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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1942
Page
4
A brief medley passage notes that God is a spirit and those who worship him must do so in spirit and truth, followed by a Cowper line highlighting how rural sounds exhilarate the spirit and revive languid nature.
A Wake County Grand Jury and Governor agree on tightening state financial controls. Shortages in Revenue Department indictments span six years, highlighting need for stronger cash box guards and auditing. Governor Broughton plans emergency measures with Council of State to implement double checks before General Assembly convenes.
The article notes a proposed American mission to India to discuss establishing a major supply base for the United Nations and highlights the need to equip and maintain such a base. It cites existing North Africa and Rangoon routes, and mentions Dutch forces in Java urging a quick strike on Japan, with Americans awaiting timing.
The piece notes offensive war plans and shifts in production to India, detailing government restrictions on typewriters to ration supplies. It warns seasoned typists to protect old models as machines may be redirected to war needs, and calls for restraint to avoid platen damage amid controls on new machines and repairs.
The piece weighs the British raid on Paris suburbs amid wartime moral debate. It notes Sumner Welles’ stance on wartime targets, questions the attack's moral justification, and reflects on French sentiment, Allied casualties, and the broader meaning for civilization in total war.
The Danville Register cites concerns that Java could fall like Hongkong Singapore and Sumatra if the United States lacks ships to deploy men and planes. It argues Japan moved quickly because time was her enemy and stresses immediate action to prevent a conquest becoming impossible a month later. The article notes the War Production Board order freezing typewriters reveals owners’ dilapidated humor.
An old anecdote recalls a city visitor stopping to watch a farmer work. The man asks about the vehicle, and the farmer questions the device the man sits on while calling the older contraption an "off er- mnow-hay" that lacks value.
Dispatches from South Africa describe widespread unrest and saboteur activity, with explosions stopping power lines and raids. smuts government faces secession debate while domestic woes include food shortages, bureaucratic delays for dependents, and a drive to mobilize agricultural labor amid looming harvest shortages.
A reflective note cites a mix of views on liberty and public safety. The text discusses excess of certain people, the need to curb misuse of autos, and the idea that liberty must be refreshed by sacrifice. It attributes the quote to Thomas Jefferson and comments on state power and civil behavior.
A lively collection of curious NYC trivia notes from Walter Winchell including a rumored four million in gold at the bottom of the East River a phantom harbor history, the shortest Manhattan street Edgar Street, landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and Grant's Tomb, and oddities such as Hayden Planetarium's sound proofing and Bowery's past elegance.
A collage of colorful anecdotes about old New York City life, noting crooked politics, the Staten Island ferry opening in 1713, a Revolutionary War submarine attack in New York Harbor, steamship races on the Hudson, and City Hall’s punch bag. It recalls Fiorello La Guardia, Tiger skins, and Rockefeller Center, with trivia on theaters, courts, radio clocks, and the Navy Relief Show at Madison Square Garden.
A shotgun accident at 312 King Street injures a man as two fingers are amputated. Charles T. Leviness of Greensboro plans a V F W post address Monday night. Durham Bulls sign former Thomas Mills players Charlie Young Fritz Henry Romba Weston Aubrey Brogden weighs offer. Mrs J C Glass visits Gatewood Avenue. Sousa dies in Reading Pa. Snow and freezing temperatures reach parts of the Deep South and a new tax bill tops Congress agenda.
Twenty years ago a local news item notes the Shipman Company organized here with $100,000 capital for piano manufacture to be built on Hamilton Street beside the organ plant. It would be the first of its kind in High Point or the South. Judge Walter Royal faces a light docket for speeding and two drunkenness counts. Mrs. Agnes B. McNaughton of Samarcand Manor will address the city women on Samar cand girls training. Elizabeth Hubbard hosts St. Mary’s Junior Guild event. Farmers resent high taxes. seed aid cut from House budget. Bell’s devices and defense bonds rhetoric cited by Willkie.
Peter Edson notes defense labeled campaigns like Attack bonds and Attack saving stamps amid wartime psychology. He cites promotions bearing the word defense, cost‑of‑living shifts from auto costs, and public sentiment shaped by experts, officials, and journalists in Washington.
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