Jury Duty Dilemma and Speed Trap Suspicions
A High Point newspaper column critiques jury evasion and urges firmer judges, noting how speeding and war-era mechanisms may fuel a petty racket. It details an ambulance case in Virginia where an officer and magistrate allegedly used an unclear clocking and oath to fine a driver, hinting at potential falsification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Baltimore
Richmond
Justce
C. H. Crowder
Virginia
Magis
Trate
Lohr
Willow Run starts mass production after long build
The Willow Run bomber plant near Ypsilanti evolves from meadow to factory learning the mass production method. Ford officials acknowledge initial over optimism and ongoing changes as the facility hires workers and gears up to produce bombers for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti
Henry Ford
OWI
Army
NEA
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Willow Run
Meadow Land
Charles Sorensen
Rationed Doctors Urge Shared Burden For Medical Shortage
Military services cut back doctor allocations to focus on real need while wealthier patients forego luxury care. Communities struggle from doctor departures and rapid urban growth, requiring cooperation to avert a health crisis.
Community voices on war effort and civic duty rally readers
A collage of quotes from locals including C. E. Stuart on parental support for teachers, Albert Jones on blackout chaos, Miss G. E. Heathers on South American goods, Wendell Willkie on Chinese literacy, and several officials and citizens discussing wartime rationing civil service, nursing roles, and defense readiness.
Censorship Debate Highlights Price and War Aims
The piece praises Byron Price and the U S Office of Censorship for factual reporting and defense of legitimate news. It condemns politicized censorship and cites Alaska Governor Gruening’s charges of gossip and internecine leaks, contrasting wartime needs with domestic overreach and price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Price
Price
Press Association
Office of Censorship
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Gruening
Pureto Rico
NEA
Mexico Tops World Silver Output in Export Trade
The report notes that Mexico produces more silver than any other country, exporting nearly all of it. The rest of the text mentions a guill float in water but not in alcohol and includes biblical and literary quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Wendell Willkie
OPA
Mexico
Broadway Zoo Highlights Celebrities At Riobamba And Elsewhere
A panorama of Broadway nightlife features Jack Oakie in tweeds, Betty Compton with her new groom, James J. Walker, and many other stars at venues like the Vogue Gallery and Riobamba. The column notes Abbott & Costello and Moss Hart's penthouse talk, plus assorted showbiz chatter, guests, and satirical quips from midtown clubs and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Jack Oakie
Betty Compton
James J. Walker
Brazil
Zorina
Connie Bennett
Sylvia Fairbanks
Margaret Hayes
Riobamba
Vogue
Cary Grant
Babs Hutton
Saks Vth Avenue
H. B. Warner
Bonita Granville
Dean Allange
Clare Luce
Abbott & Costello
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
High Point One
Guilford Superior Court
Aldy
Don MacRae
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
North Atlantic
C. E. Stuart
Albert Jones
G. E. Heathers
Washington
8. C. Clark
Col. Rains
Dd. C
W. T. Winslow
M. W. Nash
WAAC
The
WAVES
Juanita Burgess
Nurses Training
Robert H. Walker
K. M. Landis
Dan Smith
U.S. Army
Hitler
Hirehite
FE. R. Whiten
U.S. Navy
Pvt
Leland B. Simpson
Guadalcanal
Coast
Rep. Johnson
McNutt
H. M. Moser
Burton Heath
Bataan
OWL
Faid Pass
Milton
Hell
BIG Town
Moss Hart
Pennsylvania
Dorothy Parker
Dotty
Stork Club
Jimmy Walker
Kate Smith
H. Neigher
Paul LaValle
Paul Schulte
Belleville
Schulte
J. Glaenzer
Cartier’s
Arnold Forsters
Ludwig Bemelmans
van Coslows
Esther Muir
Hollywood Hosp
Ruby Foo
Playboy
Midtown
J. Kennedy
Ambassador
Jim Farley
John Bennett
White House
Gregory Ratoff
Benny Rochester
Fox
H. Wismer
Blue Network
Diosa Costello
la Conga
Benny Davis
Manhattan
Columbus Circle
Mussolini
Cortlandt Street
Army Induction Center
John Powers Model Agency
New York
Abe Reles
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
Reles
J. T. Higgins
Dorothy Keller
Jane Frohman
Lisbon
George Jessel
Havana
Madrid
Latin Quarter
Curley
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