This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1943
Page
8
The forecast by CHAS A. R. WARDWELL for 1943 projects national income reaching 135 billion dollars and individual income payments near 133 billion, with per capita around 978 dollars. Despite higher prices, living standards may lag due to scarce goods, while consumer savings rise to curb inflation.
The War Production Board ordered every newspaper to limit print paper in 1943 to the 1941 level based on net paid circulation, a nationwide reduction estimated at a large percentage. G Chandler, head of WPB prints and publishing, warned publishers to expect further reductions later in the year.
From a year end appraisal Secretary Jesse H. Jones notes 1943 faces the hardest task of channeling scarce manpower materials and plant. He cites war production expansion, civilian labor shifts, price controls, and the need to keep small efficient firms from extinction while meeting global demands. He emphasizes manpower use as 1943’s paramount issue.
The War Production Board sets January 1 1943 start for new controls and caps magazine tonnage at 90 percent of 1942 for the same curtailment effect as newspaper limits. WPB consultant Donald J Sterling and Chandler avoid dictating usage to publishers to prevent a controlled press feared as ruinous.
The 1943 outlook from H. B. McCoy, chief of the Division of Industrial Economy, notes wartime output rising to new records. Durable goods, led by munitions, ships, planes, tanks, and arms, fuel a three-fifths share of production with December rates doubling from the start of 1942. The auto industry shifts to trucks and armament, while many consumer goods plants convert to war needs. 1943 promises higher war output but training, materials, manpower, and transport constraints pose heavy tests across both durable and nondurable sectors as the economy aims to be the arsenal of democracy. The report also highlights food and essential civilian supplies as a critical task, with 75 million pounds of pepper imported yearly, sourced mainly from Java, Sumatra, Thailand, the Philippines, and the West Indies.
Activities ofFederal business clinics described by the Regional Research Unit chief outline a 1943 expansion for wartime guidance. The program, run jointly by the U S Office of Education and the Department of Commerce, broadens to retail relief with the OPA Retailers Economy for Victory Plan. Clinics aim to provide rapid, practical advice through panel sessions, avoiding long speeches, with government officials answering localized questions. Since 1942 more than 200000 proprietors and families attended, including 141 Texas clinics hosting about 30000 business people. The Philadelphia Plan introduced mass and regional meetings, with agencies such as the War Production Board and OPA assisting. The Census reports housewives use over a million dollars yearly on blueing for laundry.
Walter F Crowder reports that wartime controls reshape peacetime business. GNP to rise to about 175 billion by 1943 as consumer and government spending shift dramatically. Many firms face reduced inventories and must cut excesses, streamline operations, and economize to support military needs.
Prime Minister John Curtin announced that the United Nations in the Pacific are being denied full aid for total war while Japan strengthens its position. He warned delaying any offensive would increase resistance when action occurs. The statement was issued in Canberra on January 1.
Salisbury news notes two major gifts to Catawba College for a new library to be built after the war. Administrators report contributions totaling about 100000 dollars including 50000 in cash and similar pledges. The item also recalls historical notes on a 1878 New Haven telephone exchange and Churchill’s wall at Chartwell.
The text presents a mix of trivia and historical notes including Liberia's founding link to American aid, Mary Booth of the Salvation Army, a 1892 boxing bout at Coney Island, a note on the victory tax, and a baking substitution for sour milk. It reads like a quiz feature with concise factual tidbits and old-time trivia.
The chief of the Small Business Unit, Department of Commerce, discusses how small firms cope with wartime pressures. Discontinuances vary by region and industry, new entries shrink, and a net retail shrinkage in 1942-43 is feared without remedial action. Remedies include education, tapping female and disabled workers, and reallocating small plants to war production to boost overall output.
The listing shows a dense, channel wide schedule of radio programs for Friday January 1 with multiple bowls football games, serials, music, news, adventures and comedy blocks. Notable items include Orange Bowl Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl football broadcasts, The Rose Bowl coverage, Mother and Dad, Sing Along, Ben Bernie, Don Winslow of Navy, Lowell Thomas News, Captain Midnight repeats, Amos and Andy, Rex Stout, The Cisco Kid, War broadcasts, and dance shows culminating with late night Variety and News.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.