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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
5
North Carolina remains mostly cloudy and quite cold tonight with slightly lower readings in the western and northern areas. South Carolina faces cloudy skies with cooler temperatures tonight and Friday and light rain potential across the extreme south this afternoon and tonight.
Eyewitnesses in New York reported a fine view of the moon eclipse this morning. The event, not visible in the eastern United States for 48 years, began at 8 01 a m eastern war and the planet reappeared at 7 03 a m.
Dr. Frank P. Graham, president of the University of Carolina and a war labor board member, says miners did not gain more than they were legally and contractually entitled to in talks at the New England labor relations conference. He argues public misreading of the decision harmed government labor relations and notes John L. Lewis pressed the government but miners deserved all their gains.
Chicago report on Helen Tomaszewski and her twin brother Felix noting their first real separation in spring 1942 when he joined the marines after shared illness and operations. Helen, 21, reflects on their bond during wartime service.
Plans for a training class for trailer truck drivers and truck mechanics are being organized by the High Point city schools in cooperation with the U S Employment Service. Mrs. Rachael Shipplett announced the program and a meeting will be held tomorrow night at 7 30 in the employment office with P B Raiford discussing vocational training for war production workers.
Helen, recruit No. 7, expresses desire to stay close to Felix now in the southwest Pacific and announces she will become a marine. The Chicago platoon departs for training at New River for combat readiness.
Governor J. Melville Broughton told the North Carolina Oil Jobbers Association that small businesses are the community backbone and must be revitalized after the war. He warned against monopolies from big business while praising their role. C. M. Barringer was elected president with A B McMillan first vice president S C Toler second vice president Jerome Rosenthal treasurer and W W Parker secretary among the officers.
Soldiers want authentic battle footage and informative shorts, not sentimental war tales. They favor musicals, newsreels, cartoons, and classic films, and reject cheap propaganda and moralisations. They are willing to pay a dollar a seat for better entertainment that helps forget the war.
Soviet communique reports heavy German losses as Mozyr offensive advances reclaim 80 towns and villages. Vatutin’s outflanking thrust reaches Sarny and Dombrovitsa, with Konev’s forces breaking through near Kirovograd. German counterattacks falter. 2,000 Germans killed, 22 tanks wrecked, and 40 aircraft grounded.
Waldo Scatterfield of Roxboro loses a wallet with 100 dollars in a stall. He returns soon but the mule has eaten all the contents except the metal zipper.
Prohibitionists told a House judiciary subcommittee that pay day drinking and weekend sprees hinder war production and victory. Rep Bryson introduced a bill to ban beverages with more than half a percent alcohol by volume for wartime duration, drawing a large audience.
Four trustees serving five or ten year terms escaped from the state reformatory at Anamosa Iowa last night. The breakout followed a prior incident 12 days earlier when four long term convicts kidnapped two officials and a guard was stabbed prompting Governor Hickenlooper to order an immediate investigation into possible irregularities or mismanagement at the facility.
Sheriff Turner says Walter Lewis Shelton of Raleigh, held on a Virginia bank robbery charge, identified by four Harnett County men as the man who robbed C A Bennett fishing club operator and two local service stations. Shelton’s Jan 4 Stuart Va. bank heist yielded 3000 to 4000 dollars. Bail set at 20000. trial Feb 28.
Raleigh January 13 The state department of agriculture said 1944 intended acreages for Irish potatoes total 29 400 vs 226 800 in 1943. North Carolina shows about 12 percent less acreage due to poor marketing of last season's yield and unsettled labor in potato belt states. Other states cited include Missouri Mississippi Texas and Tennessee.
James A. Stillman former board chairman of National City Bank of New York died at New York hospital after a brief illness. He was 70 and had served as a bank director for 40 years, the longest tenure on the National City board. The report notes his death occurred while he remained active as a director. Texas is noted as the leading cotton producing state.
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