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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1944
Page
3
Readers see a plan to simplify the federal tax system with broad changes. The proposal would keep many workers with higher withholding and standard deductions while expanding automatic deductions and a flat two percent surtax on income after exemptions.
Coast Guard ice-breakers and the Lake Carriers' Association push to free Great Lakes lanes for a record 1944 shipment. plans seek deferment for 3,200 licensed officers and seamen while recruiting support from newspapers and radio.
The piece parodies Surgeon General Thomas Parran and Dr Clendening, debating the common cold and absenteeism. It recounts cheeky letters about skunk grease remedies, home cures, and humorous quotes, ending with a wartime diet menu excerpt.
Reading fragment discusses etiquette words like soporific venal bonito and dispotion with idle weariness. It mentions March 27 in New Jersey and a jail sentence for Mrs Martha Bernstein who paid a 25 dollar fine after a 25 day sentence, with cold jail conditions noted.
A notice promotes Ponetro Nose Drops for nasal relief to ease breathing during colds. It advises use only for affected individuals and highlights the product as a direct aid for nasal congestion.
At a Bomber Station in England airmen seek religious comfort amid danger. Chaplains report many crew members turn to faith after missions. even ground crews find strength in prayer. The piece notes Sergt Edward F Berowski’s perilous service and a mission where his prayers accompanied a pivotal crew victory.
Cadet Charles Brockmann completed a nine week primary training course at the RAF Flying Training Detachment in Jackson Tennessee. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry L Brockmann of 912 Fairway Drive.
Fred V. Royals, son of Mr and Mrs R B Royals of Trinity route two, has been promoted from corporal to sergeant in England where he serves with the Ninth Air Force service command. Pvt Everett Orrell, husband of Mrs Edna E Orrell of Jamestown, completed four weeks of jump training at Fort Benning and now wears paratrooper wings and boots.
A nationwide drive to gather musical instruments for servicemen overseas continues in High Point. The High Point Coca-Cola Bottling Co. sponsors the War Department campaign urging donations of harmonicas ocarinas accordions guitars and banjos to be sent to soldiers abroad. Local residents are asked to search basements attics and storage rooms and deliver items to the nearest Coca-Cola dealer. E M Greeson heads the local effort.
Charlie Chaplin may testify this week as the Mann Act case against him proceeds in Judge J F T O Connors court in Los Angeles. The government nears completion of its case and the defense plans to move for dismissal if evidence is deemed insufficient.
On Bougainville Island Japanese forces at hill 129 showed no signs of starvation or neglect. The pre-dawn attack on the hill 129 command post left 310 Japanese dead, many armed with machineguns, gas masks, and shovels for fox holes. The total Japanese dead surpassed 3,300 with about 6,000 killed since the March 8 offensives began.
Memphis began recovering after a freak hailstorm damaged hundreds of windows and crops. The storm sent at least eight people to hospitals, including a six year old with a concussion and a man with a fractured ankle. Hail stones seven to eight inches in circumference battered doors roofs and car windshields.
Two North Carolinians were among 74 casualties announced by the Navy Department. James Edward Poole electrician's mate first class USNR wounded. Walter Layman Poole of Fayetteville. James R. Robinson USMC wounded. Mrs. Martha F. Robinson of Winston Salem.
Marine Pfc Charles V Barr of King North Carolina earned the Silver Star for radio operations during the Bougainville landing. He diverted a radio ship to keep communications open under heavy fire for 60 hours, then moved to the front lines. Barr, 22, has served 18 months and is the brother of Patrolman R L Barr.
Nine boys from upstate farms formed the New York City farm 4-H club as city youth embrace rural roots. They aim for 100 members by the end of the crop season and seek to build a citywide agricultural program.
Greta Garbo will return to cinema after a three year break. At the urging of Norwegian ambassador Wilhelm Morgnstierne she accepted a role in a film about the Norwegian merchant marine produced by Lester Cowan.
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