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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1943
Page
9
In the identification division at the FBI workers will voluntarily undertake a 60 hour week with overtime after 40 hours. This is described as the longest authorized work week for non executive federal employees. Post office workers may exceed this in the future.
The piece notes the FBI identification division facing staffing challenges including 80 million fingerprints and part time high school workers amid political investigations of executive departments. It mentions Patton, Eisenhower and wartime policy debates, plus a jeweler selling a WAM service pin with humor about households employing no maids. It closes with Capital Transit Co reporting a ten year ridership drop to about 540 million passengers in 1933.
A mixed list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues from Eugene Sheffer includes word hints like give forth, Shakespearian king, town in Nevada, Greek letter, and various definitions. The puzzle entries cover astronomy, chemistry symbols, and geography with multiple cross-referenced answers.
Governor Broughton said NC will receive its full gasoline allotment this month but a ten percent reduction will take effect January 1. He spoke after contacting federal officials amid reports of shortages and long lines, attributing delays to holiday demand and rumors of stock freezes.
Lt. Tom Roberts of Parshall, Colorado, used two weeks of leave to join ground combat with Australian troops in the rugged Ramu Valley New Guinea. He reportedly bagged three Japanese as one enemy ran off a cliff and another was killed by a Roberts hand grenade, according to Australians.
An Italian youth trudges with his ailing grandmother down a difficult mountain trail toward Lagone as Nazi forces sack homes in the town. The family has fled their residence and faces a harsh, war plagued journey back to their native area.
An editorial fragment describes a row between Winchell's column and readers about a pneumonia victim's husband shouting and a political jab at FDR's New Deal label. It also mentions Republicans joking about Yeh and a party focusing on refilling its trunk.
Raleigh December 29 Coroner M Banks reported Millards 57 year old Raleigh insurance man attempted to raise a window for air but suffered a fainting attack and fell from the eleventh floor of a bank building where he was killed Bewis a Collins Georgia native survives his widow a daughter and a son
A brief family notice from J H Rich and Children expressing sorrow for illness and death. Also advertisements: wanted sewing machines from L W Glenn 139 S Wrenn with repair service, and Horton Furniture Company offers higher payments for used furniture.
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