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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
10
The stalled wage dispute triggers widespread stoppage affecting 500000 miners. Secretaries Ickes and Lewis clash over travel pay. U.S. Steel warns of curtailed output while rail deliveries face curbs. Some locals signal possible return after last talks.
The weather outlook remains warm across North and South Carolina this afternoon and tonight with continued mild temperatures and light winds. No precipitation is expected as high pressure settles over the region.
Allied reports say Japanese forces advance toward the Burma India frontier while no open operations are reported. U S bombing of Lae and Wewak totals 132 tons in under a week with no enemy interceptors, plus 36 tons on Lae in one day. A Flying Fortress survives a fierce 16 zero duel over Finschhafen, shooting down five or six Japanese planes before returning home.
Italian squadrons engaged with ten enemy fighters in a lone daytime air combat over Terra Nova as Mitchell crews reported coordinated attacks. Warhawks struck Stagnone Island destroying seaplanes while other raids damaged vessels, ships, docks, and a railroad bridge in Sardinia and Sicily with multiple bombings and gunfire.
Republican leaders anticipate a Chicago meeting this summer with 49 postwar advisory council members to draft a 1944 platform. The group aims for a peaceful postwar order, sustained prosperity, reduced federal overreach, state empowerment, and strong agriculture. Key figures include McNary, Martin, Townsend, and Ditter, with Bricker, Dewey, Warren, Green, and Salsonstall named as potential top candidates.
The Guilford case records Edwin B. Jeffress being declared incompetent in 1934 and his wife Louise A. Jeffress named trustee of a property worth over a half million dollars. In 1942 a sanity petition was granted a six-man jury to inquire into Jeffress's mental state, Louise as trustee joined the proceeding. The jury ruled for Jeffress, the clerk voided the verdict’s effect and ordered the trustee to file final account. In 1942 1943 the trustee sought certiorari and supersedeas. the court dismissed the writ and upheld the clerk’s order, prompting an appeal by the trustee.
Funeral services were held at the graveside for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Koonce from the Monroe Apartments. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery. Born June 1 the child was the daughter of Edwin E and Thalia Copeland Koonce. Surviving are the parents and grandparents Mrs J D Koonce and Mr and Mrs W A Copeland of High Point.
North Bay Ontario reports Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, once physician to the Dionne quintuplets, died in a local hospital at age 60. Butter receipts in Chicago show unsettled prices. equity receipts also unchanged.
Ronald Wayne Spurgeon seven months old son of F S and Daisy Motsinger Spurgeon High Point Route Two died at home Tuesday after a brief illness He was born October 20 1942 in High Point Surviving are his parents a sister Betty Spurgeon and paternal grandmother Mrs Minnie Spurgeon High Point Route Two Funeral services will be at the home this afternoon at 5 o clock conducted by Rev B A Mitchell pastor of Abbott's Creek Baptist Church Burial will be in the church cemetery The United States Navy League was organized in 1903 to awaken public interest in naval preparedness.
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