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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1943
Page
8
Nationwide registration for War Ration Book No 2 will be held Feb 22 to 27 for all including babies but excluding armed forces. Applications checked for accuracy, Book 2 cover entry, coupons removed from Book 1 for coffee and canned goods, nine Book 2 coupons needed March 1 for canned goods, sales halted during registration week, meat rationing announced later with red stamps.
At a Liberator bomber station in England on February 18, crews claimed a record two bombing missions in 19 hours with the same aircraft and personnel. The raids hit Dunkerque and the St Nazaire submarine base, with heavy fighter action and extreme cold. Captain Clyde Price’s crew aboard Miss Dianne claimed five aerial victories amid losses of six bombers overall.
The North Carolina wine control bill, approved by the House 61 to 46, faces a tougher path in the Senate with key opposition to raising legal alcohol content to 20 percent. Governor Broughton backs control, while supporters and opponents dispute his stance.
A compilation of transfers in Guilford County lists multiple deeds in High Point, Morehead, Bruce, Friendship, Rock Creek and other townships. Transactions show individuals and couples conveying lots and tracts to various buyers, with parties including Haworth, Russell, Mendenhall, Gillis, Bodenheimer, Wright, Thayer, Warren, Church, Hedgecock, Corry, Cheek, Bryant, Routh, Holt, Ozment, Martin, Stone, Yates, Han ner, Pike, and others. The notice also recalls Nevada adopting lethal gas for capital punishment in 1921 with Gee Jon’s 1924 gas chamber execution in Carson City.
Moscow February 18 General Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky vice-commissar of defense since October was promoted to marshal of the Soviet Union for his role as Premier Stalin’s representative coordinating offensives on the Voronezh and southwestern fronts. He is among 23 generals awarded the Suvorov Order of the First Degree for recent offensive actions.
Former Rep W B Umstead testifying in the Nye and Mayers conspiracy case drew a sharp rebuke from U S District Judge J Waites Waring when he offered a statement in court He said he had no dealings with the defendants in the Nye-Mayers case though he had represented in a separate Fi more-BC matter Judge Waring ordered the matter dropped but Umstead insisted he knew it was not.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Mineral Springs consolidated school two miles north of Winston Salem causing about 100000 dollars in damages. Firemen could not contain the blaze due to water shortage. The article also notes tea is made from lime blossoms in England.
Judge Waring reprimands a defendant for remarks that influenced the case. Umstead apologizes and the statement is stricken from the record. Today a large witness turnout kept the trial moving toward a possible jury decision. The government accuses Nye and Mayes of inducing Elmore to settle for less to obstruct justice in a $30,000 suit against the BC company.
The team led by Mrs. A. M. Sobel and colleagues defeated the prior leaders in the evening session of the Pennsylvania State team-of-four contest, shifting from a first-session lead to a final second place. The article notes tournament details and related card play.
The listings show Eyves In The Night at 2 Broadhurst with showtimes 12 45, 2 20, 4 00, 5 50, 7 35, 9 25 and Flight Lieutenant at Paramount with 12 50, 2 30, 4 20, 5 55, 7 40, 9 25. Rialto presents Sergeant York with times 1 21, 3 47, and 8 39.
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