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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
3
The column surveys wartime economic warfare, noting a US BEW survey on Japan's resource stocks and supply chains, naval dress code quirks provoking ironies, Greek resistance tactics, Axis profiteering, and racketeering exposing corruption in Britain and beyond. It highlights strategic bombings, sabotage, and financial scheming shaping the war effort.
NEW YORK by Albert N. Eman observes that industry sources say the administration will issue a plan through the War Production Board to enlarge steel output from 88.5 million tons to about 98 million. The program may divert metal from normal channels but facilities won’t be ready until June 1943. Government believes the war will demand far more iron than currently allocated. Manhattan economists reject facile claims that Hitler must win this summer or lose.
J W Broom a 65 year old contractor waived a preliminary hearing in city police court on a murder warrant and was bound over to Superior Court. He is charged with fatally shooting his daughter Eula Harvey 41 and her companion Ruby Middlebrook 34 last Sunday.
A morals agent from the State Department of Labor and Industry guarding against indecent shows at a roadhouse was arrested along with five others during a raid. Liquor control officers said he was tending bar at the time.
A detailed listing of radio broadcasts across networks with time slots for music, drama, news, and variety shows. Entries include Indiana Indigo in Variety, The Flying Patrol, Fred Waring, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Amos n Andy, Crosby Show, Dance Orchestra, War News, and wartime commentary.
Henry Faucette, a Durham schools janitor since 1886, becomes the state’s highest retirement payer with monthly checks of 47.14. The first payments under the new retirement system go out this month to more than 300 retirees, including Faucette. Major Baxter Durham notes the long service and includes a cordial message of appreciation.
Marion, July 30 Pi Mrs Hugh McCall brunette widow to pay awaited trial in superior court September on charges of attempted murder and of entering the home of Mrs Charlie Harshaw while occupants were away. Sheriff Grady Nichols said she tried to hire him to kill Mrs Harshaw for 200 dollars. Nichols quoted Mrs McCall as saying Harshaw was in love with her husband. Bond set at 10000 after preliminary hearing. Harshaw testified poisonous substances were found in her food prior to arrest.
Frank F. E. Bost of Maiden route 2 says a five-foot chicken snake pulled its head into his woodshed nest where a setting hen guarded 15 eggs. He investigated after hearing the hen's cackling and found the snake disturbing the nest.
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