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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1942
Page
2
Light to moderate changes in temperature across regions with little overall shift. In the south portion, expect scattered thunderstorms early tonight with some localized cooling. Northern areas show minor fluctuations as fronts move through the region.
W L Subhin of Wythe County visited Big Lick—now Roanoke—for the first time about six decades ago and has just returned. He remarked on the big improvement in Roanoke, a city grown from a village of a few hundred to nearly 70,000 residents.
The Kiwanis Club of High Point held a luncheon session at the Elwood Hotel chaired by John C. Sheroff. Delegates Harry Bell and Joe Johnson spoke on the Kiwanis International convention in Greentown Ohio June 14 19 praising the hospitality and inspirational programs and noting clubs across the U S and Canada aiding the war effort.
The Junior Chamber Of Commerce met in regular session at the Elwood Hotel. Edgar Snider was installed as president for the ensuing year. Vance Kester announced a supper for draftees at the city lake on Monday, July 13, with tickets obtainable from members at a moderate price. If rain occurs, the meal will be served indoors at a convenient location.
Allied and Axis forces clash in a decisive desert battle marking the climax of a 350 mile push. Rommel strengthens with Littorio units as Auchinleck presses to cripple German armor and sever supply lines, while RAF and US air forces strike enemy bases and rail hubs near Tobruk and Alexandria. Civilians in Cairo remain calm amid fears of fifth column activity.
A joint letter to the president from James G. Patton Murray Lincoln William Green Philip Murray J G Luhrsen L G Ligutti and Benson Y Landis urged a higher farm relief appropriation. They noted the Senate had approved 222.8 million and the House 127.07 million versus the president’s 293.6 million request as Congress recessed without approving the agriculture department funding. The looming payrolls and delayed budget raised fears of halted department activity and unpaid employees.
Second basemen cover short right field against Johnny Mize, occasionally throwing over Giants first basemen on batted balls that would otherwise be singles.
Chinese high command acknowledged the Japanese capture of Ihwang a key highway city in Kiangsi province located 30 miles south of Nanchang. The report suggests Japan pressed to trap a large Chinese force south of the Chekiang Niangsi railway, which the Japanese claimed to have fully captured two days earlier. A Chinese spokesman said the railway gap likely remains in Chinese hands.
Ben Angliastro, an air raid warden in New York, returned home to fetch cigarettes before duty and found his wife and year-old daughter unconscious from kitchen gas fumes. He summoned help and revived them, saving their lives.
RALEIGH July 3 The state department of agriculture has accepted 46953 from the War Department for 109.43 acres of the 330 acre mountain test farm at Swannanoa to be the site of an 85000000 government hospital Approval was given by Governor Broughton, the state board of agriculture and the council of state Agriculture Commissioner W Kerr Scott will head a committee from the board and N C State College and FWA to study Western North Carolina relocation sites the week of July 20 several locations already suggested Scott said
In Marietta Oklahoma July 3 a grocery store fire spread to destroy seven businesses and damage others. Two men were reported missing and believed dead as Ardmore Oklahoma and Gainesville Texas fire crews joined local volunteers to fight the three hour blaze.
Red Star reported no real gains by German forces as Soviet artillery and infantry with tanks and planes repelled advances toward Belgorod and Volchansk. Sevastopol still contested amid heavy German losses. Moscow radio said initiative shifting to the Soviets in the Kursk front while Berlin notes hinted at German aims to wreck Soviet forces.
Three inmates from an alimony row in Chicago were released after pledging to join the armed forces and having former spouses waive dependency rights. A fourth prisoner who opposed the war was returned to his cell.
Navy enlistments in cities hosting The Great Lakes Naval Training Station baseball team jumped 15 to 60 percent this season, with increased recruiting linked to the team’s appearances. The trend appears across multiple urban areas where the squad played, reflecting strong local morale and recruitment momentum.
G Floyd Shoemake 52 of 806 Vall Street died shortly after 12 30 today after eight months of declining health and ten days critical. Born in Iredell County April 29 1889 he came to Statesville 17 years ago from Wilkes County and worked as a carpenter. He married Myrtle Hollman February 6 1911 and survives with four sons two daughters two brothers one granddaughter and funeral arrangements pending relatives arrival.
July 3 1940 German authorities ordered Belgians to return home close doors and windows on alarm and issued emergency orders to railway civil and economic staffs in coast areas as Allies strike.
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