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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1941
Page
4
A compact religious verse notes that thought men should pray and not lose heart. It cites Luke 18:1 and an exhortation that saints will aid if men call. The line about blue sky bending over all adds a pastoral image attributed to Cole Ridge.
The text argues for strong executive action on wartime strategy including Iceland occupation and base-building in Ulster and Scotland, framing non interventionists as myopic. It applauds a plan to deploy bi racial Negro police in Charlotte as a test of interracial cooperation in policing, stressing the need for decisive national defense and orderly integration.
The piece argues Britain must shield the Free French in Syria and press for their inclusion in negotiations, warning that executing Free French soldiers could prompt harsher reprisals against Vichy forces. It condemns Petain’s self serving rule and calls for united Allied pressure to enforce hopeful behavior and sustain English victory against Japan.
The British move toward definite cooperation with Kai-Shek's Chinese government is noted as crucial, given China's large, war-trained forces. Japan aligns with Germany and Italy, committing to Axis war if Germany accuses the U.S. of aggression, eyeing Dutch East Indies and parts of Indo-China. Japan is poised for opportunistic war threatening Western rights in the Orient.
The Goldsboro News-Argus notes Wayne County watermelons coming onto the market with promises of plenty ahead. A grocery ad touts Vitamin C in watermelons and jokes about small boys and women serving them, recalling earlier melon snitching and green fruit. Senator Robert R Reynolds faces a volatile powder keg as he navigates large Army appropriations, while the Charlotte News critiques the Reynolds Bill likening it to a “let them fight anywhere” measure awaiting full passage.
In 1880 West Virginia a poor boy named Michael Benedum gave up his seat to a stranger on a train. That act led to a job in oil, rapid rise to department head, and eventually founding a vast oil career highlighted by Caddo field profits. The tale ends urging courtesy and kindness as life changing acts.
Capital Short Sh ots reports on potential excise tax increases affecting movie admissions under ten to twenty cents, liquor, codecs, phones, trunks, sporting goods, jewelry, appliances, and furniture. The piece notes a higher auto tax and a two cent match tax, with the broader context of income taxes not yet detailed. It mentions legislators visiting Raleigh, furniture makers opposing Henderson’s ceiling, and speculation about Frank Nancock’s North Carolina post and future revenue roles. It closes with Williamston water department chief taking a first drink from a new deep well.
The article argues the public remains in the dark about the Nazi Soviet front despite wire photos and press reports. It warns against complacent thinking as Berlin’s reticence may be strategic, and urges Britain and America to press their own efforts against totalitarianism, not rely on Moscow’s outcomes.
The article explains sponge substitutes made from rubber and latex or from viscose. It describes a process to destroy elasticity, then form sponges by a cake-baking like method using a gas forming substance such as sodium bicarbonate to create porosity.
The article explains rubber sponge production from latex by concentrating milk, foaming, and vulcanizing, with freezing to create a porous structure. It notes alternate methods including air foam and ice crystal removal, and mentions viscose sponges formed by soluble salt crystals. It also touches on aging materials and uses.
A collection of brief aphorisms and remarks from leaders and public figures. Includes quotes from John D. Rockefeller Jr., Thor Thors, a Berlin pig case, Max Sehmel, Nelson Johnson, and Dr. Alexander J. Ruthven among others. The pieces mix humor, patriotism, and political sentiment reflecting wartime and postwar attitudes.
Peter Edson reports on Washington moving into a new seven story War Department wing, a $10 million structure still not finished, housing only two or three departments. Buildings bustle with contractors and guards, private hallways for senior officers, hot air, and a chaotic, urgent move shadowing the capital’s office life.
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