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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1942
Page
4
A noted quote attributed to Burke asserts that much mischief in the world stems from language. The remark underscores how expression can inflame or mislead, shaping public opinion and political conflict across eras.
A newspaper critique compares Governor Broughton's protests to Leo the Lip, a famed baseball heckler. It argues officials may ignore chronic critics, citing Leo Durocher and umpire dynamics to illustrate political pushback and the risks of protracted public complaints.
A column questions secrecy around the German saboteurs trial, applauds City Manner E M Knox for a 91.8 percent tax collection rate, and notes about 47 000 in back taxes in High Point with prospects to recover some. It cites FBI secrecy, public right to information, and impressions from local papers. It ends with a brief item from The States Board of Charities and Public Welfare.
The piece notes rising incomes and anticipated tax hikes, urging cities to boost current tax collection. It then pivots to a sartorial column praising summer shirts and discouraging neckties, calling for practical reforms and relief-roll reductions. The Fayetteville Observer is quoted on labor shortages as crops rot.
The Office of War Information notes North Carolina will soon train more soldiers than any state. Fort Bragg’s 67,000 capacity and growing, Camp Butner, Cherry Point aviation base, and numerous posts from Goldsboro to Elizabeth City position the state as a major wartime hub. Bus data shows old rural busses could substitute for war-related transport. Officials push safeguarding rural schooling while prioritizing defense needs. Travel policy debates unfold under federal guidance. Conventions likely shrink as districts cancel gatherings and the state association reevaluates its schedule.
J A Ruth writes to Mayor Knox and the High Point Chamber of Commerce urging stronger civic effort. He criticizes hospital shortages, fire hazards, and a defeated hospital bond issue, calling for regional growth and greater local payrolls, urging decisive action to boost High Point.
A reader questions a senator's plan linking government-paid oil transport to expanded shipments to avoid gas rationing. He argues whether the payer is government or consumer, taxpayers still cover costs through taxes, noting the effective price per gallon remains unchanged even with subsidies.
Each school will elect one representative to attend every meeting whereas in the past schools were closed and all teachers urged to attend.
A collage of remarks notes women barbering in cities and playful quips about golf crowds and fashion costs. It cites public manners, car judgment, wartime production, and quotes from figures like Charles F. Kettering, Philip D. Reed, Walter Nash, Werbert Evatt, and general humor about heat and rubber shortages. A joke ends with a boy asking his father to “lick up a row.”
A nickel plated waiter on duty at a New England States train stop is tipped by two enlisted sailors who refuse the extra coin. The waiter jokes that soldiers deserve the money and should buy war savings stamps. The sailors laugh and depart, leaving the plate with the tip. The moment inspires the man to enlist another civilian in the war effort.
A Raleigh Times abstract discusses housewives' push for ceilings on food and wages to curb rising costs. It notes distrust of farmer and consumer middlemen profits, calls for food ceilings and war-bond stability, and cites varied quotes on democracy and liberty from public figures.
News notes from Washington discuss Cordell Hull and Henry Stimson over croquet, Donald Nelson's War Production Board reorganization favoring regional offices, billeting ideas for war housing, Ford near Willow Run politics, Melvyn Douglas returning to Hollywood, and military police reforms. Also mentions Zero fighter losses and morale notes from Rev. Dr. Charles Lyon Seaskoles.
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