High Point Enterprise Editorial and Staff History Note
The High Point Enterprise lists J. P. Rawley 1915 1937 and R. B. Jerry as president H. A. Cecil as general manager D. A. Rawley as secretary and treasurer Robert Thompson as editor The paper requests prompt reports of errors for correction. It is a member of the Associated Press and AP Features and notes copyright and postal matters.
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D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
High Point
Southern politics through war lens argues Solid South shifts
Roscoe Drummond notes waning Solid South allegiance amid anti New Deal sentiment but says voters will judge parties by war leadership rather than Roosevelt policy. Southern support for New Deal when war ends remains, yet wartime priorities may fracture party loyalty more than 1944 elections.
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Roscoe Drummond
Christian Science Monitor
Washington
South
New Deal Democratic Party
Drummond
Roosevelt
Congress
Dorcas of Joppa and the meaning of true motherhood
A sermon-like essay recalls Dorcas of Acts as a model of charity and steadfast motherhood. It contrasts Dorcas’s almsgiving with views on war-time womanhood, suggesting women will enter work life after the war yet cherishing traditional maternal love. The piece cites Fosdick and Gould to argue for a balanced future.
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Lydda
Joppa
Apostle
Dorcas
Tabitha
Jesus
Louisa Alcott
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Alcott
Lawrence Gould
Germany
America
W.A.B
Erie Basin
42Nd Street
Wellington Cross
Elizabeth Arden
Cross
Election chatter and plans from High Point residents
Citizens weigh election outcomes and council makeup while critiquing costs and alleged irregularities. Rhetoric covers sugar rations for Victory Gardens, gas eligibility for small farms, tobacco export concerns, tax collection gains, and wartime production pressures.
Lewis labor dispute hailed as war time test for unions
Burton Heath argues John L. Lewis risks postwar collapse of labor unity as wartime strikes threaten national resolve. Soldiers blame strikes for aiding the enemy, while veterans warn postwar backlash could empower anti-union sentiment. The piece contrasts Japan’s stance, timekeeping shifts, and a baby carriage boom signaling total war. Spring Fever prompts public officials to cut salaries reflecting wartime austerity.
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John L. Lewis
John Lewis
Organized Labor
United States
War Production Board
MEMOS OF A GIRL FRIDAY AND HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
On Broadway and in Florida the scene runs from aristocratic arrivals to wartime chatter. Names like Ruth St Denis Kay Francis Cecil B. DeMille and Ilona Massey appear amid reports of flights P-38s and studio moves, with society buzz about romances weddings and industry shifts.
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Tunisia
Martha Raye
N. Condos
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MGM
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la Bankhead
Erich Remarque
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Gus Edwards
Alan Hand
Peggy Tippett
Conover
Pensacola
John Ridgeley
Navy
Ilona Massey
Cesar Rubio
Mexico
Geo. Raft
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