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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1941
Page
7
Beginning Monday advance detachments from Fort Brage North Carolina and Camp Stewart Georgia will move into the Carolinas army maneuver area providing a preview of the events planned for the following week as troops press the drills.
Lieut. Col. Lewis A. Page detailed plans for the advance groups moving on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The march will use highways listed in the notice for motor convoys not exceeding 30 vehicles each.
The report outlines U S routes and state highways used by Camp Stewart and Fort Jackson units moving into South Carolina and into North Carolina. Convoys will clear Cheraw on U S Route No 1 and travel through Chester Winnsboro Fort Mill Rock Hill and Lando while Georgia troops bivouac at Moncks Corner then proceed toward Lake City Florence Darlington and Cheraw with speeds capped at 25 miles per hour to allow civilian passage.
Walter Winchell discusses Senator Clark's stance on Hollywood’s role in a government defense program and the reluctance to allow cross examination of Nye. He notes government employee investigations and cites Lewis Gannett on Hitler era critiques, warning about obstructions to peace and civil freedom.
Clarence KE Yokeley a William Penn High School teacher earned a Master of Arts in personnel and guidance administration from the University of Michigan. He completed residency at Ann Arbor and wrote a thesis on guidance at William Penn High School. He is the first Negro to complete elementary to master’s level in this city. He is the son of Mrs. H. E. Palmer and lives at Hoover Street with his wife and his in‑laws. He lectured at the university on guidance and personnel work.
A Pasadena America First Committee resolution questions British blame for a torpedo attack on the Greer and notes Nazi retaliation. The piece recalls radio executives and critics, including Wheeler and Trammell, debating how to handle commentators and offset Lindbergh in a wartime media climate. History's cycles are observed in reference to Bev Thompson's colonial-era Fury leadership.
The Furniture City Lodge of Elks No. 282 and the Piedmont Temple of Daughter Elks No. 229 hosted an old fashioned picnic for about 309 guests at the Municipal Colored Park. Attendees came from Greensboro Winston-Salem Salisbury and Washington DC. Exalted Ruler James Ross and Daughter Ruler Sylvia Alford introduced the guests Friday night.
Kermit High of Broadhurst Theatre becomes city manager of three Greenwood theatres after nine months in charge. Joe Abercrombie of Atlanta is named successor, bringing 15 years in theatre management and recent Emory Theatre duties in Atlanta. He attended Oglethorpe University and vows to maintain the theatre’s high entertainment standard.
High Point utilities show a seven percent rise in last month’s electricity use over August 1940, with managers crediting daylight saving time and closing gasoline stations for suppressing what could have been a twenty percent increase. Domestic and retail demand climbed 17 percent since 1938, while July’s year-over-year rise stood at 22 percent. city manager E M Knox notes emergency measures benefited the city system more than Duke Power, as industrial consumption largely drives Duke’s totals.
U S factories produce more than 72 million gross of buttons annually per the Census. Pearl or shell buttons exceed 20 million gross, synthetic resin over 15 million. The business amounts to about 30 million dollars yearly. Over 300 factories employ more than 12,000 workers.
Rev and Mrs J M Kennedy visited friends in Charlotte and Columbia South Carolina and other points before returning to their home at 405 Vall Street.
The Thomasville police report for August shows 137 arrests and 23 traffic citations. Indictments include assault variants, burglary, drunkenness, embezzlement, gambling, liquor violations, prostitution, and motor vehicle offenses. Seventy four fingerprint sets and seven personal identifications were made, with several break‑ins investigated and cleared by arrest. Roads in Germany and Poland miles totals appear in the update.
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