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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1944
Page
5
October 19, 1944 edition page fragment shows a collection of short notices and entries from The Enterprise. The readable lines reference local events, names, and brief community notices typical of wartime publication.
President Roosevelt and Lee Hull back a new world security unit backed by force, while critics fear it risks entangling the United States. A Dumbarton Oaks plan would commit to aiding allies under constitutional processes, with a major focus on voting rules and a possible three or four power Moscow outcome to resolve Allied disputes and Polish territorial questions.
A garbled compilation discusses minute test answers and accommodations, a pamphlet, and a notion of station life. It includes etiquette notes on sympathy calls after bereavement and reflections on birthdays and thoughtful behavior.
A medical column discusses returning veterans in need of mental and physical rehabilitation. It covers twilight-sleep therapy with pentothal to unlock trauma, ongoing physical rehab, and the case for broad cultural education to replace lost years of schooling.
The passage notes happiness in pleasant surroundings and possible advantageous marriage or courtship next year. Business will progress despite annoyances and a born today child may achieve fortune through business acumen, resourcefulness, courage, determination, adaptability, honesty, and fair dealing.
Transfer of lots 43 and 44 Hedgecock property from A B Goodman and wife to Bessie Lawrence and wife. Transfer of lot 82 Sheraton Hill from Mary B Pennington to Clarence H Nash and wife.
M. J. Rathbone president of Standard Oil Co of New Jersey says postwar reconversion will be handled by the oil industry with title changes. He notes formulas for tank grease and wartime products must be altered, but no new equipment is required and distribution will be the main challenge.
Detroit workers at Packard Motor Car Co. briefly returned to work after a mass meeting on Sunday but walked out again. The stoppage idled about 20,000, with roughly 1,000 maintenance workers involved. No immediate explanation from strike leaders was given.
Mineola Long Island fair officials announce the 1945 event will proceed in September if hurricanes permit. The 1938 hurricane nearly bankrupted the fair and this year equipment damage reached 12000 dollars.
Bennett Yerves, 17, quit his job to return to school. His boss looked for a new helper when the boy suggested hiring his grandfather. The boss agreed and hired the grandfather.
John A. Lowdermilk, High Point's new police chief, spoke on law enforcement to Exchange Club members at the Sheraton Hotel. He traced the field from tribal origins to the FBI, contrast modern methods with past cruelties, and urged citizen cooperation in crime prevention. Ray Jarvis led the program. A brief business session followed with President R. L. Conrad. The report notes alfalfa growers cut the crop too late, needing 6 to 10 inches of growth before winter.
North Carolina and Virginia governors push a four day week to ease labor shortages amid overflowing tobacco warehouses in the belt markets. Winston-Salem reports some tobacco from Friday remains unmoved, with some left on streets.
In Kannapolis a mother Mrs Princes Hollifield attempted to catch a bus by crawling with her two year old beneath a freight train. The train moved and killed the baby while injuring the mother who was taken to a Moorseville hospital in serious condition. Her husband serves with the U S army in the South Pacific.
War finance committees began planning district meetings in Winston-Salem to determine county quotas and outline county plans for the sixth War Loan drive. Local officials oversee distribution and progress reporting across the district.
Workers at several unions meeting of the American Federation of Labor Machinists Clerical Draftsmen and Janitors locals rejected the company holiday with pay saying Germany’s surrender would be followed by Japan’s unfinished task. Clem Bragg a WWI veteran spoke against halting work. In Charlotte an NC Food Dealers claim rationing is unnecessary. In Southern Pines Joseph Deberry, former St. Louis Browns pitcher and tobacco buyer, died. A Raleigh American Legion committee is set to meet.
Former King Carol of Romania and Madame Lupescue left Mexico City for Brazil. They may seek a path back to Bucharest, though Carol says no plans beyond Brazil. friends think he hopes to return to Romania someday.
A committee will meet here on October 29 to study a report on proposed legislation concerning World War 2 veterans. Bear hunting dates announced for Mount Mitchell and Daniel Boone areas include four day periods starting October 16 20 and 25 in Mount Mitchell and October 18 23 and 27 in Daniel Boone.
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