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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1943
Page
10
Female workers on AC Spark plug assembly lines in Michigan produce automatic pilot components for Sperry aircraft. The gyroscope driven system governs elevator and rudder controls, with rigorous testing from cold aluminum casting to final assembly, inspection, and reassembly to ensure precise, stable flight.
A collage of service members from High Point area families is featured. The Mitchell brothers Ray, J H Jr, and Fralley served in Air Corps, Army, and ordnance regiments with stations in Indiana Fort Ord California and overseas. Upton brothers Clyde and Dwight served in the Indies and Maryland. Other local servicemen include Howard Corn at Camp Maxey and Wade Hedrick at Camp White Oregon with brothers visiting. Additional notes cover J T McGhee in Moore General Hospital, Lemuel Campbell at Fort Sam Houston, Kermit Doss at Camp Cooke, Streetman in the North Pacific, and Allen Grubb in North Africa.
W A BINS muses on the nature of news and the global reach of reporting from Associated Press dispatches to radio from Chungking to Moscow. He notes extraordinary events like an 18 inch snow and a tornado near Greensboro and urges a North Carolina first view of the state's varied climate flora fauna and minerals.
William L Mollman 24 son of Mr and Mrs C O Garland of High Point is stationed at Iowa State College where he trains for a petty officer's rating in the Navy trade school for diesel operators.
PHILADELPHIA April 3 Two more weapons for use in the battle against Axis submarines the destroyer escorts Scott and Burke slid down the ways in a twin launching ceremony.
North Carolina comments on war efforts note the value of coastal sand bars for defense and critique rationing points for farmers and housewives. A Wilmington water main burst alarms residents, while the Raleigh Times highlights press importance in wartime food rationing. Chosen aims to cut cigarette use to free tobacco for North China.
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