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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1945
Page
3
Industry experts warn a rapid return to normal auto production is unlikely after the war. Expected first year output may reach about 2 million vehicles with severe constraints on tires gasoline and replacement parts. Dealers may not have floor samples until year end and full recovery could take 12 to 18 months.
The War Department released the full list of 2,066 U S soldiers wounded in action. North Carolina contributors include numerous privates and officers from Rutherfordton, Aberdeen, Hillsboro, Greensboro, Winston Salem, Asheville, and other towns, with mothers and wives named for each. The report covers European and Mediterranean theatres with myriad hometown connections and unit details.
In Raleigh February 5, January general sales tax receipts totaled over 2.5 million dollars, an all time high and over half of total general fund revenue. Income tax surpassed one million, not a calendar-month record but unusual for the season, with December Christmas business driving the sales take.
Fire destroyed Beaufort consolidated school Saturday night. The gymnasium building next door remained intact. The school, built in 1926 for 136,500, enrolled about 850 pupils and was said to be well insured by Carteret county education superintendent J G Allen.
Athenian is the term for a native of Athens steers are young oxen The Hopis are associated with the snake dance The text adds moral and etiquette guidance plus a horoscope noting social poise and cautions about financial promises and crowds
Lord Charnwood aged 80, famed for biographies of Lincoln Washington and Roosevelt, died Saturday in London. The title conferred in 1911 will pass to his son John Roby Benson, 44.
Washington February debate centers on Henry A Wallace potential as commerce secretary amid a Republican southern Democrat coalition aiming to block the George bill. Opponents seek direct Senate confirmation votes and removal of loan agencies from commerce, while supporters push the George bill to law without amendments. The Senate has delayed action pending George bill fate.
A drunken detainee escaped crowds at Salt Lake City jail and contracted mumps while on the run. Local authorities investigate the breach and health officials confirm illness.
GIVES HIS BLOOD MAUCH CHUNK PA February 5 Friends call Police Chief Ed McGinley a 265 pounder the one man blood bank of Panthers Valley He has given 79 pints of his blood to the Red Cross.
Portland report details Capt William Masters who flew the Hump for 17 months. He recounts engine failure, jungle ordeal, days without food, tiger tracks and native aid. Weather is a perpetual nightmare with monsoons, fogs, and frequent instrument landings.
The William Penn PTA schedules a Feb 12 meeting at the school correcting a prior notice. PTA president Mrs L E Mc Donnell issues the update and lists parents and patrons expected to attend. The Mary Bethune YWCA branch committee also changes meeting time to 6 30 p m tonight from 7 30.
The Calvary Gospel Singers will perform at St Mathews CME Church on the corner of Leonard and Hay streets Friday night February 9 at 8 p m. The public is invited. A purse stolen last September was found in Spokane Washington with a note saying I found this beneath the seat a truck in Italy.
Mr and Mrs Roosevelt Scott entertained their daughter Betty Jean Scott with a birthday party on Sunday January 4 at their home 1500 Lee Street. Games were played and red white decor and refreshments with the entine motif were served.
Relatives say Alma Be Hatten, 58, feared dogs. A small house dog bolted out, she ran to a bus stop, then collapsed and died of a heart attack in Klamath Falls Oregon on February ?.
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