backing from Edgar Snider and Tom Robertson. Belated rhetoric envisions Cherry in a silk hat, while unrelated note suggests automatic lighting for basement doors, as Horace Haworth referenced a separate incident.
War news and home front thoughts mix with holiday observations. The Enterprise reporters and local officials share views on politics and postwar planning while Lt. R. O. Smith notes wartime sobriety influencing Christmas. Clergy and judge praise a moving St Marys service and community restraint.
The passage argues that postwar turmoil breeds hunger and confusion and widespread anger toward all, including government, neighbors, and even the liberator. It notes that the liberated fear liberation may serve the liberator’s own interests, provoking revolts by those who once endured oppression.
The writer argues revolutions invite manipulative politics, with communists directing anger after liberation. He contrasts liberators with conquerors, notes Soviet incursions in Eastern Europe and Iran, and claims no true pro American conquests exist, warning against German style conquest methods.
The piece argues democracy needs robust free expression and criticizes the idea that radio is free while the press is shackled. It cites Churchill on dissent, notes radio’s theater like news approach, and calls for balanced, free discussion despite partisan forces and industry controls.
Paul Mallen manship argues radio faces licensing and shutdown risks while the press remains less policed though newsprint is rationed. He notes competition and editorial diversity, criticizing those who seek only agreement and promising to explore what freedom means tomorrow.
A panoramic critique of Broadway culture describes striving Main Stem figures as witty, networked players chasing publicity. It notes fear, vanity, and the contrast between sensational press and real scientific or artistic contributions, with fame often fleeting and relationships strained.
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