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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1941
Page
7
Marguerite Young outlines a practical approach to personal budgeting to combat rising prices and taxes. The guide recommends yearly planning, tracking income and expenditures, and comparing with expert recommendations and national spending surveys to form a disciplined, value-based budget.
Capital Short Shots reports on Bill Sharpe’s sharp critique of Young Democrats for opting to delay a censure of Senator Robert R. Reynolds over isolationist views. The piece notes possible 1944 opponents, including Richard J. Reynolds Jr. and Sheriff Victor Meekins, plus statewide praise for the State Fair under W Kerr Scott and Dr J S Darton. It mentions commentary on R B McLaughlin’s resignation and the Highway Commission’s prisoner program exhibits at the Fair.
Paris unoccupied France Oct 40 A university professor Lucien Villey and his son and daughter were arrested in Paris on charges of Free French propaganda. Villey chaired science at the University of Paris and is linked to a former Seine prefect. The arrests raise jailed scientists in recent days to six, with five French Academy of Sciences members arrested Thursday. Alaska is noted as part of the same continent but not the continental United States.
The October 19 Christian Science lesson-sermon centers on the Doctrine of Atonement, with the Golden Text from Timothy and citations from John and Mary Baker Eddy. It emphasizes man's unity with God, Jesus’ oneness with the Father, and the inseparability of divine love from believers.
In Zagreb on October 4 the national economy minister announced that rebel farmers who fled to the woods must return to their villages by tomorrow or face execution. Officials say the farmers, many with families, are Chetnik extremists influenced by Communist agitators. villages abandoned or burned in several districts.
Halloween mood and superstitions are explored in five questions. Origins of 13 unluckiness, best wedding day, ladder walking, horseshoe luck actions, and three on a match origins are posed. Answers appear on the Wanted Page.
Col. Robert J. Gill, new American Contract Bridge League president, is praised for his bridge skill after leading a six spade contract to a seven odd win against Bow ie in Asheville. The article notes Gill’s optimism and a highlight hand with Bowie, detailing card play and strategic decisions in a high level bridge contest.
Insect damage in the United States is estimated at two billion dollars annually. About six thousand species cause the destruction, with half of the total damage attributed to just 36 species.
Well dressed Britons spend about 52 billion dollars on clothing yearly with women contributing 1.25 billion. Automobile production uses 3.26 million pounds of wool from 800000 sheep for upholstery and parts. US oil firms hold over 1 billion dollars in foreign oil lands refineries and distribution plants.
Britain has assembled its strongest African force yet spread through the Western Desert to defend Egypt and strike Libyan Italian German positions. Western Desert units, under General Auchinleck, prepare for possible offensive action while supply routes via the Cape of Good Hope and Indian Ocean extend. Terrific battle looms as plans weigh offensive options in North Africa.
The Agriculture Department reported that Germany's wartime food rationing has not yet visibly affected the population's health or work capacity. Food remains plentiful in carbohydrates but fats and proteins are reduced, with meats at two thirds of prewar levels and vitamins and minerals increasingly scarce. Margarine is fortified with Vitamin A to resemble butter as war strains raise physiological needs.
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