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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
4
The PHE trustees delay the High Point Memorial Hospital fundraising, citing War needs and tax considerations. They urge donors to consider buying negotiable war bonds for donation later, while praising Gus McPherson for wartime service and detailing his football beginnings at Carolina.
Amos R. Kearns of the High Point Committee for Economic Development calls the week’s retail survey for merchants a top postwar planning opportunity. Hi. D. Peters notes the Memorial Hospital fund drive is delayed to support War Chest and Sixth War Loan efforts. Judge D. C. MacRae thanks attendees for presenting the facts.
In remarks from a court appearance by a young sailor speaking for his wife, community voices praise the YWCA fellowship and WAC recruitment. Local officials discuss quick gasoline registrations, WAC recruiter comments, and two servicemen home on leave with their brother.
The author critiques Roosevelt's Saturday remarks accusing him of vagueness. They claim 1934 independence timing left the Philippines exposed to Japan and note the Philippines formed a constabulary with MacArthur. They argue recognition of Soviet Russia was tied to limits on Communist propaganda.
The piece catalogues President Roosevelt’s early stance on the League of Nations and wartime alliances, highlighting his avoidance of entangling alliances and preference for domestic projects over military buildup. It notes missed opportunities to join the League and references summed public papers from 1933 to 1937.
Discussion of Democratic candidate Gregg Cherry and Republican Frank Patton stressing expanded state services for returning soldiers. Notes Cherry as likely next governor, history of North Carolina wartime governors, Fulbright to speak at Dec 7 meeting, and campus and state officials updating on ranks and electoral votes.
Ohio and California each hold 25 electoral votes while New Jersey and Massachusetts have 16 apiece. New York leads with 13,479,142 people and 47 electoral votes. Governor Broughton campaigns in Illinois and Oklahoma for the national Democratic committee, with two stops moved to Oklahoma and Missouri to suit expectations. Friday marks a deadline for campaign expense reports by the Constitutional Democrats in North Carolina, a group challenging Roosevelt. The faction has spent thousands on ads and field staff, with Capitol Square awaiting funding details.
A collage of Broadway gossip and society glimpses from the Big Town. Billie Burke, Louella Parsons, Drew Pearson, Daniel Longwell, Choo Choo Johnson, Charles Butterworth, and other figures appear in a parade of theater, politics, friendships, and misadventures with reporters, weddings, and royal-like intrigues surrounding FDR and Dewey era New York.
A collage of Lenox Avenue funeral chapel names, midtown flaneurs, and East 36th Street streetscapes. Vivid vignettes include a lavender-scented dream walking woman, a gray-haired cab driver with a soldier son photo, and scenes from Leon and Eddie's Chateaubriand Copacabana. Gossip covers politics, theater, romance, and betting odds on FDR.
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