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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
3
In Normandy, American Rangers captured a German ammunition dump and found hundreds of large metal bullets. A German medic treated wounded others as rifle fire broke their ditch line. A separate note covers PAC political activity and a second Army-Navy E award for Springs Cotton Mills in South Carolina.
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses human growth as a precise, nature driven engineering feat. He describes proportions from childhood to adulthood, the roles of the thyroid pituitary and gonads, and tests for anemia and a potassium rich diet for arthritis patients.
Washington June 13 War Department announced Col. Henry N. Sumner native of Hertford North Carolina has been awarded the Legion of Merit for effective leadership in procurement and recruitment as chief of the division later known as the procurement branch of the Adjutant General's Office In October 1942 he gained jurisdiction over recruiting and enlistments reached a monthly high in the army's history.
Boys in Johnstown Pennsylvania devise a unique fundraiser for their troop with rabbit feet selling for 1 dollar each. The article notes a comparison to magnesium and aluminum weights and mentions the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Rev H W Fields of Durham conducts a week long revival at Mars Hill Holiness church with nightly public invitations. Heavenly Gospel Singers perform Fathers Day program Sunday night June 18 at Gethsemane Baptist church. Reverend Paul Carter of Brooks' Memorial church to speak at Pearce Memorial A M E church Wednesday 8 pm. Missionary Circle of Temple Memorial Baptist to meet June 15 at 8 pm at 412 West Willis. Fathers Day program June 18 at St Mark led by Rev L Preston Whitten. Miss Lela Thompson given a surprise birthday party by friends. Eula J and Delnis Bradley birthday twins celebrated June 7 8. Pvt Ester Smith noted as spending a brief time...
Washington June 13 Finland plans to cover the June 15 World War I debt installment to the United States using funds in the United States to meet about 140000 dollars in interest. A license from the Treasury Foreign Funds Control division is required. an application has been filed. Finland has never defaulted, though some pauses occurred during the 1939 40 war with Russia. The State Department has stiffened toward Finland recently, blacklisting firms and labeling the government pro Nazi, while Urho Toivola stressed Finland will meet its international obligations as long as possible.
Charlotte industrialist W Irving Bullard announces a new plastic for cotton plants. The material uses finely woven army duck treated with a resin compound and cured under heat and pressure. It aims to replace rawhide leather fiber and hard rubber in loom replacement parts.
Furlough visits his wife Mrs. Ossie L. Smith at 521 Grayson Street along with Miss Ruth Caldwell of Newark and Mrs. Washtie Caldwell, daughter in law of Washington. They are here with their mother and mother in law who has been taken to High Point Memorial hospital.
A coroner's jury in Yackinvile exonerated Deputy Sheriff W E Wishon in the fatal shooting of Henry Newman 29. The jury found Ray Graham Washington D C son in law of Sheriff A L Inscore not to blame in the shooting of Conrad Bell 28 of Roaring River. The inquest said Newman and Bell were found at Yadkin Grocery removing sugar and the shooting followed resistance to arrest. Bell was taken to North Wilkesboro hospital in not serious condition. Nearly 1000 German retail food shops get refrigeration cabinets for frosted foods.
The CIO Political Action Committee expands its reach with 14 regional offices and worker registration drives. It advocates a pro labor congress, endorses Roosevelt for a fourth term, and pushes activities from factories to homes as scrutiny from Rep. Smith grows over alleged illegal labor funding.
India imposes a ban on drills conducted by non official volunteer military groups. The move aims to regulate paramilitary training activities and curb unregistered exercises. Officials say the restriction targets unauthorized formations and reinforces national security protocols.
A modern medical discovery called Tromone combines vitamins and hormones to renew energy and zest for life in middle aged men. The product is marketed by Mann Drug with directions on the label and available at druggists.
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