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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
3
Berlin radio announced a new secret weapon on the Russian front described as a lethal electric machinegun nicknamed the death scythe. The report also described a sponge as a cleansing skeleton from a sea bottom creature.
Notice includes a Doan's pills advertisement promising kidney relief and relief from backache for readers suspecting kidney trouble. It claims kidneys excrete acids and waste and suggests consulting a doctor for Doan's as a long trusted remedy.
Norfolk dispatch reports four marines died when a Cherry Point air station plane crashed near New Bern North Carolina Tuesday night. Three others parachuted to safety as the fifth naval district names the fallen and lists survivors including William Russell Nelson Edward Lasseter Robert Earl McDonald and Daryl Glandon.
In Raleigh on October 19 Elizabeth Wickenden outlines a postwar program. Rose Goodrich, assistant commissioner of the U S Office of Education, proposes universal schooling from age six to 17 and free education with remedial facilities. She calls for expanded support for handicapped children and continued education for capable high school graduates.
Pfc. Gregg Cherry, Democratic candidate for governor from Gastonia, urged in a third congressional district party gathering that surplus funds be used to retire bonded indebtedness and aid returning veterans, rather than cover current state needs. The note also covers Daviedon College president Dr John R Cunningham urging Presbyterians invest in colleges at the 1946 annual session in Winston-Salem and lists auxiliary officers elected for terms ending 1947.
Clyde Lawing of 909 Tate Street High Point received an honorable discharge from the U S Army at Moore General Hospital Swannanoa.
Private Zemmer C Folson of Route 1 Box 294 High Point has received an honorable discharge from the U S Army at Moore General Hospital Swannanoa.
SGT. MARSHALL RETURNS Set. George L. Marshall recently visited after 30 months active duty in Central and South America. He spent a 15 day furlough with his mother at Archdale and returned October 10 to Atlanta, Ga, for a radio instructor assignment at the Atlanta Air Base. Carter, an aerial gunner with the 15th AAF bomber squadron, entered the air corps March 10, 1943 and trained at Harlingen Texas. William E. Carter of 3507 Carter Street has been promoted to sergeant as announced by 115th Army Air Fox headquarters in Italy. Set. IN CALIFORNIA Douglas L. Williams Seaman First Class, 90m, son of Mr and Mrs T A Williams of 309 Richardson St has arrived in San Bruno California for advanced training after Submarine School in New London Connecticut. He contacted his brother Sgt Thurman L Williams at RAF Baimbridge Georgia on furlough with his wife Miss Anna Groty of Santa Anna California. The weather over the course of a flight mission plotted before an American bomber leaves the ground. Pine, gum, and other woods treated with pitchlerphenol make long last fence ports or to Ext Graeber State College.
Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Sidney Ear Bailey visits his mother Mrs. C. B. Bailey and aunt Miss Georgia Morton. Bailey joined the Navy in December 1939 at 18 and has served in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Sergeant Edwin R. Brown, son of Mrs. E. M. Brown, is a cook in a B 20 Liberator group with 350 combat missions across Italy. Brown, formerly with Carolina Container Co, was authorized to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge and cluster for service in the African European Middle East campaign.
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