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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1942
Page
7
Summer shoe trends show bold color use and lavish trims with red, white, blue dominating. Leather shortages push practical classics and new open designs, including sandals, sling pumps, and country platforms, all featuring eye catching details and bright hues.
J M Thomas chairman of the Republican Executive committee of High Point Township sent out a letter to business men and others pledging active civic effort. He urges local men to take interest in the city’s improvement and beautification, arguing that civic benevolence yields greater business pride and character in the town.
RALEIGH May 26 The Southern Retail Furniture Association scheduled talks by J A Lewis of Salisbury Paul W Casey of High Point W B Dowdy of New Bern N S Garret of Ahoskie and Ed Weir of Grand Rapids Mich William J Cheyney executive vice president of the National Retail Furniture Association told about 200 dealers to put aside too much hope of sizeable profits He predicted the furniture merchant will face the challenge of maintaining the status quo in the coming year
An unidentified airplane pilot circled over Kistler Funeral Home in Darlington to warn of a fire. Police and firemen responded. damage estimated at 10,000 to 12,000 dollars. Employee Carlisle Rogers was severely burned while trapped upstairs and remained in serious condition at McLeod infirmary in Florence.
In a tense interlude of the serial, Nigel, Fay, and Myra debate Fay’s break into chorus work in New York and how to handle Baldy Brien. Peggy overhears plans to halt Fay while Baldy plots to leverage Peggy, imagining a bargain to influence Fay’s choices as the circle plots a cautious exit to the woods and island.
Fort Knox Ky May 26 Diploma awards designate graduates from the Armored Force School Communication Department as qualified radio operators. Lt Col Leslie F. Lawrence directs 14 week course with Pvt Grover T Cromer among the graduates. Students learned Morse code, operated classroom transmitter tables, to join the armored division quick radio network.
Local 319 Textile Workers Union of America adopted a resolution urging Reynolds removal from the Senate Committee on Military Affairs chair and calling for a Senate investigation of his fitness. The measure denounces his post 1938 praise of Nazi Germany and endorsement of Gerald K. Smith’s fascist paper.
Private Ted R. Denning has arrived in Ireland where he is stationed with United States Army forces, according to word received by his brother B C Denning of Centennial Avenue. He has been in service since last December.
The union records a resolution urging the Senate to remove Robert Reynolds as chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs and to investigate his fitness for office. Copies are to be sent to the Vice President and the press as part of the action.
Senate defense committee urged tight rubber controls as synthetic supplies lag. It warned military needs could outpace availability, urged civilian curtailment, and called for a single official to oversee the rubber program.
North Carolina counties with about 700000 people will see rent ceilings enforced within two months as the OPA sends administrators into areas including New Hanover and Cumberland to speed compliance. Additional counties such as Durham Guilford Pasquotank Surry Mecklenburg Cumberland Hoke Onslow Carteret Craven await action while a nationwide order may follow. Gas rationing and bicycle sales under wartime boards also loom, with timelines tied to defense housing efforts and shipment of units.
A mixed set of crossword style clues asks for a 13 Explate, Caravangary, and other terms. It lists horizontal and vertical entries including numbers, letters, and thematic references like base hits, landmarks, and elemental symbols, with several cross clues and abbreviations implied.
Governor Broughton argued that national gasoline rationing could raise motorists shared quotas and that North Carolinians would accept any federal decision. He said the state would obey current rules until nationwide non discriminatory rationing is enacted, and noted discussions with Interior Secretary Ickes via Rep Robert L Doughton.
The governor said he received several protests from district residents over gasoline rationing. He argued rationing is crucial to conserve rubber and should be adopted on a nationwide basis.
Lieut. Robert G. Hampton, 25, was killed when his army pursuit plane crashed near Mipps Field. The accident cut a power line and briefly halted work at San Francisco war defense plants. Hampton was born in Sylva, N C, and his mother, Mrs Ars Hampton, lives in Detroit Michigan.
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