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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
7
British doctors report on 10 000 women munition workers finds young workers have weight comparable to American peers in peace time. Married women under 50 show good weights, anemia rates lower among hostel dwellers, and married women with family duties reflect positive health trends despite wartime strain.
Tony Cordero formerly of the Des Moines Register Tribune, now with Army Pictorial Service and Stars and Stripes, has risen to corporal. He has covered Joe Louis tour and is scouting for the comeliest WAC in Britain.
North Carolina adopts an emergency warning system created by the army with state highway patrol and civilian defense. OCD director McMillan says information centers closed, patrol in Raleigh to receive alerts from a central command and relay to four regional divisions and air raid warning officers.
GI women at a Red Cross Club at a U S Army depot were surprised when five officers and enlisted men from a nearby camp entered on orders and abducted the WACs after the wrong bus ride to a local dance.
District Attorney Hogan's annual report details an Army private who admitted framing a robbery he did not commit to avoid Army life. The ruse led to a sergeant and the FBI involvement. both men were tracked, separated, and eventually apprehended after going AWOL.
Kessiam Tessuk, 45, of Philadelphia, was punched and kicked during an attempted stick-up. He received hospital treatment for lip cuts after the assault on July 20.
The name Ohio derives from an Iroquois term meaning great or vast. This etymology links the U S state’s name to its Indigenous linguistic heritage and regional geography.
Elsie Robinson recalls the Western custom of waving to strangers as a sign of courage, fellowship, and shared loneliness. She contrasts cowboys and urban travelers, urging readers to show warmth and friendliness amid isolation, noting the need for human connection across eras and places.
Chungking reports the resignation of Hideki Tojo as premier, linked to instability of Japan's empire. Chinese hope for a Tokyo bombing and blame the army navy rift over Saipan. Speculation centers on whether Japan will shift to halt the American Pacific advance rather than China. London says no major shifts expected.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced that Prime Minister Churchill will make a war situation statement to the House of Commons on August 2. Eden said the Commons would likely adjourn August 3 until September 26, with recall possible if needed.
Two Army pursuit planes crashed into a residential area in Jacksonville Florida killing two pilots and a civilian and injuring at least a dozen others. Houses were damaged along a two block stretch of Post Street with debris spreading for blocks.
State authorities report New Hampshire contains about two square miles of inland water within its borders. The assessment covers lakes ponds and other inland bodies contributing to state geography.
Rotary luncheon speaker C H Rhodes examined slogans and mottoes noting many are foolish while some merit retention. He highlighted Benjamin Franklin on thrift and warned wartime slogans can promote hate unless healing follows. Visitors Griff in McClure Mebane Nee English and Lt D K Clonniger plus W A Woodard attended.
Municipal Court Judge Don C. MacRae was guest speaker at the Moose Lodge gathering Tuesday night at the Moose Hall. About fifty people attended, including women members, and a supper followed the address.
The Spoon family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of their wife and mother. They also express appreciation for the floral offerings from G. W. Spoon and family.
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