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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1942
Page
5
In wartime analysis, the piece notes U S stock in Latin America rising with propaganda units shaping policy, Japan’s ambassador Nomura returning after internment to brief the emperor, and looming economic mobilization as America gears toward industrial expansion and closer hemispheric ties.
Recipe shows mixing shortening and sugar, adding milk and All Bran, soaking, then combine with sifted flour and baking powder. Batter rests briefly before filling greased muffin pans and baking about 3 minutes at moderate heat. Yield about 6 large muffins or 12 mini muffins.
A detailed radio programming grid lists hourly shifts from 2 PM to 10:30 PM ET with network alterations due to wartime changes. The lineup features The Three Suns Trio, Navy Band, Lowell Thomas News, Easy Aces, Amos ’n’ Andy, The Lone Ranger, The Thin Man Adventures, Eddie Cantor Variety, and Manhattan at Midnight. Include dramas, musical interludes, news broadcasts, and wartime commentaries with multiple sponsors and serials throughout the evening. The schedule notes program adjustments by network and time zone changes, plus interludes and repeats across stations.
The piece notes how air and sea warfare stretches far from combat zones, with Luftwaffe actions in Sicily affecting US supplies via routes around Africa, and British naval losses influencing Allied campaigns from Singapore to Russia. It highlights how naval and air power, from the Coral Sea to Murmansk, determine where ships and weapons travel and where Russia’s defense depends on Soviet aid. Admiral Yamamoto’s fleet returns briefly, delaying future Pacific strikes, while Ceylon’s strength and Russia’s resilience shape outcomes.
Clanette Westmoreland, son of Mrs. L. M. Westmoreland of Thomasville, now at Camp Gordon, Ga., has been named chief clerk of a group of Army exchanges under the Fourth special service unit. Inducted June 27, 1941, he spent much time in office work, transferred to Camp Gordon in December 1941, connected with post headquarters, and promoted to corporal on March 15 of this year.
Special to The Enterprise reports the regular weekly Lions Club meeting at the Women’s Club building at 12 15. Officers listed include Jeas Rackley first vice president Dr Claiborne tents eats tre second vice president Lyte Tom smith third vice president and secretary Homer Beck treasurer Joe Swieegood Tail Twister H A Cecil Jr Lion Tamer. Directors John Perry Curtis Fields and a Lions Key award for H A Cecil Jr. presented by O S Peer with J Roy Proctor as guest.
An auto wrecker retrieved a cow that toppled from a 50 foot bluff at Hubert Rhodes farm into the river. The animal was bumped by another, plunged downslope, then was salvaged and walked away unharmed.
A citation notes that last year rubber consumption equaled enough to outfit 8000 244-ton trucks for the Army, or 410,000 half-tonners, reflecting wartime industrial capacity.
A wartime quiz asks which flag shows a white crescent moon and star on red, with options Egypt Iraq Turkey or Iran. It also asks what food a soldier would mean by requesting a hand grenade and explains the strategic importance of Kerch in the Russo German battles. The Commerce Department notes Peru iron ore deposits will sustain local iron industry for fifty years.
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