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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1944
Page
7
Helen Gahagan national committeewoman and wife of actor Melvyn Douglas said she will run for Congress from the 14th district in Los Angeles County. She will be supported by G Vernon Bennett county central committee chairman.
A Washington tavern scene links World War II front chatter to a reporter's lens. A 24 year old corporal boasts of air ace feats while sharing drinks with a merchant seaman, mixing combat myth with tavern tales from Reykjavik to Tunis and Pearl Harbor.
We thank friends and neighbors for their kindness after our home was destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fise.
Fragmentary wartime dialogue shows sailors debating sealed orders and a loud–mouthed mate named Mac. The jumble mentions Uncle Sam, a pin gal, and a misnamed Jap-killer in a tense harbor scene.
The High Point Humane Society sponsors a scrap-book contest for city school pupils in primary through junior high. Theme Be Kind To Animals. Entries include illustrations or essays up to 500 words. Closes April 1 with prizes First 25 war bond, Second 5 war savings stamps, Third 2.50 war savings stamps.
American officials warn Germany's food production could fall in 1944 due to loss of productive land and manpower. Diet shifted toward vegetables, average civilian calories around 2,500 daily in 1942-43, with non-privileged urban workers lower. England may use American prefabricated homes to ease postwar housing shortages. The Bell family expresses thanks for kindness after Jimmie Allen Bell's illness and death.
At a crossing in Hickory a pickup driven by Fred Self of Longview collided with a passenger train. The truck was torn apart with parts scattered along the tracks. Self sustained only minor injuries.
Durham February 26. Duke Divinity School library resources are now available to all ministers of all denominations in the southeastern jurisdiction. Funds were secured to provide duplicate copies for a one month period, not renewable.
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