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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1941
Page
2
The Office of Price Administration tightens controls denying new tires and tubes except to seven priority classes. Physicians ambulances fire and police vehicles and public transport with 10 or more passengers. delivery trucks and essential services are exempt or pooled. Retreaded tires allowed, supplies frozen until Jan 95.
An American broadcast reports Churchill predicting a possible German invasion in spring and praising British and American shipping efforts. He notes improved intelligence on enemy troop concentrations, British stamina in Libya, and hopes to hold Singapore. He warns of submarine threats but foresees by 1943 enough ships to take the offensive.
Four troop transports, three freighters, four supply ships, one fighter and another vessel figured in a mid ocean clash. Heavy damage was said to have been inflicted on two enemy cruisers, a seaplane tender and two transports likely put out of action. Aneta noted other ships possibly sunk or damaged, but officials were unsure.
Japanese air attack on Manila harbors and piers hits two 3600 ton freighters sinking one capsizing near Fort Santiago. Four Coast Guard cutters and the Commonwealth Building are struck, a hospital and a college damaged, a fire station destroyed, Santo Domingo church damaged, many killed and uncounted wounded as MacArthur defends, NBC reports moonlit fires.
More than $700 in cash and checks were stolen from Ring's Service Station on English Street last night. Police said thieves entered through an unlocked window after breaking in several times recently, taking money from a desk drawer. majority were checks, with over $100 in cash.
NEA Service profiles Tamara Toumanova the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancer nicknamed the Black Pearl of Russia. The piece glosses her romantic escapades with melodramatic quotes about daily loves and a motherly reaction, set in colorful Hollywood lore.
Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight for North Carolina. South Carolina sees little temperature change. Georgia partly cloudy with a change expected if temperature drops, and extreme south portion may have early showers. Virginia fair and somewhat colder tonight. The article also notes tall stabilizers on the new Martin Mars flying boat are 40 feet wide, larger than a pursuit plane wing span.
Tamara, a 22 year old American citizen in progress, tours the United States with the Ballet Russe. Born on a train in Siberia, she has traveled widely, suffered a knee injury in Detroit while performing Sugar Plum Fairy, pursued acting with Warner Brothers shorts, and remains fond of Hollywood and theatre while collecting toy swans and enjoying Chinese food and jitterbug music.
Manila Bulletin correspondent in Santa Cruz Laguna reports Japanese forces on Luzon's east coast from Atimonan 75 miles southeast of Manila killed or captured in fighting. The report says a woman was seen carrying a submachine gun.
Prime Minister Churchill greeted Senator Wheeler at luncheon with a hearty handshake and said it is a real pleasure and privilege to meet you. He also told companions that he had discouraged criticism of Munich appeasers in Britain to avoid undermining future hope.
AP broadcast from Berlin on December 27 claimed Japanese forces in Malaya broke British lines with an advance deep enough to place Ipoh, a tin center 300 miles northwest of Singapore, within their military operations. Also reports Americans in Swatow and Amoy held by Japanese authorities. A volcanic lake found on Unimak Island, Alaska, was noted, and Illinois TB death rate was 43.2 per 100000 in 1939. Buenos Aires shows streets named for dates and famous figures.
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