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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1943
Page
2
The article argues financiers warn of deflation after WWII and urges immediate reconversion planning. It highlights U S industry must expand beyond wartime output, create jobs for 55 million, and sketch blueprints now. It notes grassroots efforts to inventory resources, lower taxes, and repurpose war assets while stressing active employer action.
Ten years ago local notes report beautification plans for the new post office grounds Walter Lambeth of Thomasville is named chief marshal for the October 8 State Fair parade J B Johnson joins Quality Shoes former Brown Shoe employee. Re employed director Capus Waynick says 722 men found work last week. Charlie Betts cited with pardon reversal after a dog ownership dispute. General United States.
New York bankers report Brazil under President Vargas has revived a vast rubber program. Seventy four factories operate including three tire plants. Exports soar to forty times prewar levels. Output forecasts drop from thirty two thousand to twenty five thousand tons for 1943. Over twenty three thousand workers moved to plantations, six thousand more to interior transport. Major infra projects were built to reach production goals. Para storage exceeds ten thousand tons in Mato Grosso while Manaus allocates cargo space. Rio plans to extend the Amazon Paraguay link to tap more trees as today’s gum flow signals a large enterprise.
Edgar Hartley of Washington D C has been elected executive secretary of the local YMCA and is expected to assume duties November 1 He is English born and spent most youth in Massachusetts He served eight years at the Baltimore YMCA and was overseas in World War I Major S R Telfair of Raleigh visited yesterday Edwin Chappell resumes studies at Carolina Scout Executive Blair Frank Wood Ernest Wright and Alfred Caldwell return from Savannah Ga after attending a regional Boy Scouts meeting Governor Morrison says North Carolina had a 1922 surplus and the state faces no deficit The state corporation commission rebuked the New Hanover grand jury for criticism of its banking policy
Sir Kingsley Wood aged 62, chancellor of the exchequer since May 1940 under Prime Minister Churchill, died today in London on the eve of a planned pay as you go plan for workers income tax. He previously served as Lord Privy Seal and air minister.
Observers in Washington monitor developments in Moscow as Saint Stalin’s approval of a synod and Bishop Sergei’s election as patriarch signal possible state church collaboration. Izvestia’s church order and a Vatican risk backdrop frame the shift, with visits by the Archbishop of York highlighting changing religious dynamics.
Federal Judge John C. Bowen declares civil court power superior to the War Department over a Seattle port building seized as an army warehouse. Assistant Attorney General Norman M. Littell calls the ruling unprecedented while the army argues to maintain the supply line to forces in the Far East and an immediate appeal is planned. The Merchants Transfer and Storage Company and Skinner and Eddy seek contempt actions against Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson.
On Alcatraz Island, the wives of fifty prison employees knit dainty garments for the Red Cross including sweaters and layettes as a charitable project reflecting wartime home front efforts.
Film actress Martha O'Driscoll aged 21 married Lt Commander Richard Adams 34, chief engineer on an aircraft carrier. The couple honeymooned in Carmel California after the ceremony and urged readers to buy more War Bonds.
A fragmented listing shows Eastern War Time programming with one hour shifts and corrections. It details a dense sequence of serials, news, music, and variety segments across CBS NBC and ABC affiliates with notable names like Fred Waring, Bing Crosby, and Red Skelton, plus war commentary and youth features.
Washington reports of bickering between Food Administrator Marvin Jones and Price Administrator Prentiss Brown over the crop program are scheduled for airing. The House agriculture committee wants a clear, coordinated plan for crops planted and harvested through next spring and 1944.
Eleanor Roosevelt warns rehabilitation of war wounded will be a major issue for America after the conflict. After a 20730 mile Pacific tour visiting hospitals, she says more amputees and injuries will require jobs and new social integration support. She cites a scarred soldier driven from a restaurant as illustrating public reaction to disabled veterans.
Effigies of Tojo and Hitler were torn and strewn from the third war loan sign on Courthouse Square. Police kept order as youths who had tied them down were caught, and officers tasked the boys with re-hanging the dummies to boost bond sales.
An Italian flyer, 21, escaped a northern Italy airfield and joined American forces near Salerno. He flew a 300 mile trainer to land at an Allied field as German artillery fire raged. Lt. Col. Vincent Sheean escorted him to cover amid the battle for the bridgehead.
Dr. Clendening outlines three doctor types for backache and urges finding the exact cause before treatment. He compares strapping, manipulation, and proper diagnosis, explains spinal structure and postural factors, and cautions on when rest, casts, or therapy may be indicated. He also discusses tuberculosis care and pigeon breast in children.
A dense sequence of time marked radio programs from WSJS throughout the day and into tomorrow morning, listing shows from Carolina Cavaliers to The Open Door and Course of Human Events, with news segments and entertainment programs interspersed. The long table-like listing includes titles, times, and host or program names such as The Guiding Light, Fred Waring's Orchestra, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and John Nesbit's Passing Parade across the afternoon and evening blocks, followed by morning segments the next day including The Eye Opener and News of the World.
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