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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1942
Page
4
Letters from readers cite wartime humor and curiosity about a Charlotte comics writer. They discuss Honorable J Morris and Senator Bailey with Raleigh visits, Judge D MacRae cautions on speeding, and the impact of defense workers leaving High Point for defense industries while many still send remittances home.
The piece argues Roosevelt dismissed Willkie remarks on a second front as not worth reading while defending Willkie as an observer. It cites Willkie’s personal statement, political representation, and the need for better government. It notes Guilford county enjoys representation by lawyers and mentions a local battle over a political compromise and party impact.
The piece urges the President to appoint Judge John J. Parker to the U.S. Supreme Court, opposing Justice Walter P. Stacy as unlikely choice. Parker is praised as liberal and fair, noting past Senate smears and partisan mixups in Southern politics, and arguing his nomination would correct a great wrong while adding geographic balance.
Walter Winchell on Broadway and Robert Littel's Readers Digest critique are described among sharp notes on radio commercials and press responses. The column cites Marion Hargrove, the Army and Navy Department figures, and many cultural references from Irving Berlin to Lord Louis Mountbatten, mixing humor with wartime media critique.
The Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee meets in Greensboro tomorrow to nominate the likely representative for North Carolina's largest county in the State Senate this winter. D. E. Hudgins, a Greensboro lawyer, is seen as the compromise choice after weeks of effort. The writer notes familiarity with Ed Hudgins and confidence in his potential as a freshman senator, while criticizing the committee’s nomination process.
High Point applauds eight local industries for volunteering to work an extra half day and donate time and a half wages to the Community Chest. The move prompts broader industry support while stressing that the chest measures community spirit, not just dollar goals.
A coast column interviews readers with a shuddering tone about dull days and Friday magazine releases. Hollywood loneliness is depicted by Cully Richards’ night club image of a large ash tray and bartender. Restaurants shift to ta carte to save food. Sacramento is cited as a pioneer. A Pittsburgh inventor burned in a recent train wreck had just visited Washington to license a fire proofing patent. Critic D Watts reports from London on changes from the war including affable Brits and Hannen Swaffer’s new fashion of wearing clean shirts.
Tax rate kept at 1.35 per 3100 valuation and the 1933 budget adopted. A Coke Cecil elected chairman of the High Point Republican Executive Committee, succeeding Horace Haworth. Alums plan banquet at Sheraton Hotel Oct 32 where six gallons of whiskey were found. Mexico battles Catholics. R Frank Seay returns from Richmond. Frank Duff's orchestra plays at Mechanicsville Junior Hall. Nick Drakalakos elected treasurer of the Greek order Ahepa. Capus Waynick speaks to Winston Salem Young Democrats. REC loans in August total 5166 209. Mrs X of Spartanburg says no whiskey. radio cabinet opened.
Oct 7 1922 local news notes the city school board designates Monday as opening day for the South Main School and Wednesday for the Grimes Street School. It also directs that children attend school every Saturday for a period. The High Point Teachers Association forms at a Presbyterian Hut meeting with preliminary plans for teacher training. Various personal items and sports updates follow, including Trinity beating Jamestown 20 to 1 and three men slated for execution next week in Raleigh.
Despite wartime strain the FBI is not expanding into penal services. In one week North Carolina State prison recaptured escapees from Illinois South Dakota Arizona New York and Georgia with help from the fingerprinting system. One fugitive had been gone since December 1933 another was found as an army enlistee in Arizona. The prison's record shows more recaptures than escapes, underscoring risks of fleeing a NC prison camp.
Three eastern North Carolina counties Wayne Pender and New Hanover may face a federal quarantine to halt white fringed beetle spread. A Wrightsboro meeting will discuss the move as entomologists warn the pest could outrank other major insects. Budget hearings follow with defendable scrutiny of state agency requests and brief executive session details.
Most departments request about the same as before a ten percent pay increase for all employees Eure seeks two more staff a securities examiner and a custodian of books and records The state treasurer asks for a junior accountant to handle University payroll A few clerical workers are added but travel allowances are largely cut back as offices show willingness to proceed with current staff if pay rises are approved
Indicating he stands by earlier pledge for larger state hospital appropriations for mental patients Governor Broughton said he would sit with the commission when those institutions are called Assist. Dir. Deyton was on hand at other times for the proceedings
The budget commission comprises five ex officio members and two governor appointees including state senators and representatives plus ex-officio leaders. The Camden causeway bids are advertised with half a million dollars funded and approved by federal and military agencies, though steel piping may be scarce. Sheriff Reynolds receives Governor Broughton’s commendation for solving a rape and murder case, while Adm. Moreell comments on strike impact and firing line safety.
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