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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1941
Page
2
The flu epidemic, traced from Honolulu last summer, spread eastward across the United States and toward Europe at roughly 50 miles daily. England ordered large vaccine shipments from the Rockefeller Institute as reports of outbreaks continued to emerge worldwide.
Fire at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenil New Jersey damaged a fuse compound building and injured three workers. A spokesman cited a 3 am flash in a nitrating section, followed by a detonation. Dover General Hospital treated George Allen Morris town Arthur Burt James Van Houton for eye injuries and wrist lacerations. William Cummings was unhurt. Company said the building was very small and damage was minor.
Raleigh January 14 Senator Wilson of Davidson introduced a bill to extend Lexington city limits to include the Erlanger community. The measure echoes a 1939 controversy but Wilson says agreement has been reached back home on the new proposal.
The text says England leads in exposure as American war support may send more flu carriers to Western Europe. It notes flu carriers are hard to stop since medical authorities cannot recognize them and symptoms are non specific like leg aches. The outbreak in the United States is described as virtually non fatal with pneumonia not common.
Chicago recorded its heaviest rainfall on August 11 1923 with two and a half inches of rain in minutes causing street flooding and disruption across the city.
The piece advises women on achieving a slimmer appearance by opting for sloping shoulders over squared padding and detailing hip measurements. It prescribes diet and exercise for reducing hip size, plus two hip slimming routines: side-to-side hip rolls and chest-locked roll overs, with a progressive rep plan.
Federal labor conciliator James F. Dewey announced that all Eaton Manufacturing plants must be reopened and striking workers returned to work. The dispute began at Saginaw and spread to Detroit Battle Creek Marshall and Cleveland affecting about 3500 employees. Dewey called the move a drastic defense measure and said settlement would follow once plants are operating.
Cairo reports RAF says nine Junker 87 aircraft believed German were destroyed in a heavy Sunday night raid on Catania Sicily. Three hangars caught fire and one was demolished in the attack dated January 12 13 with Fascist air forces aiding in the Mediterranean seapower offensive.
Legislators may draw ten dollars per day up to a $600 limit starting from opening date. When clerk offices closed early Saturday no one had drawn payroll yet. Members typically keep up to date but some have allowed accumulation and some affluent members forgot to collect, requiring mail delivery of funds.
Research on mosaic disease in tomatoes at state prison camps shows tobacco use by tomato growers correlates with mosaic. Intervening rows planted by non users remained free. The takeaway urges growers to quit tobacco to protect crops.
Paul E. Brown, a high school coach, was appointed head football coach at Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio. The university, the nation's fifth largest college, announced the hire on January 14.
The commission warned further exemptions could topple the budget, urging retention of a contingent highway diversion. It proposed a broad exemption list including flour meat and milk, opposed eliminating the gas oil six cent tax, and suggested charging burial associations and credit unions examination fees to fund supervision.
Martin reports his company can run a six day week with time and a half pay to raise weekly output by 15 percent. With 17 000 workers, the plant now builds 311 Navy patrol bombers and Army planes like the B 26, aiming for 42 000 workers by April 1 1942 and 30 naval patrol bombers monthly. Vinson urges more subcontracting and sacrifice of peacetime luxuries to accelerate defense production.
Mrs. Farlow was found dead from three gunshot wounds in a York Street area home. Coroner Freeman said bullets hit the right shoulder, abdomen, and heart. Husband Farlow, a silk mill worker, had left her about 10 days earlier and was lodging at 200 East Russell Street. Letters to a sister and to her son were found. Farlow had not worked since last Thursday. Funeral planned at Springfield Friends Church.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with possible light rain in the mountains. Colder tonight in the east and central portions. Fresh to strong northeast and east winds expected along the coast, increasing in the south, with overcast skies and intermittent rain Wednesday.
A Gen Argentina communique says Bergonzoli and two blackshirt leaders deserted their troops on the night before Bardia fell. It notes General Antonelli may be captured and that Bergonzoli may have decamped by motorboat reserved for the pursuit.
The text restricts aid to the British Commonwealth of Nations and Ireland for two years unless Congress extends it to Greece China or Rhodes as proposed in the bill.
The Rome newspaper Il Giornale D Italia reports heavy Allied naval activity with multiple ships damaged or sunk and a destroyer likely lost. It also says Britain sends strong troop reinforcements to Greece and Egypt in double convoys to fend off Italian and German torpedo boats and bombers. In Albania Greek shock troops press through Klisura to blunt fascist lines. Tobruk holds as Wavell plans possible East Africa strike.
The fragment cites a vast British empire spanning 2,000,000,000 square miles with a population of 50. The text appears to be an erroneous or partial historical claim, lacking corroborating context or dates.
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