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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1942
Page
10
A Hungarian man and Finnish fiancée under London Quaker custody met on the Faeroes and woo in Esperanto since they share no common language. They speak no English and communicate romance through the universal plan language.
H A Brown demonstrated how synthetic rubber is made for the Thomasville Rotary Club. He spoke on the acute rubber situation and predicted civilian quantities would not be available until late 1944. He urged conservation and noted a tribute to servicemen followed.
A list of theater showings and musical pieces with running times across stations centered on Center Bradhurst and Paramount venues. Includes Synucopation Romance On The Range Major and The Minor Bahama Passage with various segment times and page references.
In recognition of Navy Day Rev J A Nelson read a poem at the club event. Major Caveness and Lieutenant Healey of the Selective Service Commission in North Carolina attended as guests. Healey delivered a brief address praising the local draft board. Other visitors included R N Ferguson of this city.
Miss Ruth Perry of Durham is elected president of the newly organized women's division of the Wake Forest College student body, announced from Wake Forest on October 29.
Raleigh October 29 the State News Bureau has issued a new booklet Opportunities for Dairy Farming in North Carolina aimed at readers in other states. It features farm scenes climate crop seasons markets and dairy prospects while noting state milk production fell from 1926 to 1940. The publication showcases offset printing and underscores the need for expanding North Carolina dairying.
Viadivia Chile imposes a new cinema rule prohibiting wearing earrings. The move echoes historical European practices where men wore earrings in various countries. The ban applies to public screening venues and shocks local audiences.
Sgt Roy E Farow of High Point and Pfc Nanley Williamson of Seagrove serve in a Sixth Air Force medical detachment. Once machine shop workers, they now nurse wounded soldiers, supervise orderlies, check medicines and temperatures, and carry out doctors orders. They trained in first aid warfare and medical care and stand ready for emergencies.
The British Ministry of Health launches a campaign to end public secrecy about venereal disease and asks press cooperation. It cites civilian infections up 50 percent during wartime and total service plus civilian rise of 70 percent, with 70 000 new civilian infections in the past year.
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