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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1942
Page
4
An editorial warns Americans not to grow complacent as war news fluctuates. It urges continued effort in bond drives and drills, challenging rumors of a quick end and stressing that victory requires sustained sacrifice and vigilance against complacency.
In a handwritten letter not for publication, Tom Robertson questions prohibition’s success and notes mixed views across towns like High Point and Raleigh. J A Prout, Guilford farmer, opposes dry laws despite occasional drinking. WAAC director Oveda Hobby praises women’s war bond purchases during Women at War Week.
Walter Winchell on Broadway, J Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times on leave for a Pacific assignment, John Mas Brown of the Post in London on active duty, Richard Watts of the Tribune away on a holiday, Richard Lockridge of the Sun likely taking Nay tests soon. Nichols to succeed Atkinson. Schriftgiessers take over Nichols assignment. Times night editor Wr Knox Navy-bound. Thompson and Post to resume London assignment amid feuds. draft board to talk with Mr Post. Washington feature writers receive anonymous flattery as a trend.
In High Point a little known group called the Soldiers' Farewell Committee gathers representatives from nearly every women's organization. Its mission is to comfort departing servicemen with small gifts like candy cigarettes socks and soap and to offer encouragement. With about 300 Local pointers drafted next month the committee seeks financial help from civic groups to fund these monthly gifts and show support from home.
The Enterprise notes a move to replace Troy Short with Deputy Sheriff J F Jones as rationing board chairman. It argues the chairman must be free of political ties and debt, praising Short’s service but urging voters to seek a leader who will act on principle rather than political debt, as rationing decisions affect tires gas and sugar.
A devotional essay explores the meaning of the Kingdom of God as not in word but in power. Paul and Jesus emphasize genuine faith through deeds, humility, mercy, and daily living, urging believers to embody justice, love, and truth rather than mere profession. The piece traces historic Christian influence and calls for living power in daily life and global peace.
A Sunday talk at Wesley Memorial Church School’s Intermediate Department explored the American flag and the Christian banner as symbols of unity and spiritual meaning. The speaker praised modern youth, urging faith, intellect, and moral clarity, citing Rufus Jones on youth and peace through righteous causes.
A concise line reflects a theme of fear of coercive pressure versus the lure of reward, suggesting inner conflict or motivational tension. The phrase positions pressure as a threat and reward as an incentive influencing behavior. The record notes a tension between external force and personal gain.
Captain Herbert T. Nave air service group divisional chaplain U S Army departs Paine Field Everett Washington for an unnamed overseas post. Brother of Arthur F Nave Springfield father Professor J B Nave Springfield. Nave’s letter describes his unique army chapel and reading room in a 16 foot square tent and his 19 months with the same unit including baptisms marriages and sermons. He notes the unit may serve in Palestine Egypt or Syria and reflects on his role as Padre among airmen while preserving spiritual matters for parents back home.
Hospitalized Wasp survivors. I's the well smoked pipe that takes the cake. The puzzle part may die ont but in some homes the cross words will last forever. B natural is the key to a person's real self. If men worried over baldness as much as women do over a few gray hairs the world's supply of misery would be doubled.
A fragment shows a tense exchange with a Midwest newspaper editorials attack. The President remarks that some editorials are not worth the paper they’re written on, while FDR responds with a dismissive line about the value of such editorials at the White House.
A lighthearted column notes Mrs. Knickerbocker returned by boat from London with two dull passengers. A fortuneteller warned she would not live to 30, and her 30th birthday arrived soon. Submarine joke and a Chinatown photographer caper add to a string of gibe and humor in New York gossip.
Edward TL Bernays told a Cleveland audience that united leadership is essential to win the war with minimal loss. He named 25 influential Americans including the President Vice President La Follette Henderson Davis Roosevelt Willkie Sulzberger Luce and Kiplinger among others. He praised the FBI for its thorough investigations citing the Mattson kidnapping and multiple solved cases while noting some cases remain unsolved.
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