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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
5
Philadelphia news service reports wartime restrictions did not curb rural electrification. G M Rhode of Westinghouse notes farms with central station service grew from 100000 in 1919 to over 2600000 by 1944. The article adds a wartime contrast with postwar tank production.
Helena Mont Sept 13 A terrific hail storm ends Montana wheat farmers hope for a record crop. The storm wipes out five million bushels of unharvested wheat and halts plans for a new yield high, leaving the state to wait for next year.
The War Labor Board will decide CIO steelworkers and other unions demands for a guaranteed annual wage. A 52 week guarantee may be trimmed, with employers arguing risk from war to peace production. Supporters say it stabilizes employment and spending. opponents cite potential losses from business fluctuations and overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
High Point lists many property transfers from Guilford County Realty to numerous buyers including McCrary Nixon Preddy Rothrock Verner Setner Harris, Vaden Crews Ellison and others. The report notes extensive transfer activity across streets and subdivisions. Noted population density fact references New York City's lower east side decline since 1905.
Klops of text describe tired kidneys causing backache and fatigue and promote Doan's Pills as a remedy. Claims relief after use and urges readers to ask a druggist for Desa’s Pile. The passage reads like an old fashioned newspaper advertisement.
In Upper Sandusky Ohio two of the oldest deeds in Wyandot County's recorder office in half a century were filed. The 1824 patent grant to George Garrett signed by President James Monroe covered 80 acres and had never been recorded. Garrett sold the land to Benjamin Sweet a year later, with a new deed filed in Seneca County. The heirs of the A A Stalter estate brought the documents to clear title.
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