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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1942
Page
10
In Mayodan the City Loafers Club operates in Pap Farmers Eating Place basement with showers, tables, chairs, games and a state charter. Floyd Sharp is president and early shifts draw big crowds debating war, prices, and everyday life, with relaxed rules for members.
A warning notes that gasoline produced twenty years ago may fail in a modern aircraft engine. Using such aged fuel could cause the engine to tear itself apart or not run at all, highlighting safety risks in outdated aviation fuel supplies.
The High Point NAACP branch launched its 1942 membership drive with a pep meeting at Mrs. M. B. Davis’s home on Underhill Avenue. The goal is at least 230 local members, led by campaign captains including S. Merritt and Frances Spencer. A mass meeting at First Baptist Church on Feb 24 at 8 pm will feature Madison S. Jones Jr. as speaker. The Wings Over Jordan chorus will also visit, drawing local music interest after years of effort.
A brief entry notes accidents on date unspecified with property damage totaling 2747 dollars and injuries recorded as 34. Names, locations, and further details are not provided in the readable text.
A local choir warns it may stop personal appearances and could go off the air if funds dry up. An upcoming appearance is sponsored by Peacock Bible Class at Lenoir High Auditorium on Monday evening February 16. Tickets for colored are sold by William Penn and Fairview Street School PTA members and Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.
Rioting anti conscriptionists in Montreal injure seven policemen and several civilians and shatter many windows during a 133 hour demonstration. About 300 youths marched through East End streets shouting no to conscription as police arrest several participants. Police estimate 7000 attended the rally urging a no vote in the plebiscite on wartime conscription.
A group of boys met at Joseph Scott's East Washington Street home Tuesday evening and reorganized the Junior 20th Century Club. Elected officers include Joseph Scott president, Philip Moore vice president, Decoly Williams scribe, J T Miler treasurer, Alvin Holly sergeant at arms, Franklin Brower business manager, James Kinzer publicity agent. Willing Workers Club of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church plans a meeting at Mrs. Elsie Lytle’s home 107 Brooks Street at 7 45 this evening. Van Johnson of 605 Mangum Avenue is recovering well after surgery at Burrus Memorial Hospital.
War Department announced plans to move the Coast Artillery Office Candidate School from Fort Monroe Virginia to Camp Davis North Carolina on March 2. The capacity will rise from 800 to 3200 students to meet immediate needs and create a reserve pool of officers. The facility will use sites formerly used by the barrage balloon training center now moved to Camp Tyson Tennessee.
McChord Field reported a twin motor bomber went missing after crashing in swamp land near Tolt, about 20 miles east of Seattle. Two bodies were recovered and two more believed in the wreckage, which was partly submerged. investigators from McChord Field, state patrol, and King County coroners office surveyed the scene.
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson argues federal taxation of state and local bonds would require a constitutional amendment, not a statute, prolonging any shift. He cites war financing as delaying urgency while warning against federal centralization moves tied to tax policy and securities oversight.
The Red Cross reported that the hospital ship Mactan was not bombed or molested on its Manila to Melbourne voyage carrying wounded Americans. Earlier reports claimed nine attacks by Japanese planes, but sources including Irving Williams and AP exchanges cast doubt.
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