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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1943
Page
5
President Roosevelt insists federal subsidies will continue to hold food prices, signaling a forthcoming message to Congress. He argues subsidies are effective, cost only a small fraction of wartime spending, and benefits farmers who have long demanded aid.
The editorial page notes phones ringing about a New Orleans case cured, with hundreds in the United States wired or phoned about cures. Doctors and donors are thanked as Radio City staff handled calls. one woman argued the Senate mattered more than children’s lives.
North Carolina inducted 33 women into the Women's Army Corps including a Hendersonville mother with three sons in service: one in the Marines, one in the Navy, and one in the Coast Guard. The move marks the first WAC batch in the state amid a boosted civilian defense drive.
Flyers prepare for night missions by wearing special night vision goggles for a half hour before takeoff. The brief session aims to acclimate pilots to darkness and enhance nighttime operation readiness.
Ration Roundup lists validity for food and fuel stamps. Meats and fats Book 8 C D E F good through Oct 30. Sugar Book 1 14 good through Nov 1 for five pounds. Gasoline 6A coupons three gallons expire Nov 8 in NE and SE, 3 gallons elsewhere. Fuel oil 10 gallons per unit valid through Jan 3 1944.
Raleigh dispatch reports plans for a December 17 aviation birth day celebration on Windswept Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. Governor Broughton invited Orville Wright to attend as guest of honor. Wilbur Wright is deceased. A Kitty Hawk Day committee is organizing the event.
York Pa October 20 John Powell operator of a city road roller said a woman waited for him then dumped two baskets of tin cans in front of his machine she said she was tired of flattening cans for salvage. A meeting was planned with Rep Herbert C Bonner named chairman to be held in the Governor's office November 1. Cotton in natural colors black red and green has been on Russian experimental arms.
Washington October 20 The Office of Price Administration will invite public input through an opinion survey sampling the nation views on price control and rationing. Data gathered will guide possible regulation revisions and new orders.
A fragment notes U. S. soldiers overseas receiving mail packed in bales. The terse line suggests wartime logistics and the handling of parcels bound for service members abroad. Further context remains unreadable in the fragment.
The note states that about 1,800 letters converted into V Mail are not much larger than a package of cigarettes, illustrating the compactness and efficiency of wartime communications.
A service-station operator recalls wartime service by easing workloads for war workers and doctors, lubricating 35 cars last week, noting rationing has cut gas sales but praising the contribution of small businesses to the Home Front and community mobility.
AP sports note recalls a year ago when Ohio State led the AP poll with Georgia second and Alabama third. The item also mentions a Redskins Eagles NFL win five years ago and a past spring training remark by Joe DiMaggio. It includes a miscellaneous line about soldiers and workers and a note on sun spot theory.
Captain Clark Gable said he will return to the United States after filming fliers in England for six months. He praised the crews as fine young men and described their rapid conversion from schoolchildren to capable fighters. He noted the spirit and achievement of the men and called Americans proud of them.
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