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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1942
Page
4
A collection of quotes from deputies, prisoners, and locals on wartime duties and politics. Deputy J F Jones defends nonpartisan law enforcement while Chbtrick Ruth Mitchell recalls prison hardship. Edits on bus routes, cigarette pricing, and church conventions reflect wartime civic commentary.
The editorial cites ongoing problems with absentee ballots in North Carolina, praising Will Lucas for urging changes but arguing that amendments alone won't fix fraud. It calls for harsher laws and enforcement, noting fraudulent officials undermine elections and detailing methods used by buyers to influence votes.
The piece satirizes Senate delay on the poll tax bill, comparing wartime command to lawmakers. It presents a fictitious Africa invasion led by Barkley Bilbo Doxey and McKellar, with a chaotic quorum and endless parliamentary maneuvering, ending in fatigue and abandonment of the plan. It notes the need to modernize the Senate despite party lines and cites other brief items.
Walter Winchell critiques salary caps and political maneuvers as war news, media, and public opinion mix with sharp jabs at leaders Laval Mussolini and Hitler. The column blends satire with commentary on inflation fears, war coverage, and theater gossip reflecting wartime sentiment.
Local notes from 1932 recount High Point youths in the Carolina Virginia football game at Charlottesville and public notices on books and visitors. Also brief items on Roosevelt in Warm Springs and Japanese-Manchuria politics. A 1922 update mentions a Greensboro to Cincinnati through route plan, tea guests, and regional fires, with quotes from Churchill.
A Raleigh observer reports concerns over aging portraits of Washington Clay and Zeb Vance in the North Carolina Capitol drawings. Restoration costs loom but funds remain tight as the state weighs revamping these historic canvases amid wartime priorities. Thanksgiving Day stays on work plans for defense and production office staff. Turkey grease salvage drives are urged by state salvage chief Jim Vogler to aid the war effort.
A federal press release notes rationing boards are extending the fuel oil registration deadline to December 1 to aid citizens. It adds a second reason: the government cannot print and distribute registration blanks in time for the original deadline.
The state reports more babies born in October than any prior month, with infant mortality dropping. Nanton of the Carolina Tribune joins the Venereal Disease Education Institute to promote venereal disease eradication among Negroes, assisting Capus Waynick. Louis H. Wilson, longtime State Agriculture Department publications director, publishes his first editorial before Navy recruitment service begins. he credits Commissioner Scott and hints a successor may be named soon.
In Thailand, each mate must serve three years as a priest before reaching the age of 23. Meteors travel at a rate of eight to 50 miles a second.
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