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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1945
Page
4
The piece argues that English wives of American soldiers should embrace the American idea of future prospects over security. It praises a Time excerpt from A Bride's Guide to the USA and urges new British citizens to influence government with courage and a belief in individual opportunity.
An aged Colombian woman, 101, reportedly gave birth to a son before dying. The community notes extend to her long life and potential descendants while dodging broader claims about accuracy of regional papers.
A St Louis Post-Dispatch column notes that hosiery workers including professors' wives in Carrboro join the war effort by taking hosiery mill jobs while admonishing against monopolies. It mentions Japanese forces retreating in Burma and criticizes a favored-instrument approach to aviation regulation in favor of competition.
Washington reports explain a 1945 sugar shortage driven by reduced domestic and offshore production, wartime demands, and lend-lease relief programs. Prior offshore sources such as Cuba and Hawaii declined due to labor shifts, drought, and fertilizer cuts, while Cuba briefly boosted exports yet wartime needs still cut civilian sugar.
Wartime research groups including the U S forest service laboratory in Madison Wisconsin and a Eugene Oregon plant are testing high grade alcohol made from wood chips and sawdust. Officials say a ton of chips can yield about 60 gallons of alcohol at costs lower than grain based production.
The writer notes future manufacturers must resist the term wood alcohol as sawdust and wood chips yield versatile products. Forest Service scientists turn sawdust into gasoline and lubricants, and even enable nonparachute drops of goods. They also showcase wooden soles as durable footwear for tropics.
In remarks on the war's nearing end, the speaker argues Germany is disintegrating and morale is collapsed while noting the transition from two wars to one. The United States has played the principal role since 1943, especially on the western front after the Normandy landing, supplying manpower beyond allies.
By George Sokolsky, the piece argues that the United States bore the Pacific war, supplying Russia and Britain and fighting key battles in the West and East. It credits American leadership in campaigns from the Philippines to Iwo Jima and stresses postwar self government for conquered areas while warning against reliance on allies without shared ideals.
A bustling Broadway vignette captures ex mayor Jimmy Walker offering a signature, stars like James Melton and Grace Hartman in midtown traffic, and social buzz from Central Park South to Shubert Alley. Anecdotes cover radio contracts, Hollywood cabals, and wartime liquor rules amid city nightlife chatter.
A collage of song lyrics and showbiz mentions traverses Nightlife features with romantic imagery and disillusion. References include Marguerite Chapman at The Orchid Garden and Bertley stars like Nora Sheridan, Mills Brothers, and Count Basie on assorted venues from Lindy’s to Zanzibar. A closing panel notes private Breger Abroad with satirical cartoons.
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