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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1943
Page
8
North Carolina sees continued warmth with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and early tonight. South Carolina remains warm with warm afternoon conditions and mountains experiencing similar patterns tonight.
New York stock market notes show trading activity at 1 p.m. on July 13 with various industrial and utility shares moving. The AP report summarizes price changes, volume, and notable movers across key indices.
Washington July 13 Congress prepares postwar economic blueprints focusing on private enterprise and local controls. Leaders urge early action to prevent unemployment as the postwar planning effort moves through Senate and House committees. Proposals include 85 million dollars for state local postwar setup and a national reconstruction commission with 10 senators and 29 appointee members.
Home based RAF bombers flew a roughly 2000 mile round trip to Turin in northern Italy. Weather forced dispersal on return. losses described as about normal. The raid is part of Mediterranean rations with Turin targeted for its war industries. A bomber crash near Bouvet on Lake Geneva killed four crew.
Andrew Jackson Post No 87 held a joint Legion and Auxiliary dinner at Blair Park Clubhouse. Retiring Commander John King opened the meeting, and officers for both groups were installed with Lehmann officiating. New Legion officers include Dorsey M. Lewis as commander and Felix E. Brockmann as first vice commander. Auxiliary officers inducted were Leigh Harper president and W. C. Anderson first vice president.
A memorial service for Lieutenant Miles A. Gayles, missing after a plane crash, will be held at 5 pm at the family home on Club Drive. Reverend Lee F. Tuttle of Main Street Methodist Church in Thomasville will officiate. No flowers requested.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars schedule a regular meeting at 8 pm in the VFW hall at N Main and W Washington. New World War II members will be welcomed and plans discussed for the post picnic, district meeting, and reports from a Winston-Salem state council session.
A Philadelphia ordnance district rep will interview men tomorrow for two assistant inspector positions in ordnance materials to work in High Point. Interested qualified persons should contact W. E. Winslow secretary of the federal civil service agency at the post office. Salary is $1,800 annually with overtime pay.
At 7 20 this morning city firemen extinguished a blaze that broke out in a New Service laundry truck on Centennial avenue. The fire report attributes the start to a lighted match dropped by driver Carl Branch on the gas tank.
Funeral services for 83 year old John McKenzie who died at Brewer nursing home Winston-Salem were held Monday at 2 30 from the Country Holiness church near Randleman. Rev W F Cockman and two other ministers conducted the rites. Church choir provided music. Pallbearers named Talmadge Jack Donald Ray R W Jr and Edward Hancock. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Permanent double fire alarm boxes are being installed on every floor of the former exposition building to protect vital records housed by the demobilized records branch. The system operates manually and via the sprinkler network, allowing firemen to identify the floor of a blaze at a moment's glance.
Thom asville Miss Susanna Matthews presented a piano concert during the weekly Lions club meeting at the Woman's club building. John R. Perry presided as club president. Tom Johnson received a Lions certificate of merit. The group planned the annual picnic for Tuesday afternoon July 27 with members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and their wives as guests.
Thomasville honors D. T. Lansbury of 106 Highland Avenue with a 25 dollar war bond for the best Victory garden in a merchants association contest. Only association members and employees were eligible. Honorable mentions went to Marvin Steed Bill Nance Miss Mac Snell Carl Moore and L. F. Doc Sink. judges were Van Richardson H. G. Early and Edgar Royse.
The state highway commission ordered revocation of driving licenses for William Otis Amick Julian Ralph Thomas Bilyeu John Grier Gray Matthew Thomas Hancock all of Asheboro Ector Fox Bonkemyer Randleman James Bohan Nelson Central Falls Harry Brown Owen Thomasville and Eddie Wiggins Lexington.
Allied forces report Rome nearby assault across Sicily continues with Ragusa and Palazzolo falling as Augusta hosts a heavy bombardment. British Eighth Army, American Seventh Army and Canadian units press toward Catania while ports and harbors remain undamaged. Over 3,000 vessels aid the invasion as Patton’s and Montgomery’s forces drive inland.
Police report Billy Ray Spencer 13 of Route 3 High Point suffered a broken left leg after his bicycle collided with a truck driven by William T. White near the Dalton Broad Streets intersection around noon. Investigators said the boy pulled into the path of the oncoming truck. the accident was unavoidable and no arrest was made. The truck belonged to Lentz Transfer and Storage Company of Winston-Salem.
Butter receipts total 1,060,278 with prices unchanged from the Chicago price current. Eggs receipts 14,093 with unsettled market. OPA ceiling prices list specials 42 extras 39.5 standards 36.9 current receipts 35.9.
Police Chief W. G. Friddle announced that all auxiliary police could meet tonight at seven thirty at the county building.
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