Local debates on constitutional amendment and education plans
The report records Dr. Edgar Knight discussing opposition to a proposed state constitutional amendment and local fears about consequences for employment in public schools. It notes remarks from Mrs. Clarence and PTA president Mrs. Blair, plus recruitment updates from military officials about October campaigns and age ranges for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brhace
Edgaright
Ling
Knight
Clarence
Chapel Hill
J. S. Blair
PTA
Heerd
Politics vs Education. Victory requires many to act
A writer argues defeating North Carolina's proposed constitutional amendment creating a powerful state board of education will require broad, sustained citizen effort beyond party professionals. The piece condemns political organizers, notes egregious campaigning tactics, and warns the public schooling could become a political machine under pressure from Raleigh headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don MacRae
High Point
North Carolina
Raleigh
Broughton
Redden
Oscar Pitts
Meat Rationing Debate and State of Supply
Editorial argues rationing is necessary after warnings on sugar and gasoline hoarding. It recalls voluntary conservation failed, leading to formal meat limits. If 49 ounces per person per week is correct, meatless Tuesdays aim to guarantee fair shares while preventing chiselers from hoarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The Draft Age Debate in War Effort and Training
A Raleigh era editorial weighs Roosevelt on drafting 18 and 19 year olds, arguing youth offer stamina for combat while older workers excel in skilled tasks. It cites local High Point men debating who fits best for wartime needs, noting 12 months of training before fighting and predicting 18 and 19 year olds may become the nation’s finest soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheraton
Arthur Mp
Iy Air Corps
Maxwell
Rense
Stump
Air Corps Entistat
Roosevelt
High Point
Mac
Congress
Walter Winchell and Broadway Gossip Stirs New York
A dense collage of Broadway lore notes stars, shows, and incidents. Walter Winchell reports buzz on Last Train from Berlin and Count Me In. Katharine Cornell naming, Steinbeck criticism, Lucien Hubbard interview, and Fort Missoula scare all surface. The piece weaves politics, court rulings, and wartime hints with hotel spots and club life in New York.
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Berlin
Hitchcock
Anita Colby
Harper's Bazaar
Marie Greene
Dinah Shore
Broadway
the Garden
Roy Rogers
C. Butterworth
Tors
Katharine Corn
Surdi’s
Katherine Cornell
John Steinbeck
Madison
Steinbeck
Lucien Hubbard
Metro
MacArthur
Russell Whelan
Flying Tigers
Witty World of Entertainment News and Rumors
A rapid collage of showbiz notes features Jack Pearl amid terrier coats at a tailor, Inkspots members and $300 losses, Jack Benny racehorse chatter, Burns and Hollywood gossip, Chiang Kai shek talk, and film plans. It mentions Disney’s Der Fuehrer's Face impact, Gershwin versus Porter, Astor and Lewis at the Copacabana, Wilder's new play spans ages, Mother Kelly’s Miami shift, Dola ns, and Broadway rosters including Venus in Weill Spewack musical, plus Goebbels’ Das Reich sending correspondents to Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Pearl
Benhanys
Beau Brummells
Jack Benny
Rochester
Alme
Chiang Kaishek
W. Wangers
Holswood
DeMille Cecil
Beg Pod
N. Gershwin
Porter
Stugg
John Jacob Astor
Joe E. Lewis
Copacabana
Wall Street
Thornton Wilder
Mother Kelly
Miami Beach
Bluebird
der Fuehrer
Disney
Mickey Mouse
Joann Dolan
Maxwell Anderson
Paradise
Marlene Dietrich
Venus
Wilbur Evans
Vincent Sheean
Diana
Crichton
The
New Yorker
Raymond Gram
Budd Walton
Bill Massey
Anks
RAF
the Colutn
Camp Des Interns Britanniques
Laghouat
Algeria
No. Africa
Goebbels
Das Reich
Lisbon
Gestapo
Paging Father Jime Excerpt From The Enterprise 1932
Local news notes report the State chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet in the city next year. Welfare board announces 238 farming families placed on farms. Democratic organization makes its largest contribution to the national committee. Judge Ward defends Hoover tariff and prohibition at a Republican address. Gaston Johnson to speak at Oak Hill for a Democratic mass meeting. Plus society notes and brief items on politicians and local clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Welfare Board
National Committee
William J. Ward
Hoover
Gaston Johnson
Oak Hill
High Point News Highlights from 1922
Twenty years ago on October 14 1922 High Point reports progress on city planning and a YMCA, the High Point Thomasville and Denton railroad opening October 23, upcoming Ladies Aid Society event, a wedding at Wesley Memorial Church, travel to New Orleans for an American Legion meet, and brief notes including Lloyd George address and rail pay rise. Refugee account notes German pillaging of Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tocal News
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
F. Kearns
Ladies Aid Society
Wesley Memorial Church
Dr Jacocks joins state health effort in public health role
Dr W P L Jacocks arrives Oct 5 as director of School Health Co-ordination in the North Carolina State Health Department. A Raleigh veteran and former Rockefeller Foundation lead in India and Ceylon, he returns home at 65 to serve his native state. his appointment follows years of international public health work and a push from State Health officer Dr Carl Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacocks
Capitol
Capitol Square
W. PL. Jacocks
State Health Department
Tarheel
Windsor
Bertie County
North Carolina University
Raleigh
Jacnclia
Carl Reynolds
India
Dr. Jacocks
Rockefeller Foundation
West Indies
Ceylon
Jacobs
Reynolds
North Carolina
State Board of Health
State Department of Public Instruction
Dr. Reynolds
Col. Water TE Adams
Gleason B. Lee
War Power Branch
War Department
WBT
Charlotte
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High Point Enterprise
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B. Terry
A. Rawley
Treas
A. Cecil
Mer
Bert Thompson
High -Point
Sdvante
Jarriera
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Audit Bureau OF Circulation
High Points
N. C
Festice
of Congress
National Adv
PRE. Jobn Sudd CO
Lexington Ave
Board of Edition Amends
Carolina Congress of Pars
Betteved
Mrs. Heer
ATS Xiliary Territorial Service
Army Auxiliary Ps
ATS
Board of Education
Edgar Knight
Monroe Redden
Walter Winchell
Richard Gaines
Columbia Pictures
Radio City
Leon & Eddie's
Hays Office
Andrews Sisters
Army and Navy
N. Y
Sam Browne
Jack Haley
Broad Way
Hollywood
Peter Arno
Harlem
Latin Quarter
Whiskers
M. Zolotow
Lucille Norman
Met
Thur
Pearl Harbor
Jime
Peebles
Archdale
Qwen
First Baptist Church
QO. E. Kearns
Helen Marshall
Mocksville
Silas McBee
Horace Ha- Worth
U. S
Hiram Johnson
California
Mr. Hoover
Rrleigh
Burlington
Pranklin
DL Rowevelt
United Lutheran Church
Philadelphia
Friends Parsonage
Ada Martin
Samuel Lewis
Samuel Haworth
American Legion
New Orleans
I. T. Mann
Mann
T. Mr. Stanton
Henry Koonce
David Harris
Horace Haworth
Guy Grimes
David Lloyd George
National Railway Labor Board
Poland
Capital Square
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