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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1942
Page
4
City Manager E M Knox jokes about joining WAACS or WAVES while Quaker attitudes to conscription are debated by J D Cox. Mrs Elizabeth Simpson notes a dog pound location issue. A Brooklyn barber strike sets uniformed men's shave price at one dollar, about half a private’s day’s pay.
Cliff Lehman, commander of the civilian guard, praises joint training with Co. 22 of the State Guard for 52 weeks under Captain Clyde Morrison. City officials laud John Mebane’s service and Atlanta Journal's хорошие assessment. L R Wilson returns to Chapel Hill after retirement from library science at the University of Chicago, planning occasional teaching at the university’s library school.
The Greensboro Daily News argues the Legislature should address state agencies and the hospitals for the insane and end the dispute over prohibition. It notes a possible row over municipal liquor control and a potential compromise with wet counties. It also raises the chance of federal action on liquor before the session, with rationing considerations under War Manpower.
A late letter to the High Point mayor urges keeping leisure alive for young people amid wartime strain. It argues joy and community spaces are vital, despite rising costs, inflation fears, and tighter budgets as industries switch to armament.
The piece argues inflation is rising in the United States, with Leon Henderson's price ceilings masking the danger. While ceilings may shield consumers temporarily, they risk delaying a necessary permanent solution and fostering false security as inflation's varied masks mislead the public.
High Point city council authorized investing forty thousand dollars in Defense Savings Bonds as a faith-filled move to support national finance. City Manager Knox urged war bonds. the decision drew enthusiastic approval and is expected to grow to about eighty five thousand by maturity benefiting local utilities and Treasury bond drives.
A compilation of stern wartime sentiments from Joseph C. Grew George H Brett Ernest J King and Peter Fraser praising resolve resilience and Lilliputian military gear while warning enemies in the Solomons Tulagi and beyond This passage captures the era s morale boosting rhetoric and Allied determination during a pivotal conflict.
Walter Winchell’s column surveys Broadway figures amid wartime notes. Bing Crosby rumored bound for Army enlistment on the Bond Drive. Darry Zanuck leaves 20th Century Fox with a high weekly salary. Myrna Loy jokes about Hitler while others tease and wager on Moscow timing. Multiple vignettes mix showbiz, fashion, and military chatter.
Madeline Webb remains active as she pursues a plea to stay free before her romance with Eli Showbrun. Irving Berlin sends another 5000 dollars in royalties to Navy Relief while a movietown agent faces tax trouble. Patricia Boyd will marry Ensign Robert Buckalew of Norfolk as a Murder, Inc. fugitive turns up in the Army, likely overseas as a hero.
New York audiences see Paramount thriller Wake Island pitch excitement akin to Marine action. Sonja Honey stars in Zanuck musical Iceland. Carlos Ramirez headlines Waldorf Starlight Roof. Renee Demarca debuts Terpsichore at Savoy Plaza Lounge. Emil Coleman and Nora Morales lead orchestras at La Martinique. The Ink Spots perform their latest hit Every Night at This Time.
A vivid fragment describes evangelists singing during intermission at the Star and Garter. It notes a glamorous blond air raid warden in the East 60s and a large MacArthur portrait in a theatre lobby with a rough-print cheek mark. Also mentions a Westchester gas station offering unlimited gas with a BYO eyedropper.
A witty Broadway style remark by Cully Richards notes that money laughs at ownership, underscoring theater life with a sharp, humorous truth about wealth and influence. The quip captures the era’s sly, showbiz philosophy.
Winds and rain will ease the heat as Greensboro endures a week of 100 plus temperatures. Hampton Rich of Boone Trail Association visits for plans to unveil the Boone Old Plank Road marker at the Ragan place this autumn. Four Misses head to Norfolk for weekend, others at Asheville and Myrtle Beach. Jimmy Doolittle sets speed record at 292.801 mph in Cleveland. FDR urges GOP desertion in Schenectady. Rio Grande floods farms and livestock. Julian Price cites improving business as a sign of a lasting revival.
A collage quotes a scientist on annual word count and observes social quirks. It notes German intentions for winter in Russia and hints at changes in plans. A line about mothers raises a social parenting point amid a casual parade of sayings.
A collection of biblical and literary quotes alongside a Donald Nelson remark about used auto parts. The lines urge faithfulness and effort, note commerce flows through scrap yards, and reference Nelson speaking as WPB chairman about eventual use of recycled material.
WPA state administrator C C McGinnis says airport projects at Elizabeth City Kinston Wilson and Lumberton will finish almost on schedule despite labor cuts. Elizabeth City project three fourths done and expected to finish before cold weather. North Carolina prison officials plan a national conference in Asheville October 18 for six days with state leaders arranging travel. North Carolina politics produce odd results as an Orfordsville Wisconsin liquor vote splits beer wine and hard liquor supporters. State prison plans a cattle sale at Caledonia Farm using revolving fund stock with an additional beef cattle auction slated on the 15th.
Mrs. J. M. Brough ton, a Raleigh theater cashier, demonstrated exceptional salesmanship by handling about $30,000 in war bonds and stamps on Tuesday, marking a notable wartime fundraising effort.
A purchaser, an officer of a luncheon club, bought four hundred 25c stamps to resell at weekly luncheons. The theatre noted a regular customer who arrives every Saturday to buy fifty to seventy five dollars worth of stamps, preferring stamps to bonds.
Governor Broughton receives support from Dr. Donnell B. Cobb of Goldsboro as the North Carolina Medical Society endorses reorganizing state mental institutions. Cobb highlights a central board as advantageous. Stay at home, urges Highway Patrol and Office of Defense Transportation for the holiday weekend to ease travel and protect the nation's transportation system.
Governor Broughtan told newsmen yesterday that he has not learned much but has learned not to stir up protest. He said he has not been asked by interested parties to file a state protest and he has no plan to jump in on the matter.
Phyllis Bottome argues in a contemporary English treatise that women, though engaged in duty as non combatants, have never been and are not being trained for aggressive action. She critiques military roles and calls for a reassessment of women's training in modern warfare contexts.
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