Weather North and South Carolina slight temp change tonight
Official weather bureau records show little temperature change tonight across the Carolinas. The report lists 24 hour readings at 7 20 a m for major cotton regions and other locations including Asheville Atlanta Birmingham Charlotte Chicago Columbia Fort Worth Jacksonville Little Rock Louisville Memphis Miami Mobile New Orleans New York Norfolk Richmond Savannah Tampa Washington Wilmington with varying highs lows and rainfall amounts.
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Birmingham
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President discusses shipbuilding and steel shortages
President Roosevelt noted ongoing checks on policy shifts and the need to revitalize shipbuilding while acknowledging steel shortages likened to needing flour for bread. He explained January production lag in the ship construction program. Mrs. W T Powell calls a Red Cross board meeting for Monday at 4 30 in the college street building board room.
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Roosevelt
RED Cross
W. T. Powell
Red Cross Board
College Street
The Lady Has Plans at Broadhurst and More
Film listings show The Lady Has Plans at Broadhurst with related feature times. Broadhurst offers Man From Cheyenne and Black Aragon include multiple screening slots. Rialto presents Back River Resiegades with several showings.
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Broadhurst
Cheyenne
Paramount
Back River
Resiegades
Ship Continued from Page One details sinking and missing crew
Brown recounts an enemy raider shelling a ship at 250 yards, causing a fire that sank the vessel within two hours. Missing are Chief Engineer Benjamin Fisher, Ordinary Seaman Pedro Laurenc, Able Seaman Delmacio Helira, Able Seaman Jules Souca, and Fireman Casper Gallwitzer. Also includes Chicago market figures for butter eggs and carrots and a note on Scotland's pre war population.
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Brown
Benjamin Fisher
Pedro Laurenc
Puerto Rico
Delmacio Helira
Jules Souca
New Bedford
Mass
Casper Gallwitzer
New York
Soviet and Tokyo Press Weigh Landing on Russian Soil
Pravda editorial signals harmony with the Soviet Union and Tokyo papers debate a potential landing. Russian foreign affairs spokesman Lozovsky deflects questions on forced landings, while Ambassador Standley meets Stalin with Molotov in Moscow as Tass issues the KhabARovsk dispatch.
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Japan
Pravda
Tokyo
Soviet Union
United States
S. A. Lozovsky
Lozovsky
Moscow
Russia
War Outlook Links Madagascar Control to Allied Supply Lines
The piece contends that Allied success in Madagascar is crucial to protect shipping routes to India and the Middle East, with British reinforcements and South Africa’s break with Vichy boosting hopes of occupation. Madagascar’s location near the Cape of Good Hope could influence supply chains to support Russia and sustain Allied operations.
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Madagascar
India
Middle East
Russia
Union of South Africa
Vichy
Union
Cape of Good Hope
Indian Ocean
Kiwanis Plan Home Defense Meeting Highlights
The Kiwanis Club at the Elwood Hotel held a luncheon meeting led by President John Siéeloff. Edgar Snider presented Taylor Simpson on High Point defense setup, blackout timing of about 30 minutes, and air raid messaging efficiency, with questions answered in an open forum. Visitors included W. H. Clark, Bill McKinney, and C. B. Mickle. Plans for the play What A Life at the Junior High auditorium were announced, with blackout coverage during performances and all-clear guidelines.
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Edgar Snider
Taylor Simpson
High Point
Wilmington
Raleigh
Charlotte
Taylor
W. H. Clark
Bill McKinney
Winston-Salem
C. B. Mickle
Salisbury
Goodrich Silvertown
Junior High
Gas tax receipts by state and district totals
The page lists state by state gas tax receipts including Massachusetts 21.4 million, Rhode Island 3.94 million, Connecticut 11.03 million, New York 73.06 million, New Jersey 24.23 million, Delaware 2.32 million, Pennsylvania 62.49 million, Maryland 11.45 million, Virginia 19.40 million, West Virginia 10.68 million, North Carolina 26.27 million, South Carolina 13.62 million, Georgia 22.81 million, Florida 26.93 million, District of Columbia 8.22 million, Oregon 11.36 million, and Washington 17.17 million.
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Rhode Island
Connectiuut
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
District of Columbia
Oregon
Washington
German guards and red star fronts in wartime report
A captured German guard in women's garb with two iron crosses stands near 12,000 shells in an ammunition dump. Moscow radio quotes Pravda on snows melting aiding spring offensives and guerrilla activity. Red Star touts new Soviet air force, while Pravda notes Kalinin front battles and encirclement rumors. Berlin reports Nazi advances in Donets Basin and Arctic bombardment, plus attacks on Russian shipping and inland fighting in Lapland.
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Germany
Moscow Radio
Pravda
Red Army
Red Star
Communist Party
Kalinin
Staraya Russa
Berlin
Donets
Assian
Hayworth Gets Year On Liquor Counts In Guilford
Claude Hayworth High Point bootlegger along with Harford G. Smith and Archie Fowler were sentenced by Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn in Guilford Superior Court for violating prohibition law and conspiracy. Hayworth received six months on each count and a concurrent six month term awaiting appeal. Smith got six months on each count. Fowler received six months concurrent. Sentences run with existing two year term. state confiscates war profits from Hayworth.
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Greensboro
Claude Hayworth
Harford G. Smith
Archie Fowler
High Point
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Guilford Superior Court
Hayworth
Burgwyn
Supreme Court
Smith
Rockingham
Fowler
High Point Court
General Assembly
Allied Planes Continue Attacks On Jap Held Base
Allied air units attacked Rabaul New Britain shipping, barracks and warehouses as raiders engaged ground troops. Port Moresby suffered three bombing attempts with negligible damage. At Iloilo Capiz and Antique in the Visayas Japanese landings were reported. Corregidor fired back under intermittent bombardment while Mindanao patrols continued.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Commuunique
Philippines
Iloilo
Capiz
Antique
Vis Ayan
Corregidor
Mindanao
Precedent Ruling Limits Appeals From Local Jury Trials
In High Point a Superior Court ruling by Judge W H S Burgwyn holds that a defendant tried by jury in municipal court cannot demand a new jury trial on appeal. Appeals will be based only on points of law, not facts, affecting future procedures and requiring trial recordings with court stenographers.
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W. H. S. Burgwyn
High Point
Claude Hayworth
Burgwyn
H. L. Koonce
Hayworth
D. C. MacRae
High Point Court
Supreme Court
Municipal
Superior Court
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Traffic Halt Ordered For Blackout Here
Police Chief W. G. Friddle announced a city blackout with all moving traffic halted and nonparticipants off streets tonight between 9 and 11, time to be set by the War Department. About 250 auxiliary policemen will assist in enforcing blackout provisions and law.
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W. G. Friddle
War Department
Friddle
Aux
China Relief Fund Surpasses 1700 as Drive Gains Momentum
The United China Relief Fund rose above 1700 today with over 200 collected, officials report growing public interest in the drive. Contributions are being accepted at The Enterprise via Miss Mary Louise Medley or at Wachovia Bank with treasurer W. C. Idol. Citizens listed many donors from individuals to area stores and clubs. Police will maintain blackout security with wholesale citizen cooperation urged by Defense Coordinator W. F. Bailey.
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China Relief Fund
United China Relief Fund
Mary Louise Medley
The
Enterprise
W. C. Idol
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Escaped Prisoners Captured by Guards in Raleigh
In Raleigh on April 24 two honor-grade prisoners Daniel Smith and John Ashley who fled from the Watauga County prison camp Tuesday were captured last night in Watauga by prison guards. Smith had been sentenced in Buncombe in May 1935 to 10 to 12 years for second degree murder while Ashley was sentenced in Wilkes in March 1940 to three years for housebreaking larceny and receiving.
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Raleigh
Daniel Smith
John Ashley
Watauga County
Watauga
Oscar Pitts
Smith
Buncombe
Land Ashley
Wilkes
Transport Inspector Conrad Killed in Duke Power Garage
Lewis H. Conrad, 58, longtime chief transportation inspector for Duke Power Company, was fatally struck by a backing bus in the company garage on East Second Street this morning. The second item notes that in 1940 the United States sheep flock, totaling 48,479,000, produced 449,763,000 pounds of wool.
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Conrad
Winston-Salem
Lewis H. Conrad
Duke Power Company
East Second Street
United States
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