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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1943
Page
4
A row of tax concepts and political chatter outlines the Rum plan to tax income as earned, the burden of partial payments amid Victory and Social Security levies, and the looming March 15 deadline. The piece notes public weariness, the Congressional Record dialogue, and draft-card enforcement after January 31 with penalties up to a $5000 fine and five years.
Surveys show American women show little enthusiasm for factory or voluntary war work. Only about two of five women without paid jobs are enrolled in voluntary service, many citing child care and housework. Lack of perceived need and public relations are blamed. officials urge clearer manpower data and improved outreach.
American forces in Eritrea held a Christmas party for about 3500 Italian children, mostly POWs, with presents, candy, and films. Invasion forces carried tea, sugar, and cloth. rice, cigars, tobacco, shoes, pencils, razors, and medical supplies followed. The aim is to show American generosity and contrast with Axis oppression while spreading positive American influence to neutral and occupied regions.
The Textile Workers Union of America Local 319 legislative committee condemns the sales tax as a wartime burden, urges repeal, and cites a $30 million treasury surplus. It attacks the wages and hours law, defends wage standards, and criticizes High Point airplane plant claims while supporting a High Point plane plant. It praises the infantile paralysis drive and calls for absentee voting law reform. It names S H Tomlinson, J G Suggs, Vera Britt, and E P Sands among speakers and supporters.
Peter Edson outlines a broad education for war effort as colleges nationwide lobby Washington for Army and Navy training funds. He notes enrollments drop and costs rise but argues the program spans far more than the 200 or so schools initially named, potentially involving thousands of institutions and hundreds of thousands of students in specialized military training.
The piece outlines an ambitious plan to educate up to 495,000 college students for war service with WAACS WAVES and Freshwater U. It notes dormitory shortages laboratories and qualified professors as major bottlenecks and estimates over 371 million dollars annual costs to keep students in college while under military discipline and training.
A veteran observer recalls a South Atlantic PBY patrol flight with young crews, near misses, and a later disillusioning dispatch about a merchant ship sinking. He lists several crew members and reflects on luck and shaving after the mission.
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