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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1944
Page
8
A column explores love as an intangible, recalling Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge, plus brief vignettes of romantic scenes. It ends with a reflective Valentine ode to readers, urging time to share wisdom and comfort.
Wendell Willkie told the Associated Press that President Roosevelt created an atmosphere of conflict by pitting labor leaders against business. He urged the nation to elect a president who would unify the country rather than divide it.
Scales from sea herring are used in the manufacture of fire extinguishing preparations, illustrating an unusual industrial use of marine byproducts.
Washington report details a hostile Congress rebuffing key White House war measures. Tax reform, price controls, war profiteering control, and national service draft proposals face setbacks while veterans rehabilitation gains remain fragile amid broader subsidies pullback.
The battleship Oklahoma was refloated after drydock repairs as U S forces bombed enemy held atolls in the Marshall islands. Admiral Nimitz reported no Japanese opposition and 100 tons of explosives dropped on the atoll with no American losses. Coronado bombers hit Wake Island for the second straight day.
Washington based report states Senate and House conferees will meet next week to craft a compromise on voting for armed forces in elections. Debate centers on keeping a federal ballot vs state control, with supporters pushing a national and state ballot system and timely conventions. The National Lawyers Guild urges a firm defense of the federal plan to ensure military voters can cast ballots.
Pope Pius XII warns German Catholics to resist un Christian and godless doctrines being offered to them. In a letter to Mainz, he says obedience to faith will determine the church’s future in Germany and praises the courage of believers, especially the young.
C H Marshall Gulf Coast director of WSA says some shipping will transfer southward. Local shipping officials think eastern ports cannot handle all traffic and may use Pacific coast harbors for Latin American and Southwest Pacific imports.
Washington reports the War Production Board found ration points more valuable to the average housewife than cash after December waste fat collections. Since the fat drive began, butchers have...
The Army and Navy Journal suggested Moscow might urge Tokyo to seek peace with the United States and Great Britain as American Pacific gains grow. The note referenced Hull’s caution to Finland and drew parallels to Russia’s wartime mediation role. The piece posited Japan might welcome a friendly warning from a Slavic neighbor.
Canadian war plants produce an average of 55 million dollars worth of munitions each week. The figure reflects steady industrial output supporting Allied military needs during the conflict.
On December 13 the government began giving two meat ration points for each pound of waste fats and found collections rose 33 percent in the month versus November. Waste fats are essential for explosives, synthetic rubber, plastics, pharmaceuticals and other wartime products.
Washington reports the American Red Cross proposed turning over fully loaded relief ships to Japan for prisoner aid but Tokyo did not respond. Since the war began, only two small shipments have reached prisoners, via diplomatic exchanges in 1942 and 1943, with Japan delaying distribution.
An old ad seeks men and women who are hard of hearing. It promotes a method and ear drops claiming improved hearing with a money back guarantee. Appears across Kekerd's and drug stores locations.
War Shipping Administration officials in New Orleans said some traffic diverted to this port early in the war due to submarine threats may return to Atlantic coast lanes. Two shipping lines Grace Lines Inc and United Fruit have already scheduled adjustments.
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