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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1944
Page
3
W A Bivins muses on dawn routines during wartime time changes in High Point. He notes safety, daylight shifts, and morning chores, then contrasts a satirical remark about punishing war guilt with a call to teach children moral resilience to curb fascism through generations.
Advertisement promotes Bronchu line Emulsion promising satisfaction or money back with no argument. Claims instant relief from coughs and bronchial irritation due to colds. Highlights no chloroform narcotics or habit forming ingredients and refunds by druggists if not satisfied.
In Norfolk Virginia a sleeping juror led to a mistrial in a corporation court robbery case. The jurors were sent out for a legal argument. all left except one who dozed in his seat. Judge James A. Goode discharged the jury.
Financial snapshot for High Point North Carolina association as of December 1948 shows assets totaling 1 145 518 54 with cash, government bonds, mortgage loans and shares. Liabilities include notes payable funds and undivided profits with net worth kept in reserve to cover losses and protect shareholders.
The army advises editors against depicting the female form in army newspapers within the U S. stating civilian magazines already exploit such imagery. The booklet comments on morale and international relations while noting a brief editorial tribute to a New York artist and an Alaska publication.
Government forecasts for the coming year expect more rum and brandy for Americans but less beer and cigarettes. Treasury receipts from excise taxes on distilled spirits rise slightly to 906 thousand dollars, while beer taxes fall due to tax-free overseas shipments to the armed forces. Cigarette tobacco supplies are expected to be short according to the Commerce Department.
Tina Negro, a one room resident on a $22 monthly old age allotment, kept nine dogs and four cats in her shack. The court ruled she could not house them without rabies inoculations and sanitary compliance. A dog officer removed the animals to the pound yesterday.
Members of the Lincoln Park Gun club will host their annual dinner with a menu featuring ten kinds of game. The spread includes moose meat elk caribou venison rabbit wild pheasant quail ducks prairie chickens and Hungarian partridge.
Lt Kenneth D Williams an American flier shot down over Bremen in a November raid is reported in good health in a German prison camp. His mother Mrs FE L Williams of Charlotte was informed by Mrs Violet Bender of Oberlin Pa who heard the message via German radio. Williams crewed the Flying Fortress Murder Inc and German propaganda claimed his jacket bore similar words.
A federal court jury found thirteen individuals and twelve corporations guilty of conspiring to fix brick cheese prices nationwide in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Defendants, mainly Wisconsin and Chicago area dealers, used the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange at Plymouth as the price fixing hub after a over fourteen hours of deliberation.
William C. Burdett United States minister to New Zealand died today in Wellington He was born February 3 1884 in Nashy Tennessee and had served in the diplomatic and consular service since 1919 He arrived in New Zealand two months ago and his body will be returned to Macon Georgia for burial.
Dr. G Ray Jordan pastor of First Methodist Church Charlotte will preach the baccalaureate sermon January 30 at Duke University's second midyear commencement.
The veterans administration announced a total of 10,000 vacant hospital beds in its installations with 4,667 more beds under construction. It also said 2,500 domiciliary beds in soldiers homes are being converted to hospital use and more conversions could follow. The VA totals 17,464 soldiers home beds. A separate note states Texas constitution bars ministers from serving in Congress.
Two North Carolina Marines were listed wounded by the navy department. Privates first class James F. Hanna of Wadesboro and corporal Carl B. Taylor of Dallas were named in the casualty list released today.
The history notes Brazil’s economic pattern across eras shows sugar first, then gold, then coffee shaping growth. These dominant exports influenced regional development, trade policies, and social structure as global demand shifted.
A historical figure notes that twenty three million Europeans moved to the United States across seventy five years ending in 1905. This mass migration reshaped demographics and labor in American cities and industries.
On January 19 at 9 a.m. the U S Army Air Forces screening test will be given at Main Street School Thom asville by army and Civil Air Patrol representatives. Participating schools include Hasty Mills Home Fairview Pilot and possibly Denton. The report also notes Nazi conscription of European children for farm work and 40 000 to 100 000 social service jobs vacant in the United States.
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