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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
8
City Council of High Point passes an ordinance amending the License and Privilege Tax Ordinance. Provisions modify fees for bondsmen licenses, wholesale horse dealings, equipment taxes, and various fee schedules, with changes effective from June 25, 1943.
Mussolini ordered a wholesale purge of Fascist party members not serving the country with fervor. The Milan or Rome broadcast said the party directs removal of members who fail to meet the regime’s religious fervor standard. An AP report noted arrests of more than 7,000 anti fascists in Italy including officials and prefects, with others tied to separatist movements in the South Tyrol and Dalmatia.
New York stocks at 1 pm show Eastman Kodak moving higher while General Electric American Power and Light and National Electrics traded with modest gains. Department store and industrial shares fluctuated with overall activity slightly up on trading day.
A scrambled list of company names and stock percentages shows notable quotes for Penn Dixie Penn R R Pepsi Cola Phillips Petroleum Pitt Scr& B Pullman Can Pac Caterpillar Tractor Chrysler Colum Ga&k Consolidated Edison Nat Dairy Prod Nat Dist Nat Leed Nat Pow & Light North American Aviation Warner-Pac and other firms. The data include percentages and occasional prices like 156 for Du Pont and 94 for Penney JC, reflecting intraday trading activity and market interest.
Blondie columnist muses on aging and youth, contrasting Hindenburg, Pétain, and John the Evangelist, and praising the vigor of youth in facing modern challenges. Dorothy Dix notes in her calendar column that age is mental attitude, not birthdays, and Emersonian Concord is visited to honor memory of the Revolutionary era.
Concord June 2 1933 Mrs Mary Lee McAllister a long time Cabarrus County home agent becomes food conservation specialist with the home demonstration department at North Carolina State College succeeding the retired Cornelia C Morris.
In Thomasville on June 25 Mrs. Inez V. Farmer, former price clerk, was named secretary of the rationing board to replace Sam P. Heath who returns to Export Leaf Tobacco Co. Mrs. Farmer has long served the board and understands area rationing phases. Also announced were Ted Hethcock as price clerk succeeding Mrs. Farmer, Milton Jones as gasoline clerk, Lynis Cross as clerk and Lorene Veach as fuel oil clerk.
Thomasville news reports Thomasville resident Cox has been recommended to Gov. J. M. Broughton to fill the vacant draft board seat left by J. Henry Holton. Cox, a Lexington Grocery Co. executive, has long been active in local civic life and is a son of the late Rev. Dugan C. Cox.
Elizabeth City June 24 W S Halstead longtime legislator announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor after serving in the legislature for much of the last 16 years.
The North Carolina Association of Life Underwriters elected I. L. Tilley of Durham as president at its annual meeting in Winston-Salem. The group chose to meet next year in Durham with Charles P. Hassell of Charlotte named vice president, William T. Beaty of Raleigh as treasurer, and Alvin T. Haley of Greensborough as national committee man.
Washington reports that Secretary Ickes as petroleum administrator allotted 328000 barrels daily for civilian use through July August and September. He warned of inconvenience and economic losses due to continued curbs while military demand remains huge. The quarterly allotment replaces monthly estimates to improve planning.
Governor Harry F. Kelly announced no grand jury investigation into the Detroit race riots. The fact finding committee found no current basis for a petition, saying hysteria cannot trigger a grand jury.
United States bombers raided three Japanese bases in the Solomons by daylight, starting fires around runways and bivouac areas. Liberators hit Buka and Kahili, Dauntless and Avenger bombers attacked Munda Bay, with Wildcat fighters covering. all planes returned safely.
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