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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1943
Page
13
Leather shortage drives up demand for fabric shoes as production declines. Shoe makers boost fabric footwear while leather supplies thin, with potential extension of Stamp No 18 and a shift in consumer use to conserve resources. The piece notes broader rationing context and small related tips for households.
Helena Montana Cree Indian Frank Billy received treatment for an ear wound after his 12 inch braids were caught in a farm tractor’s machinery. The incident occurred in pastures near Helena with local medical staff attending.
Sheriff announces sale of defendant Jim Harris Davis in a Municipal Court judgment case in Guilford County. On October 4 1943 at 11:00 AM at the High Point court house door one half undivided interest in Lots 199 and 200 East View, 50 by 150 feet each, will be sold at public auction for cash to satisfy the judgment.
A lighthearted column notes how room and board phrases recur in daily discourse and jokes, highlighting recurring clichés used by readers and in press cartoons. It reflects social habits and humor surrounding college life and domestic routines.
William Ritt reports that the United States exports large quantities of used clothing to Algeria. The piece notes wartime conditions and odd observations about a desert sheik interested in such garments as Britain advances in Italy and Nazis conduct dubious rescues.
Completely furnished six room residence on Parkway priced at $85 per month with new stoker heat available October 10. Write EF C care Enterprise. Also one or two three room apartments on the first floor near the bus at 518 Whiteoak. Two rooms for rent at 614 Willowbrook with lights and water free for $10 per month.
A mixed jumble of notes covers a sale ad for a motor-bike with a float type carborator at 720 N Main, and a spread of unrelated items including Mussolini broadcast chatter, a baby rumor at an air base, a blind soap bubble trick, a water ouzel note, a Scotsman accused of striking his wife with a dog, and a Chicago butter heist reporting 1370 pounds stolen valued with stamps.
Several rooms for rent described with details on furnishing heat baths and locations. Oakwood Court and Oak Wood Court show furnished bedrooms with baths and steam heat. Addresses include 106 Oakwood Court 111 Oakwood Court 120 College Street 219 Thurston Street. Contact numbers 3220 41403 41377 41477 47102.
Guilford County real estate transfers include multiple parcel dispositions in High Point and Morehead townships. Transactions involve many parties such as Ethel K. Moore, Melvin H. Harman, Clyde L. Gurley, John W. Lain, Ruth Crespo, High Point Savings and Trust, and others, detailing lots, tracts, and streets across subdivisions and avenues.
If you've wondered which branch your enlisted war dog will serve, he will be trained as a specialist for sentry duty, attack operations, messenger service, silent scouts, casualty relief, or as a pack and sledge dog.
In Philadelphia women workers protested after terse remarks blamed all bottlenecks on Simple Sal. The plant’s cartoonist co stars in Witless Willie, drawing attention to labor tensions amid war production.
Sheriff deputy reports at 6 a m on a lonely country road in Coeur d Alene two motorists sat in their cars glaring at each other for 12 hours refusing to back up to a wider spot to let the other pass.
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