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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1942
Page
2
James C. Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians reiterates the union will not permit new records for radio jukeboxes and public use despite Elmer Davis of OWI urging withdrawal as a patriotic duty.
The Y M C A will close to regular members at 1 o'clock Saturday and reopen for soldiers. A notice was issued today stating the change in hours.
The High Point Junior Service League resumes its Milk Fund drive to supply milk to underprivileged children. Mrs. A. M. Rankin notes Western conditions require public donations after two years of inactivity. A campaign committee will be formed and announced soon as citizens are urged to contribute.
Pelley describes forming the Silver Shirts to combat communism and says membership required Christian faith and support for the U S Constitution. He claims no violence by the group and notes signing over 25 000 registration cards from 47 states. He recounts film work and claims sole authorship of most magazine content.
Merl M Long 39 assistant solicitor of Mecklenburg Superior Court died suddenly of a heart attack at his home near Charlotte last night. In Washington Roosevelt renominated Carlisle W Higgins for U S attorney post for the middle district of North Carolina today.
Unofficial returns from over three quarters of Kentucky's 4375 precincts show Senator A. B. Happy Chandler leading Democrat senatorial nomination candidate John Young Brown by 66,999 votes. The report comes from Louisville, Ky, dated August 3.
The forecast shows little temperature change tonight with scattered thundershowers in the north and west areas of North Carolina sheltering residents this afternoon and tonight. In South Carolina the weather remains warm with scattered thundershowers expected in the north and west portions this afternoon and tonight.
Soviet dispatches describe German attempts to disrupt defenses with parachutists behind lines and a heavy Nazi drive toward the Kuban. Pravda notes danger in the south, while Moscow papers cite calls in Britain and the U.S. for a second front. Kuschevka raids, Luftwaffe bombings, and Soviet air losses are reported.
A German official framed the ban as a warning to people in the likely operational area. Only Le Moniteur in the unoccupied zone cited plans for a second front in northwestern France, predicting it would worsen German French relations. England could not hope to stop this policy or to prevent unrest between French civilians and occupying troops.
The article notes that Moscow expects a second front from the Allies and that Western powers will aid Russia as readily as their own people. It emphasizes a united stance: no one will fight the war for others, and cooperation remains essential.
The air ministry said Nazi forces lacked railway targets and barges in occupied Low Countries yesterday as British torpedo boats attacked Cherbourg harbor and claimed two German boats sunk. It notes the ninth sea battle along the invasion coast in three weeks and reports Axis air losses totaling 424 planes in July against 432 RAF losses, with Middle East and Malta actions cited and Britain's bomber fleet held by weather.
Wall Street movers showed varied results with gains and losses among rails oils and industrials. Notable activity included Phillips Petroleum and Texaco peers while smaller names like Sperry and Timken posted modest shifts amid broad bid activity.
AP tally shows nine more vessels sunk by submarines in the Western Atlantic bringing total losses to 408. A Russian cargo carrier torpedoed July 4 in the Gulf of Mexico marked Axis attack on a Soviet ship and the death of a woman crew member, with stewardess and a dishwasher among the dead and 36 survivors rescued. The ship's doctor Anna Vorotnikova aided wounded seamen and pledged to sail again. Earlier losses included American, Brazilian, British, Mexican, Panamanian and Nicaraguan ships among the week’s announcements.
In parts of Czechoslovakia France Germany and Switzerland snails are bred on a large scale specially for the table Porcupines cannot diaw their quills Vv Orientals remove their specta cles as a sign of respect when talking with another person.
The stabbing of T. G Halston, 38, occurred further down English Street rather than in front of the West End Tavern, as the proprietor told The Enterprise today. He said the tavern was closed when the incident happened.
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