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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1943
Page
2
The forecast calls for continued warm conditions tonight and Sunday across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia with widely scattered thundershowers Sunday afternoon.
German and Italian prisoners of war describe daily life in camps as orderly and comfortable, with work assignments, rest periods, and recreational activities amid guarded facilities. The account portrays relative ease compared to front-line combat, noting supervision and routine.
Vital spokesman warns of an immediate crisis as steel mills face stoppages. Mines for Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad and Republic Steel in Fairmont West Virginia idle. UMW District 31 president says no formal notice but field reps sent to keep mines operating. Analysts fear 50 000 coal miners off job could cut 200 000 tons daily. In Pennsylvania Tamaqua colliery reports idleness blamed on misunderstanding. Indiana mines idle over contract status with five day work limit cited. Carnegie Illinois and Jones and Laughlin warn of rapid production drops if strikes widen. Governor Sparks maintains no state action unless riots occur. Crossville Tennessee POW camp details daily life for German Italian detainees.
Orval Grove, sophomore right hander for the Chicago White Sox, has been notified by his draft board to report to the Chicago Army induction center on June 30 after compiling three wins and no losses this season.
Country Gentleman designs red white blue farm war worker insignia for volunteers cooperating with the U S Department of Agriculture. The stickers, to be placed on farm vehicles, promote the slogan Farm Work Is War Work and are available through county agents for a nationwide recruitment of over three million workers.
New York reports 5000 kosher poultry retailers vote to close shops Sunday and keep locks until a so called black market in poultry is eliminated. Counsel Jackkranis cites wholesalers over ceiling charges as the cause. OPA rules set wholesale prices at 32.2 cents per pound for mowed and 36.5 cents for chicken, but wholesalers charged 6 to 12 cents above those figures.
Washington report says a task group of packers tanners shoe manufacturers and hide dealers will study how to increase leather from the 80 million hogs slaughtered annually. It notes little leather is produced because hides are left on meat as rind and urges greater pigskin use in shoes and gloves.
Axis prisoners in a Tennessee camp discuss their war outlook. Some believe a loss is likely while others expect a long war. They work under armed American guards, with Italians and Germans kept apart. Most are paratroopers or combat troops and many speak English.
Vincentive ridden by Johnny Gilbert held off Famous Victory in the 55th Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park. The Maryland colt covered a mile and a quarter in 2 05 earning $19,600 for W L Brann. Princequillo ran third as Tip-Toe faded with a lame finish.
Chairman Truman warns against ending controls as inflation fears rise. Secretary Jones orders RFC to underwrite meatpacker financing to mid July subsidies. The administration supports the subsidy to roll back meat and butter prices to 1942 levels, with butter subsidies already in operation and meat price rollbacks set to begin.
The U S Supreme Court refused to review the conviction of Joseph E Sheppard sentenced to death by electrocution for the killing of guard George Landry at Bridgewater State Farm on January 1 1942. A stay of execution had been granted by the Massachusetts governor.
The Navy reports that its shore based air facilities program totaling over 1.3 billion dollars will be 90 percent complete by July 1. Most work has been finished within 12 months and serves the Navy at 200 localities, including bases in Cuba Newfoundland and Alaska.
The article contrasts Yankee appointments seen as ineffectual with praise for Wavell’s knowledge of India. It argues that addressing the Japanese threat should take precedence over other policy aims.
Chicago reports Pat Lyons from Wisconsin and Del Dicker from Iowa have become the first collegians invited to play on the All-Star squad facing the Washington Redskins in the annual game set for August 25 at Dyche Stadium Evanston Illinois.
U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft urged the United Nations to set temporary postwar boundaries immediately to prevent small nations from seizing new territory before a final settlement. He spoke on a national broadcast with James T. Shotwell and Elmer Davis chairing the program.
The Office of Defense Transportation relaxed its freeze on passenger train schedules to exempt all electric railways. Electrical propelled trains can add trips to beaches and amusement areas and boost service for shoppers from outlying districts to the city. Previously electric railroads operating independently were exempt.
Damaged text notes German report of direct hits on a 5,000 ton freighter at Pan Telleria and claims 27 Allied planes shot down yesterday. Italian communique also mentions an Allied air attack on Syracuse though Allied sources did not confirm the city.
FBI reports 550 persons convicted in the year of violating the May Act which bans prostitution near military posts. The law has been used in 27 counties around Camp Forrest Tennessee and about 12 counties near Fort Bragg North Carolina. Other items note a Buenos Aires cross sale, Andrew Johnson’s rise, ancient warfare pigeons, and Navajo weaving traditions.
Dorothy Paget dominated the English racing scene at Newmarket winning the English Derby with Straight Deal and the Coventry Stakes with Orestes. Jockey Tommy Carey rode both winners as Paget celebrated a landmark day, matching her greatest domestic triumphs.
Sir Gerald Campbell G C M G British minister to the United States will address the North Carolina Press Association during its July convention in Winston Salem He will discuss international aspects of Post War Planning as the theme The convention runs July 15 to 17 with the Robert E Lee Hotel as headquarters Campbell has held various diplomatic posts including consul-general roles in Philadelphia San Francisco and New York Born 1879 in Cavent England he studied at Repton and Trinity College Cambridge and entered the British consular service in 1906
An executive decree issued in Bogota empowers the government to attack and dispose of all Axis property in Colombia when justified for the common good or national security.
Observations report moths crossing the ocean to fly nearly a thousand miles from shore. Sunlight reflection off water accounts for about a third of the incoming light. Colorado lists 75,533 miles of highways.
A $38,711.81 income tax lien was filed in federal court by the Collector of Internal Revenue against Pelham G. Wodehouse, identified as P. G. Wodehouse, British writer and prisoner in Germany, for 1927 taxes plus penalties and interest. Attorney Watson Washburn said Wodehouse overpaid his 1937 taxes and received a small refund. he has been a prisoner for three years.
Local service members and relatives are mentioned with leave and duty updates. William E. Furr begins a 16 week gunners mate course at Great Lakes naval station. Pvt Brooks Ridge returns to Camp Edwards after a short leave. Lt Miles A. Gayle and wife Louise DeJarnette visit Gayle’s parents. Gayle completed training in Orlando with the Army Air Corps. Cpl Houston McGhee visits family. stationed at Camp Shelby. Pvt Billie L. Manley spends weekend with parents. stationed Turnesville, Ga. Pvt John A. McFarland Jr returns to University of Iowa for meteorology study after furlough. Pvt Forrest Archer at Camp Maxey back on duty after hospital stay. Lt William P. Vance and Mia Vance visit Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Vance has secured his commission.
Berkeley report notes Cornelius Warmerdam of the Del Monte Navy Preflight school vaults at 15 feet or better on 37 occasions setting a remarkable pole vaulting pace.
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