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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1944
Page
12
Southern Association president Billy Evans says night games could lift opening day attendance by about 40 percent if all clubs start 1944 schedules with night games. A Nashville meeting later this month will decide the plan as about 24 000 fans attended last season’s openers.
Durham committee from the Junior Chamber of Commerce studies backing a 72 hole, $5, open golf tournament next month. If held, it would align with the North and South Open at Pinehurst.
Premier Pietro Badoglio accuses Spain of not releasing 12 of 14 Italian ships held in Spanish ports. He says Franco cleared only one vessel, contradicting a British release report. The note came via Bari radio and the ministry of information. New Guinea ranks second to Greenland in island size.
March 6 event details show promoter Joe Ch guaranteeing Angott in a 3g bout. No venue or opponent named, but the note confirms a secured matchup and date.
The column blends sentimentality with a Valentine’s Day dining tip. It promotes a dinner table as a cheerful bright spot on a dark winter night and asserts the idea that serving food is key to winning affection.
A 1940s style home recipe presents Meat Vegetable Pie using cubed leftover meat and cooked vegetables, topped with rice or breadcrumbs and melted margarine. It includes a B V gravy made with bacon drippings and Wilsons B V, plus garnish ideas like frozen asparagus Cardinal Salad and cherry pie. The note praises Laurel Leaf Brand Pure Lard for pastry and baking.
Stockholm report says Finland weighs a Cabinet session outcome after Cordell Hull urged action or face consequences. Helsingin Sanomat cites US appeal to Finland to leave the war as a strong peace push. Finnish foreign policy circles discuss risks of continued German alliance while Sweden shelters about 9,000 Finnish children from air raids.
Damon Runyon notes Pat Off and Corey Ford in Colliers tell of a returned boy who faces a town that resents his uniform. Ford argues discharged servicemen deserve adequate pay and civilian respect as veterans reintegrate after war.
Marine artillery at Bougainville completed ten weeks of operations after landing November 1. More than 1 000 Japanese were killed as artillery supported infantry advances and restrained enemy counter offenses. Firepower averaged over 1 000 rounds daily with observers accompanying each advance.
A column of college games shows Tulane and U C with scores, plus Virginia Hampden Sydney, Georgetown and others. high school scores include Wilmington Raleigh Sanford Fayetteville and more. The section ends with Utica note on John A. Jolly's lengthy prison record and court request.
Moscow reports that Soviet trade union monthly War And The Working Class rejects claims that Moscow’s new powers to the republics aim at territorial gains and isolationist policy. It argues unity within a federalized USSR and warns against echoes of prewar isolationism and foreign intervention.
Naples February 10 1944 71 anti semitic and other racial restrictions run by the fascist regime in Italy were abrogated in liberated territory by royal decree Lt General Frank N M MacFarlane deputy president of the Allied control commission said full civil and political rights would be restored to Jews in line with United Nations policies against intolerance.
In New York the Johnny Zero case is settled after a three day court test over songs named Johnny. Two men claimed their idea and title were appropriated and the suit sought financial remedy. The lengthy case reflects disputes over song titles and intellectual property.
Laureano Gomez, head of Colombia's conservative party, was arrested on a court contempt charge. Supporters attacked the government, signaling a civil war mood. A mass outside the jail drew a mixed crowd of conservatives and liberals, with police using a fire hose to restore order. The government cited insults to the state as the reason for detention.
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