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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1943
Page
3
A report reveals Japan hosts about 50 900 kinds of publications published without definite aim or object, highlighting a prolific but unfocused literary landscape. The finding points to widespread publishing activity across genres and regions, underscoring concerns over quality and purpose in print media.
A fragmented ad-style note asks if Humpty Dumpty fell due to stomach ulcer pains and promotes Udga Tablets from Mann's and Drug Stores, claiming a money back guarantee and urging readers to consult their druggist for relief.
Washington will not be the same after Irvin S. Cobb, the sourpuss humorist from Paducah, Ky., visits for the first time in nearly ten years. He intends to write one or two pieces about Wartime Washington and is expected to lash the capital with comic blisters.
In a hotel lobby interview Cobb jokes about air in Congress and drafts a Washington physician’s “baking out” cure for colds. He praises Washington’s crowding at Union Station, muses on Government Girls as “bunnies,” and recalls WWI reporting, Pearl Harbor era tours, and his use of personal vignettes in war storytelling.
Mrs Lula Spencer Lewis widow of J S Lewis longtime Asheboro businessman died in Randolph Hospital after two weeks of illness following a heart attack at the courthouse on business. Born near Asheboro she moved with her husband through Montgomery County and Alabama before returning to Asheboro. Survived by son Lacy Lewis of Asheboro, daughter Mrs Nat M Harrison of High Point, two sisters Mrs Nettie Sellars and Mrs Corra Johnson, and three grandchildren. Funeral set for Central Methodist Church Thursday at 4 p.m. with Dr S W Taylor Dr J F Pritchard and Rev J W Braxton officiating. The Canal Zone housing shortage noted.
William H. Stanton of the OPA said mandatory ceilings on fruit and vegetable prices may be required under the hold the line order. Peach and apple growers opposed ceilings, citing perishability and market risk, while cantaloupes, watermelons, and several vegetables were discussed for ceilings. Regional offices would adjust prices to remove inequalities as about 100 growers and dealers from multiple states attended.
May 12 Greensboro calendar committee meets at Guilford County Court House at 10 o'clock Saturday morning to set the calendar for the civil term beginning May 31. Pueblo item notes a man named William ... changed his name to Leo Ward to take a job at the ordinance depot.
The seven southern states in the fourth war production board region received about 5.943 billion dollars in war contracts from June 1940 to February 1943. The total, announced by WPB regional director Harry G. Thornton, covers prime supply and facility contracts by the army navy maritime commission and treasury in North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi. About 15 percent of all U S contracts for airports cantonments and depots were in the southeast.
Anthony M. Johnson died at his home Sunday morning and his funeral was held Tuesday at 3 PM at First Pilgrim Holiness church in Thomasville. Rev. Bob Smith and Rev. Paul D. Trissett led the service. Pallbearers included Thomas H. Farwell Rufus K. Hayworth Hal J. Hill Gurney A Hinkle Harold F. Meredith and Jacob N. Wagoner. Mrs. Paul Trissell and Mrs. Elmar Warner sang. Interment followed in Floral Garden cemetery.
Thornton says national supply contracts remain in the southeast but overall war construction activity has declined from its peak last year with facility projects now on a smaller scale.
Stockholm May 12 Col Gen Jurgen von Arnim likely to go to prison with his soldiers and remain in Tunisia where he has commanded Axis troops. The Berlin correspondent for Stockholms Tidningen reported today no clear move to remove him from Tunisia despite reports he might have left.
A 3 alarm blaze on Winthrop Avenue drew Chicago fire apparatus into a tangle of engines trucks hose and ladders. The fire was extinguished in minutes with only property damage to a roast noted by a fireman and the owner quipped that it was a 31 point roast.
Pvt. Ralph W. Anderson of Detroit dozed in a hotel lobby in Albuquerque New Mexico and woke to find his wrist watch missing police noted.
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