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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1943
Page
8
A Westinghouse infrared lamp, shown in New York, heats beds and cooks breakfast in minutes. Demonstrations by Samuel Hibben reveal home adaptations with high heat, low light, and potential bathroom warming use.
An OCR fragment notes prices and names including Bt Joseph Aspiri and Joseph Bi with coin amounts 10¢ and 20¢ for tablets. The text urges to demand payment and mentions a quantity of 26 tablets and 100 units referenced to Joseph.
Stockholm reports that 230 German factories mainly textile concerns have been seized to convert to munitions plants. The action, announced two weeks ago at a Berlin textile manufacturers meeting, was accelerated by Albert Speer who leads German armaments. Dr Schieber stated Germany must exhaust all reserves to boost arms output.
Washington November 23 Paul V McNutt warned he would resign as manpower commissioner if President Roosevelt signs the new father draft act The Senate bill would strip him of selective service authority delay or halt pre war fathers induction and introduce a national pool with a five member medical panel to lower standards The move drew sharp criticism from McNutt who said the plan sabotaged a unified manpower program and weakened military civilian coordination.
New York Ballet Theatre members say safety pins silk tights and liquid adhesive are prized during war time shortages. Dancers like Alicia Markova and Nora Kaye describe rushing to drugstores after trains to stock these scarce items for wigs facial hair and costumes. Firemen tackled a garage blaze at Walter Hester's home caused by children with candles.
The piece details a growing WAC barter network at the 12th Air Force Service Command with rookies turning veterans seen trading scarce items for services. Individual stories include Pvt Elsie, Pvt Frances Reeves, Pvt Phyllis Carson, and Pvt Agnes Bowman using goods like starch and fish for favors such as ironing, manicures, and vehicle maintenance under Capt Jane Stretch.
Cairo reports the British evacuation of Samos, the third major Aegean island evacuated as German forces disarm captured troops. Berlin announced the island's capture earlier, with German claims of troops seized and some garrison members fleeing.
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