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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1943
Page
2
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt travels with the President and reports soldiers’ attitudes from the front. Her findings are said to influence F D R’s present and future policies, prompting a shift toward winning the war as the top priority rather than domestic reforms.
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The article notes Eleanor Roosevelt’s reach into political spheres and her reports from soldiers in foxholes about wage disputes and food shortages. It suggests F D R will push labor reform while overseas veterans seek assurances on home front meals amid policy tensions with Long Hill and Parliament.
A detailed Monday October 11 Eastern War Time radio lineup lists program changes for corrections by networks. Highlights include Captain Midnight sketches, News Time broadcasts, Fred Waring’s Time, War News from Ed Sullivan and Lum and Abner serials, and musical variety segments featuring the Dinning Sisters, Blondie Dagwood, Benny Goodman, and Raymond Bo.
Morrison of North Carolina delivered a near miracle on Capitol Hill by silencing two vocal House members and forcing an abrupt suspension of the Demagogues' Club. In the cloakroom he confronted Martin Dies and Joe Starnes over administration criticism, with Dies and Starnes defending the New Deal and party loyalty amid the adjournment.
The piece argues Allied advance is slow with Japan still distant from bases for sustained bombing. It notes submarine activity near Korea, MacArthur’s air operations, and logistic challenges from three million square miles under red sun control. It explains the navy’s crucial role, port limits, and convoy demands for 500000 troops across vast seas.
Washington plans an early demobilization strategy to redirect leftover war materials into urgent civilian needs while the war continues. James F. Byrnes and the Office of War Mobilization consider creating an agency to supervise diversion of surplus munitions into civilian use, preventing a sharp wartime-to-peacetime drop in production. Officials emphasize meeting transportation and sanitation needs, with shortages of manpower and consumer goods lasting.
In Salt Lake City E L Vetters, a meat market manager, says orders mounted after his truck driver failed to arrive. Police locate the truck wrecked but the driver is missing and $96 is gone. Later that night Vetters' car is stolen.
The piece notes cigarette demand exceeding tobacco supply and warns against scare buying, while government controls limit South plantation production due to drought. It cites adequate inventories for now but uncertain future, plus boosted exports via lend-lease and heightened consumer smoking as war strains persist.
In a vivid reminiscence Damon Runyon style prose describes George Lait a war correspondent recently returned from Europe. Lait shares his malaria struggle and reflects on frontline duty and recognition including the George Cross and Purple Heart while expressing a desire to return to combat.
John C. Abels speaks on economic troubles citing crime costs corruption and wealth concentration. World Brothers circus comes to town at 8. Clinton Howard to open a campaign at First M. P. Church. Personal notices include marriages moves and visits. General items report repeal of Prohibition in Florida, Roosevelt liquor policy study, and a 30 hour work week push. World War II era figures and European wheat crop outlook noted.
Local Lyceum debut by the Elizabethan Players drew a large audience as the Merchant of Venice was performed at the high school auditorium. Local officers returned from Lake Waccamaw with J. J. Frazier's stolen automobile. another car sought by Sam Montgomery was not found. Mrs. W. L. Hargett and Miss Connie Kirkman were in Greensboro and Roland Park respectively. The Yankees defeated the Giants in a daily game.
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The Esse Reporter notes this afternoon’s lineup on WSJS with Carolina Cavaliers and The Guiding Light along with Carey Longmire hosting Mirth and Madness sketches in melody.
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