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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
4
An editorial argues for a merit based state civil service to reduce petty patronage in North Carolina. It warns against blanket incompetence and favors competitive hiring to improve efficiency while easing the governor from patronage headaches. It cites past embezzlement cases and unqualified hires to support reform.
In Raleigh the Democratic executive committee chairman J. Van Wilson introduced Randolph County’s new Republican representative A L Ferree to the capital. Thad Eure, the secretary of state, pitched the seating near the rear lobby as Ferree agreed his seat suited him while Eure joked about the adjacent seats with light political banter.
Dr Sankey Blanton urges sobriety amid war as North Carolina debates statewide liquor questions. Delegates discuss wartime prohibition and outlawing liquor, with visitors from Norfolk weighing in. Opinions range from strong support to skepticism about ending drinking.
The community welcomes J. Ed Millis of High Point as chairman of the incoming Guilford County commissioners. A successful businessman and philanthropist, he is praised as non political and devoted to county service. Voters note his personal sacrifice and anticipate wholesome leadership.
State's Rights Selective Service, the military draft, is criticized for decentralization causing local drafts. The editorial urges a truly national, uniform system, noting Vermont and other states show uneven classifications and calls for stronger federal oversight or legal changes. S.B.H.
Assistant Treasury Secretary John L Sullivan urged savings bank officials that inflation can only be avoided by systematic saving by everyone. He warned that compulsory savings beyond the Victory Tax may be needed, asserting that people must save either voluntarily or under compulsion.
Walter Winchell’s page catalogs a kaleidoscope of celebrities and scenes from New York’s social whirl. Greta Garbo, Milton Berle, Dolores Del Rio, and others are pictured in bars, clubs, and eateries, with vamped anecdotes about fads, romances, and city sights penned in a lively, period tone.
Local revival opens at Green Street Baptist Church led by Rev. George T. Tunstall. Sheriff Phipps eyes a few changes in personnel. Methodists plan Thanksgiving programs as new conference year begins. Notices include marriages in San Antonio and a move to Greensboro Road. A freezing cold wave, political shifts in the Senate, film awards, and a German ambassador's Asheville visit tied to a WWI monument dedication.
On November 19 1922 Co A H Rosenfeld urges troops to press forward to defend homes families and civilization. The commander orders continued attack regardless of hazards as the Enterprise notes its publication lapse.
In a Russia-bound convoy, an escort vessel conducted seven days of combat operations, discharging three thousand depth charges. The force began with seven thousand rounds of machine gun ammunition and four hundred rounds of three inch anti aircraft ammunition, ending with one hundred fifty anti aircraft shells and about a half a pound of machine gun ammo.
Raleigh reports mix of political maneuvering and labor concerns. W C Pittman loses seat choice while Jim Coad awaits an assistant for the North Carolina Industries Coordinating Committee. Hoffman camp project labor racketeering inquiry prompts governor to investigate. Bears versus bees sparks debate on game laws affecting honey producers. Will Lindsay entertains governors guests with minstrel performance amid an eastern Davidson delegation’s court appointments.
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