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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
8
North Carolina shows little temperature change this afternoon and night with a few widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon. South Carolina expects little change tonight with widely scattered thundershowers in the northern portion this afternoon.
The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators 4-1 aided by Senators errors and six hit pitching from Spud Chandler, his seventh win against one loss. In the NL the St Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 with Mort Cooper eight innings for his eighth win and Walker Cooper delivering a pivotal triple. The Boston Braves edged the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 as Connie Ryan led with three hits and the series went 3-2.
Allied raids hit Messina targets and eastern Sicily following daylight Liberator strikes on Catania and Gerbini. A Littorio battleship on the La Spezia deck was damaged by a direct hit in photographs, while Malta Mosquito bombers struck railways, stations, a power plant, and a factory in Sicily and Italy.
Market activity shows mixed results as several major shares fluctuate. Penn Dixie, Pens RR, Pepsi Cola, Phillips Petroleum, and Reynolds dominate the intraday notes with notable price movements.
Raleigh taxicabs are limited to 50 cents for one passenger or a dozen from point to point within the city. Judge Paul C. West fined a driver $1 plus costs for charging 1.50 for five passengers from a railway station to the bus station. The driver appealed, arguing Defense Transportation rules require maximum passenger carriage.
In wartime Washington, attention shifts to Fred M. Vinson as a pivotal figure in economic policy. Once a district court judge, he rose from Centre College historian to Louisville native and then to Congress and the District Appeals Court, later directing economic stabilization under the Office of War Mobilization. His stance on price controls and inflation, including safety deposit box rents, underpins his continued influence on home-front economies.
Washington June 15 The Senate moved into a 226105758 appropriations bill authorizing 833940358 to train civilian pilots while backing a McKellar bill requiring confirmation for most federal workers earning 4500 or more yearly. Roosevelt opposed and warned politics but 42 to 29 passed with 8 Democrats opposing.Several administration allies supported the measure.
Two U S Air Force pilots report that British royalty were addressed as Maam with no hard feelings. The interview touched on naval leadership and plane design details.
Average naval press release reports 12 Japanese ships sunk or damaged by U S submarine forces since Pearl Harbor including one destroyer and 11 cargo vessels, with additional probable sinks. It notes 256 vessels felled by submarines, and awards the Silver Star to Lieut James H Barnard and Lieut John F Walling for actions against Japanese units.
Funeral services for Charles F. Alverson who died at his home on Johnson Street were conducted Monday at 3 PM at North Main Street Baptist Church. Rev. J. B. Jackson officiated with quartet members Francis Booze J W Ledwell Charles Allman and Winfred Clinard. Pallbearers included D O Ward H L Mitchell J L Johnson B L Nichols R P Logan and J A Atkins. Interment followed at Floral Garden cemetery.
North Carolina implements a 40 cent per hour minimum for printing publishing and allied graphic arts workers with large county newspapers affected. A second order under the public contracts act raises wage floors to 40 cents for seamless hosiery handkerchief and neckwear producers aligning with federal standards.
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