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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
2
A garbled crossword-like puzzle clues a famous actor. The block includes a wartime note about Allied aid to Russia, detailing risky supply runs by the United States and Britain to support the Allied cause despite dangerous seas and missing confirmations from rivals.
Atlanta July 9 Joseph Spengler a Duke University economics and business administration professor was appointed southeastern price executive for the Office of Price Administration today.
Ankara July 9 Foreign Minister Sukru Saraoglu was appointed premier of Turkey by President Ismet Inonu to succeed the late Premier Fevzi Saydam. In Denver Inka Roxan, a Holstein, produced 7826 quarts of milk and 554 pounds of butter fat in 12 months under supervision of Colorado State College. A claim says blue-eyed lads may be superior marksmen at night flying.
North Carolina will stay warm with scattered thundershowers across the north and west this afternoon and tonight. South Carolina and Georgia remain warm with a few scattered thundershowers this afternoon, then warm tonight.
WPB assigns Knowlson as head of the requirements committee replacing Batt. Knowlson, an electrical engineer, was moved from Stewart Warner presidency. Amory Houghton, director general of operations overseeing industry and material branches, leads field operations and chairs Croning Glass Works board on leave. previously deputy chief of the WPB bureau of industry branches.
The roundup arrested 84 inmates with 15 women among them in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island, and New Jersey. FBI chief P. E. Foxworth said more arrests were likely as the nationwide drive continues. In Minneapolis, Carl Berg, a 40 year old janitor named in a New York indictment, attempted suicide in the city jail after arrest. In Glassboro, Anna Schmidt died after being questioned by an FBI agent as part of the investigation.
A historical wartime outline notes Nazi advance into the Soviet Union, the impact on industrial capacity and breadbasket Ukraine, Stalin's rapid inland industrial push behind the Urals, and Hitler's threats to the Caucasus while major supply routes via Arctic ports and the Persian Gulf face heavy Allied convoy hazards.
Soviet dispatches say a Barents Sea submarine attacked the Tirpitz with two torpedoes causing serious damage and sank a German transport while another vessel was damaged. The attack followed earlier Soviet denial of Voronezh capture and claimed a great victory for the Red fleet.
Temple University and the Navy pre flight school of North Carolina plan a night football game on Oct 23 at Temple Stadium for the Navy Relief Fund. The Navy cadets, coached by Jimmy Crowley, complete the Owls 10 game schedule. Canadian Gabriel Serkau claims his compressed air jets will replace costly practice lowers.
John Grover recounts Navy pre flight training at Chapel Hill with cadets. He tests agility and a grueling fitness routine, describing his struggles, the jokes around his age, and a surprising final fitness index of 22 despite initial skepticism from coaches. The piece weighs the Navy’s stance on older entrants and the program’s purpose.
A compact guide by Anne Ashiey answers reader questions on home remedies. It suggests remedies for poison ivy including a powder blend of subcarbonate of bismuth and calomel, applied after alcohol scrubbing and covered lightly with absorbent cotton. Also advises painting tiny hose holes with pliable roofing paint to extend hose life and using lime peat moss or humus to sweeten sour soil and improve moisture retention.
Only persons or organizations engaged in direct war work or essential public welfare occupations may secure new phone service. If existing exchange capacity is insufficient, new service may be denied to others outside the preferred category. First American World War I troops arrived in France on May 410, 1917.
The Columbia army air base announced the names of seven men who died in yesterday’s plane crash at Smithfield North Carolina. The list includes Capt. Jamodla Plant 27 pilot Nearest of kin Mrs W Plant of Long Beach California and Second Lieut Howard E Hent horn co pilot whose mother Mrs E W Hent horn of Ludlow Kentucky is listed. Also named are Staff Sgt Arlyn A Gustaffson 23 engineer Nearest of kin Mrs Ester Greenwall Wausa Nebraska Staff Sgt Louis F Turner Jr 93 radio operator married whose father Louis F Turner Sr resides in Chester Pennsylvania Private First Class Samuel R McDonald 27 passenger Raleigh N C Private Joseph A Schmidt 25 Toledo Ohio and Private Frank E Sailer 34 Kane Pennsylvania.
A compact English lesson by W L Gordon covers common word misuse pronunciation spelling and a daily vocabulary goal. It highlights phrases to avoid and stresses mastering one new word daily with a focus word dogmatize defined as making positive assertions without proof.
Answers cover seating for four at table for two men and two girls with girls facing each other. Wedding announcements should be mailed after the wedding, not before. Proper introduction to an elderly man is to present the younger man to the older, naming the older first, as Mr Marshall then Mr Hudson.
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