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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1945
Page
3
In Diego California on July 4 a city native from Winston-Salem North Carolina suffered death in a crash involving three staff officers. The casualty is identified as Captain Raymond W Hege a surgeon aboard Mitschiff. He was a University of Cincinnati graduate leaving a widow and two children.
A new law in Ecuador targets literacy by requiring citizens aged 16 to 50 to learn elementary arithmetic within five years. Violations incur fines from 40 to 12 in local currency.
In Sherbourne at the 229th station hospital officers served breakfast in bed to all enlisted men. Lt. Col. J. Kingsley MacDonald of Charlotte arranged an enlisted man’s day of independence with enlisted men acting as officers and a party at the officers club planned for the evening.
Heads of families are made responsible for sending illiterates of any age to school with penalties of fines between twelve and one hundred twenty dollars. The national union of newspapers was assigned enforcement duties under the law.
The 1940 to 1945 era farm population dropped to the lowest point in 35 years with 25,190,000 people living on farms as of January 1. Losses of 5,079,000 since 1940 due to migration, abandonment, and military service were offset by births, while farm and food production rose 35 percent.
James Tennant a retired farmer in Scarborough England has died in his 106th year. He attributed his long life to plenty of walking and moderation in all things.
City building inspector issues permits totaling 4060 for painting and repairs. Ten of 17 permits cover painting with J M Hoots and J C Henley vehicle. Notable items include Hoots additions 1675 at 213 Church street and Henley repairs and paint jobs on East Washington and other streets. Also listed: G A Putt paint 700 Willowbrook. Spoon paint 700 Arch. Stilley paint 614 Kearns. Marion paint 604 Kearns. Jaies paint 1400 King. Cribbs paint 620 Highland. Mendenhall Thompson chicken house 216 Hoskins. Gantt paint Ian English. Malpass reroof 620 Wise. Huber repair 719 Forest. Rickert enlarge 1208 East Russell. Also a note on Norden bombsight bearing.
Radio grid lists daily July Fourth Eastern War Time schedule with corrections due to late network changes. Programs span news, serials, dramas, concerts, and comedy from 6:00 p.m. to 11:18 p.m., featuring CBS and Mutual networks, with stars such as Tom Mix, Dick Tracy, Perry Como, and Bill Tucker names.
Pfc. Fred R. Romero of Los Angeles in Mindanao recounts a 14 hour ordeal as he hid under a boulder while Japanese forces paused to search the area. He moved at night and reached his base by a river route after observing enemy patrols and weather and hours of motionless waiting.
Army report recounts Sgt. Rex A. Leavitt of Gunlock Utah missing a target by 200 yards while firing a mortar on Luzon causing a Japanese ammunition dump to explode and burn for three hours after the commander ordered a return to his original position. Administratrix's Notice announces estate claims deadline June 13 1946 for Earlie James Gabriel deceased Guilford County North Carolina with Lilian Gabriel as Administratrix.
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