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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1942

Page

11

Pentagon Doughnut rises near capital with 40000 workers

Washington dispatch notes the Pentagon is nearly filled as 20000 workers move in and up to 40000 more are to join in the “doughnut” structure. The vast complex across the Potomac features 68 000 miles of wire, 1200 telephone lines, and space for 10000 cars with a six acre inner court and dense support services.

Kenneth L. Dixon Washington War Department Pentagon Potomac River Virginia Uncle Sam Navy Army

Mihailovic Guerrilla Leader Commands 100 Fighters

General Mihailovic leads 100 active fighters with potential to mobilize up to 300000 against Axis forces if Allied landings occur in the Balkans. Yugoslav Colonel Dimitrijevich told reporters at the Yugoslav embassy that Mihailovic’s men receive supplies and air drops from airforce missions, sustaining mountain strongholds.

Washington Draja Mihailvoic Yu- Rey Anis Balkans Szetozar Dimitrijevich Dimitrijevich

Ration book transfer for meals at same eaterie set

Washington December 16 A Office of Price Administration ruling requires any person eating 14 or more meals weekly at a single restaurant or boarding house to hand over their sugar and coffee ration book to the establishment owner. The policy standardizes a prior conflict where thresholds differed for sugar and coffee.

Washington Office of Price Administration

Train And Auto Crash Kills Three In Georgia

A southbound Central of Georgia passenger train collided with a car at a Macon road crossing killing engineer Robert Ferrell fireman Joe White and Private Robert Packard. Conductor W C McCamy credited Ferrell with steering the engine clear of the burning car before brakes. The incident derailment involved four coaches.

Macon Robert C. Ferrell Joe White Robert R. Packard Cochran Field W. C. McCamy Albany Ferrell

Mud and Rain Slow Allied Drive in Tunisia

In Tunisia the winter rains turn mud to a new obstacle as Allied and Axis forces rush supplies for the Tunis approach. Long supply lines suffer as track and half track vehicles bog down, roads grow slick, and heavy units bivouac in fields. Despite mud, US and British equipment holds up. wrecker crews repair trucks quickly. Arab labor under French direction strengthens shoulders and guards curves as men adapt to the mire.

William B. King U. S Tunisia Tunis Mire United States

Roosevelt's "Generallissimo" greeting to Chiang Kai-Shek noted

News in Washington reports President Roosevelt addressed Chiang Kai-Shek as Generalissimo in a radiophoto service letter. The mistake was corrected by the Office of War Information with ink. Also from Louisburg, quadruplets were born to James and Elizabeth King, one dead at birth, weights ranged from four and a half to five and a quarter pounds.

Washington United States White House Roosevelt China Chiang Kai-Shek Chungking Office of War Information Louisburg James Elizabeth King

War Matches May Grow Scarce If Civilians Do Not Conserve

The War Production Board warned that match supplies may become scarce if civilians do not conserve. The armed forces and industry are taking an increasing share of matches, and materials and labor for producing matches are being curtailed.

Washington War Production Board

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