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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1943
Page
4
The piece argues against Axis propaganda accusing the US of bombing Catholic Rome, defends American caution near the Vatican, and contrasts German and Italian bombings with the goal of urging the city council of High Point to uncover facts for the public. It frames church safety amid wartime actions and police duty.
The speaker supports Solicitor Lee Wilson's decision not to pursue a first degree murder charge against R. L. Honbarrier, a truck line operator who killed a driver. He notes the legal reasoning, acknowledges the investigation, and questions why bail was delayed from Easter Monday to July 19.
A wartime column argues Italy is near quitting the war as soldiers desert tactical units and surrender to a wounded captain. It notes civilian fear grows with intensified bombing and questions Italian resolve under Mussolini as Roosevelt and Churchill press for change.
The community questions if enemies within the police dept framed former Captain Jesse O. House and whether the FBI could assist the city council. The Enterprise urges patience while awaiting facts and cautions restraint amid internal politics and a split fire department.
Admiral Keyes and allied organizers are cited as criticizing Dieppe as ill conceived and ill executed. The piece argues the raid cost about 3000 lives and heavy losses, serving as a cautionary lesson on how not to invade Europe, with implied future lessons for strategy and sacrifice.
A collection of readers' opinions on Captain House and police matters, bond sales profits, comments on civil service, preventative religion, and wartime leadership. Includes Admiral Stark, NOCA chair Honsaker, Herbert Lehman, and Canadian Colonial Empire funding figures.
The article argues that if Prentiss M. Brown sticks to seeking Congress for future rationing, no more rationing would occur. It warns of delays, chaos in supply, and possible store collapses as Congress debates funding and authority. Brown aims to relax limits where possible and prepare for new items.
A fragmentary quotation asserts that truth liberates and endows immortality to its author. Echoing Hazlitt, the idea presents truth as a new substance in nature that cannot be destroyed and elevates the speaker beyond mortal bounds.
A playful column comments on wartime events and public mood. It jokes about keeping cool, notes a jockey injured at an eastern track but recovering, mentions bankrolls injured, and mocks Japanese patience. It notes Axis troops moving in the Balkans and hints at strategic supply issues and propaganda.
A compact digest of reviews and commentary on current stage and screen offerings. The piece notes reactions to The Moon Is Down on stage and film, The Skin of Our Teeth, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Somewhere in France, Appointment in Berlin, All Myself, and other cinema and theater items, with reflections from critics and correspondents. It also charts radio and press commentary from wartime Britain and America, including observers like Brooks Atkinson, Darlington, and Bob Trout, along with political notes on Sicily, Dieppe, and public figures.
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