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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1941
Page
2
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with scattered localities seeing afternoon thundershowers. Forecasters warn of brief storms in portions of North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia as heat levels remain elevated and conditions vary by region.
The article notes repeated Allied air raids on targets near Arras Lille roads and Bethune including Comines power station bombed twice. British RAF losses reached 22 bombers in a 17th night raid, versus Berlin claimed 36 Allied planes downed. Bre men shipyards and Vegesack Vulcan yards attacked as RAF fights continue.
Across Inglewood Lock Haven Columbus Bay Area and Alton reports show strikes and labor actions easing. Piper Aircraft 1300 workers settled with 50 to 70 cent wage scales after AFL demands. Curtiss-Wright plant workers return after unions secured assurances. Western Cartridge Alton plant faces NLRB certified AFL Chemical Workers Union bargaining and a 350 worker holdout threat. UMW in Southern Appalachia votes to strike after July 7 without a two-year contract. northern operators already signed. Zone agreements proposed to curb future stoppages in shipbuilding and aviation.
The vice commissar questions Hitler’s motive in his music motif, noting it was played on a high note to antagonize Turkey and Russia. Lozovsky says Germany seeks to dominate others and denies Soviet claims on the Dardanelles or Bosporus. Russia cannot be treated as Romania. No state has asserted such an effect.
Cliff Continued from Page One. Phipps edged in Greensboro and rural votes while High Point provided enough support to return him to office. Observers say it is too early to forecast spring results. Most expect the race to hinge on High Point, with Sutton likely to retain rural and Greensboro strength, possibly yielding another Phipps versus Sutton rematch.
Bulletin reports raids on Bucharest and other Romanian cities amid rising unrest. German planes claim success in bombing Alexandria as RAF loses a British bomber and two fighters while Mediterranean air war continues. Soviet bombs hit 11 Finnish towns including Joensuu and Porvoo with four civilian injuries and minimal damage.
The piece notes claims of German air and ground successes against Soviet forces. It cites DNB reports of Russian losses and German air raids near England and in Germany, alongside propaganda headlines about enemy tanks and tactics. It also mentions German claims of Soviet withdrawals and German efforts to withhold authentic front information.
The notice describes a new army aviation field at Moffett Field near Sunnyvale California turning over present facilities to the Navy for a blimp station. It reports a proposed $613,486 appropriation to finance another weekly transatlantic Pan American Airways flight to Lisbon and additional San Francisco to Honolulu trips. If approved the line would run 65 yearly trips to Honolulu.
German sources said a 3000 ton Russian merchantman was sunk off Libau in the Baltic Sea Friday night and another vessel was damaged. The report came Sunday in Berlin.
British radio reported heavy paratrooper activity by Russian forces behind the Romanian border and a German attempt to land special troops on the Black Sea coast was repulsed by Odessa command troops. NBC broadcast the news.
Arthur Monroe Barnes aged 52 of Thom asville died in a Durham hospital from injuries in an accident. He worked 20 years for Globe Automatic Sprinkler Company and married Odessa Rice Swaim on December 23, 1935. Surviving are his mother Mollie Barnes Nashville. step-daughter Nell Swaim. brothers Harvey Barnes Detroit and James Barnes Nashville. sisters Mable Alexander Charles Mundy and Walter Rush Nashville. Funeral services Monday at 11 a.m. at J. C. Green and Son Funeral Home. Interment City Cemetery.
A BBC broadcast heard by NBC reported that Albania under British control has declared war on Soviet Russia.
Russians reportedly crossed into Russia and surrendered saying they did not want to fight the Soviet Union. The information described the ongoing conflict across Buffer State areas once part of Poland, Lithuania, and Romania with heavy fighting from northern Lithuania to the Black Sea.
Reports from Vichy describe German forces closing on Minsk from two main thrusts, one from Vilna and another from Baranowicze, attempting to pinch off a northern Polish pocket where Russian troops defend. Advices say Minsk is under shelling as Riga and Siauliai progress lag behind expectations while Bessarabia and southern Poland see German stalls.
Governor Eugene Talmadge renews charges of wrong racial views against Dean Walter D. Cocking of the University of Georgia at the July 14 regents session. He predicts Cocking will leave the state education system, citing newspaper clippings and an interracial Fort Valley meeting.
War Department develops a new radio device to detect incoming aircraft miles away and launches a recruiting program for technicians to man listening posts along the coast and island outposts. Office of Production Management says housing projects begin. coal shortage feared due to transportation strain. households urged to buy coal. Federal Power Commission declares a southeastern power emergency and seeks reduced non defense use. Maritime Commission reports ships 60 to 80 days ahead on 312 cargo vessels, with 10 possibly in operation this year. War Department views on national emergency referred to Congress.
The article notes power thrust demonstrations and claims of rapid aerial descent as giving strategic advantages. It compares modern attempts to Wrights 1903 era test flights and cites Captain Ben Yelsey’s XP-38 record flight, while acknowledging continual improvements in engines and propulsion toward a 500 mph goal.
Washington report says a House Military Committee study faulted defense progress for major failures and delays in securing strategic materials. Shortages of aluminum and rubber blamed on limited fabrication capacity and ship shortages. delays blamed on weak leadership, lack of urgent action, and slow plant construction as officials hesitated to affect employment.
SUCCEEDS HARRISON JACKSON, Miss., June 18. Governor Paul Johnson announced the interim appointment of James O. Eastl of Ruleville to fill the senate seat left vacant by the death of Harrison. The move follows the turnover to anti-parachute troops by King George of FE Prized hunting rifles have is land. One railroad station in New York covers an area of acres.
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