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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1944
Page
4
Readable text notes the presence of John Co. a national entity located at 420 Lexington Avenue in New York City. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
An obituary-like statement honors David H. Blair as a cultured Christian and urges alert youth to pursue clear language and fundamentals of mathematics and science. It stresses continued wartime technical advances and urges immediate effort to obtain a basic education for future success.
The text notes strains in the 1948 race with Roosevelt and Dewey seeking broad support while CIO PAC leader Sidney Hillman and Earl Browder draw opposition. It criticizes John L. Lewis for coal miners' strike and questions its impact on Governor Dewey, reflecting strange bedfellows in politics.
The message urges high school youth to stay in school and continue studies as D Day in the war for freedom approaches. It cites Paul McNutt and Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs on youth manpower, work, and the need for combined mind and body effort to win the war. It also notes discussions on democracy and elections in England and America with reflections on constitutional rights.
The issue centers on a ban on marines from Kinston due to venereal disease sources linked to its Sugar Hill red light district near Camp LeJeune and Cherry Point. The piece critiques public ignorance and praises the Venereal Disease Educational Institute led by Capus Waynick, noting North Carolina’s prominent outreach amid local reluctance to adopt available preventive knowledge.
The candidate for the Presidency is praised for direct, unambiguous address and candor in his speeches. Attacks on opponents are noted as plain speaking with no hedging, contrasting with his rival’s secrecy. The piece questions Dewey’s readiness for complex international policy and leadership.
The speaker lauds Tom Dewey’s vision of a vigorous American future based on three centuries of constructive effort. He cites Dewey’s faith in national potential, commitment to human freedom, and goal to elevate living standards through private enterprise and technology without ceding government as a tool for communal action.
Mrs. B. B. Everett of Palmyra, vice chair of the state Democratic Executive Committee and rural home economics expert, says motherhood kept her from quick political campaigning. She plans to attend Monday’s Farm Bureau meeting and likely open state Democratic headquarters Friday, while recounting her children’s schooling and farm duties at home. The piece also notes debate over a $100 election-reward program and ongoing Stokes County investigations with Ralph Scott pursuing cases.
The state’s game division asks the federal Wildlife Service to extend dove shooting in North Carolina to cover the same periods as Virginia and South Carolina. Locals resent perceived bias in Tar Heel efforts and warn the issue could inflame political tensions.
Washington reports Germany fields no more than about 25 divisions, roughly 300000 men, attempting to hold the western line from the Alps to the sea. Allies describe German retreat through France, losses, and failed ports while planning a new defense along the Moselle and Ardennes regions as Soviet and Allied advances press.
Paul Mallon notes delaying General Patch and argues main German resistance slowed, but Allied forces build strength for decisive attacks. He cites Metz and Nancy, Marseilles and Toulon, and the Albert Canal obstacle as fought through. He predicts swift victory, possibly before winter, with few experts expecting Nazi duration into snow.
Entertainer Helen OConnell and groom Cliff Smith reportedly wed in a Benedice ceremony. Lt Jack Lawrence and Bernice Parks allegedly eloped last week, while Kenny Gardner and Elaine Lombardo tied the knot over the weekend. Reports mix marriages, illness, and theater gossip across a busy New York scene.
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