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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1942
Page
2
North Carolina sees continued thunder showers in the mountains this afternoon and tonight with potential for storms. South Carolina remains warm tonight. Georgia also stays warm with thundershowers in the west this afternoon and early tonight.
In Richmond California Henry J Kaiser yards welders and burners faced potential layoff as AFL unions dispute jurisdiction over boilermakers. Local 68k urged government aid to settle matters while some workers considered moving to other yards. In the Midwest AFL truck drivers halted work over wage differentials. At Alcoa Pittsburgh executives set August 27 for locals to vote on the wage board ruling with union president Zonarich warning of possible strikes if rejected and promising a quick appeal to President Roosevelt.
Arthur Neve reports that High Point Negro youth have access to Boy Scout and Girl Scout activities through the Community Chest. Scout enrollment rose from 39 to 102 in a year, with total Negro council membership up to 255. Girl Scout active membership reaches 207. Funding includes a $500 national grant matched locally, ongoing drives for $350 and $350, plus $670 for Girl Reserve work and $825 for Boy Scout Negro youth programs.
Axis killed in a battle on a stubborn Soviet front. New Russian withdrawals were noted near Pyatigorsk and Krasnodar. The Soviet information bureau said Red Army mortar crews of a unit killed over 1,000 German officers and men in three days and destroyed 12 tanks and several trucks. North western front forces reportedly drove Germans from a populated place, killing several hundred and destroying six tanks and four blockhouses.
Boston August 22 Northern cotton manufacturers protested a War Labor Board decision not to remove the north south wage differential in granting a seven and a half cent hourly wage increase to northern mills. Russell T. Fisher, president of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, said the move leaves northern workers unprotected against low wage competition while mills must sell under price ceilings that ignore regional labor cost differences.
Washington reports a step toward rationing coffee as the War Production Board orders tighter dealer deliveries due to shortages with Latin America. The September 1 quotas cut deliveries to 63.5 percent of last year, lowering per capita consumption from about 1 1/8 pounds monthly to under 7.8 ounces.
RAF fighter bombers attacked Axis vehicles and troop concentrations on the Egyptian front despite dust storms. Land actions were limited to artillery exchanges in the north and central sectors and night patrols. One German plane fell over the Nile Delta and an Italian aircraft was shot down off Cyprus.
Representative Bulwinkle says the Civil Service Commission and Post Office Department have certified a list of eligible candidates for Charlotte North Carolina postmaster. The names include George F. Wilson Jr Fred Anderson and Charles B. Ross with ratings 81.60 80.50 and 15. In addition Z. V. Linker, rating 72.40, as assistant superintendent of mails at the Charlotte post office.
General MacArthur's Headquarters reports two soldiers from the Carolinas received the Soldier's Medal for saving a fighter pilot. Pvt. Julius S. Franklin of Charleston South Carolina and Pvt. Harvey M. Crandle of Greenville North Carolina swam through a flaming river to reach the pilot. Pvt. James Seatt of Montgomery Alabama was decorated as well.
Washington Aug 22 observers monitor Texas Democratic senatorial runoff and New York American Labor Party convention as pre election campaigning nears peak. Texas race centers on W Lee O Daniel and James Vo Allyed with Dewey expected to win in New York.
A section of El Salvador is described as the Balsam Carst from a balsam tree species found nowhere else. The note mentions a 35,000 ton battleship needing 130,000 pounds of rubber and references 2,000 passengers with marble and spare tires.
Washington August 22 The Marine Corps announced the temporary promotion of 12 officers to lieutenant colonel a number of whom are missing in action or prisoners of war Promotions cannot be made effective yet Included among the officers listed are Edwin C Gerrison Waynesville NC Joe E Smoak Chester SC Robert H McDowell Columbia SC Ovin K Pressley Chester SC Thomas G McFarland York PA George R Weeks Charleston SC ti missing in action
A new season pattern 4102 by Anne Adams offers a youthful shirt waist frock with front yokes and optional pockets and collar. Available in misses and women's sizes 14 through 40, with long sleeves for winter. fabric 34 1/3 yards at 35 inches. Send sixteen cents plus one cent for mailing to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department in New York with size name address and style number.
Washington August 22 Donald M Nelson chairman of the War Production Board said he hoped to go right down the line with Henry J Kaiser who proposes to build a fleet of giant cargo carrying planes. He noted questions must be answered including whether the plan can proceed without interfering with combat plane output and that the combined chiefs of staff must decide cargo emphasis. Nelson said the WPB is making an honest attempt to resolve Kaisers proposals.
London Aug 22 The Admiralty announced the loss of the submarine Upholder and paid an unprecedented tribute to the vessel and crew for arduous and dangerous duty in the Mediterranean. The board said it seldom distinguishes between services but singled out those of his Majesty's ship Upholder and her personnel.
A communique highlights the holder under the command of Lieut. Commander M. D. Wanklyn for special mention, noting notable service and leadership.
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