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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
2
American heavy bombers struck at Pylos on the Greek coast, scoring two direct hits on a cruiser and setting a second afire. An explosion aboard a third ship occurred, with a terrific blast and black smoke reported from the cruiser carrying the two direct hits.
The Chinese forces continued assaults on Linchwan with an estimated 20,000 troops, about 40 percent of Kiangsi Province strength, while Ta Kung Pao marked the fifth anniversary of the Shanghai battle and pledged a counter attack to recapture the city.
In a Tuesday assault near Pylos a direct or near miss struck while a blast aboard a third cruiser followed a bomb burst. Four cruisers were present at Pylos, with the raid flown by large four motor bombers spanning the Mediterranean from Egypt, the nearest Allied territory in the Middle East.
North Carolina shows little temperature change tonight with showers in the mountains and over the extreme north portion. South Carolina and Georgia report little temperature change tonight.
Penal Director Oscar Pitts announced a statewide lookout for 17 prisoners believed to be at large after an escape. Names include Ralph Breen 21 Cumberland larceny home Caldwell County 1940 and Dennis White 19 Cumberland larceny home Greene County Tenn 1942, among others with varied sentences and home counties.
The writer argues Russia can hold the Huns north of the Caucasus while Hitler gains the Northern Caucasus with Maikop and Grozny yields limited oil but strategic value. He notes scorched earth damage until repairs, Turkic plans to pause for winter, and predicts a spring renewed push toward the Middle East with Allied support looming on the western front.
Colonel Chapman, now in Portland, born Denver November 20 1893, announced Chapman new vehicles will use Wood bodies replacing steel to save an estimated 73,000 tons of steel this year and 350,000 next year. He also unveiled pooling of army tank cars to boost gasoline shipment efficiency for military use by at least 30 percent. The airborne command at Fort Bragg, formed last March, oversees training and development of airborne units including parachute troops.
Rutherfordton Aug 13 James Hawkins 22 of Forest City died when his lumber loaded truck rolled over and caught fire last night at Bearwallow three miles west of Bat Cave on Highway 74.
Guilford on Sept. eight one nine four one, to fifteen to twenty years for attempted rape. Alton Morgan, twenty one, sentenced in Columbus July nineteenth nineteen thirty nine for assault and perjury. Chadbourn. Norman Davis, thirty three, sentenced in Rockingham August first nineteen forty for manslaughter to fifteen to twenty years. Reidsville. James Jones, twenty three, sentenced in Bladen January six nineteen forty one to seven to ten years for robbery. Home, Fayetteville. Caught at Weldon was Robert Dowdy, nineteen, sentenced in Nash to two to three years for housebreaking. Home, Rocky Mount.
A rubber prober from Glenn L. Martin Co. installs an automatic painter for Martin bomber parts. Operated by Ave men, the device completes about a third of the line work previously done by ten men, freeing them for other tasks.
A German language letter dated January 1941 from Stuttgart labeled confidential described as sent by Kappe. It called Walter man Volksbund the most active indoctrinated combat group in American Germanism and suggested a series of instructions from the house of Germanism in Stuttgart. The letter’s receipt and provenance remain undisclosed.
Riots burned a post office and attempted to loot a central bank and power station. One rioter was killed and 12 injured by police fire, while 19 officers were hurt by thrown stones. Night curfews cleared streets as mobile police patrolled with strong military presence. Ali Wardha reports bans on processions and meetings, curfews in Jubbulpore, Allahabad, and Amraati.
New York stock rates show mixed performance with notable gains for Am Pow and Am Sug Ref while leaders like AT&T and Allied companies edge lower. Key movements include upticks for Dupont Eastman Kodak Dow Chemical and Curtiss Wright amid broad sector activity.
A nationwide search ends with Miss Mary Belle Nissly, township music supervisor at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, named to play the piccolo in the WAAC 29 piece band.
Rio de Janeiro reports a South Atlantic search for a surface Axis raider involving several vessels and possibly cruisers. Allied merchantmen were attacked last Monday about 1,000 miles east of Rio, with cruisers and possibly aircraft aiding the hunt.
A young Negro identified as Caphas Spence attempted to rob the Flat National Bank of Chicago, entering a teller window and demanding money. Guards fired, wounding him in the lobby. he was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
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