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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1944
Page
18
Poindexter recounts Pinkey the dog’s escapades as city pound workers clamp down on roaming pets. He notes 2,500 dogs in High Point with about 800 lacking 1944 license tags, and says the pound must notify owners, sometimes personally, amid fuel shortages.
The High Point Thomasville and Denton railroad unveils a new 380 horsepower diesel electric locomotive built by General Electric with Caterpillar motors. Tested this week, it will switch yards at High Point and Thomasville, potentially replacing two steam shunters and an old trolley locomotive, aiding streetcar track areas.
Multiple schools including Brentwood Elm Street Emma Blair Johnson Street and Oak Hill invite parents to attend activities this week. programs range from PTA and Red Cross meetings to open houses and class presentations with district staff and principals speaking. Open house times span Tuesday to Friday with special meals and student showcases.
The Office of Price Administration denied a ceiling lift request for wood office furniture but granted 13 manufacturers relief due to losses. The ruling risks squeezing margins for about 35 plants nationwide, potentially penalizing higher volume producers while burdening firms already in the black.
Clyde R. Hoey, Democrat candidate for the U S Senate, denounces Republican weakness and lack of a postwar plan. He urges voters to support the Democratic ticket and contrasts Roosevelt’s program with Republican opposition, arguing for world peace and continued national unity amid wartime sacrifice.
Twenty representatives from various Women's organizations form Division 5 and outline a campaign with seven booths at key sites including the Post Office Center Theatre Elwood and Sheraton Hotels plus stations north and south of the railroad. Division heads are listed with co chairs across fourteen divisions and special events.
Opposing sides previously agreed to back a corrective amendment. The superintendent supports it, and almost all city teachers are ready to vote for the change. North Carolina Education Association members have worked to promote the proposal, which would remove the comptroller, divide the state into eight districts, add a state school board representative from each district, and place the state superintendent on the board as an executive member.
Texas Christian University opened with a burst of three touchdown drives in one period to beat the Chatham Field Blockbusters 19 to 7 in Savannah. Chronister Gibson Mason Mullins and Moran are credited with key scores and placements amid 6,000 in attendance.
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