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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
2
A fragment reports continued weather conditions for North Carolina with expected cloudy skies tonight and possible changes late. The brief offers no dates or firm specifics beyond the general forecast continuation.
Special to The Enterprise. Crowds attend revival services at First Presbyterian Church Thomasville each night with Rev H D Brown from Richmond Virginia as guest revivalist. Meetings run nightly through next Wednesday except Saturday with sermons on life and love tongue best life made over again God s blockade on the road to hell and more. Special music provided nightly.
Announcement urges drivers to conserve fuel and share rides as rationing begins. Stations will receive 20 percent less gasoline under a system requiring equitable distribution, with stations limited to 12 hours daily and six days a week while operators choose their 12 hour window.
European analysts see a summer invasion of German occupied Norway and Finland from the Arctic as possible. Britain pledges war aid to Russia and Lord Halifax emphasizes defense against invasion with 3.5 million troops. A German radio outlet claims troops move to Holland to reinforce the coast and urges workers to slow work for Hitler.
The piece notes coordination between Chinese veterans and British forces as they battle odds of two to one. Chinese troops have largely conducted border patrols while repulsing Japanese sorties near Montung in the Shan states. Analysts believe these patrols aim to deter Chinese dispersal to aid the British further south. A separate note mentions tire shortages threatening one fourth of 27 million passenger cars by January 1943. A cockatoo trap leads to a 16 foot python being moved from Townsville to Sydney zoo.
Clyde A. Shreve of Summerfield, attorney with an office in Stokesdale, announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for one of Guilford County's seats in the State House of Representatives. A 34 year old lifelong Democrat active in county politics, he aims to back education, roads, farmer protection, and wartime unity. He pledges support for teachers, public pay raises, social welfare, and a practical farm program while urging national victory and democracy preservation.
The piece condemns starvation as a war crime, citing Greek deaths under German-Italian occupation and a broader pattern of food theft across Europe. It argues mass starvation, not quick death, is a more terrible atrocity and warns of dangers should the Axis prevail.
Washington dispatch says the next selective service registration is tentatively planned for late spring or early summer. Enrollees will include men aged 18 to 19 and those between 45 and 64 who are not liable for compulsory military service.
Robert P. Guthrie testified before a House subcommittee that dollar-a-year men in the War Production Board let personal interests bias decisions. He said he and Donald M. Nelson, WPB chairman, favor total war effort over compromise and urged Nelson to resist blockage by others. Guthrie resigned last week over inability to control appointments and assert his own decisions as Nelson split his section to remove textile duties.
Allied air power pressed the Southwest Pacific drive with a daybreak raid on Rabaul New Britain claiming a Japanese heavy cruiser left smoking and near misses on others. Curtin said a second Japanese bombing raid hit Darwin residential areas causing minor damage. Navy reports list 26 invasion ships blasted over two days and 23 vessels sunk or damaged at Salamaua Lae Port Moresby. Australian and U S air crews operate under MacArthur. a mobile works squadron was proposed to speed airfield construction. Lieutenant General Brett stressed never losing a plane on the ground and praised Australia as a stronger base than Java for operations.
High Point High School honors Rebekah Conrad with the National Honor Society Service Award chosen by student vote. Louis Watkins presents the loving cup as Conrad's four year record includes the D A R Good Citizenship Award and leadership roles. She excels academically, sings in the choir, and has held student council positions. New NHS members and prior winners are listed, with Conrad as president of the local NHS chapter.
The Navy reports the Yugoslavian freighter Trepea was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast and a large unidentified Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed off the southeast U S coast. The bulletin notes likely minor consumer shortages relative to normal demand and details on Barbadian sugar economy. It adds 1941 US rail passenger volume and aviation manpower trends, noting pooling of Australian and American fliers for missions and possible nationality neutrality in selections.
Plymouth dispatch reports Lady Astor, American-born MP, telling critics to stop sniping at Prime Minister Churchill. She says Parliament should allow the government to operate, support cabinet changes, and give Churchill space to lead Britain’s war effort without another crisis. She urged a long recess for the government to work.
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary, after leading Allied sea forces in Australia for over a month, joins General Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander of the defense of Australia against Japan. Lieutenant General George H. Brett remains by his side as deputy supreme commander directing Allied air forces.
News brief notes nearly 210000 children attend schools run by Mexico Citys public welfare department. Also mentions meat sale prohibited in Egypt for three days weekly due to short supplies.
Mrs. Harry Alexander, Red Cross chapter chair, sent a carnation cross to President Roosevelt after a March 9 meet, praising the president’s work. The White House replied March 17 with thanks, asking the chapter to convey gratitude to its members for the president’s kind thoughts and appreciation.
Carl Hartmann, a German operatic singer, announced plans to take a German grand opera company to Japan. The report also notes Chicago market receipts figures for butter and eggs with unsettled prices and minor fluctuations in creamery and other lot valued at margins.
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