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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1942
Page
4
The note cites Leviticus 7 and a line from Shakespeare asserting murder should not be sanctified by place. It presents a concise moral reflection on capital punishment and the sanctity of life without additional context or events.
Enterprise reminds voters in the High Point wheel district that only those who register this week can vote in the June 2 special school tax supplement election. Registration closes Saturday at polling places or with the precinct registrar. The district covers part of rural Guilford and is citywide within High Point.
High Point Rotary club lent its iron lung to Winston-Salem Hospital, with praise from Baptist hospital superintendent Smith Hageman for the neighborly cooperation. Fire department crew managed the device, which has served four times, including a Lexington student nurse and a local boy in an auto crash, and is currently aiding a Randle man patient.
The article contrasts imperialism and strong rule across eras, noting Napoleonic aims against national integrity and the shift from divine right to might makes right. It frames World War I as partly driven by similar power dynamics and questions the ethics of force.
The author argues liberal European nations united against imperial Germany and that the United States entered the war to preserve democracy and freedom of the seas. He cites Johnson and Bailey, contrasting Allied aims with aggressor nations, calling for disarmament and a global moral order after World War I.
Dr Glenn L Casto of Spencer West Virginia says he can make a rubber substitute from natural gas coal wood and grain. The substitute tire has already run 4300 miles and continues to give good service. The piece also notes decentralization in America and cites opinions from the Wilmington Salem Sentinel and Asheville Citizen about rural migration and staple flavors.
The state OPA chief Ted Johnson outlines shift from unpaid boards to paid rationing executives as duties expand to tires automobiles gasoline sugar and more He predicts federal staff expansion and keeps rail against early federalization while noting growing duties Litigation and legal staff under Norman Shepherd will grow The false light complaint from Victor Bryant is addressed and a governor race mention follows Introduction by Wade Bruton praises Clyde Hoey For gas shortages and voting logistics the piece notes low voter turnout and scarce fuel The page ends with a quip section and Leon Henderson price administrator reference.
A Cuban political leader in Charlotte praised Secretary of State Cordell Hull for promoting the Good Neighbor policy and uniting American republics to safeguard democracy, calling it a great force for regional cohesion.
Walter Winchell surveys Hollywood quirks from infant actors paid per day to a two month old constraint, rail depot filming at Inglewood, hair shortages fueling beard fortunes, Sherwood Forest superstition, war driven on location tricks, beards’ value, and dogs rented to studios for crowd effects.
The article surveys film production tricks in Hollywood and on Broadway describing explosive stunts with black lanes and powder charges, artificial fog, rapid aging of set façades, and quick construction from on-hand materials. It notes Vasquez Rocks as a popular Western filming site near Chatsworth and includes quotes highlighting gender roles and wartime sentiment.
A strong Republican delegation heads to Greensboro for the county convention. Senator Cameron Morrison supporters meet at 7:50 p.m. in the Sheraton Hotel. Labor workers and allies gather at 8 p.m. above the Happy Feed Store on Wrent Street with speakers C. A. York J. H. Adams Jack Kester and Arthur Harrison. Jimmie Faith Cal Heath celebrated a birthday with Wille friends on Hines Street. W Hammond Jr recovering from pneumonia. Martha Washington Garden club hosted by Mrs J. L. McSwain. Senator Tydings urged Hoover to take a stand on the Bingham beer tax substitute. The Los Angeles airship to be decommissioned at Lakehurst by June 30. Burlington National Bank charter approved.
R G Rinkle of Dixie Dairy has perfected a hog and chicken feed from buttermilk. The High Paint Red Sox Negro team won its season opener 7 to 1 against Charlotte aggregation. Carrier examination announced for Trinity post office vacancy. Miss Dorothy Neal to visit parents. Mrs. Robert Brockett returned from Skyland. Grace Kephart class meets at Wesley Memorial Church. Governor Morrison urges a general observance of Mother's Day. Genoa conference reports severed relations with Russia. U S Chamber of Commerce to hold 10th annual session in Washington. Quotations on politics and promises close the news briefs.
In Washington Eleanor Roosevelt writes of Elliott Roosevelt coming home from Africa as a major in the Army Air Corps aboard a fast flying boat. The arrival, kept under wraps by a White House spokesman, appears unusually swift and may have required emergency orders. The piece notes possible hospital care for Elliott after a germ illness and references the broader wartime context of speed, secrecy, and civilian-military coordination.
Scraps from a wartime bulletin show government pressure for voluntary restraint on consumer inflation and price controls. Figures like Dr John S Shy and Anthony Eden are cited praising or critiquing policies. The tone reflects tension between patriotic duty and economic Measures impacting everyday life.
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