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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
10
A congressman linked to a Miami bookmaking raid argues gambling should be legalized. The piece critiques track betting profits and suggests a national lottery could win him votes for reelection.
Washington report notes the aviation industry seeks continued draft deferments for skilled workers. A survey from the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce shows 27.4 percent of aircraft engine engineers are under 27 and 55.5 percent under 30, excluding 4-F physical disqualifications.
The speaker rails against raids on bookie joints as seasonal, arguing they do not improve public morals. He cites Dade county as a comparison and claims officials seek to cleanse civic life while gambling, drunkenness, graft, and vice persist elsewhere.
The notice lists validity dates for processed foods, meats and fats, sugar stamps, canning sugar rules, shoes, and fuel coupons across states. It notes new simplified canning sugar applications by mail, thresholds, and that posters must include license numbers and states on all gasoline coupons.
On Guadalcanal March 23 a gold spike ceremony marked completion of the 1.22 mile Guadalcanal Bougainville and Tokyo Railroad. Seabees led by Earle E. Gorman built the line in three days, with engines The Admiral and The Captain. The first train moved at about 10 mph, using oil drum loaded flat cars and a purpose built caboose labeled Tokyo Express.
Henry Belgrade stopped by to visit expecting parents in New London Connecticut and delivered the baby girl when the husband rushed out to fetch a doctor. The neighbor acted as the midwife and assisted in the birth.
Washington report shows chaplains suffer higher casualty rates than most officers. From war start to year end 1942, 19 killed in battle, 19 wounded, 33 prisoners, 1 missing, 31 dead from accidents or illness. 85 chaplains received 90 decorations, including Distinguished Service Crosses and Purple Hearts. At year end 6,998 chaplains served, 4,255 in the United States and 2,743 overseas. Chaplain Brig. Gen. William R. Arnold notes 1943 chaplains averaged 19.4 religious services monthly and 14.1 visits to tal and guardhouses.
In Naples a Yugoslav partisan Lt Col Dedier and an American Col Johnson praise Stonewall Jackson’s Civil War tactics as a model for cutting large enemy forces. Johnson is wounded at Anzio. Dedier says Jackson’s methods inspire their struggle and Tito’s leadership.
Fragments describe special hymns from home folders placed in emergency kits guiding a training film titled For God and Country. It notes pre made band arrangements of hymns and preaching in civilian churches and visits to USO centers.
Rep Dickstein urged that America lift all immigration bars for Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe while Britain blocks entry to Palestine. Britain plans to shut off free migration by March 31. The Senate urged lifting the ban but the House Foreign Affairs Committee tabled the proposal due to military opposition and Arab sentiment.
An old ladder truck in Alexandria, Virginia, broke apart after an explosion while rushing to a fire. The speeding engine tore apart parts and scattered debris across the street, ending the vehicle’s service.
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