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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
2
Fort Lewis Washington reports Master Sergeant Frank Leavitt the former 370 pound wrestling behemoth known as Man Mountain Dean will train to rebuild injured soldiers. He shifts from tearing down opponents to aiding wounded troops under the U S army program.
A noted Army figure, outstanding in service, led reconditioning instructors. He was among the first volunteers after Pearl Harbor and among the few two time volunteers in this war. Discharged in 1942 for a kidney ailment, he paid for his operation and was readmitted.
In Missoula Montana Dr Ernest O Melby president of Montana University warns a policy change on teacher pay is needed soon or the American public may have to teach their own children. He cites rising costs and desertion of the teaching profession as a nationwide trend impacting schools.
Poor Popeye Doylestown Pennsylvania Bucks County grower labor shortage may prevent full spinach harvests. News service report notes scarce laborers could leave fields unpicked and reduce crop yields.
Hal Boyle of the Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished correspondence. The 34 year old reporter chronicled European war events from North Africa to the Rhine with wit and vivid detail, earning wide recognition among colleagues and readers.
In Raleigh on May 17 the Norfolk and Southern Railway denied federal wage and hour division accusations that it violated laws by using trainees and learners on jobs. The suit contends the railroad employed workers in roles they could accept elsewhere. The incidents mark a dispute over labor practices and trainee usage.
In London a group of artists previews Britain's contribution to a fashion trade exhibition with watercolor sketches. Designs include an evening dress with roses, a feathered sheath gown, and several bare midriff styles. Some sketches propose luminous plastics that glow under certain lights, already used mainly for bridal gowns.
London fashion writers describe a new postwar look with an adaptable three inch hair cut and high hats. Modistes and coiffeurs offer ready made and custom options in Bond Street salons.
In Salem Oregon a proposal to dress state and district judges in robes was rejected by a Senate vote. The measure would have limited color choices and banned zoot suits for judges on the bench.
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