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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1943
Page
2
Elsie Robinson describes a hidden meadow beside dusty trails where food, flora, and wildlife create an ever changing light and scent. She recalls returning from labor to find a tranquil sanctuary of grasses iridescent butterflies and a whispering stream that feeds the soul.
C H Tomlinson began in 1900 with eight thousand dollars, twenty five workers, and a two story corrugated iron building. In 1904 his brother Charles joined as secretary treasurer, starting a 39 year partnership. The firm bought the Globe-Home factory in 1911 and remodeled, expanding to thirteen acres. They pioneered gallery displays and period reproductions, embracing American Williamsburg styles. Charles F Tomlinson, a Quaker leader, influenced humane worker relations and served in many offices until his death January 28 1943. He married May Lovelace in 1914 and had three children.
A truncated passage lists numerous local firms and public departments in Greensboro area including Garden Memorial Park, insurance companies, hospitals, manufacturers, and government divisions. The text notes that the phrase drawing room is a shortened form of withdrawing room.
In 16th century English, smug described neatness or trimness rather than now common connotations of conceit. The term appeared in texts noting tidy appearance and well ordered conditions, illustrating semantic shift over time.
Jamestown events spotlight the Modern Book Club at the Jamestown School Home Economics building with guest Eloise Best speaking on Mexican views of the United States. Also covered are Jamestown 4H Club profits, Goodfellow class officer election, social activities, and local visits from military and town residents.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in a radio address from Algiers warned that Allied victory remains a long, hard journey over a bitter road. He spoke with Henry Morgenthau Jr during a war bond broadcast, stressing the home front must stand behind the troops.
Washington observers note a push for a retail sales tax as the House Ways and Means Committee resists raising individual income taxes. Senate Finance Chair George says excise boosts could fill part of a vast revenue goal while Treasury objections loom. He also predicts a possible $41 to $42 billion income take next year if employment stays high as House members weigh combined normal and surtax rates.
Governors Broughton of North Carolina and Darden of Virginia held a tele phone talk on a call for a tobacco marketing holiday to halt price declines after lower grades fell from 35 cents to eight cents per pound. The plan urged a two day halt and possible extension, with Rep. Harold Cooley asked to press Congress and the CCC to restore former allotments and prices.
Washington reports a planned 1944 surge in heavy truck output after a domestic shortage and war demand. The program targets 40,000 heavy trucks, 40,000 medium trucks, and 25,000 trailers, with 100 heavy units produced domestically in 1943 against a 7,500 goal.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower touring the Fifth Army along the Volturno River came under shell fire today en route to forward positions. He toured the left flank and planned visits to the center and right sectors tomorrow as German artillery shelled areas north of Grazzanise and a shell exploded near his jeep. No casualties were reported.
Funeral services for Grady Baxley 42 who died in a Raleigh hospital Friday morning will be conducted from his father C C Baxley 210 Lindsay Street at 4 o clock Sunday afternoon. The services will be led by Rev Julian S Hopkins and Rev O L Ruth. Interment will be in Floral Garden Cemetery.
Prime Minister David Lloyd George, aged 80, wed Frances Stevenson, his secretary of 30 years, in a quiet Guildford area ceremony at Churt Surrey. Stevenson, 55, has guided his career since 1913 while also active in public life, following his 1888 marriage to his first wife Dame Margaret Lloyd George.
The scene around Alamein shows vast wreckage with hundreds of tanks and guns scattered in a desert battlefield. The war graves commission tends 5,000 white crosses in the cemetery and plans to irrigate and plant a garden, creating a peaceful memorial amid the harsh sand.
Yugoslav partisans under Petar Dabcevis engaged in heavy fighting with Nazi motorized forces near Mount Chakor on the Montenegro Albania frontier. Patriots captured four villages in southwest Slovenia as liberation forces report key Slovenian towns fallen and rail links along the Sava-Danube corridor hit. German units attacked in Lika and near Jezerana, while a Yugoslav bulletin notes a German ship sunk off the Dalmatian coast.
In Washington the subsidy dispute deepens as Rep. Law Induc seeks full food price controls and a food administrator, arguing price rollbacks fail to assure fair prices. Fred Vinson warns that administrative fixes are unworkable while the administration braces for Roosevelt’s subsidy message to retail prices.
Italian prisoners of war housed at Camp Butner and used as farm laborers in eastern North Carolina completed their peanut harvest duty with a highly satisfactory record. Dean I A Schaub of North Carolina State College cited benefits for farmers and that no resentment occurred among local workers. The program reportedly stabilized wage rates and boosted effort in harvesting crops across the region.
Sweden moves to reassess its air line routes after yesterday’s civilian airliner attack. If Germany won’t cooperate, air traffic over Sweden could be halted. The downed plane, 50 miles north of Gothenburg, killed 13 including a California clergyman. one crew member and one passenger survived. Passengers included Russian women, two children, Swedish officers, a British agent, and a Swede. an American, Dr. T C Hume, was aboard as World Council of Churches delegate. Sweden suspended flights to Britain while government negotiates a safe conduct plan with Germany and Britain.
Gen Henri Giraud, WWI hero, says he will not wear his medals while Allied forces push toward Berlin. His family is reportedly held as German prisoners. The remark came in a Morgenthau broadcast from Algiers outlining wartime stance and morale.
The article describes city land sales and private broker involvement. It notes bidding at public sale, potential outcomes for Joe and others, and how private owners can reclaim property or settle liens. It emphasizes housing demand, city assets, and the goal of returning property to productive use for a growing area.
Hollywood reports a sensational crime tale based on James M. Cain's Double Indemn ity with Barbara Stanwyck as a wife killer and Fred MacMurray aiding her plot before a staged murder. Edward G. Robinson as the detective unravels the case and condemns MacMurray to the gas chamber, while studios seek real life detail from San Quentin.
An exhaustive list of program slots across the evening including The Dairy Farmer Wake Up America, Washington and Rationing, NBC Symphony, Charlie McCarthy, Jack Benny, and Bob Crosby. Noting corrections by networks, with timezone, durations, and interstitial features for War era broadcasting.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service reports 16 internment centers hold 9,220 alien enemies as of June 30. Of these, 6,871 are ameeded in various parts of the United States and its territories, 2,349 sent to American countries for safekeeping, while 16,330 law violators were reported at the border patrol.
Morning Melodies opens at 7 90 with a slate of church services news and music. The day features organ recitals gospel programs orchestral performances and radio dramas with hosts and guests such as John Charles Thomas Rupert Hughes and Bob Crosby and Company across late morning to evening hours.
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