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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1944
Page
5
A 1944 column blends seasonal weather musings with war reflections. July is praised for easing into August as Normandy battles unfold, while light vignettes on ferrets, innocence, and a land sale notice mix with a public auction announcement from High Point North Carolina.
Public auction notices issued by the City of High Point authorize sale of property in Guilford County on August 11 1944 with bids at least 10 down and balance in 60 months. Descriptions include parcels along Mangum Ave Wise Street and Davidson Street with stakes and dimensions cited. Mayoral signatures by Arnold J. Koonce date July 22 1944.
Congress closes its five week vacation tomorrow with no clear plan to resume work. Committees will shape reconversion legislation to ease postwar employment for up to 20 million war workers and 10 million veterans, as major bills sit idle. The GI Bill of Rights and swift settlement of terminated contracts already passed aim to ease the transition to peacetime economy.
Washington authorities say distilleries will run 24 hours a day for 31 days starting tomorrow to produce about 40 million gallons of high proof alcohol. The extended operation stems from wartime expansion and a guaranteed month off normal schedules.
Campaign notes pick a presidential hopeful as seven states vote in primaries including New York Kansas Virginia and Kentucky. Dewey backs governors meet in St Louis to discuss policy while Fish and Clark prime for renomination with legal action and anti Roosevelt lines rising in Sutson era political theater.
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