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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1944
Page
5
GOP leaders in Chicago work on drafting a campaign platform to back a House candidate. The plan aims to name a nominee at the convention retreat amid calls praising Dewey Johnson Stassen and Byrd. Delegates discuss a coalition ticket and a national campaign outline with North Carolina and California figures noted.
In SHE Magazine Roberts asks why men feel pressured to join groups while many women prefer group settings with men absent. The piece explores social norms, group identity, and expectations shaping male and female behavior.
A receiver under an ongoing High Point case will sell by public auction all assets of the Alder man Photo Company at 320 Street High Point NC. The sale includes equipment furniture stock and realty equity with first lien of about 13 400 dollars. Sale set for July 20 1944 at 11 AM.ings open for inspection in the National Bank Building High Point NC.
Greensboro reports William Joseph Dundeen, a discharged soldier and former Burlington aircraft worker, was docketed today in superior court on first degree murder for the May 9 fatal shooting of Lara Elizabeth Riley in Gibsonville. A 75-member jury panel was ordered for possible service. witnesses say the victim was ambushed from a rosebush as she crossed a Gibsonville street en route to a grocery, with Dundeen previously shown attention.
North Carolina Legion delegates endorse creating a full-time service officer for each county to aid war veterans with claims. George K. Snow of Mt. Airy was authorized to appoint a study committee as commander. Other officers elected include Edgar K. Bain, L. A. Watts, Thad G. Stem, WW. Bryan Bode, and Ralph Schell with multiple division vice-commanders named. Delegates to the national convention were chosen.
The Mothers Prayer Band will meet Thursday at 2 30 PM at 1503 King Street. Mrs A G Carson will speak. The event appears in a church notice along with a church picnic planned by the Ladies' Aid Society at 7 PM Friday on the Hackler lot next to 505 Fast State Street.
Central Press profiles Lin Roberts a World War II air forces cameraman whose work merges with civilian newsreels. He trains in Hollywood and shoots ground crew and combat action for the Combat Film Detachment, delivering 35 mm footage to New York for the Weekly Digest and other war documentaries.
Fast dealer East defended a doubled contract badly, turning a 700 point penalty into 100. West led ace heart, later shifted to diamonds. East won with king and foiled defense, while declarer and West navigated a complex endgame in clubs and spades.
It was stated this morning that attendees are hoped to be numerous for the picnic supper to be held, with plans and time to be announced.
Washington reports military leaders view the Nazi flying bomb as a fizzle not a game changer. The weapon, an explosive rocket plane with limited range and inaccuracy, failed to halt invasion plans. German targets were London and invasion fleets, but Allied air and ground forces pushed into Normandy.
The High Point sub-district of the Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold an installation service Thursday at eight o'clock at South Main Methodist Church. All local Methodist churches are urged to attend to witness the new sub-district officers being installed.
The Woodmen Circle holds its regular monthly social gathering this evening at 8 o'clock at the hall on West Commerce Street, per today's announcement.
Lt. Col Cyrus F Markle Jr, 31, West Penn Hospital surgeon on leave after 21 months in New Guinea, says fever is now the main enemy for troops. He notes most patients face fever with typhus the worst due to heart damage and four months out of action, but mortality is low. He adds no risk of tropical fever returning soldiers home as the Army won’t discharge until fully cured.
A cocker spaniel named Gremlin entered the Sun's classified department in Clearwater Florida in response to a want ad. The dog's action highlights the reach of local ads and the unusual responses they can evoke.
A Craigsville Virginia correspondent asks Dr Clendening about how long germs of tuberculosis venereal diseases and scarlet fever stay outside the body. The piece explains tuberculosis can persist indefinitely in some forms and outlines transmission through milk contact and fomites, noting measles chickenpox and mumps are highly contagious by direct contact while scarlet fever is moderately contagious and needs strict isolation and fumigation after illness.
Mrs O L Austin placed an ad for her dog whose identity was confirmed by a phone description to Mrs Arnold. A taxicab was sent to bring Grethlin home after the owner identified him.
J G Ellis Richard Staley and Staley's son Billy watched a commotion in the river. A large fish chased a one pounder, causing the smaller fish to leap from the water and land on the river bank before it vanished.
Witnesses say the man died without visible injury after a sudden collapse. The group concluded his death resulted from fright, leaving no apparent cause or identifiable wounds.
The food canning business, which normally processes about 13 billion cans annually, traces its roots to Napoleonic times and early experiments in preserving foods for military supply.
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