This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1944
Page
3
The piece argues that women will largely shape the coming elections as millions of men serve in the armed forces leaving women as the majority of eligible voters. It traces suffrage from colonial times to Abigail Adams urging Congress to remember the ladies.
The article traces the origins of women’s rights from the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton through state-level gains and the push for a constitutional amendment. It notes key milestones, leaders, and parties, including Wyoming, Colorado, New York, and the formation of the National Woman’s Party, leading to the 1920 passage after Wilson’s support.
Ruth Vick Everett, longtime Raleigh district information executive for the Office of Price Administration, is named Educational Services representative for eight southeastern states with headquarters in Atlanta. She previously served as North Carolina Education Association field secretary for three years and led the Raleigh district information plan now used nationwide. As a national representative she will coordinate with 13 district OPA offices and about 800 local war price and rationing boards.
Twenty five thousand postal card forms for prisoner of war mail to the far east are being distributed to Red Cross chapters in 17 Midwest states. Each card holds 24 words and needs no postage. Red Cross will facilitate censorship and reduce transport weight and space. The piece also notes Jamestown used glass heads as currency.
A small tornado hit southeastern Wilson county tearing down six dwellings and about twenty tobacco barns. No serious injuries reported. Damage estimated near 50 000 dollars. Red Cross aided affected families as 50 percent hay loss from heavy rains followed. Also notes a 1913 U S buffalo nickel with an Indian on the obverse.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra kicks off its sixty third season on October 7 under Serge Koussevitsky, marking his seventieth year and twentieth in America. He has shaped the ensemble into a top world orchestra, premiered many American works, and expanded its international repertoire and recording reach with Victor.
The excerpt notes Dr. Koussevitzky leading a 40 player ensemble in 1928 and making some of the first orthophonic records. It mentions his orchestral tenure and landmark recordings of Johann Strauss pieces "Vienna Blood" and "Voices of Spring."
A new liberty ship was to be launched in Brunswick Georgia in a ceremony honoring tobacco pioneer R. J. Reynolds. The ship built by J A Jones Construction Co will carry war cargoes for American fighting men. Reynolds died in 1918 and established the Reynolds tobacco firm in Winston Salem North Carolina in 1875.
A science note states the Sun’s surface gravity is about 27 times stronger than Earth’s gravity. The comparison highlights vast differences in gravitational pull between the two celestial bodies.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.