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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1944
Page
2
Private surveys predict a six month to two year lag before housing repairs and new construction reach buyers. Auto production will follow a six to twelve month window as factories reconvert and seek materials. Rail traffic faces higher demand and possible service cuts with civilian and military needs shaping 1944 plans.
An anonymous Washington source links Gen. George C. Marshall to a controversial statement on rail and steel strikes described as a great tragedy aiding the Axis. The piece questions the value and motives of anonymous official statements and their impact on public understanding during wartime.
Henry J. Kaiser envisions a postwar economy where capital and labor join in a dynamic march toward peace and plenty. He cites new ventures in chemistry metallurgy and machine tools, healthcare clinics, oriental development, railcar upgrades and ships, urging immediate foundations to avert a crisis and proposing a risk credit pool to fund ventures as labor invests profits and risks.
In New York Supreme Court Justice John E. McGeehan denied a landlord's bid to evict Mrs. Eve Schatzberg wife of Army inductee Rudolph Schatzberg from a 1 1/2 room apartment at 594 Tenth Avenue. The case followed prior rulings by Municipal Court Judge Christopher C. McGrath who had refused eviction.
Mousse is a light frothy dessert. Gooses are pressing irons used by tailors. Halyards are ropes used to hoist sails or flags. Wisdom warns against worshiping past methods. etiquette suggests using fingers for finger foods like celery olives and pickles.
You are honest and kind hearted with a fondness for children. You adapt easily but should curb criticism. Your love is deep and home dear. Ambitions may rise this year with gain and employer goodwill likely. Discretion in love and social matters advised. Born today a child will be keen, mathematical, scientific, literary, and artistically inclined.
In Springfield a man tells his fiancée she will manage the finances as they approach the county clerk for a marriage license. The couple pays a $1.25 fee to complete the process.
Local-B. F. Johnson becomes secretary of the Point Perpetual Build and Association as H. Ellis resigns due to ill health. Bids invited for lake property development materials. Mrs. Ward recovering after tonsillectomy. Fred Andrews at Chicago furniture show. Frances Lewis returns to Weaver College. NRA campaign cost nine billion. RFC loans debated. Governor Ehringhaus cites motor license purchase limits. W. O. W. Piedmont Camp installs officers. Junior Order invited to Lexington January 16 for deed event. Mary Duncan McAnally resumes Salem College. Miss Mabel Andrews returns to Meredith College. Mildred Tabb to St. Mary’s College. King Tut tomb found near Luxor. Yarn market concerns may trigger textile curtailment. Dare County seeks more school funds. possible extra legislative session.
Twenty years ago on January 4 1924 police found ten gallons of liquor in two five gallon cans in the northern city section and brought them to the station early this morning. Chief
The January 5 to 9 air borne troop carrier maneuvers in the Sandhills plan 800 theoretical casualties. Red forces supply 50 faux prisoners to train medical evacuees. Parachutist medical officers will jump with troops while others deploy with glider units.
Sparks LA report notes Max Goldberg says the adjacent parking lot is a nuisance while a judge denies a restraining order stating no statute support for the development. The decision leaves the operator contending the site remains a danger and unresolved.
The 18th Los Angeles Open Golf tournament opens qualifying rounds Wednesday with first medal play Friday. Former champions compete against Ben Hogan Mac Smith Harry Cooper Ed Dudley Craig Wood Jimmy Hines and Jimmy Thomson as Byron Nelson expected to provide strong challenge.
Novice owner Voida faced two armed men in a liquor store hold up in Los Angeles. He grabbed a revolver he had bought two years earlier and fired. one robber fled while the other was wounded in the shoulder and abdomen. Police commended Voida and supplied extra cartridges.
Police Magistrate William H. Conway offers a $25 war bond to the first couple married on February 29 in Springfield Illinois. He jokes that the real cost of marriage comes after the wedding.
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs Frances W Dickson deceased this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them by November 30 1944 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This November 30 1943 R D Dickson Administrator 410 Gatewood Ave High Point NC
Washington dispatch reports AFL President William Green attributed a statement to Gen. George C. Marshall accusing labor of delaying the war by strikes. congressional leaders urged open discussion while defending workers and criticizing the anonymous source as harmful to war effort.
The British radio said a German broadcast reported Kurt Ferdinand Rothenberger, under secretary of the German ministry of justice and expert on political crime, was ousted from his post by a Nazi with political control in Zhitomir. No原因 given for the removal.
Notice to stockholders of Hugh Childress, Inc. announces a meeting on Wednesday January 12 1944 at 9 00 a m at the company office Thomasville Road at Highway 10 Guilford County North Carolina. Hugh Childress president signs the notice dated January 4 1944 IL 4 5 6 7 8 10 11.
A detailed radio lineup across the Eastern and War Time zones lists programs from 5:45 PM to after 11 PM including Front Page Farrell, Captain Midnight serials, news reports, sports, drama sketches, and musical variety. The schedule features Quincy Howe, Captain Tim Healy, Jack Armstrong, Lowell Thomas, The Salute to Youth, The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, Lum and Abner, The Mystery Theater, Gracie Fields, Fibber McGee Molly, Harry Secombe, Bob Hope, and Red Skelton among others, with comments, quizzes, and advertisements interspersed.
The notice lists ration items with stamps and validity dates including meats fats and pork sausage via Book four green stamps D E F G H I J through January 20 February 70. Sugar Book four 79 five pounds through January 15. Shoes stamps 18 and airplane stamp 1 valid indefinitely. Gasoline coupons by region with expiry dates in February and January. Fuel oil periods with varying expiration dates across areas and units worth ten gallons each.
An old fashioned medicated salve named Penetro is advertised for fast relief. It promises two uses: relief of nasal congestion and stimulation of circulation at the application spot. The product is described in a base of mut ton suet and offered in white stainless packaging at 25 cents, 35 cents for double supply.
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