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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
2
Showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon across North and South Carolina and in the mountains of Georgia. Little temperature change anticipated.
Reported losses include seventeen air battles and German naval engagements off Portsmouth and along England's south coast. The high command said German forces sank a landing boat and two gunboats near the landing ships, damaged a flotilla leader and motorboats, and lost a chaser. An allied claim noted aging farm trucks beyond ten years.
The Dieppe action saw the town under shellfire as Allied and German forces clashed in the streets. Civilians suffered casualties while firefighters and nurses tended the wounded as RAF and German bombers attacked. Estimated invading force near 10,000 with larger transports off shore. two waves of landings failed under coastal fire.
Ernest J. Shifflett, 42, awaits a District of Columbia grand jury action in the death of Pattie Edwards, 38, whose mutilated body was not found until Monday in her apartment. A coroner's jury ordered him held after an inquiry into the death, with testimony indicating she died after a domestic altercation. Edwards was a former resident of Wilson, North Carolina.
Major Fred M. Dean of St. Petersburg recounts the destruction of the Abbeville field and a fierce Dieppe air fight. He describes direct hits on FW 190s, planes in the harbor area, and German moves to remote fields. Second Lieutenant Harry Robb from New Philadelphia notes constant danger and widespread dogfights by flights.
Allied ships head toward Dieppe as RAF bombers strike gun positions and Spitfires cover the convoy. German fighters retaliate over the coast while British destroyers shell Dieppe hotels and Allied troops advance amid smoke and burning houses.
A wartime account describes heavy air losses on both sides and a fierce Dieppe landing. Allied forces claim numerous enemy planes destroyed while RAF losses were high but crews remained largely safe. Canadian troops and Royal Navy actions are detailed amid intense bombardment and close combat on the beach and slopes, highlighting courage and tactical lessons for future landings.
An account of Canadian troops en route to Dieppe during the raid. From a British ship near dusk, the assault craft carried a Royal Regiment from Toronto. As darkness fell 350 minutes before the landing, flares rose and tracer fire lit the sea, heightening tension before the attack and the appearance of German E boats.
The Canberra was lost almost two weeks ago and the Japanese fleet withdrew northward after the engagement. Officials and the public have debated the fleet’s current whereabouts amid ongoing speculation.
The Stovepipe trench mortar, a 60 millimeter weapon, is described as a close-in fighting aid used by infantry. It fires a 2.4 pound shell at about 35 rounds per minute as part of wartime efforts promoting bond drives.
Seab, AL, Sears, Shell, Un, Socony Vac, Sou, Pac appear among active trading in a brisk session. Investors monitor energy and consumer stocks as market breadth shows cautious gains and declines across sectors.
Aaron Goodman and Robert von Bengel, new partners who met six months ago, sailed into New York's national men's championship. They stress duplicate play, learning from better players, strong bidding fundamentals, and keeping nerves steady. Their philosophy emphasizes constructive bidding and enjoying the game.
At Reynolds Metal Company Louisville plants seventy one workers failed to report for work and will be removed from the pay rolls with no re employment. CIO regional director Joseph D. Cannon accused the firm of bluffing while noting no replacements are readily available and promising a bargaining election to continue. The plant, maker of aluminum airplane parts, holds an AFL contract.
Walter Smith, 64, Wayne County tenant, is scheduled to be executed in North Carolina's gas chamber tomorrow for the killing of Alphonso Price, an overseer, last November. Governor Broughton refused to intervene. Smith had prior prison terms for knife assaults.
Reports from German broadcasts say Stephan Horthy, 38, son of Admiral Nicholas Horthy regent of Hungary, was killed while serving as a flight lieutenant with Axis forces on the eastern front. He had recently volunteered for active duty after being named deputy regent. The piece notes Nazi bombardment of Halland on May 10, 1940, ending a century of peace.
Paris police report the arrest of two young Frenchmen charged with assassinating Henri Gacheli, secretary of Jacques Doriot's fascist party, shot August 4 and died three days later. An incident near Agen, 70 miles south of Bordeaux, was linked to extremist elements and led to eleven arrests.
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