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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1944
Page
6
Report notes male laborers in Portuga l earn 68 cents per day. In Cuba shark liver is sold for two to four cents a pound, reflecting regional economic conditions and commodity pricing.
Seaman 1st Class Henry Clay Wallace of Rockingham and Seaman 1st Class Morris Albert Horne of Beulaville received letters of commendation from the chief of naval personnel for gallantry during the Anzio invasion in January. Both served with the armed guard aboard the S.S. Samuel Huntington during actions against enemy aircraft January 26 to 29.
The list details daily film lineups with titles and stars including Double Indemnity, Meet the People, Phantom Lady, Crime Doctor's Strangest Case, Purple Heart, Ladies in Washington, Gaslight, and The Uninvited. It notes cartoons, serials, and stage acts such as Air WAC Show and Showboat Serenade, plus Movietone News and other brief items.
Errol Flynn and Paul Lukas headline Uncertain Glory at Center Theatre on Friday and Saturday. The film follows five days in the lives of a French criminal Jean Picard and inspector Bonet as Nazi-occupied France tests their unlikely alliance and resolve.
Worcester Mass July 15. Thomas Joseph Noonan 14 a World War II veteran decided to finish his education in the fall. He graduated from junior high school and ran away months ago to enlist in the Navy but was sent back when his age was discovered.
In this column leading figures like Sammy Kaye are featured as the author reflects on the importance of phonograph records for soldiers overseas. He recalls a Yank in North Africa and a POW in Germany who valued his records as a touch of home and notes Tokyo Rose’s broadcasts but the soldiers’ reply is they will return home after dancing to those records.
The inquiry notes whether kites were employed in active warfare. It questions how close German lines approached Paris in World War I and estimates fatalities from air raids over England during the same conflict.
A compact clipping blends etiquette notes with a July 17 horoscope. It highlights door manners and brevity in charity, then profiles a self reliant, resourceful July birth. It forecasts a bright home life but possible sorrow through an aged relative and financial changes in the coming year.
A reader is told that a day will bring an eventful life and a fortunate path. The prophecy speaks of very high intellect and a promising career.
The text notes kites as required gear for every U S Merchant Marine ship to shield against dive bombers, with wire cables able to sever wings or foul propellers. It also mentions a distance of fourteen miles and the claim that 1,400 Britons were killed by air raids during 1914 18.
Music and comedy highlight the Center Theatre film Meet the People starring Lucille Ball as a Broadway star and Dick Powell as a socially conscious playwright. Bert Lahr appears in a comic role with supporting acts by Rags Ragland Virginia O'Brien June Allyson Spike Jones Vaughn Monroe and more.
Manuel McGuire 47 of Connelly Springs route 2 was killed when lightning struck an outbuilding where he and his 13 year old son Forrest William stood. The boy was badly burned and hospitalized at Valdese. Services for McGuire will be held at Warlicks Baptist church in Burke county. Survived by wife four daughters and his parents. A World War I veteran.
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