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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1942
Page
2
A warm night precedes scattered thundershowers expected in the afternoon and again tonight across North Carolina South portions and Georgia amid unsettled conditions. Local radar and forecast calls for isolated storms with brief heavy rain possible.
A fifty gallon drum, half filled with fuel oil and painted green, was stolen last night from the rear of Samuel Fyman, jeweler, on South Main Street. The police department reported the theft today.
A returning American correspondent recalls Japanese officials pressuring reporters in Tokyo. Many civilians faced duress, with one officer striking a dental bridge. Some journalists endured solitary confinement and aggressive interrogations, while others received limited relief from authorities during internment.
Perry Hadley former superintendent of a Friends mission in Alaska spoke at the High Point Civitan Club lunch. He traced Alaska history from Russia purchase to the present, highlighted mineral wealth such as coal, gold and copper, and explained geography and Aleutian defense challenges. Edward Davis was admitted as a member.
Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved an appropriations resolution for 1,879,980.98 to fund general, welfare, health, schools, and debt service for the fiscal year starting July 1. The plan includes 33,775 for the Bessemer sanitary district funded by a district tax, with the new tax rate to be considered August 19. The board meets again Monday morning.
A U S submarine prowled Kiska harbor and fired upon a trio of 1,700 ton destroyers riding at anchor. Torrents of TNT split the ships, the first going down in a roar, while a third torpedo finally ended the fight. The sub escaped without casualties.
A claim describes swaybacks as Bali hogs with stomachs that drag on the ground. The statement mixes geographic note with a behavioral description, but lacks verifiable sourcing or context for confirmation.
In Hollywood July 28 a feature on Paramount’s No Time for Love details a claustrophobic tunnel set with wooden sections and working machinery to simulate a sandhog environment. Miss Claudette Colbert appears as a photographer in the muddied scene with Fred MacMurray, while director Mitchell Leisen insists on photographic accuracy and authentic mood over false staging.
Teaching notes on proper usage and pronunciation. Includes guidance on verbs like look it looks as if and it looks as though, common misspellings such as overreach, and synonyms for rare or unusual. Presents today's word cont rovert with definitions and example sentence from H G Wells.
Washington July 28 Director James J McEntee of the Civilian Conservation Corps told Rep Gillie that investigations in hundreds of cases disproved rumors that serviceable government equipment was destroyed or abandoned at CCC camps closed by the CCC Senate reports cited tires and other rubber articles burned at Florida Mo and trucks abandoned at Troy Mo and Des Moines vehicles in good condition slated for junking
The Local Government Commission sold Greensboro High Point Airport Authority revenue bonds worth 80000 dollars to Jefferson Standard of Greensboro at three percent interest and a 200 dollar premium in Raleigh on July 28.
The Para government dispatched a shipload of tropical plants, fish, birds and animals to the botanical garden in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking a cross country exchange of living specimens.
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