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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1943
Page
7
Senator Hatch proposes treasury financed political campaigns and a cap on spending potentially at one million dollars. He argues private donations fail to curb abuses and favors funding directly from federal treasury to ensure enforcement and uniform limits. He cites past investigations and broad reform aims.
McFarland urged repealing enforcement weak spots and relying on publicity to deter excess campaign spending. Hatch noted enforcement and state-federal separation issues, suggesting a population based cap. Current limits: senate 25000 and house 5000 with various exemptions. 1942 data show 170 candidates spent 800k across 33 states.
Afghanistan supplied Persian lambskins valued near 7.5 million dollars last year. Across the Great Lakes and Mississippi, 765 million dollars worth of sea going vessels are under construction for war services. Some lizards can regrow tails after detachment.
Hollywood star Jeanne Lorraine, wife of Roy Rognan, survived the Lisbon plane wreck that killed Rognan and injured her seriously. She vows to assist USO camp shows, knit for convalescents, and push for better performer support, planning to tour again and to travel to London when able.
Bob Hope heads Records to Our Fighting Men Inc a drive mobilizing worn old records from High Point NC and other legion posts. Cliff Lehman reports residents respond well while Victor and RCA contributors supply titles for service members with proceeds aiding new recordings for frontline troops. Local collectors urged to donate through drug stores as crews recoup a selective musical mix for sailors and soldiers.
Douglas Brown of Princeton University urged more than 300 attendees at the 24th annual Southern Conference on Human Relations in Industry at Asheville to avoid sacrificing domestic security for military victory. He spoke at the Battery Park Hotel about sustaining our way of life.
A dramatic wartime tale of thirteen American soldiers in the Philippines. Robert Taylor leads the cast as a sergeant guarding a bridge as they delay Japanese forces to evacuate Bataan Peninsula. Lloyd Nolan plays a criminal-turned-hero amid brutal shelling and a pivotal bridge explosion.
The Army establishes a 17 week fiscal school on Duke University campus to train officers as financial advisers for theaters of operation and service commands. Col E J Bean presides, with Army Finance Dept heads Col Kenneth C Royal and Major General E A Carter present.
Abbott and Costello headline Hit The Ice at Center Theatre with Ginny Simms Patric Knowles Elyse Knox and Marc Lawrence in supporting roles. The action comedy follows Bud and Lou as candid camera photographers entangled in a bank robbery plot chased by criminals to a mountain resort hideout with elaborate musical sequences by Johnny Long and his orchestra. Production of prefabricated houses in Russia noted.
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