Debating a Principal Slap and School Discipline
A local paper weighs the case of Principal Dean Pruett who slapped a 15-year-old student and expelled another. It discusses corporal punishment, records of seven paddlings this year, and calls for no use of whipping, urging authorities to seek nonviolent discipline methods and acknowledge teacher pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Pruett
Oboy
Pruett
Dessie Cox
Consid
Carroll
C. W. Wickersham
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville
General Wickersham
George F. Wickersham
Taft
Harry Hopkins
Julius Klien
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Jesus and John the Baptist Testimony in Biblical Discourse
The sermon discusses Jesus praising John the Baptist as a burning and shining light and examines reactions to Jesus miracles and claims. It contrasts belief in Jesus' words with belief in his deeds, considers modern views of Jesus, and affirms that knowing God comes through Jesus and obedience to God's will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
St. John
Jesus
God
John the Baptist
Confucius
Emerson
Christ
Lord Christ
War Notes From High Point Reflect Women and Home Front Efforts
Citizens discuss war contributions as women take jobs in defense, rationing support, and theater work. Librarians report Victory Book Campaign progress. local officials urge mail, letters to soldiers, and vigilance against hoarding. News quotes include Helen Graham, Mrs. Tucker Tucker, and A. P. Smith on morale and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Helen Graham
Royster Tucker
Nancy K. Pohton
Rose Elsecrombit
Chissel
C. B. Overman
Washington
Whitemarsh
Valley Forge
Armed Services
Rickenbacker Rescue Sparks Rubber Yacht Battle
The piece notes competing U.S. rubber firms over the raft that kept Eddie Rickenbacker afloat after his crash, with Goodyear ultimately identified as the boat maker. It also highlights wartime morale drives, tea propaganda in North Africa, Hopkins scrutiny of a military governor program, and aviation gear innovations for extreme temps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rickenbacker
Washington
War Department
Rickenbacker
Firestone
U. S. Rubber
Goodyear
Goodrich
Jeeps
Auto Company
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Willys
Office of War Information
North Africa
London Tube Opens as World’s First Subway System
A concise note recalls the London tube opening in 1863 as the world’s first subway system. It mentions a current event: Mexico orders monthly government inspection of all airplanes. Also reports top wage for Honduran laborers at 85 cents per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Tube
Mexico
Honduras
Oddball World Facts and Wartime Quips Span Two Sides
A collage of humorous and curious lines from a wartime era notes the absurdities of daily life A bomber fuel fact A Rhodes Island dental remark a claim on silence and various witticisms about animals Julius Caesar Napoleon and British railways. It also jokes about date roots politics and social customs mixing trivia with satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Ben Bernie
Zochia
China
Joyce Kilmer
Helena
Mont
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Jerry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
N C
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Jerusalem
Bethzatha
Ter
OPA
Prestiss M. Brown
Army
Bill Curry
Japan
Germany
Russell V. Jongewaard
Alaska
Helen Bruton
Military Affairs Committee
A. P. Smith
Frances Ozment
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
the Invisible Man
Azzer
Peter Edson
Rick
United Nations
Moses
Eliz. York Case
Broadway
Napoleon
Julius Caesar
H. G. Wells
Stalin
Russia
H.wood
Washington Jewelers
Jeep
G. P
Katherine Brush
India
Capitol
O. S
Italy
Donald Duce
Billy Mitchell
Paris
California Institute of Technology
San Francisco
New York
Dep
Asia
America
Isabella
Columbus
MacArthur
Bronx
U. S
Manhattan
Captain Kidd
Wall Street
Francis Scott Key
World War Memorial
Worcester
Mass
Moscow
Benito
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