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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1941
Page
2
Senator Bailey of North Carolina urges Secretary Knox and Works Projects Admin to aid farmers and fishermen in Onslow County where 90000 acres are being condemned for a marine base near Jacksonville. He cites delay in land title clearances causing hardship and says he may propose legislation to compensate landowners if the Navy approves.
In Rome Ernest Chiriboga reports the West Point left port after delaying several days. Axis diplomats and families waited behind axis frontiers while Americans crossed into Portuguese territory. European passengers bought coffee sugar chocolate and batteries as final meals ended before departure.
The article outlines a New Deal style plan to boost public works under WPA funds, supervised by federal agencies and coordinated with the national resources board. It emphasizes two main advantages: cushioning economic shock during war preparation and aligning local programs with private industry readjustment and expansion. It also notes rising engagement ring sales in London jewelers and global population in Asia. A separate notice invites sealed bids for air blower equipment for High Point North Carolina sewage plant with payment and bid conditions.
The Senate committee advanced a measure refraining from declaring a full national emergency. It would let the President set extended service for selectees and National Guards, with Congress retaining authority to end it. It warns of latent emergency powers and preserves existing prohibitions on sending troops abroad.
German high command described weather and terrain hampering advances as fifth week of the war ended. Reports claim Soviet rear guards beaten in Ukraine while pursuit of defeated forces continues. Front details remain sparse with occasional small actions near Leningrad and Vyazma.
Supplies for the Soviet Union face shortages as Britain bends for priority and Washington coordinates with the War Department and Office of Production Management. Welles and Marshall briefed the Soviet mission while planning to rush materials. Soviet cash purchases from New York, Russian raw materials, and a Pacific two way service are outlined. General Golikov and Repin plan to keep a Soviet military mission in Washington as long as needed with liaison via Colonel Faymonville. Hopkins and Harrison to London will furnish on the spot reports to shape shipments to Britain and Russia.
The communique hints that the German drive toward Moscow has paused as Red Army defense stiffens in Ukraine and aerial raids lessen. Soviet claims of destroying 47 German planes, fighting in collaboration with land troops, and crippling a German tank column are balanced by reports of Polish guerrilla attacks near Dembiec and German press noting SS deaths.
London dated July 26 British news agency dispatch says a German broadcasting station the Revolutionary S.A. reported the RAF raid on Berlin Friday night was much more serious than admitted.
London reports Malta, a British Mediterranean base, was attacked by axis torpedo boats. Defenders repelled the assault with heavy enemy losses and sank about a dozen small vessels. Italian command said eight violent explosions occurred at the Malta base. Prisoners taken and bodies recovered. A British convoy in the Mediterranean passed through with reinforcements and no merchant ships lost. the destroyer Fearless was sunk and a merchant ship damaged.
CHAPEL HILL July 11 Under new regulations issued by the army air corps students enrolled for the CAA training this fall will be admitted to the air corps at the end of their freshman year without written examinations Dean C P Spruill of the general college announced today Regulations previously required two full years of college work for admission Applicants accepted without examinations will enter as flying cadets The program has 30 students this summer and Admore is expected to enroll in September at the new airport nearing completion
Militant Socialist Mark Dormoy, a former interior minister and leading figure in the Popular Front, was assassinated in his Montelimar inn room by a clock timed bomb planted under his mattress. Police investigate a possible wider plot and seek three strangers seen near the hotel, amid tensions in unoccupied France.
The new Dy Horace Williams Airport spans about 600 acres with three runways two 4000 feet and one 4500 feet wide 500 feet. A steel hangar is completed and more will be built. Manager Mann says the facility will train hundreds of students.
Saigon measures Japanese arrival as early equipment and high officers reach the port. General Sumita leads a Japan military mission with aides, trucks and expected naval ships, while French vacate the Saigon airfield and waterfront warehouses. A Chinese agency cites a 30,000 strong force poised to land in southern Indo China.
In Manila on July 26 Filipinos said freezing Japanese assets in the United States increases the chance of war in the South Pacific and that Manila and other key points would be bombed if hostilities begin. President Quizon assured cooperation with the order while general apprehension rose over the Far East situation and rumors spread without panic. The Japanese consul denied rumors that reservists in the Philippines had been called home.
U S bank examiners took charge of Yokohama Species Ltd and Sumitomo today under Treasury orders tied to freezing Japanese assets. Foreign exchange transactions were banned and domestic business was tightly supervised, with Sumitomo hit hardest as it deals mostly in exchange and cashing checks.
General Douglas MacArthur reassumes command of Philippine forces, restoring him to a leading role after decades in the Orient. At 50, he is the youngest U S chief of staff in history with 16 foreign decorations and two U S awards for World War I. He earned renown for dispersing the Bonus Army in 1932 and later served as advisor to Manuel Quezon before taking Philippine defense duties in 1935.
The article contrasts the Russo Finnish and Russo German fronts, noting Finnish valor and Russian staff learning. It highlights the Red Army's strategic retreat from Baltic to Black Sea, about 300 miles deep, as a historic feat. It praises morale and staff efficiency while suggesting no parallel in military history for such a retreat.
Senator Wheeler urged economic pressure on Japan as a means to halt aggression in the Pacific, backing President's freeze on Axis funds. Analysis notes such measures could halt oil shipments and choke Japanese industry if Britain United States and the Dutch East Indies act together. Japan’s silk trade and overall exports to the US are outlined with past purchase levels and declines.
The analysis notes the Meuse disaster hampering German momentum and allowing Russian reserves to shape a stand on the Stalin Line. It assesses Smolensk as the only bulge from recent German battering, arguing the base is too narrow and depth too great to threaten Moscow. A third phase offensive would need revealing soon, though six weeks to Moscow rhetoric seems unlikely.
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