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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1943
Page
3
The Wilmington Air Raid Warning Region including High Point plans a practice blackout on March 18. Signals at 8:35 yellow, 8:50 blue, 9:00 red, 9:10 blue, and 9:22 white will guide actions. lights out, traffic halted, and Civilian Defense posts manned.
Bombers raid ground targets while fortresses, escorted by Lightnings and Spitfires, shoot down several German and Italian planes. Allied pilots report Rommel's legions withdrawing toward the coast as French forces push from Bir El Ater to Tamersa and Gafsa.
The puzzle lists clues across and down for a wordfill featuring film icons and common terms. It includes references to actresses and varied definitions such as celestial, domestic, and mechanical words, forming a themed crossword challenge.
The world marks 1942 war dead across Flanders Fields of Russia North Africa the Philippines the Dutch Indies Guadalcanal and more. Metropolitan Life Insurance estimates 2 000 000 deaths last year with the United States listing 6100 known dead and about 40 000 missing. Navy inset covers Marines among others.
The Moscow radio summarized Germany s war harvest and stated Hitler will fight to the end of Italian Romanian Hungarian and Finnish troops. It lists Italian losses about 900000 men and 50 Italian divisions routed with the Soviet German front smashed. It details Hungarian and Finnish casualties and Romanian divisions smashed as the Romanian army is described as routed.
Second Lieut. Marion A. Hutchens enrolled as a student officer in the pre flight school at Maxwell Field Alabama having entered the U S Army on February 8 1941. Lester A. Smith son of Mr and Mrs G C Smith promoted to first sergeant at Carlsbad Army Air Field New Mexico. Pvt Harrison T Jones recently graduated from Keesler Fields Army Air Forces Technical Training Command as airplane mechanic son of Mr and Mrs H S Jones 1615 Ward Street. James Albert Lowe son of Mr and Mrs A L Lowe 618 Arch Street completed 17 weeks electrical training in St Louis earned third class electrician s mate rating and is now stationed at Mare Island California.
Pvt W W Church Jr has returned to Robbins Field Georgia after a ten day furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs W W Church of Archdale.
Fire Lieutenant FE. E. Pegram was rushed to a hospital after being overcome by coal gas in the basement at 141 South Main Street Kress Stores. Police answered the alarm as smoke was seen though no fire or property damage occurred. Pegram remained in the hospital recovering with no serious injuries.
R L Coons general secretary of the Winston-Salem Y M C A was guest speaker for the newly formed Young Men's Industrial Club at Wesley Memorial Church. He spoke on Club Objectives and urged fellowship service and personal development.
L M Boswell spoke at the Center theater on a practical garden plan for limited space. The High Point Garden Clubs sponsored the session with P M Davis presiding. Boswell urged soy beans for a balanced diet and Mrs Adelaide Houston announced summer canning demonstrations for High Point.
Thomasville manager infielder Jimmy Gruzdis led the North State League with a . A1 bat and is sold to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League. The Leafs also acquire infielder George Motto and pitcher Herman Dress from Concord and infielder Tom Davis and pitcher James Hopper from Landis in the same deal.
Funeral services for Mrs. D C Phillips who died Sunday were held Tuesday at 3 30 pm at the Lebanon Methodist Church. Reverends O L Easter V V Willard and Edwin Suits officiated. Pallbearers included Ed Venable John Byerly Roy Phillips Otto Johnson Monroe Shaver and Herbert Glidewell with interment at Guilford Memorial Cemetery.
In High Point Municipal Court Sam Hammond won a $350 contract case against W. L. Parker trading as Atlantic Pictures and West End Amusement Company. Other civil docket items included Plymouth Hosiery Mills vs J M Marcotte Standard Hosiery and Nathan O Gray vs United Cab Company.
The Ray Street School scrapbook depicting war activities was named the city winner in the Schools-at-War program and will be sent to Raleigh for state judging. Principal Mrs. R. F. J. Johnson announced the result before the Ray Street PTA executive board at the school.
Evelyn Denning four months old child of Mr and Mrs J Denning Route Three died enroute to a local hospital. Surviving are parents three brothers J W Jr Roy and Bert and three sisters Juanita Rebecca and Denning all at home. A grandmother Mrs W W Denning Asheboro also survives. Funeral services will be conducted from the home this afternoon at 3 00 o clock by E R Beckman of Greensboro with burial in Mersville cemetery. A color film to be made in Asia illustrating Soviet youth sport life will be The Bluebird.
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