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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1943
Page
4
The High Point drive reached its quota amid praise for Chair W. B. Hall and volunteers. Citizens acknowledge missteps but applaud thousands who bought bonds and note this city set a high standard for its size. The piece also questions Army Col. Wil T. Colman’s court martial and hints at morale concerns. Tax costs traced to war spending.
The column recalls a government employee on leave seeking private work while drawing a high public salary. It recounts officials pressuring Sgt Carlyle Ingle toward resignation after a trial and discusses broader issues of entangling politics, embezzlement culture, and the duty of public trust in state agencies.
The piece discusses father draft cases in Michigan and Vermont where fathers face deployment while caring for their children and an ill or absent spouse. It argues rules must allow individual consideration, noting congressional ire and the political stakes of such decisions.
Officials and citizens discuss wartime duties from volunteering for the armed forces to buying bonds to curb inflation. Local leaders urge fire prevention, airport programs, and civic engagement while noting the role of media and education in keeping the public informed during the war.
A wartime digest notes U S Army Navy and allies hold more typewriters than planes tanks and artillery total arms reduction reaches 279000 equipment pieces while service tiers reach 325000. Milk consumption rises with wartime prosperity and women dominate rising retail sales with jewelry dry goods and apparel up strongly. A WAC captain recalls Valley Forge in a Sicilian invasion context highlighting irony between luxury and military hardship.
A historic quatrain-like reflection contrasts Proverbs wisdom with Spenser's praise of nature. It notes that through knowledge humans behold creation and observe how God fostered the world from a formless mass.
In 1942 U S food production stood 37 percent above the five year average. More than 90 percent of goods shipped to the United States from Puerto Rico were farm products. The 1942 U S accident toll totaled 93 000 deaths and 9 300 000 injuries.
A composite profile lists several individuals connected to World War II era actions and ideologies. Louis Criscuolo of New Haven receives the Legion of Merit for bravery at Henderson Field during Guadalcanal. Luigi Criscuolo, an Italian-born American naturalized citizen, promotes Fascist Italy and leads anti Times protest in his writings and newsletters. Jay Noble of Lockport is missing in action. Robert Noble from California is a convicted seditionist linked to Nazi activity. Lt. Paul L. Schwartz of New York leads jungle patrols and earns the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star. E. Perrin Schwartz heads a fascist weekly Social Justice banned from the mails. D. W. Rogers of Dartmouth dies heroically in Europe ensuring crew bailouts. N. W. Rogers of Tompkins Corners promotes hate literature through The Patriot. Herbert E. Fischer of Queens, a gunner in the Army Air Forces, goes missing after missions over Europe. The item ties these figures to a broader wartime narrative of loyalty and treason.
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