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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1945
Page
3
A Washington report analyzes a looming food shortage despite peak W ar production. Rising civilian demand and larger military needs strain supplies for butter eggs cheese meat fats and sugar as experts blame government overrelease in 1944 and optimistic production plans for 1945.
An extensive listing outlines Tuesday March 20 Eastern War Time radio programming with multiple repeats and dramas. It includes Captain Midnight, Tom Mix serials, Dick Tracy, Superman, Hop Harrigan, and Chick Carter along with news, concerts, and variety shows across CBS NBC and Mutual networks.
North Carolina moves toward a statewide wine control bill to curb dives and joints with ABC board oversight over brands and wine types. The Senate passed the measure after debate while the House advanced local bills expanding licensing discretion for counties and municipalities.
In Granville county two forest fire fighters died while battling blazes. Charlie Fr. Cash, 59, died at his fire station near his home after a heart attack. Pugene Parrott, 66, died from a fatal attack while rushing to a fire near Salem township.
Roy R. Lawrence says reports from more than three fourths of about 150 southern locals show unanimous support for seeking a strike vote order from the War Labor Board. Results aim to protest delays in WLB wage order implementation.
In Brevard on March 20 the Triill Examiner Robert Denham dismissed charges by the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers that Ecusta Paper Corporation and two affiliates threatened and assaulted two union organizers. He also dropped the charge of an anti union campaign promoted by the Transylvania Citizens committee in newspapers.
Raleigh businessman and Catholic leader James J. Fallon died in a local hospital. Knighted in 1940 in the order of St. Gregory the Great, he is survived by his widow a daughter one sister and two brothers. Funeral service will be held Wednesday.
Washington March 20 Walter Montgomery a Spartanburg South Carolina textile executive will help guide French factories into war production. He is part of a group of experts assigned to the duty by the War Department.
Joseph Dunbar Medley admitted to police that he dated Mrs. Nancy Boyer before her death on March 12 and that he took her out. Medley, 43, an escaped convict, was charged with murder and returned from St. Louis by FBI agents. He is also sought by New Orleans authorities for the killing of 28-year-old Laura A. Fischer.
The treasury alcohol tax unit says 639 illegal stills were seized last month, up from 545 in February, 1944. The pace has slowed since the war began, with 1940 figures not yet matched.
In Jennings Louisiana two young wives of soldiers overseas died by poisoning in a tourist camp. Seventeen year old Mrs Sosthene Landry and twenty year old Mrs Roy WQueen reportedly died after a note left by both women offered no explanation. Sheriff Azenor Buller labeled the incident a death by own action pact.
Martin Hall, German born journalist and former German Underground correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, will lecture at Thomasville High School auditorium on Wednesday night March 21 at 8. Admission is free. Hall, expatriated by Hitler for criticizing Nazi outrages, has taught at Whittier College Read College Mills College UNC Wellesley Bryn Mawr and other institutions. He has spoken on Europe postwar policy and peace, and will also address a Rotary weekly meeting.
Raleigh dispatch reports the February State Highway Patrol logged 197 motor vehicle accidents with 27 deaths and 133 serious injuries. There were 2,941 arrests, 190 for drunk driving. 2,856 defendants were found guilty and 100 acquitted. Property returned valued at 38,101.59 dollars. fines to school funds 35,924.87. costs to county funds 27,444.64. highway revenue 30,836.40. grand total 132,307.40.
Beth, Dr. R. G. Jennings, J. Roy Proctor, W. B. May, and J. Walter Lambeth appear in a readable fragment of a local newspaper notice listing individuals associated with a community matter. The brief text preserves entity names and hints at a formal notice context.
The AP reports opponents and outcomes for bouts in cities including New York Norfolk Providence Holyoke Newark Philadelphia Buffalo Detroit Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Notable results feature Steve Dudas outpointing Pernane Menichelli and Jake Lamotta KOing Lou Schwarz, with several other unanimous decisions and knockouts across listed venues.
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