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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1941
Page
2
North Carolina expects fair conditions but much colder temperatures, with the east and central portions feeling the chill most, and the extreme west remaining slightly colder. Overnight lows drop as a cold front moves in from the west, bringing brisk winds and dry skies across the state.
Mr. Stump is critically ill and undergoing treatment at Burrus Memorial Hospital. He has been ill for several months with no improvement, learned at 2:30 this Sunday morning. He was admitted to the hospital late Friday.
British patrols guard advance toward Benghazi as Rommel’s forces retreat along the Gulf of Sirte. South African armored cars push into Derna, finding few Axis troops but a largely deserted population. RAF strikes devastate roads and vehicles, with several transports and armored units damaged or sunk.
British radio reports that a number of German engineers have arrived at the French naval base of Bizerte in Tunisia. The CBS broadcast notes some were transported in Italian submarines. A New Zealand officer recounts meeting an Italian colonel with five medals, joking the other rows are for earthquakes.
A British spokesman says fighting continues as Hong Kong endures a full siege. Chinese reports claim raids on Shum chun compel Japanese troops to divert from Hong Kong mainland. Japanese forces pushed ashore to seize the island, with repeated ultimatums rebuffed by the garrison.
Supreme leadership shifted to place naval aviation under air power. A flier now commands the entire navy, with Major General Chauncey as army representative in London preliminaries. Henry Harms leads ground and air forces, while King’s career spans submarine salvage and naval aviation, shaping combined fleet tactics and air attack strategy.
Reports quote Goebbels praising officers and troops in a vast front from the Arctic to the Balkans. He notes nine months of conflict with Russia and Britain and highlights Balkan and North African campaigns. A winter clothing drive runs Dec 27 to Jan 4 to aid soldiers against bitter cold. Germans urged gifts of fur and woolen items with pledge to continue collecting until shortages end.
Goebbels declares the front will force unity at home while nutrition remains tight and a decisive war for Germany's existence looms. He warns of reverses and a hard battle ahead, noting the changed world picture with the Pacific versus Britain and the United States. Russian fronts report air victories, shipping losses, and naval clashes, including U boats sinking British ships and a tanker sunk in St George's Channel.
MacArthur headquarters reported heavy fighting at Davao with ground defense forces and American air support opposing Japanese landings. Japanese footholds at Alark Vigan and Legaspi faced ongoing aerial harassment as Philippines defenses prepared for a decisive clash along Mindanao's southern coast and a sea route toward Borneo.
The piece argues Pearl Harbor exposed the need for a mobile fleet protected by concealment and rapid redeployment. It recalls 1915 16 tensions with Japan, recalls President Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt acting to keep ships on station, and links those events to postwar caution about Japanese aggression and Pacific fleet movements.
New York report at the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases cites Dr. Tom D. Spies of the Human Hospital Nutritional Clinic Birmingham Alabama. He states thiamin injections produced rapid improvement in 115 pellagra patients with emotional disturbances on deficient diets. Symptoms such as fear anger low mood and memory defects subsided within 30 minutes to 20 hours after injection.
A 62 year old woman in Katowice Upper Silesia was sentenced to ten years for listening to foreign broadcasts and passing news to relatives, escaping a death sentence due to age. In Denver Eugene D Millikan, a 50 year old Republican attorney, was appointed to the U S Senate to fill the late Alva B Adams unit.
Soviet communique reports Volokolamsk and Voibakalo seized as the Red Army pushes toward Kalinin and captures dozens of villages. German losses exceed 40 000 in two weeks with heavy air and ground clashes noted. Leningrad forces report a three day offensive reclaiming provisions and rail material, and killing 2 000 Germans.
Rear Admiral John W. Greenslade disclosed that enemy submarines are preying on shipping off the California coast. He urged Welders to stay at work to ensure quick replacement of lost ships and said the navy could call on the army to protect plants if needed. He personally headed to Richmond to inspect shipyard labor disputes with AFL unions.
Russian newspapers report 25,500 tons of German warships and transports sunk in the Arctic near the Barents Sea after a submarine attack, with about 1,600 German deaths claimed as Russians retake 30 villages in the Donets Basin while defending Sevastopol against a German assault.
Thirty sailors reached Manila after a nine day overland trek from Aparri in northern Luzon. They blamed poor Japanese naval and aerial marksmanship for their survival as two Japanese destroyers shelled their vessel at the mouth of the Cagayan River. The crew boarded small boats and hiked through mountain country past Kalinga tribesmen, evading Japanese soldiers while seeking safety.
Premier Mussolini reportedly resumed endurance displays by leading infantrymen on a several mile march in Central Italy after inspecting a division. Other items note Navy veteran Lawrence Fibbett and actor George Arliss and claim Soviet forces aided German defenders at high cost.
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