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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
7
Both houses push repeal of the $1 annual poll tax with House approval pending a Senate substitute. Senate backs biennial registration. Arnall warns he will suspend the levy under the century old act. debate mentions ex Gov Talmadge's advocacy.
Discussion on poll tax repeal as candidates prepare for upcoming races. Talmadge argues repeal would not affect white Democratic primaries. Several states move toward ending the levy while Tennessee requires a constitutional amendment. Bills in South Carolina and Alabama seek exemptions or tax relief amid ongoing debates.
Col Howard F. Pulliam told a University of Montana convocation that German cities must be pulverized by every available weapon. He noted three years with U.S. forces in Italy France Bougainville and Attu, where he earned the Purple Heart and Croix de Guerre, and argued total destruction is the path to victory.
Gurkha Radio Man The Army reports that tuberculosis among American troops in World War II is about one tenth as prevalent as in World War I, indicating a sharp decline in disease incidence during the war era.
Mrs. Lois Arnold, former Melbourne nurse, and her husband S/Sgt. Alfred B. Arnold, reside in Atlantic City while he awaits reassignment. She lauds American hospitality, cites Red Cross and Traveler's Aid help, and calls New York and U S cities wonderful.
Salvaged materials and ingenuity drive Iowa farms to market amid labor shortages. Farm hacks include a bale loader from lumber and scrap, a power driven hay ramp, a chain windlass controlled silo feed, repurposed manure spreader with auto axles, a boxcar cow cafeteria, and an improvised jeep substitute from an old buggy.
Analysts outline a plan to shift most European forces to the Pacific once Germany falls. Equipment would stay in Europe, with American troops rearming in the Pacific, potentially saving months in the Pacific campaign but raising war costs and delaying reconversion. Ship shortages and the Europe versus Japan timeline influence the strategy.
The article notes large stockpiles would remain overseas because shipment costs outrun their worth. Troop movements will take months, with small forces used so far against Japan in Luzon. It contrasts forty plus divisions fighting in Italy and on the western front, likely to be shifted to the Pacific.
An unclear fragment discusses a product named usterole marketed as prompt relief beyond a standard salve. Mentions doctors and nurses calling it a modern counter but the text is garbled and unreadable.
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