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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1941
Page
2
The city council ordered motorcycle soon delivered and placed in service. Officer Parrish rides the new motorcycle through the city.
Fayetteville and Fort Bragg lost electric service for about two hours after power lines four miles from town were severed. Officials thought rifle bullets cut all three high wires, but supervisor C L Loy suggested an arcing horn from a hawk or awl caused the break. Crews restored power quickly, while mills and Fort Bragg operations halted. A bullet also penetrated the main telephone cable between the post and city, causing interference. Local officials vow added safeguards to protect power lines and the water system.
British and German accounts differ on enemy and ally losses after a night raid. Berlin reports 80th RAF bombing of the capital with civilian casualties. RAF action centered in Western Germany including St Omers Gravelines and coastal targets as combined Allied air power promises heavier attacks.
Washington August 8 The Agriculture Department issued its first official forecast of this season's cotton crop at 10,817,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight based on conditions on August 1. This compares with 12,566,600 bales last year and 11,817,000 bales two years ago, versus a ten year average of 13,457,000.
The Soviet information bureau rejects German casualty reports and the alleged Stalin Line, asserting Russia’s defenses remain unimpaired despite territorial losses. It accuses Germany of inflating prisoner numbers and misreporting Soviet casualties as a pretext for failure in blitzkrieg plans. Fighting continued overnight on Kakisalmi, Smolensk, Bel Tserkov, and Estonian fronts.
German forces tighten the noose around Kiev and press toward the Dnieper river, claiming encirclement of the city and progress on both sides of the vast campaign. Reports say Wesenberg captured in Estonia and enemy thrusts threaten Leningrad while operations expand along the Finnish coast and around Dnieper area targets.
Workers at Kearny shipyard and several East Coast yards clash with CIO and AFL unions over modified union shop and wage terms. Mediation board proposals include a 12 percent pay hike and vacation adjustments while government figures monitor the Navy’s new cruiser Atlanta and related shipbuilding.
Britain reports Germany employs over 2000 Germans in Iran in technical and advisory roles. Iran seeks native studies for engineers, while German diplomacy signals they will be near the Caucasus frontier as winter nears. Iran rejects British demands to expel Germans, asserting Germany has reasons to be satisfied with Iran's attitude.
Two waves of about seventy Japanese planes struck Chungking on August 8 in the first raid since the Tutuila gunboat was damaged. The alarm lasted nearly two hours with the first wave targeting downtown and the second hitting the press hostel district peppered by fire bombs.
At Guilford College North Carolina yearly meeting, a resolution established a civilian public service board to raise and administer funds for conscientious objectors. The board will support public service camps and educate young men who bear their own expenses. The camp will be near Marion. Dr Raymond Binford and Mrs Binford were released as directors. Reports on Ore College and the American Friends Service Committee were heard and Philip Jacobs addressed Guilford’s summer graduates.
Treasury secretary Morgenthau attacked complex tax forms for small taxpayers and urged rate cuts with a simple one page return. He backed higher defense funding via slightly lower exemptions and pressed for faster passage to avoid retroactive revenue losses.
Washington August 8 The 10,000,000 roughly passenger cars in the east may become semi taxis today as insurance companies ease liability rules under a defense conservation plan. Drivers may carry passengers for a pro rate charge without higher premiums or voided policies. Ickes urged workers to share rides with neighbors to reduce gas use.
High Point Lions Club held its annual picnic with seventy eight members wives and visitors at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church. After supper served by the church women the gathering sang old time songs patriotic numbers and folk ballads. Prizes donated by members were drawn from a hopper listing attendees.
Raleigh Aug 8 P If defense holds, North Carolina may set a yearly car sales record. Through July 1941 the state sold 48 671 new cars and 11 742 new trucks versus 32 071 cars and 8 029 trucks a year earlier. July 1941 totals were 6 808 cars and 2 113 trucks, up from 5 414 cars and 1 628 trucks in July 1940.
Raleigh August 8 Farmers joined 1 500 North Carolina farm folk for the annual farm and home week at N C State College where 83 home demonstration club members were graduated Honor Day exercises capped the event Governor Broughton spoke of agriculture facing an unprecedented crisis yet poised on the threshold of its greatest opportunity in history The North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs elected Mrs Porter Paisly of Sedalia its president.
Beirut dispatch reports General Henri Dentz former French high commissioner in the Levant and about 35 Vichy officers were interned by the British in occupied Syria. The action follows alleged failure to release British and Free French officers flown to an undisclosed destination before armistice.
Special to The Enterprise Thomasville Rev C M Pickens retired Methodist minister now living near Charlotte will serve as guest minister at Sunday morning service of Main Street Methodist Church. He retired after three years at the local church and is welcomed by many friends. Rev and Mrs Pickens will stay with Mr and Mrs James E Lambeth Sr during their city visit.
Grange groups across Davidson County plan Monday August 11 programs. Denton Midway Tyro and Welcome Granges will hold meetings with their respective lecturers in charge. An interesting program is planned at Welcome Grange.
August saw many Asheboro clerks take Wednesday afternoons off as a half holiday with shops closing midweek. Regular hours resume in September and the half-holiday ends as the month progresses.
New York markets opened with mixed moves as investors awaited economic data. The tape tracked varying performances across key names while traders weighed earnings signals and broader market trends.
Col Robert Olds, head of the army ferry command, warns in Flying and Popular Aviation that even with expansion the United States will have about half the Luftwaffe’s size. He notes Germany has seven independent air forces and over a million airmen, while the U S has four forces and about 180000 personnel.
The Senate approved a $10 monthly pay boost for service members with more than one year’s service, raising base pay to 340 a month after the first year, amid six hours of debate and several defeated amendments. Supporters argue the measure aids troops while opponents warn of broader exemptions for selectees.
A Berlin report notes British and German authorities disputing the Berlin raid. German spokesman calls the bombers clearly British while British denial seeks to sow doubt about Russian support. Luftwaffe claims include attacks on England and Alexandria with 24 British planes destroyed and no German losses.
O T h ell Lynch of 709 South Hamilton Street is a stomping expert, according to municipal court revelations this morning. Arraigned before Judge D C MacRae for disorderly conduct, she pleaded not guilty. The prosecuting witness Mrs C W Dunnigan testified Lynch shouted abusive language at Dunnigan’s children from next door and challenged Dunnigan’s husband to come out. After admonishment to avoid trouble with the witness, Lynch accosted a reporter in the courtroom, threatening that he keep the case out of the paper or be stomped.
Dr E Stanley Jones, speaking at the American Christian Ashram in Blue Ridge, urged the United States to act as mediator in world affairs. He warned that past participation helped spark war and blamed the Versailles Treaty for laying its foundations. Britain to end double daylight saving time at 3 am Sunday, returning to standard time.
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