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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1942
Page
4
Monroe Redden, chair of the committee pushing a school amendment, outlines a plan to replace five state boards with a single board, appoint a member from each congressional district, and reduce administrative confusion. He emphasizes democracy, debate, and the right of opposing views to be heard in shaping constitutional changes.
Monroe M. Redden writes that Democratic funds will not be used to sell the proposed constitutional amendment creating a powerful State Board of Education. He links prison director Oscar Pitts to the money issue, suggesting a connection to the campaign. The piece questions why he would not simply say no.
The piece argues the 1942 second front plan remains unsettled between Moscow London and Washington. It notes Russian hopes for a western invasion and calls those expectations a wartime nerves tactic that may aid Soviet endurance. It credits Allied arming progress and envisions future fronts if Russia holds out, signed S.B.H.
The piece argues liability insurance should reflect reduced driving during gas rationing. Base rates would stay, but rebates or reductions would apply to those with limited gasoline. It calls for the Insurance Commissioner to push substantial rate cuts and critiques campaign influence on passage of an amendment.
The piece notes a mistake at the Office of Price Administration and argues gas ration violators face penalties of up to ten years in prison or a 310,000 fine. It contends a year in jail for wartime chiseling seems long, and many cheapskates already find the scheme unworthwhile.
Walter Winchell reports on Dorothy Thompson in NBC newsroom efforts to build a farm coop, Margin Agronsky back from Singapore planning a book, Sonja Honey Toppaig facing Quantico living, John Gunther weighing Inside U S A, and Edna Purviance among others. Bundled anecdotes on stars, radio, clubs, and late night chatter paint a bustling Broadway mood amid wartime life.
A collection of remarks from Nelson, Tsiang, Canadi an minister, Morgenthau, Alexander, and Roosevelt on economic mobilization, tanker losses, U-boats, revenue, savings, and winning the war. The statements reflect wartime policy, strategy, and resolve across nations.
Local news brief highlights include Promised Day observances at Methodist church schools in High Paint with inviting husbands to a cooking school. A local bride wants her husband to see a model kitchen. Justice of the Peace A H Trotter hospitalized in Guilford General. Rev E W Jones leads revival at Prominence Western Methodist Church on Fairfield Road. A freak ear of corn shown by N E B Oh am in Highland. Car collision at Farriss and Hardover injures Mrs Kronheimer mildly. Roosevelt seeks Southern California votes. U S government to probe Insull Utilities. Robert R Reynalds criticizes reconstruction policies. Freight rail loadings rise.
In a summary column from Enterprise Bureau, discussion centers on compulsory health insurance to fill gaps left by old age and unemployment benefits. It notes historical WWI efforts, current moves to convert unemployment funds into health coverage, and debates over veterans leave and state staffing during mobilization. Ben Prince weighs military service versus remaining highway chairman.
A discussion outlines evacuation leadership, backing Prince, and resistance to a federal absentee voting act. It notes officials doubt the federal measure aids soldiers and warns against federal overreach, stressing state control of election machinery and limited enthusiasm from election boards and the secretary of state.
A fragment from a Geneaic quotation evokes a covenant with the earth and a mild arch of promise in the evening sky. The text contemplates a token of divine agreement as the clouds clear and the te aray shines.
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