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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1942
Page
2
A nationwide update sketches how President Roosevelt reacts to party tensions and primaries, with Dunnings around Bennett Mead and Farley. The piece notes WPB FPC clashes over Panhandle gas sales, labor board wage moves, and shifts in wartime gender roles.
Announcement from Postmaster S. C. Clark urges Christmas mail to armed forces abroad sent Oct 1 to Nov 1. Parcels limited to six pounds, shoe-box size, with no food or clothing. Each parcel must show name rank serial number unit and routing post office.
A columnist muses on living through an age of transition amid war and change. The piece highlights Thomas B. Smith’s Michigan degree in public health and his aim to apply sanitation and nutrition to reduce the Southern Negro death rate.
Water is rarely served with meals in many European dining spots unless specifically ordered. A small charge may be added when water is requested, reflecting dining practices and potential service fees.
Notes emphasize that postage must be fully prepaid on letters cards and packages sent to members of the armed services. Additional information about mailing to service members abroad is available at the post office.
Bernard M. Baruch, aging war administrator and financier, is named head of a three man rubber commission. Supporters say Baruch and colleagues Conant and Compton form the only team to straighten out the rubber muddle, while critics call the appointment a prestige move. Baruch pursues outdoor hobbies and has long fought for agricultural reform and wartime mobilization plans.
Reading of a dense, patchy broadcast grid shows programs and times for Eastern War Time. Notable items include Jack Armstrong serials, The Ben Bernie Show, Hedda Hopper on Movies, World War via Broadcast, Bing Crosby related acts, Amos and Andy sketches, and the War news segments.
A historical reference states the Interstate Commerce Commission was created in 1887, marking a birth of federal regulation in transportation. The detail highlights the commission’s origin in late 19th century reform movements and public commerce oversight.
United States planes attacked the Myitkyina airdrome in Northern Burma for a second day. Bombers with fighter escort hit Japanese barracks and a warehouse area along the railway and the terminal. Two large fires and several small ones burned along the railway. All planes returned safely.
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