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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1941
Page
2
The Associated Press reports on Rim World in 1941 marked by hardship and loss. The piece notes the resilience of communities as they face wartime challenges and uncertainty.
The world remains at war as 1941 opens with Adolf Hitler pledging the greatest victory, Winston Churchill warning of continued fighting and no peace, and Mussolini silent amid setbacks. France shows gloom under Petain as Europe endures hardship.
Across the Pacific and Americas the year opens with deferral of conflict in the Western Hemisphere as Roosevelt urges defense mobilization. In the United States celebrations run from private homes to Times Square while a major radio dispute halts 1.5 million ASCAP songs, unsettling the airwaves.
Rev. N. Williams pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church New York City will speak at Brooks Memorial Methodist Church Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. He is visiting his mother and sister Mrs Williams and Edna Jett of 610 Vail Street in town.
A correction clarifies that the individual referenced is Mrs Fannie Patterson, not Mrs Mary Patterson, correcting prior attribution. The notice preserves names and source reliability.
A. F. Hiatt as administrator of the Marshall T. Hiatt estate in High Point North Carolina calls all creditors to present claims by December 10 1941 and directs all debtors to pay promptly. The notice is dated December 10 1940.
Nathaniel Coble 72 died yesterday afternoon at 5 30 at his home near Whitehall after a brief illness. Survived by wife Miss Georgia Culler two sons Travis and Emmett Coble both of Randleman one daughter Nonnie Coble of Randleman four brothers J F Coble A A Coble J C Coble and Charles Coble Los Angeles two sisters Miss Alice Coble and Mrs Julia Bonkemeier of Randleman. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 at Pugh's Funeral Home Randleman conducted by Rev. William Garner with interment in Whitehall Methodist Church cemetery.
The A. and T. College Greensboro Men’s Glee Club and the a capella choir will broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System Thursday morning from 9 15 to 9 45. Warner Lawson directs both groups. The program originates from WBIG Greensboro.
The Le Jeune Amis Club entertained visiting friends Friday evening at the I. D. E. Club on Fairview Street. Guests included Misses Marjorie Leach Bessie Mae Albea Thelma Drake and Messrs Ralph Boykins P. D. Mitchell Charles Evans Maceo Turner.
Mr and Mrs Lester G Spellman and their young daughter from Philadelphia were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs W E Merritt at 1333 East Washington Street. Spellman is Merritts’ brother.
Guilford deputies led by Chief Deputy Otis D. Apple investigated a breaking and entering at C. H. Hennis' store in Groometown. A window was broken and over $100 in merchandise disappeared including a shotgun radio and $30 in cigarettes. A lack of clues left investigators uncertain about suspects.
The Air Ministry announced daylight raids by British bombers on Germany Belgium and the Netherlands yesterday. Weather hindered operations but bombs struck a factory at Cologne and targets at Rotterdam and the Kiel area while an anti aircraft ship near Flushing was hit and put out of action.
British artillery pounded the Libyan port of Bardia for the 16th day as Italian defenders resisted. The Middle East command reported ongoing heavy bombardment from Cairo.
Walter E. Lucas, Lisbon correspondent for the Times of London, was ordered to depart within 48 hours due to the government's objection to his series titled In Portugal Hitler Schemes Against Britain.
The Evening Public Ledger in Philadelphia has been sold to a new company led by Robert Cresswell, formerly treasurer of the New York Herald Tribune, for an undisclosed sum.
Mostly cloudy with rising temperatures tonight and Thursday. Scattered showers expected in west and north central counties. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville gentle to moderate, turning east and southeast. Fair Block Island to Hatteras shows gentle to moderate north winds shifting to east with overcast skies and light rain on Thursday.
The incoming administration faces tax revisions including sales tax expansion and possible highway fund diversion. Reapportionment may add a new congressman and legislative redistricting for Piedmont counties. Banks named private secretary to Broughton. Metts likely to be reappointed adjutant general. Liquor referendums and budget projections loom as officials seek bonds for roads and higher education funding. Unemployment benefits and wage law reforms are debated alongside intangibles tax gains and speculative state officer appointments.
The report proposes five measures to tighten credit and curb inflation amid war mobilization. It urges higher bank reserve requirements, curbs on greenbacks, neutralizing foreign gold purchases, selling future securities to individuals not banks, and phased tax hikes toward a balanced budget. Critics say Fed lacks power to enforce these changes.
National Safety Council figures show 655 expected traffic deaths on a typical January Wednesday. Christmas Eve incidents killed 131 nationwide, with several festive fatalities including shootings in Kentucky, stabbing in Missouri, fires in Massachusetts and New York, and state by state death counts led by New York and Pennsylvania.
The report lists losses: Tarakina 9691 tons, Triadic 6378, Triaster 6032, Triona 4413, Komata 3900, Holmwood 773, plus Norweigian Vinni 5181 and Ringwood 7203, French Notou 2489, with Turakina Notou Holmwood previously noted. Admiral Layton vows action against raiders as vast sea routes hinder rapid pursuit.
British coastal command planes reportedly covered 34 000 000 miles in 1940 while escorting over 2 000 convoys totaling 200 000 000 tons. Air Ministry tallies show more than 3 500 enemy aircraft shot down across Britain seas and the French coast, with Britain losing 1 059 planes. Fighter units credited with most enemy kills. anti aircraft gunners credited with 444 334 of those since September 1.
Reports from Belgrade say a British warship in the Adriatic attacked four Italian transports bound for Albania. The ships were torpedoed and one was said to have sunk or been disabled. The intervention occurred amid the strife with Italy and Greece.
Much music from the last half century vanished as three fourths of U S radio stations dropped programs. The American Society of Composers Authors and Ciation of Broadcasters cut contractual ties at midnight with no immediate renewal expected.
A German combat plane reportedly dived to within about 100 meters of its target and scored direct hits on a British armament factory at Essex. The German high command claimed the factory was attacked yesterday along with other raids on war vital objectives in London.
The piece notes F D R production under consideration with Mr. vest aiming to concentrate power in William S Knudsen as head of a newly created supreme command. Senator Lee attacks the No Foreign War Committee saying its angel is a wealthy oil merchant tied to Nazi victory. Verne Marshall counters that Davis delivered a Nazi peace proposal in October 1939 but was rebuffed.
Dispatches in the Italian press say Senator Wheeler's attack on President Roosevelt's war policy left a deep impression in all circles in the United States. Fascist papers did not comment on Wheeler's peace talks proposal.
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