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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1944
Page
4
The Enterprise from High Point North Carolina dated Tuesday November 7 1944. This item presents a partial newspaper header and date line. The accessible text lacks clear events or stories to summarize.
The article reflects on wartime democracy, the 1944 election, and public sentiment. It notes Dewey and Roosevelt as contenders, discusses Congress as a barometer, and cites High Point as an indicator. It emphasizes citizen participation and the nationwide impact of results.
The North Carolina Education Association selects Miss Ethel Perkins of Reidsville as secretary over Dr. Ralph McDonald. The choice marks a shift toward a female leader and a change from past male secretaries. The piece comments on McDonald’s political history and a national role he accepted, noting the association’s best interests.
The article notes intense predictions of a Roosevelt victory possible only after soldier ballots are counted in pivotal states. Analysts expect results may drag into days or weeks with New York and Pennsylvania most decisive, Massachusetts aiding Roosevelt if carried. Dewey’s path hinges on carrying both New York and Pennsylvania to have any chance.
Neil Morgan laments higher income tax than any Hoover era year while Mrs. Howard Blair praises Senior Red Cross in mobilizing home front support. Local juniors assist in many community services, and Southport returns toward normal after Fort Caswell downsizing as visitors describe crowded harbor conditions.
Residents report heavy turnout at polling places with crowds voting before sunrise. Precinct nine registrar notes 144 ballots cast by 9 am as others praise the enthusiastic participation. City welfare chief requests early donations for the Empty Stocking Fund to aid underprivileged children.
Washington leaders plan a 100000 seat stadium with tennis courts rowing course and supporting facilities on 90 acres near the Potomac as a postwar national events center and war memorial. congress may fund up to 40 million dollars with Army Navy games and annual visits from each state. marquee guests included Babe Ruth Walter Johnson Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey.
The North Carolina Education Association elected Miss Ethel Perkins as executive secretary, making history with a woman leader and a veteran classroom teacher. Salary starts at 4000 dollars, rising to 5000, with a three year outlook. Ralph McDonald moves to NEA post while remaining NCEA president for a year. Capitol Square stays largely quiet aside from election chatter as taxation debates blaze in state papers.
Lynn Nisbet surveys state and local tax questions while Hunters for North Carolina report big game options along the coast and in western areas. Personal notes reveal L Y Ballentine and Nerus Ransdell urging a straight ticket with a bold letter to Wake voters influencing turnout and party strategies.
Brooks Atkinson returns from Chungking as a war casualty and hospitalised. Broadway gossip covers Lt Bartlett Quirk, Dixie Dunbar beating polio, Erminie Randolph’s collapse, Dorothy Arnold and Joe DiMaggio, Margo and Lt Albert, LaGuardia’s Italy plans, Lt. Marcus Loew’s new CO, Ethel Snyder, and Denver merger. Also notes Berlin, Hepburn, Leigh, Waterfield, Russell, and a tense theatre scene with legal and industry tidbits.
A mosaic of celebrity notes and political tidbits threads through wartime gossip. Vice-President Wallace campaigns for FDR traveling independently, while Alice Lightwood works at 15 Union Square for Sidney Hillman. Irene Manning sails overseas as Keith Kohlhoff frets over marriage.
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