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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1943
Page
2
Camp Pickett Virginia trains rehabilitated prisoners in an honor company after courts martial sentences. About one in four prisoners have earned a spot, undergoing quarantine, psychiatric evaluation, schooling, and disciplined drills before resuming Army service.
Police Chief W. G. Friddle released figures showing 396 total cases for the month ending yesterday, down from 484 in July 1942. Aggravated assaults fell from 20 to 12. burglary from 15 to 4. larceny from 18 to 10, while prostitution and commercial vice rose. Seventeen women were arrested on morals counts, and petty gambling cases reached 20 with youths 16 and 17 involved in at least eight cases. Drunkenness arrests totaled 102, compared with 109 a year earlier.
William G. Bridges 59 of 515 N Hamilton Street died Saturday afternoon after a heart attack. Born March 9 1884 in Johnson County he was a son of Gaston and Edith Bridges. Survived by wife Hortense Dorsett son Billy Bridges sister Dora Bridges Stella Bridges and Mrs E B Montgomery. He worked as a machinist for Wyson Miles Supply Co and taught Red Cross first aid. Funeral at First Baptist Church Monday at 4 conducted by Dr A B Conrad. interment Oakwood Cemetery.
The weather report notes moderately warm conditions across North and South Carolina with slightly warmer readings expected later. No significant precipitation is mentioned and temperatures remain in the comfortable range for the region.
John A. Myers, longtime assistant clerk of court in High Point, resigns to join the U S armed forces. He plans to return after the war to resume private practice or enter a legal role in industry. He will be inducted Aug 7 and remains resident here with his wife visiting relatives in Oxford first.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ava S. Crawford, 56, were conducted at her Meadow Street home yesterday at 4 pm. Dr. A B. Conrad and Rev. M L Harvey officiated. Interment followed in Oakwood cemetery after death from a stroke. Pallbearers included Henry Asbury Vernon Peace C H Teague Thurman Gibson Dalton Orr and Paul Surrett. A quartet from the First Baptist Church provided music.
The Associated Press reports 57 000 Soviet prisoners 7 000 Russian tanks and 2 500 Soviet guns captured or destroyed since July 5 as German diversions fail to push a breakthrough. Red Star notes German forces attacked near Voroshilovgrad and were repelled by Soviet artillery and mortars amid heavy air battles.
Americans supply lines from New Britain to New Guinea come under a series of day and night air sweeps. At least 14 barges sunk and fires started among 12 barges hidden near Huon Peninsula. Night patrols in Blackett Strait sink two small enemy vessels and possibly two barges. Seven barges destroyed off New Britain and a supply dump ashore blown up.
Brig. Gen. Claude A. Larkin commander of the Third Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point has been awarded the Legion of Merit for his leadership of marine aviation units in the Pacific. As senior naval aviator in Hawaii during 1941-42 he trained organized and embarked squadrons that defended Wake Island and fought at Midway and the Solomon Islands.
Three southern senators announced a $7 per ton rise in the cottonseed ceiling from 49 to 56 at the gin. The move, coordinated with the Office of Price Administration, aims to aid southern farmers amid rising costs and boost dairy production by supplying more cottonseed meal as feed. New ceilings apply nationwide with regional variations and higher cake and protein meal adjustments. cottonseed oil ceilings stay unchanged.
Allied forces drive deeper into Sicily with American Seventh Army and British th Army advancing along the north coast toward Messina. Canadians break through Agira amid heavy bombardment while German losses mount and air battles rage over Sardinia with several transports destroyed.
Infant Carolyn Ann Lambeth daughter of Mr and Mrs Lacy Lambeth died Friday afternoon. Survivors include her parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs J P Lambeth of Utah and Mr and Mrs George Scarce of this city. The mother is the former Miss Carrie Mae Scarce. A graveside service was held at 11 o clock Saturday morning in Oakwood Cemetery conducted by Rev S E Taylor of Union Tabernacle on Respect Street.
Police report Nancy Gibson, a 13 year old Negro girl of 204 Bynum Street, turned herself in at headquarters after appearing intoxicated and disorderly. Sgt William Kiger said she spoke clearly and blamed her husband for feeding her mule alcohol.
Raleigh dispatch notes civilian defense volunteers who helped mail War Ration Book No. 3 to North Carolina residents. L. W. Driscoll of Charlotte credited the Charlotte community's volunteers with the success of the effort in letters to Governor Broughton and R. L. McMillan.
Sgt Arthur Hartung of a Chicago tank destroyer unit writes home from North Africa that his unit hopes for a girl and his wife confirms he is the father of twins, two girls. The letter notes the expectant arrival and the shared enthusiasm of the soldiers.
Kearny New Jersey July 31 4 A new world speed record for heavy destroyer construction was set by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company with the delivery of the U S S Cotton only 166 days after keel laying Lynn H Korndorff president announced today In the new mark Federal broke its own previous world record of 177 days between keel laying and delivery with the destroyer Dashiell March 19 The U S S Cotton record chalked up the third championship for the yard for 1943 and was more than 100 days faster than the average time for destroyer construction in this country navy figures show Korn dorff said The yard holds a 137 day record for a lighter destroyer set by the delivery of the U S S Thorn March 31 Before the war normal building time for a destroyer was more than two years Korndorff attributed the construction records to new and improved methods rather than more work per man He added Our employes have helped greatly to reduce building time by submitting ideas in scribbled notes and on blanks stuffed into suggestion boxes War bonds and certificates of merit rewarded usable suggestions he said.
The report says neutrals should deny refuge to Mussolini and other fascists awaiting war crimes trials. Britain United States and Soviet Russia cooperated in the Italian affair, evident in how they followed Roosevelt’s warning to neutrals about harboring Mussolini, with other Allied governments likely in close touch on progress.
In Italy Premier Eisenhower urges government action to expel Germans as air raids resume. Peace protests persist in cities despite curbs. In Sicily the Eighth Army advances eastward. Americans gain ground with heavy artillery as island fighting nears end. Sardinia air battles yield 21 Axis planes down, one Allied loss. In Russia a second day of German diversions in Donets while main actions shift from Orel.
Allied forces report first time use of flamethrowers in jungle combat. Pressure on Japanese at Munda in New Georgia grows. In the Aleutians the eighth surface attack against Kiska occurs during July.
Night attack on Remscheid city center hits the machine tool hub as hundreds of fighters and bombers press air raids on strategic German points continuing into the next day.
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds said the state board will open an intensive venereal disease treatment center in Charlotte around August 10. It will serve about 1,000 patients yearly and expands the board’s public health clinic network in North Carolina to over 300 sites.
Rome signals peace as the real goal of Marshal Badoglio while German forces resist. A government statement was anticipated within days. Axis diplomats expect Vatican negotiations and Rome talks involving Italy, the Allies, and Germany. Some fear the Germans may retreat south but keep a presence north of the Po.
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