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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1942
Page
2
A large group of High Point industrial leaders met at the Sheraton Hotel for a luncheon to explore securing war industries and converting local plants to war production. Everett Marsh of Marsh Furniture Co was named committee chairman to investigate all aspects and report findings later.
The Broadhurst Theatre will host over 425 Enterprise Carrier-Saleswen tomorrow night. John Garfield stars in Dangerously Whey Live currently showing at the Broadhurst.
Continued cold tonight with scattered frost in west and north central portions. Official weather bureau records show 24 hour temperature and rainfall ending at 7 36 a m across major cotton growing regions including Asheville Charlotte Norfolk Richmond Savannah Wilmington and more with varied highs and lows from the low to mid 80s in Florida to the mid 30s in Virginia and North Carolina.
Hickory Grove Chapel on Kivet Drive begins a revival lasting through May 3. Rev. B O Crowe of Fairmont Indiana will preach nightly at 7 30 assisted by wife Mrs Crowe a singer. Special singing and bits of canyon arts are featured each evening.
E A Osborne aged 49 of route 4 lies in Burrus Memorial Hospital after a ladder fall at Harriss Covington Hosiery Mills. He sustains a hip fracture, shock and bruises as doctors report. In Hanover mass an explosion at the National Fireworks Co. claims two lives.
Nazi air activity remains high as they bombard harbors and plants in the Caucasus while Russians counter with assaults around Leningrad and the Karelian isthmus. Soviet communiques report 1,600 German fatalities on northwest and central fronts, and Russian air strikes targeting German lines of supply.
The War Department reports continued U S and Filipino harassment of Japanese forces. In the Philippines Ba taan supported by five dive bombing raids on Corregidor and attacks on Fort Hughes, with one Japanese bomber downed by anti aircraft fire. A patrol near Zamboanga Mindanao felled Japanese troops while small mobile forces in northern Luzon raided enemy outposts, destroying supplies and taking casualties. Elsewhere, Panay and Cebu see light fighting as defense forces harass the invaders.
A fragment outlines suit and directives affecting producers of steel iron and alloys who may refuse to comply with regulations under economic necessity. It also references a portrait of President James Madison on genuine $5000 bills, indicating currency concerns or symbolism within the era.
Bulletin reports that on April 20 the Navy, under orders from President Roosevelt, took over Brewster Aeronautical plants at Long Island City Newark and Johnsville due to dissatisfaction with management. The action targets facilities in New Jersey and Ohio as part of wartime control measures.
Reports from Berlin and Tokyo indicate raids on Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, and China with claimed minor damage yet possible losses. One bomber reportedly landed in central Japan after engine trouble. five crew members captured and under examination.
AP members from across the nation gather in New York for their 12th annual meeting at the Waldorf Astoria. A possible extension to a second day is anticipated to review by law changes for the cooperative news gathering agency amid pursuit of new members.
Guilford County commissioners in Greensboro approved an election to raise the supplemental school tax from 15 to 25 cents per $100 value, seeking a May 23 vote. The High Point Board of School Commissioners asked City Council for approval, citing funding needs to attract and retain teachers. council gave no final decision as of adjournment.
In Raleigh on April 20, two Black men Clar ence Adams and John Youngblood were fined for defrauding unemployment benefits while in jail. Charlotte police court sentenced Youngblood to 30 days and Adams to six months after prosecutors showed false addresses and claims of available work. The case drew national attention from the Saturday Evening Post.
German occupation authorities in Rouen ordered the execution of 30 French held for a sudden incident aboard a German troop train in which many Nazi soldiers were fatally hurt. A German notice warned that 80 more would be executed if those guilty were not handed over by April 23. The notice also ordered deportation of 1,000 Communists, Jews, and sympathizers to Eastern Europe and said civilians would be forced to accompany soldiers on troop trains for safety.
The William Penn High School Department of Music staged its second pre festival musicale Sunday afternoon. Performances featured the mixed chorus Boys Chorus and Band Ensemble with pieces like The Star Spangled Banner Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord On the Monday O Bane Jesu As Torrents in Summer Now Let Every Tongue and Go Tell It On The Mountain.
The Missionary Circle of the First Baptist Church will hold its installation service in the Sunday School annex this evening at 7 30. The Calvary Choir and Alpha Art Club events are also noted with guest speaker Mr Perkinson demonstrating china and glassware choices at the club meeting.
General George C. Marshall returned to Washington after two weeks in England and Northern Ireland where he met British leaders and troops while forecasting action soon. Harry Hopkins accompanied him to New York, then Marshall moved on, leaving Hopkins there. Bicycle theft arrests followed as Robert Gaddy, a white youth, was taken into Greensboro authorities on bicycle theft charges.
Larsella Oglesby has been in the city for two weeks visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Ophelia Oglesby and has now returned to Camp Livingston in Livingston Louisiana. Secretary of State Hull returned to his Washington office today after several weeks rest in Florida.
Quick acting BC formula provides fast relief from headaches neuralgic pains and muscular aches. Readily assimilated ingredients offer prompt relief while minor pains strike. Keep a 25 cent package on hand and consult a physician if pains persist.
The weekend yielded two arrests for drunken driving reported by the police. Odell Heilig of Rockwell was jailed for driving while drunk and for operating a vehicle with faulty brakes. Claude Pierce, 23, of Thomasville, was arrested on drunken driving charges only.
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