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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
3
A 1934 local note stacks a cantata at First Presbyterian, car sales and a basketball win by the Purple Panthers, plus social visits. A 1972 item recalls a chair factory tie to High Point, a Greensboro car crash, school athletic club moves, and notable marriages and talks as civic life shifts.
Harvard economist Sumner H. Slichter urges a six member labor board drawn from AFL CIO and railroad unions to enforce a pledge, limit strikes, and revise wage rules. He favors a flexible cost of living adjustment linked to hourly earnings to curb inflation and proposes presidential authority to seize and run key plants during crises to speed production.
A concise advertisement for Dr. Foster's LK Spring Tonic promising quick relief from cramps bloating dizziness gas indigestion and weakness due to irregular elimination. Claims hundreds have benefited and urges use as directed on the bottle for safe, pleasant, easy relief.
Friday's program list shows multiple serials dramas and variety segments from 6:15 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. including Portia Faces Life, Captain Midnight, The Sea Hound, and Amos and Andy. News Time and war commentary are interspersed with musical acts, talk shows, and sponsor spots across CBS and other networks.
The Southern Aires perform tonight at 8 15 p m on the William Penn high school stage with PTA sponsors urging support for an enjoyable event.
Gov J M Broughton leads NC officials to Washington to avert a possible milk shortage after a three cent roll back in wholesale prices. Lexington milk plant owner George Coble says deliveries will pause until an agreement is reached. The plant serves 11 war contracts and supplies 50 000 gallons from 36 counties and out of state points.
The War Department released a list naming 478 U S soldiers wounded in action. It includes seven from North Carolina and four from South Carolina. Names and next of kin details follow for each listed servicemember, with stations in the European theater and the Southwest Pacific, all on duty.
A Pittsburgh war worker complains to OPA officials about rising cake prices. He buys a small cake daily, noting it cost four cents at first, six cents two months later, and eight cents now, with half the size. The bakery clerk says she only sells the cakes, not set prices.
A vintage notice promotes Penetro ointment for cold relief citing grandma style care with mutton suet and modern medicine. It touts 25cc size with a double supply 35c and claims relief from coughing muscle aches and congestion.
Lawrence Grove of Mooseheert Isl will speak at the annual meeting of the Carolina Legions of Moose in Charlotte on February 12 13.
Former film star Jimmy Stewart, commander of a Liberator bomber crew, has been advanced from captain to major. The promotion was announced a day after he had reportedly declined a higher rank until his junior officers were promoted.
The local Union of the Church of God will convene with St Paul Holiness Church Saturday and Sunday January 29 30. Opening session starts 10 30 a m Saturday with Bishop K D Christian presiding. A program is planned Saturday night and on Sunday at 11 45 Bishop Christian will deliver a sermon. The public is invited.
The Rev Mrs Lindsay of Winston-Salem will preach at St Matthews C M E Church Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock. The public is invited.
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