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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1943
Page
3
Washington analysts warn Tokyo uses vanishing victories to soften defeat as Allied forces close on Rabaul. The article notes previous acts after Guadalcanal and Kiska, with Rabaul seen as a key, heavily fortified base likely to be besieged by air and superior sea forces.
Damon Runyon examines profiteering in war times across eras from the Civil War to World War I and today. He notes blood money flows through contractors and black market whiskey rings, with public patronage fueling gains while authorities eye a reckoning.
Secretary of the Navy and officials expressed frank puzzlement over Japanese aims after a press conference on Friday. Observers echoed Tokyo's Sunday communique noting additional ships claimed sunk or damaged and Berlin reporting Anglo-American reserves could immediately form new fleets.
Coach Willis Barnes of the University of New Mexico Lobos will host the Sun Bowl in El Paso Texas. The New opponent will be the loser of the Texas Texas A and M game with the winner likely to receive a Cotton Bowl bid.
A New Jersey woman’s civil action against her neighbor was dismissed after the court found the bedroom lay in the adjacent town, not the town where she filed the charge. The ruling stated one lives where one sleeps.
Mrs. Darius Conklin arrived in Rockford Illinois to find a shotgun and shells in the black traveling bag she carried. The bag, likely mistaken by a hunter in a Chicago railroad depot, also held pajamas a dress a pair of shoes and her wedding license.
Washington Post society editor Hope Ridings Miller champions access for women secretaries barred from the Senate floor though male clerks move freely. The issue traces to old custom, with lawmakers and staff weighing a potential ruling by parliamentarian Charles L. Watkins and Vice President Wallace. A related item notes OPA chief Chester Bowles crafting price discussions and Vinson’s firm economic posture, plus wartime efficiency ideas yielding a $100 transfer reward for Gentry Wales in ordnance.
Portland based Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corp reports the Four Strang liberty ships are being equipped with decks of playing cards aboard each craft.
Local officials plan a Christmas parade on December 6 as the city council approves the debt service budget and sets the tax rate at 1.65 dollars. The American Business Club backs the Red Cross roll call and a bank unit opens in High Point with James W. Poole as vice president. A funeral is held for J. O. Wood, longtime police figure, at Calvary Methodist Church.
Arnold J. Koonce mayor sets sale at High Point City Hall for November 29 1943. The property includes part of J M Hedgecock lands near Alfred and Adams streets excluding Wesleyan Methodist Church frontage. City reserves right to reject bids.
Notice states sale of land identified as Lot No 14 College Heights Plat Guilford County North Carolina under a mortgage or deed of trust with a 59 month period. Filing dated May 11 1943 and November 12 1943. Records appear in Guilford County Register of Deeds Book 4 page 158.
Legal notice describes a land parcel starting at E Green Street extension in High Point. It details boundary lines along the Rachel Dennis lot, with measurements and corner stakes, dated November 12 1943 and signed by Mayor Arnold J. Koonce.
Sunday services across Christian Science Churches preached on Mortals and Immortals. Golden Text from Romans 8 13 urged mortifying the flesh and living through the Spirit. Additional Bible excerpts urged putting off the old man and renewing the mind. TextbookPeace and Health with Key to Scriptures cited passages on recognizing Spirit over matter and locating man in divine likeness.
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