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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1944
Page
3
Locust front reports a massive invasion of Algiers as millions descend from the south in a blitz attack. Citizens are urged to unite and defend crops and city defenses amid a warlike tone echoing Verdun and wartime morale.
Supper for Youth Caravan Week began yesterday afternoon at First Methodist Church with a basement fellowship. Intermediates studied by Lee Williams and seniors by Archer Turner, as Frank Peery led a closing worship and urged a noble Christ life. Tonight more suppers planned at Ward Street and South Main Street churches at 6 30.
A Camp Reynolds soldier, moved by a film, lost both upper and lower false teeth during a show. The dentures were later found intact after the performance. An ad in the camp Daily Bulletin helped reunite the soldier with his missing chompers.
A witness recalls seeing waves of invaders over house tops with the remark that first the French then the Germans then the Americans arrived, and now the Locusts. The quotation underscores a grim series of aggressors seen by residents.
Clem and Maggie Willoughby famed WLW Cincinnati radio duo who drew 40000 letters on a single broadcast join Cousin Wilbur Pete Pyle and Mississippi Valley Boys for a two hour Hillbilly Jamboree at Willis Ball Park High Point. Doors open 7 p m and show starts 8 15 p m July 6.
Vice Admiral Ross McIntire urged federal support for nationwide health clinics to lower medical costs and aid postwar youth. He backed medical and hospital insurance while opposing compulsory care, suggesting clinics with shared lab and facility resources and consulting medical groups on implementation.
A quiz style excerpt asks what is the phrase piece de resistance and who Nokomis was. It also questions the term for the annual insurance sum, with a dated horoscope and etiquette hints framing the content.
Faculty representatives of Southeastern conference athletics met with Commissioner Mike Conner in Biloxi Mississippi to draft a program aiding postwar athletic issues at member schools. Vanderbilt will be the only circuit member not playing intercollegiate football this year. Fifty tons of waste paper will yield 735 cartons for emergency life boat rations.
The main course concept appears as a culinary course or meal component. The note next references Hiawatha's grandmother in Longfellow's epic. A third item mentions the premium indicating a higher value or extra charge in a pricing context.
Debris is being cleared from a mid town block after a Saturday night fire that destroyed all but one building. Fire Chief Bennette estimated losses at 250000 dollars and warned total damage could be higher when contents are assessed. The Big Four tobacco warehouse was the origin, with the Noland building surviving, while Central Leaf re drying plant and Dillard livery stables burned. Power lines on nearby streets were also damaged, darkening parts of the district. Tobacco sales supervisor Cheek noted two of eleven warehouses burned but the market would open as planned on September 11.
Hartford prepares to bury six unidentified dead from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus fire. The victims include three children, two women, and one man. rites will be held at Northwood Cemetery with Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish clergy. Investigations readied testimony for Tuesday’s coroner’s inquest.
Joseph Clark of Fairfield township says lightning does strike twice after his barn was hit in a storm on the exact spot where a previous barn was destroyed 13 years earlier.
R B Handy Jr, adjutant general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, says returning servicemen complain of lack of pay, limited rest, and perfunctory medical exams before discharge. He cites a Washington VFW inquiry and a rushed reconditioning program that places unfit men into infantry, with no army or navy reply yet.
To keep watercress perky wash it and store in a closed sealer in the refrigerator. This method preserves crispness and extends freshness, making the greens ready for use in salads sandwiches or garnishes.
Tar Heels Doug Cartland of Greensboro and Harry Cook of Forest Hills New York won the Helms Foundation medal as international table tennis champions. They tour army and navy hospitals hosting exhibitions for injured service members under government and USC Camp Shows. Cartland, a 1934 UNC graduate, has claimed multiple titles and now resides in New York City.
Australian captain Tim Healy, famed Anzac spy catcher and author of More Lives Than One, predicts Germany will crack quickly after American momentum turns the tide. Healy, once in the Somme, cites American leadership and tactics as key to victory, while recalling his wartime experiences with Healy’s Mob and lectures at Fort Leavenworth.
Taylorsville police hold 15 year old Marvin Sesthesie as a formal murder charge is prepared in the death of Police Chief Dexter Millsaps. Millsaps was shot in the hotel lobby while assisting a guest, Matheson, who fled but was captured two hours later.
Weekly roundup details OPA price and rationing news for July 10 week. Notes validity of Bine Af to 78 tokens, Red Aa to 7 percent tokens, and sugar stamps No 30 to No 32 for five pounds each. Fuel off, gasolines, licenses, and renewal actions also summarized.
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