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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
2
Little temperature change with scattered showers in North Carolina and Georgia. Extreme northern portions see showers this afternoon and tonight. South Carolina reports little temperature change tonight.
James G Doggett of Greensboro real estate dealer and Democratic county commissioner candidate visited High Point today to discuss his bid for one of three county posts. He outlined a platform of greater government economy and conferred with multiple friends about the campaign.
The Oklahoma tornado wrecked Savages area with most brick structures flattened and one third of homes destroyed. Hospitals evacuated after Pryors two facilities damaged. Red Cross dispatched eight dozen workers to aid, while sheriff and highway patrol reported many fatalities and rescue operations. Hundreds of cars buried under debris as eight killed in a trailer camp and several in a smashed grocery and cafe.
Chief of Police E. R. Richardson and A. L. Elliott lead bomb handling classes in the city court room. The first session was held last night and the program is open to air raid wardens auxiliary police firemen and any local resident interested. Classes resume tonight at 7 30.
A wartime exhortation outlines demands for citizens to salvage resources, save foods, maintain appliances, plan meals, and carry loads themselves. It frames these duties as the essence of victory and a path to peace, urging cheerful participation and defense of government and armed forces.
A Stockholm dispatch notes Hitler dismissed Borak who led the 163rd Nazi division to the Finnish front. Hitler’s reshuffle follows Russian success in the Archangel and Murmansk drive. Soviet reports claim heavy German losses, including 1,000 dead and many prisoners, as Red forces repel assaults on the central front. Molotov accuses Germany of organized destruction and forcible Germanization in occupied Russia with mass forced labor demands.
Continued report quotes a official urging limited outdoor lighting along streets highways and parkways to block direct rays from the sea. He calls for shading or extinguishing signs exterior shoreline lights not needed for traffic and for cars not to use bright beams when visible from the sea. Nightly sea inspections will judge effectiveness.
Allied and German aviation clashed from Rostock to Bath with raids on Cologne and Norwich. German claims say nine attackers were shot down over the Ruhr. Norwich suffered fires and widespread damage with elderly patients missing in hospital debris. Bath endured two nightward bombings.
SWIFT to launch a land attack against India, and the Chinese army declared the battle of Burma could determine the war. The army warned that if Japan gains Burma, its plan to join with Germany in the Near East advances.
The Greensboro area reported a fatal crash last night on the Greensboro highway near the Guilford County Sanatorium. Chauffeur Charles Alexander Gordon told investigators he was blinded by headlights as another car attempted to pass on a sharp curve. Victims were P. M. Sharp of Greensboro and William V. Ruth of High Point. Ruth died en route, Sharp died after hospital arrival. Funeral plans were announced and survivors listed.
April 28. The local government commission sold 361000 in Jackson county refunding bonds to a six firm Cincinnati based syndicate at 3.64. The Thomasville public improvement bonds worth 60000 were sold to First Securities Corp of Durham at par. Randolph County four month bond anticipation notes totaling 35000 were handled for First National Bank of Henderson at 12 percent premium 3205.
The FCC froze all domestic radio construction for the duration of the war with two exceptions. Chairman James L. Fly said the order covered standard radio, television, facsimile, relay and high frequency stations. Exemptions were for experimental high frequency and non commercial educational stations. International broadcasting was not involved.
The Melbourne radio report quoted by CBS said three Vichy cruisers arrived from Dakar at Diego Suarez on Madagascar. The exact source was inaudible in the Melbourne broadcast.
The Chinese Relief fund gains momentum with new donations totaling 2562.30, including a 25.00 pledge from the Hig h Point Mattress Co. employer and 25.00 from the American Business Club. Contributions are handled by Chase Idol Sr. at Wachovia Bank or Miss Mary Louise Medley at Enterprise, with prior total 2306.15 reported.
An 18 piece band from William Penn High School played as nearly a score and a half of Negro draftees left High Point for military service. They received 30 pairs of regulation government socks from Harriss and Covington Hosiery Mills and Triangle Hosiery Mill. The sock boxes bore a City of Industry in an Area of Advancement imprint. Cigarettes were donated by Eckard's and the William Penn High School High Club, which also bought candy for the draftees.
Charles Hooks, advertising photographer and garden authority, spoke at the Civitan Club luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel on Victory Gardens. Introduced by Meldon Holmes, Hooks stressed gardens to meet food demand, noted fresher garden vegetables carry more vitamins, and described drying processes as likely permanent due to can shortages. He cited England buying eggs and other supplies as examples, then answered gardening questions.
Eduard Benes, Prague exile leader, predicted Hitler’s Reichstag remarks signal a Nazi pursuit of a stalemated peace. He told foreign press men that Hitler knows Germans will not endure a second winter of war in Russia. A typographical error in The Enterprise mistakenly listed Rosa Y. Yaw as plaintiff in a damage suit instead of Faw.
New York stocks showed modest gains amid mixed economic signals as investors weighed earnings and inflation data. The Dow climbed while the broader market edged up with gains led by several large cap names, trading on cautious optimism.
Hollywood gossip and notes from April in Los Angeles feature Bing Crosby planning a Del Mar race horse venture into a Hollywood livery stable. Ida Lupino improves from illness while Warner Brothers plant workers hold her job. Socials note Lana Turner hosts Robert Benchley at a stereopticon show. Henry Fonda recovers from a finger injury as Bob Taylor helps. Ronald Reagan gets a party from Jane Wyman before Army service. Celebrity visits include Jack Benny Zeppo Marx and wives. Lionel Barrymore misses Schwab's due to rheumatism. Building plans are stalled by a government materials order. Merrill Blosser, Freckles creator, notes spring planting on his new farm east of town.
United States authorities announced a 20 percent pay raise for American soldiers in Australia, with enlisted men receiving 20 percent and officers 10 percent on foreign bases. The law, signed by President Roosevelt on March 7, applies to base pay adjustments under the new statute.
Three more donations were received for the High Point Chamber of Commerce project honoring soldiers through a signboard listing their names. Total contributions exceed $200 with about $3,500 still needed. donations of any amount are welcomed and acknowledged in The Enterprise. The fund includes gifts from Sisk, Miss Virginia Frank, Fred A. Thomas, and the American Legion Ph.
Copper wire valued at 320000 in Wilson will not be used to finish rural electric lines. Four months ago Wilson asked WPH if it would buy the site. WPB has not replied. The REA advised the material cannot be used for rural line completion.
German authorities ordered the execution by firing squad of five hostages and additional reprisals against Rouen following the shooting of a German soldier last Friday, as disclosed today from Vichy.
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