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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
10
A Rogue River fisherman reels in a massive Chinook that grabs the best portion and leaves 18 pounds for the man. He fishes all day but ends without another bite. The tale comes amid a report of seals and sea life observed near Gold Beach.
The government returns the final thousand coal mines to owners except two in Virginia. Interior Secretary Ickes leaves the role of mine boss after 13 months as anthracite and bituminous wage contracts gain War Labor Board approval. Two soft coal mines in Tazewell County, Va., owned by the Jewell Ridge Coal Corp., remain in government possession for refusal to sign the wage agreement.
In Venus Island Solomon Islands the change from traditional craft to souvenir trade with Americans is evident. Native artisans rush work to please visitors, producing canes and clubs with rough shell inlays. The village, home to about 100, still holds Barnabus Church services while locals barter for dog tags, belts, and GI shoes.
The University of North Carolina announced the social studies event program for June 28 to 30. The conference is sponsored by the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies and the University Institute for Research in Social Science.
RCA Victor plans to flash bulletins to workers at 4500 factories nationwide via plant broadcasting systems. The system targets millions of workers with invasion news updates while at their jobs in this wartime effort.
War Department releases list of North Carolina soldiers missing in action across European Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific theaters. European area includes Sgt Hamlin Cathey, 1st Lt William Dixson Jr, S/Sgt William Finch, Lt Elmer Freeman, Lt Bernard Gruble, S/Sgt Roger Hess, Lt William Hodges, S/Sgt Paul Howard, Sgt James Jenkins, Sgt Jack Nble, Otis Mason, Robert Masten, S/Sgt borne, S/Sgt Jimmy Overcash, Shoemaker family links. Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific entries include O Chrisawn, F Jackson, Wade Pyattz, Pvt din W Slate, Joseph S Thomas, Robert Chapman, S Sgt David Haga.
War Department lists officer promotions from North Carolina. Names include Frank Davenport Gillam of Asheville promoted to major and Matthew Frederick Bishop of Lake Forest promoted to captain, with several lieutenants of Guilford College Richfield Wilmington Durham Warner Robins and High Point ordered to active duty.
Visitors to Baker's Sanatorium maternity hall in Charleston report surprise at a new sign reading No Children Allowed. The brief note notes the sign as a prominent change in the facility. Spain moves to ration cigarettes as part of wartime measures.
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