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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1942
Page
4
A collection of quoted opinions and remarks from readers and officials. Topics range from sports predictions and economic views to historical parallels, a minister’s sermon plan, and praise for cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. The piece weaves local voices with literary fragments and a poem closing note.
A column lauds yesterday's editorial warning against overconfidence while praising recent Allied gains in Africa and progress in the Solomons. It notes shifting tide, questions future outcomes, and jokes about political appointments and legislative schemes as time and jobs run out.
Congratulations to Campaign Chairman Ed Mendenhall Secretary Arthur Neve and all who helped High Point reach the Community Chest goal for the first time. The piece praises contributors, urges quicker drives in the future and notes room for improvement in timing and campaign preparation.
Governor J Melville Broughton faces a reshuffle as Ben Douglas plans to resign as State Director of Civilian Defense to return to Charlotte. The governor must name a successor at 400 a month, with Raleigh’s R L McMillan and Nashville’s Stimous Valentine as leading contenders who campaigned hard for his support.
The article hails Henry J. Kaiser for accelerating Liberty ship production from months to days and hours. It notes a 10,500 ton Liberty ship launched exactly four days and 1.5 hours after keel laying, praising Kaiser as a wartime engineering icon and urging Germany to match American shipbuilding prowess. It emphasizes the need for continued production to win the war and defend one’s own side.
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes Wally Beery quitting films due to lack of incentive. He reports midtown gamblers worry over city edict, hotel and club chatter, marriages, and theatre headlines. Highlights include Katharine Hepburn impersonations, Betty Alexander wedding plans, and the theatre world’s war impact plus Broadway clubs and curfews.
City debt fell by over 887000 in the past fiscal year while icy blasts cooled the city with a 30 degree morning. Bishop Mouton praised Rev G Ray Jordan at Wesley Memorial conference. Mrs W C Hammond to resume executive duties. Mr and Mrs Carl Floyd back from Norfolk. Elder W C McMillian visits a patient at High Point Hospital. London eyes debt moratorium while tobacco prices rise 82.66 per hundred. Duke Blue Devils lose 6 to 0 to State College Wolfpack. Senator Swanson urges Roosevelt to appoint three Southerners. Buffalo records a inch snowfall last night.
Tomorrow marks the final day of the Red Cross roll call. The Devereaux Players present Romeo and Juliet at the high school auditorium tonight. Albert Bowden, 80, Confederate veteran and father of Bunn Bowden, dies in Chapel Hill. Visitors include Miss Carmien Roth rock and Miss Clark, Mrs. L. L. Gaskill and two New Mexico children, Miss Helen McCrary, Mrs. Robert R. Hoskins. News: entomologist Smith reports a boll weevil destruction method. Chilean earthquake toll exceeds 1,000. Josephus Daniels to publish a book on Woodrow Wilson.
An upcoming announcement is expected on manganese mining around Sparta in Alleghany and Ashe counties with definite ore bed prospects near the surface. Officials downplay production details while War Production Board approves initial mining gear and shipments may reach around 30 carloads daily. Lime quarry near Elkin eyed for agricultural use, with production possible by December or January. history recalls a decade of delays and political shifts. MULES sale at Caledonia prison farm notes Holsteins, Guernseys, 30 mules and seven horses, marking a shift to tractors and pasture. Cross to parole commission possible, affecting staffing. Hathaway Cross may be named private secretary if Banks heads to the army.
The Cassquiare canal is described as a natural waterway that channels water into the Orinoco during Amazon flood tides and into the Amazon during Orinoco flood tides. A Pennsylvanian writer, Larry FE Anderson, claims the title of world champion small writer by inscribing the word con on a grain of rice 802 times for 3208 letters without magnification.
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