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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
12
Eastern North Carolina properties totaling millions of acres were leased to the Coastal Plain Company of Kinston and Standard Oil Company of New Jersey for experimental oil drilling. Leasings have proceeded over several months.
Greensboro September 1 The second and final day of the North Carolina eye ear nose and throat society meeting held a business session and luncheon. Dr Hugh C Wolfe state president gave the welcome address. Raleigh September Welfare Conference Set with Dr Ellen Winston as principal speaker Friday opening a series.
A state wide notice explains mustering out pay details and a fall schedule. Reports cover convicted gambling cases in Raleigh, Duke Divinity School opening in Durham with 145 students, and planned fall meetings of NC credit bureaus. Soviet officers praise American infantry during Camp Butner visit. North Carolina expands October feed wheat allotments by 25 percent.
The state supreme court upheld death sentences for Charles Alexander, 24, in Halifax County on rape charges, and James Taylor in Wake County on first degree murder. Both defendants are described as colored. Each has been sentenced to life terms beyond 13 years.
Governor Broughton said proposals to transfer control and operation of the women’s division of the state prison system were under consideration in Raleigh on Wednesday. The report notes possible shifts in administration and oversight plans.
The Governor states the state penal division will present a 1945 plan to the General Assembly. He says supervising women prisoners is primarily an issue for the state board of corrections rather than the penal division, with all agencies under review.
Washington discloses mustering out pay rules for veterans discharged since December 7, 1941. Payments vary by overseas service and discharge timing, with 300, 200, or 100 dollars and specific payment schedules. Also covers eligibility exclusions including rank limits and WAAC cases, plus how to apply through service branches.
Corrections to program listings due to network changes during Eastern War Time and MWT adjustments. The schedule covers serials, dramas, news, concerts, and variety shows with notes on late edits and the impact on mustering out pay for veterans and survivor claims.
A brief notes a public meeting sponsored by The Readers Digest and WMFR on August 30 discussing whether returning soldiers should receive job preference over senior workers and the implications for American towns.
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