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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
4
Randomly selected members of the High Point Civilian Defense Corps comment on Saturday's training at Senior High School starting 2:30 PM. Courses include general, gas, fire, drill, and civilian defense pictures with several officials and workers praising the plan as practical and beneficial though some note its intensity.
The governor named William P Hodges to succeed the late Dan C Boney as Commissioner of Insurance. The editorial notes Hodges long service in the department and calls the appointment well deserved while acknowledging political pressures and other candidates considered. It concludes with sincere congratulations to the Governor and Hodges.
Georgia voters backed Attorney General Ellis Arnall over Eugene Talmadge with 149,480 to 110,874 in an unexpectedly clear margin. Arnall led in 85 counties to Talmadge’s 73, with one county tied. The piece reflects on implications for the South, linking Arnall’s win to liberal reform and opposition to demagoguery while noting regional political dynamics and broader social issues.
The article notes President Roosevelt plans to borrow Jonathan Daniels from the Raleigh News and Observer for a federal assignment with the Office of Civilian Defense. Daniels, 80-year-old father acting as caretaker, shaped as writer and editor, may become a notable figure if he resists becoming a yes man and succeeds in the new role.
A rapid, cheeky roundup covers Willian Sarovyan's editorial test for a drama critic, Johnny Weissmuller’s growing vocabulary, Dodgers and Cardinals highlights, plus street gossip from Park Avenue to West 52nd Street. The column mentions Miki Finn, Clark Gable backlash, Abbott and Costello, James True, and Goebbels parodies amid a Labor Day blackout and wartime chatter.
A collage of humorous and tasteless clips including a radio scandal over a quiz show dropping a sponsor program, Ruth Phillips joining Newsweek, Toscanini’s sharp quip about a shoe maker, and a caricatured artful pinning of a Hitler statuette. It cites playful anecdotes about Nazi officers, a Russian prisoner race, and WAACs.
A 1000 plus depositors meeting endorsed a plan to organize a new national bank for High Point in the wake of the closed Commercial National Bank. A commerce chapter membership drive starts Tuesday as local notes report on civic events and familiar names.
A collection of quoted remarks from public figures on labor, war effort, and national defense. Includes Ralston on Canadian air forces, a Chicago businessman on bonds and a kiss, biblical and literary lines, and a U S war official aide calling for patience amid wartime problems.
Governor Broughton announced from the Mansion that William P. Hodges, chief deputy, would be Insurance Commissioner to succeed the late Ban Boney. Dialogue on Raleigh hill and hotel lobbies showed mixed views with a tilt toward Hodges though some favored an insurance man first. Hodges, a Martin County native, would keep East representation in major state offices.
The piece reviews possible successors to Boney with Stacey W Wade named as a current active candidate while others like Stimous Valentine and Judge R H Sykes receive mentions. It notes Umstead and Hodges appointment timing, quotes a curious Hospitality Committee letter from Jesup Georgia, and covers tobacco price policy and general wartime comment.
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