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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
15
Salem news notes J Reynolds Tobacco Co reports 1943 net earnings of 18,562,741 down from 19,60,231 in 1942. Earnings per share 1.85 on 10,000,000 Class B shares. All time high total sales 414,263,939 with leaf tobacco costs rising versus prior year.
In San Pedro California on January 20 an arrest warrant was issued for Don Finch after he failed to appear in court for an illegal parking charge. Police warned he must surrender within five days or be arrested. Finch, a sailor in service in the South Pacific, said he would pay the fine if officers came to collect him.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on January 20 more than 350 tobacco growers met in the Conestoga valley to announce they may halve this year’s acreage unless the price is raised to 25 cents per pound. They plan to circulate a petition and invite OPA officials to Lancaster to discuss ceiling prices.
Aerial bomb train once aimed at Guadalcanal now ferries bombs toward New Britain. B 25 Mitchell crews fly low level attacks on Japanese runways near Rabaul and during missions over Bougainville and Treasury Islands. Veteran crews report light losses and confidence in future strikes.
The fuselage is the elongated structure housing the motor and space for passengers and cargo. The robot heart was invented by Alexis Carrel and Charles Lindbergh. A semaphore is a visual signaling device using flags or lights for Charlemor communication. The text includes wisdom quotes etiquette tips and a January horoscope predicting traits and life outcomes.
Lumberton reports an automobile struck a bridge over Lumber River and plunged in. The car was hoisted but two soldiers remain missing or dead. Lloyd E. Jarbo of the Laurinburg Maxton air base identifies two companions from the air base and Fort Bragg. Current is swift. bodies may have washed downstream.
A wartime ration rundown lists valid periods for brown, green, sugar, shoes, airplane stamps and gasoline coupons. It covers Book three R,S,T,U through Jan 29, green D EF F through Jan 20, G H J through Feb 20, sugar Book four stamp 30 through March 81, shoes Book one 18 and air airplane stamp 1 indefinitely, and varied gasoline and fuel oil expirations across regions with units per coupon.
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