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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
1
A migratory waterfowl population in the United States now stands at about 65,000,000, reportedly doubling over the past five years due to favorable conditions and conservation efforts.
Rome announced Italy will actively aid Germany against the Soviet Union and press Finland toward fighting. Berlin claimed major successes on land and air while Russia said its panzer thrusts into Lithuania and Poland were checked. Mussolini reviewed a motorized expeditionary division as Poland’s prisoner legion rumors surface in London.
Washington D C is swelled by defense workers many young women. Boarding houses overflow as more than one person per room and shifts enable sleep. Old auditoriums are repurposed into office space with filing cabinets and partitions. City braces for safety after crimes against workers.
Britain reviews its stance toward Finland amid reports of substantial German troops there and Russian rights to attack Germans on Finnish soil. Britain considers Sweden's consent for a German division to cross Swedish territory from Norway. London presses Moscow for more Allied aid while RAF continues heavy night raids on Germany, including Kiel and Bremen, as Boulogne docks face naval strikes.
The TWU demands a Si a day blanket wage increase and reduced hours for 33,000 workers on three city lines. Wages and hours vary, with machinists earning from 40 to 45 hours weekly and cleaners from 24 to 48 hours. Motormen and conductors face 48 to 56 hour weeks at varied hourly rates. City board refuses to negotiate. Separately, Sperry Gyroscope talks proceed as 6,000 workers threaten a July strike. Chicago papers face unauthorized walkouts, mum on contract terms.
London reports circulated that Soviet Russia might be asked to join an inter allied pact against a separate peace with Germany. Informed sources said a formal British Soviet alliance would likely be needed, though no treaty was being considered now. They added Britain and the United States would welcome Russian assurance against a separate peace as a condition for continued aid.
Berlin reports the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer has returned from a raiding cruise in the Atlantic netting 152000 tons of shipping. The auxiliary cruiser Pinguin was lost in the Indian Ocean after a clash with the British cruiser Cornwall. the commander and most of the crew died.
The Canister Company at Phillipsburg New Jersey signed a contract with AFL union men ending an 18 day strike that halted fibre containers for powder and shells used by the army and navy, with workers ordered to return to work or face expulsion.
A list of corporations and share figures shows varied performance across industries. Major names include Adams Express, Alaska Juneau, American Can, Remington Rand, Republic Steel, and United Aircraft, with many percentages indicating gains or declines amid a broad market snapshot.
City officials reviewed plans for at least two bridges across the rail road cut in the heart of the city and pressed to gain final approval from the State Highway and Public Works Commission. George W. Kane of Roxboro, newly appointed to the commission, toured Willow brook Perry and Hamilton streets sites with Mayor Arthur Kirkman Grover H. Jones Amos R. Kearns and the finance and public works committee. Engineer Frank Miller who dug the city's big ditch accompanied Kane and returned for further talks with Jones as the bridges have been pending for months.
Durham dropped a five inning nightcap to Charlotte in the Piedmont League, snapping Durham's nine game winning run. Charlotte won the opener 12 7, keeping Charlotte two games ahead in the standings as Winston-Salem and other newcomers upset higher clubs in a chaotic pennant race.
Observers on the English south coast reported fleets of British bombers roaring across the channel all day. Two Nazi raiders were shot down after bombings that caused comparatively minor damage and only a small number of casualties. In local sports, Charlotte took a nl-inning win over Norfolk 5-4, Greensboro beat Portsmouth 7-4, and Richmond defeated Asheville 6-2. The Durham-Charlotte game ended early at the fifth due to league rules. tonight, Durham hosts Charlotte, Portsmouth faces Greensboro, Asheville meets Richmond, and Winston-Salem plays Norfolk.
Ellen Pierce Webster administratrix of W T Pierce estate calls all claimants to present claims by June 12 1942 and all debtors to pay promptly. Notice posted June 12 1941 at 631 Willowbrook Street High Point North Carolina.
Qualified as Executor of E T Kearns Estate in Guilford County North Carolina this notice directs all claimants to exhibit claims by May 31 1942 at High Point and all debtors to pay immediately Wachovia Bank and Trust Co as Executor under the will dated May 29 1942 further notices run weekly through June 26 1942
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