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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1942
Page
2
North Carolina shows warm night with thundershowers this afternoon in the west. South Carolina and Georgia also expect warm night and thundershowers in the northwest portion. The reference to Julius Caesar notes a one way street concept as traffic aid.
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina, head of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, rejected criticism from Democratic leaders after urging immediate independence for India. He said he would not be deterred and would speak his mind in the interest of the country’s welfare despite a dressing down from Barkley and Connally.
Senator Reynolds and colleagues warned that remarks on Indian independence could spark disunity in the Allied war effort. They argued that any statement aiding Axis propaganda must be avoided. The piece notes concerns about public reaction and the delicate balance of messaging during wartime.
The report details RAF claims of heavy German losses at Dieppe with ninety-one planes destroyed and two gun batteries sunk while the Berkeley destroyer was sunk. Allied losses allegedly include ninety-eight aircraft and landing craft casualties with many prisoners taken. The raid reportedly surpassed its objectives, marking a major air triumph in a largely unplanned engagement.
Officials hold a daily session as the War Labor Board reported a 15.8 percent wage rise from January 1941 to May 1942 while living costs climbed 15 percent. The Little Steel policy allows wage boosts to offset inflation. A California plant stoppage is deemed unauthorized, with CIO UAW official Taylor authorized to seek presidential intervention. The Bayonne General Cable plant returned to private operation by presidential order after a strike over a WLB wage decision. At S A Woods Machine in South Boston, the Army seized the plant as management refused union and arbitration clauses. Major Gow said the plant spans two sites but is treated as one. Roosevelt ordered Army action to ensure continued operation and union protections.
wartime dispatches describe German losses as three-digit reductions in armor and infantry. A Soviet communique claims five tanks eight anti tank guns 11 machine guns seven mortars and 350 Hitlerites wiped out. Red Navy warships reportedly sank a 1000 ton Nazi transport in the Black Sea while Russian infantry and tanks defend the Bend of the Don near Stalingrad defeating enemy crossing forces.
A group of High Point men left about nine this morning to begin military service at Ft Bragg. A farewell committee led by Mrs. Kate Ragan and local women’s civic groups saw them off. Local stores contributed candy while the American Legion and Auxiliary provided tokens, stationery and keys. Locks were donated by Guilford Hosiery Company.
A group of women workers at the High Point Overall Company ended a walkout begun yesterday in protest of a fellow employee’s discharge. Reports say they returned to work pending a federal discrimination investigation. Mrs. Sallie Clinebell of the United Garment Workers, AFL, who assisted, has left town.
Hendersonville Aug 21 Ten prominent state figures including educators editors and organization heads accept appointments as vice chairmen of the state committee campaigning for the constitutional amendment combining five boards into a single state school board. The list includes Dr Julian Miller L C Gifford Judge H C Jarvis Mrs J S Blair Guy B Phillips Frank P Graham Ralph W McDonald Clyde A Erwin John C Lockhart Harry B Caldwell Archie Dees and Mrs P R Rankin Alt Gilead
As the war nears a year of siege, Soviet forces defend Stalingrad against a Nazi pincer, with the Don River crossing and Kotelnikovski thrusts threatening the city. Leningrad’s year under bombardment recalls a grim parallel as Stalingrad's fate hangs in balance.
The Soviet information bureau reported Germans killed on the east bank while another Nazi task force was said to be wiped out earlier, amid fighting southeast of Kletskaya near Stalingrad on the Don Bend. It cited heavy Soviet defeats and repulsed German attacks at a railway town above Katelnikoski, 95 miles southeast of Stalingrad, with guerrilla losses of German generals and thousands of Gestapo and troops in July.
Allied and neutral wartime losses in the Western Atlantic rise as U S aircraft claim sinking two more Axis submarines off South American waters. A Fortaleza dispatch credits an American plane with destroying a submarine after reports of two merchant ships sunk. The AP tally places total sinkings at 438 including a Brazilian coastal steamer and a British cargo carrier.
High Point firms added to the Junior Chamber of Commerce Selectee party. Edgar Snider, president of the Jaycees, expressed appreciation and noted Clover Brand Dairy and the West Side Curb Market were unintentionally overlooked in the original record.
Camp Polk La Aug 21 Staff Sgt. Leslie A High arrives for duty with the 11th Armored Division in Company E 41st Armored Regiment led by Maj Gen Edward H Brooks. He is the son of Mrs Bertha High of 1303 Forest Avenue.
Sgt Sidney L Neely in the Pacific writes his parents that The Enterprise is valued by troops. He notes receiving The High Point Enterprise from June 19 and says it is read by Pennsylvanians New Englanders and Alabama boys alike. He mentions Australian papers lacked comics and asks for another copy.
The John Wesley Park camp meeting will be held next Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Interdenominational services feature Dr. John R. Church as general evangelist, Rev. Joseph Crouse as song leader, and Mrs. Crouse at the piano. The gathering is one block off the airport highway near the old CCC camp and runs through September 6.
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah W Durham 73 widow of Sam W Durham who died at her home in the Allen Jay community High Point route 3 will be held Saturday at 2 pm from First Pil grim Church. The Rev O L Ruth will lead the services Interment will follow in Oakwood cemetery.
Mrs J D Balton 74 widow of former McDowell County commissioner died at her home after a long illness. Funeral set for 3 a m tomorrow. Mrs Alberty dies in Greensboro after 10 day illness at St Leo s hospital. She leaves husband Frank Alberty and four children plus siblings and grandchildren.
Butter receipts total 754182 with creamery 90 score at 41 5. Other prices unchanged. Egg receipts 12166 with markets unchanged. Note claims eighty eight percent of American truck operators own only one vehicle.
Walter Smith of Wayne County, age 64, the oldest white man executed in North Carolina, died in the gas chamber at Central Prison after killing overseer Alphonso Price. He spoke of forgiveness, said he had whiskey in his system during the crime, and told the chaplain he felt better now that it was over. Smith was sentenced in Wayne County for the fatal shooting last November.
Greensboro fair manager Norman Y. Chambliss announced the 1942 event to run October 12 to 17 with Mrs. R. G. Troxler directing Exhibits. County Agent J. I. Wagoner and Robert Andrews lead the Livestock Show. 4-H clubs, Home Demonstration, and 4-H Girls Clubs have named staff. premiums will be paid in War Bonds and Stamps to support war efforts.
Corporal Lindsay F. Moore of High Point has been promoted to sergeant in the office of the finance officer at Orlando Air Base Florida. He is the son of H F Moore Route 2 and attended High Point College before enlisting in January after working for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.
Bainbridge Ga August 20 Samuel B Clapp son of Mrs Hattie L Clapp of High Point has been promoted from private first class to corporal announced today by his commanding officer at the Army Air Forces Basic Flying School He joined the Air forces in March 1941 and is part of the Military Police at the field a unit of the Southeast Army Air forces training center Also note that about 55 percent of Cuba sugar mills are owned by Americans.
U S reports on three southernmost Solomon Islands indicate base occupation nearly complete. Auckland dispatches quote sources saying Japan reorganizing naval and air units in the northern Solomons for a possible counterblow. Japanese land forces defend delaying actions while awaiting reinforcements, with outcome still balanced in favor of the Allies.
SEEK Bey, engineering consultant, discharged Wednesday after a CIO committee says he was fired for exposing flaws in the dollar-a-year WPB iron and steel branch report. WPB officials cite discussing a confidential report with outsiders and other personnel reasons. Meanwhile, unnamed WPB officials hint at a broader house cleaning under Nelson’s tough policy, with potential resignations or dismissals across WPB branches.
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