Women on school board praised for qualification
The Enterprise endorses the appointment of Mrs Odell Pea Marsh to the school board praising competence and applauding efforts by the American Association University Women and the Parent Teacher Council led by Mrs R Herring and Mrs Blake Thompson. The piece urges more women to seek city council seats and recalls a bet over the appointment. It questions prison investigation led by Pitts amid concerns of negligence and calls for accountability.
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PHE
High Point
Odell Pea- Marsh
American Association University Women
Parent Teacher Council
R. Herring
Blake Thompson
Pson
High Point City Manager Knox to take leave of absence
Citizens of High Point learn City Manager FE M Knox will take a medical leave as doctors and council urged. The ailing official plans rest and recovery with hopes to return to duty in the not distant future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
FE. M. Knox
Knox
Red Cross Campaign Driven by Factory Workers
Red Cross High Point plants and their management supported the Society with half day work on time and half pay, boosting the Mannity Chest drive beyond its quota last fall. Five hosiery firms and their workers volunteered to repeat the act, demonstrating loyalty to those in service and urging others in manufacturing to donate to support the fight men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Red Cross
Prison Camp Fire Sparks Inquiry Into Racial Tensions
Unclear statement from prison director Oscar Pitts following a blaze at Cas county prison camp. The fire is linked to inmate Jack Filmore whose involvement remains under investigation amid questions about safety and racial tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Pitts
Cas County
Jack Filmore
Thoughts of Others Reflect War, Taxes and Services
A collection of local quotes covers postwar planning, tax pride, school funding, civil service concerns, and support for wounded soldiers. County figures discuss selling whiskey to the ABC Board, while others praise victory gardens, federal taxes, and the war effort. Messages come from Doggett Bowden Hoyle Loflin Highfill Barthamier Folger Gibson Patrick and Schock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
ABC Board
J. A. Doggett
We Want Hitler Concerning Rumor of His Death
A wartime letter laments Adolf Hitler being presumed dead while noting his earlier influence and warning that his return to command could alter the war. The author argues Hitler’s leadership harmed Axis fortunes and hopes he leaves Berchtesgaden to resume front line command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
United Nations
Herr Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Staggering Work Hours to Ease Transit Strain
The Office of Defense Transportation urges communities with war industries to stagger work times to maximize trolley and bus use. Employers and officials must collaborate with ODT and follow expert guidance to reduce peak demand and improve commuter comfort. The article notes women rarely lead such efforts and jokes that hens can "set around" and make it pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Defense Transportation
Wilson and the World Safe for Democracy in War and Peace
The essay argues Woodrow Wilson’s aim to make the world safe for democracy was correct and practical. It contends that postwar ideals require power backed by the will to use force, warns against imposing democracy, and urges preserving democratic power through readiness to defend principles anywhere. It contrasts Wilson’s cautious limits with isolationist pressure and calls for a principled, global defense of democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Hyderbad
India
Gandhi
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek
China
de Gaulle
Churchill
United States
Manchuria
Abyssinia
Spain
Walt Disney
Seversky
Washington
Bill Stout
Ford
H.p
Broadway Headlines From Wartime Celebrities and Cabaret Clashes
A collage of 1944 entertainment notes and rumors features Willkie's new campaign brain trust, Hollywood stars like Cagney and Pickford, wartime fashion and rationing, navy and WAVE duties, and Broadway gossip about marriages, salaries, and show politics. Public life and showbiz intertwine amid war.
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
Rcal News
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Pitts
Filmore
J. M. Neese
Department of Welfare
Lion’s Stand-In
Betty Phillips
Felix Leo
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
R. E. Bowden
Fisher
Grover Jones
Walter Crissman
T. (. Hoyle
Dorothy Highfill
H. C. Barthamier
Tam
N. C
John Folger
Disney
J. Lee Gibson
Internal Revenue Branch
M. L. Patrick
Arch. Schock
Mexico City
Democratic Party
Gerald W. Johnson
Baltimore Evening Sun
Simon
German Reich
America
Navy
Winchell
Broadway
Midnight Express
Willkie
Hunsgary
Herbert Bayard Swope
Jeffers
Carleton
Jimmy Cagney
Cagney
Judy Malcolm
Norma Shea
Benny Davis
Carnegie Tech
Frances Mercer
Norma Sheridan
Altar
Adriel Bird
Boston
Bob Burns
Dep't of Agriculture
Adolf
Guadalcanal
Africa
Carol Bruce
OWI
Vera Stedman
Hollywood
Army Signal Corps
Mary Pickford
Coast Buzz
Mills Brothers
Reveille
Beverly
Gea Lowther
NBC
Julie Haydon
Center Theatre
Marjorie Luce
Forest Hills
Elliott Britt
Benner
St. Patrick's Day
Billy Bryant
Congress
Ham Fish
Randolph
W. Va
Lisbon
Ben Warren
Hanson
N. Y
Puerto Rico
Joe Besser
Mme. Chiang
Secret Service
Leah Ray
Downey
Lloyd Pantages
Margie Hart
Chicago
Madison Avenue
Georgia Gibbs
Cafe Society
Hazel Scott
Lena Horne
Zero Mostel
Coty
Reid
49Th
Madison
Darryl Zanuck
Garson Kanin
Monte Carlo
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