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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1942
Page
11
Deputy Tax official T. R. Short reports 1942 valuation at 53,826,479 up from 49,398,569 for 1941, with broad increases across all property classes. Personal property and intangibles show the largest jump, while town and county levies shift due to a special school tax, affecting residents inside and outside the city limits differently.
A Greensboro area sheriff reports retention of deputy staff with five new hires likely, naming Holdovers Ballinger Donavant McAdoo Clarke and possible locals Morris and Apple. City police chief remains vague about Nance’s replacement as personnel decisions for Dec 7 announced next week. In London, U S Army recounts a Lille raid heroism where B 17 crews sustained heavy hits yet fought back, including Capt James Griffith Jr and gunner L E Dennis who were wounded but continued fire, earning medals.
Rev Edwin Anderson Penick bishop of North Carolina will make his annual visitation to Mary's Episcopal Church. He will preach at 11 a.m and confer the rite of confirmation. Penick, a Kentucky native and Harvard 1909 graduate, has served in Columbia Bennetts and St Peter's Charlotte and became bishop coadjutor in 1922. Public urged to hear him.
The article lists fourteen boys who passed the begin swim test of 20 feet and a following group who passed the advanced test of 60 feet. Names include Herbert Edwards Earl Edwards Bert Jackson George Bright Claude Swanson Henri J Robert Page Fred Cam Keith Moore Donald Galli Alfred Smith and others.
James E. Lyon and WPB officials urged continued collection of iron and steel scrap despite the local drive closing. Lessing J. Rosenwald and H. G. Batcheller warned government stockpiles may be created if scrap dealers cannot keep up, citing wartime needs and weak purchase by mills.
President Roosevelt’s Fair Employment Practice Committee ordered the reinstatement of seven Jehovah’s Witnesses at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant in Clarksburg West Virginia who were fired last December for refusing to participate in a flag raising. The committee said no employee may be discharged for religious beliefs and required the unions Glass Ceramic and Silica Workers CIO and Window Glass Cutters League AFL to maintain effective control over any members who might threaten the reinstated men. The company admitted the seven were satisfactory workers but claimed union warnings could lead to actions by others. The action follows similar local cases and concerns over wartime bonds and antiwar sentiment.
Victory Corps, a national wartime student program, will begin at High Point Senior High School on Monday with about 800 students enrolled. Principal D P Whitley said the aim is to mobilize youth for wartime service, offering divisions in air and land service, aviation, production, and community work, with insignia for achievement and focus on science, math, physical training, and civic duties.
Holt McPherson, former editor of The Enterprise now with the Shelby Star, rails against persistent newspaper ingrates who press editors for impossible coverage within space and standards limits. He cites Dallas News as example and urges readers to understand journalism constraints and priorities.
The sixth annual Social Standards conference at the Senior High School will feature eight panel topics from Are You Ready to What’s Cookin 2 with leaders: Prof Henry Grady Owens M L Patrick Dean Lindley Rev Wilson Weldon Mayor O Arthur Kirkman and Miss Desse Cox. Rev Tom A. Sykes will open with a morning address. Arta Pearl Hiatt will preside. Students select three topics and attend two panels before lunch then report back in home rooms.
Dr. G Ray Jordan of Charlotte was elected to a four year board membership at High Point College. Other four year terms were renewed for H A Millis G N Kearns Ernest Teague K B Millaway and Rev Clyde Allman. The board discussed adjusting the college program to wartime needs and Dr G I Humphreys reported the college participates in the war program with new courses. Current semester enrollment remains fair but shows an eight percent drop from last year the peak enrollment in the school's history.
The Hi V cabinet met in a local cafe Friday night to discuss the annual Hi V conference to be held in Rock Hill South Carolina on Friday through Sunday. President Donald Dunkelberger presided. Four delegates will be named to attend the South Carolina session. Future cabinet meetings are planned at the YMCA and in church venues.
Police Chief W. G. Friddle warned High Point officers to arrest anyone shooting fireworks in city streets during the Christmas period. He stressed enforcement of the city ordinance against discharging fireworks on streets, noting no ordinance covers private property.
Idol Idol Jr The Enterprise top reporter for months left last night for Baltimore to join the Associated Press. A prominent family member and church choir participant, he had been with The Enterprise four and a half years, serving as telegraph editor and music critic with his Records column to be resumed soon.
The annual meeting of the Family Service Bureau will be held tomorrow night at 8 o clock in the Women's Wesley Classroom in the Educational Building of Wesley Memorial Church. Horace Haworth will present the annual report, with Dr Rozzelle giving the invocation and Mrs Matt Wall covering agency history. Mr Goldston will outline plans for the coming year.
C H Williard president of the High Point Greensboro Dairy Council and Jane Umstead director will travel to Chicago for the National Dairy Council meeting. They were national winners in a contest tied to the June Daily Month and will receive a silver plaque. The council reported a 32 percent sales gain for milk over the previous June.
Corporal Harold Roach has reported to his commanding general for overseas embarkation after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs H M Roach. A local high school graduate, he previously worked with Hayworth Rail and Panel Company before service. He served overseas for a year and recently returned for technical training. His new address is Headquarters Battery 27 Coast Artillery APO 856 Care Post Master New York NY.
High Point Fire Chief E. K. Ingram warns citizens to avoid inflammable Christmas decorations and faulty electrical work this season. He notes city ordinances ban inflammable materials in displays and urges use of Fire Underwriters Board approved materials and safe wiring practices to prevent fires.
High Point Chamber of Commerce secretary Frank J. Sizemore reports strong early results from a wartime survey of furniture and wood-working facilities. The study, sent to 480 governmental procurement agencies, aims to boost local contracts and outlines available plant capabilities for war work. A housing-listing effort for incoming workers has been turned over to the Office of Decentralization, with vacancies to be reported to the Furniture Exposition Building office.
With one month to go in 1942 High Point reports a fire loss of 234 870 dollars for the first ten months, aiming to surpass the highest total in 15 years. Major fires include Briggs Manufacturing, Peerless Veneer, and Hugh Childress Lacquer, with fatalities occurring in the latter.
The 1943 automobile license tabs go on sale Tuesday December 1 at 9 am at the Carolina Motor Club. Thelma Ryan, manager, says taxi licenses public haulers and public owned car licenses will also be sold. Buyers must present 1942 or 1943 registration cards and those who bought in 1942 must bring the 1942 registration card. No checks accepted and notary service is available.
A heavy wire mesh fence is installed along a mountain road in California to prevent rocks and debris from tumbling onto the roadway and endangering motorists. The installation aims to enhance roadside protection and reduce accident risk on steep, winding stretches.
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