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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1943
Page
3
Camp Pendleton reports to Lieut. Col. James Roosevelt as Marines train to be swift stopping forces. Graduates earn no diploma beyond mastery of mayhem, capable of killing in seconds and neutralizing the foe by sea, land, or air.
New York report shows a 75 percent rise in cow hide shipments from uninspected slaughterhouses between December 1941 and December 1942, with hides from inspected plants falling. Officials cite OPA price ceilings and illicit sales direct to townspeople and roaming stands as drivers of the black market in meat and hides. The president of the Byrnes era warns that these markets withhold food from the public.
Jonah Logan filters through romantic intrigue as Hildy Channing plans a Saturday elopement with Chet Saxon to bypass her aunt’s fortune rules. He schemes to help while Aunt Meg’s will looms and a feared device, the Terrible Eye, looms in the barn.
Earlie Gabriel of the American Merchant Marine visiting his parents at 718 Fairview Street bought a $500 defense bond. The report notes his travel from New York to Port Said Egypt during merchant marine service. A. M. E. Zion Church steward board held a supper honoring members for service.
In Philadelphia he had spent a decade building a local radio presence and was known for weekly WMFR broadcasts, which will be discontinued.
Elyshus Pearson died Sunday at the state asylum in Goldsboro. His body is at Hoover's Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements with burial in South Carolina Friday. Survivors include wife Ester, daughters Parthenia Hill and Libby Pearson, two grandsons John David Pearson and Cecil Pearson, and two sisters in Washington. The girls Y W C A civic club reorganized on East High Street with plans for an Emmanuel Baptist Church program. St Mark Methodist senior choir rehearses tonight after service. Cherry Street Presbyterian Young Peoples Club meets at 7 13 with Miss Elouise Boger.
The record lists real estate transfers in Guilford County across High Point Center Grove Sumner Glimer Morehead Madison townships. Property changes include parcels on Flint Street Pearson Street Old Thomasville road and Walker Avenue with transfers among individuals and guardian arrangements. The Virgin Islands population in 1940 census shows 24 889 with 17 176 Negro 5 477 mixed and 2 236 white.
The column notes the robin as a spring harbinger and discusses its habitat from Mexico to Alaska, the English sparrow invasion and its reversal, plus a caution about gold bricks and gas-saving gadgets praised by Ro tarian as scams preying on rationing era motorists.
The piece warns that under current conditions the lure of more miles from stolen gasoline tempts drivers to be swayed by glib talkers. It cautions that prudence is essential and that gold bricks are plentiful in such schemes.
An ad claims a million dollars yearly for pile remedies and touts Peterson's Ointment as fast relief. The product costs 35¢ a box or 60¢ in tube with applicator and offers money back if not delighted.
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