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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1942
Page
2
The forecast notes continued moderately cool conditions across North Carolina with scattered frost tonight. Temperatures forecast to run slightly lower in the east and central portions, signaling a chilly end to the day.
Official reports say shells and grenades captured, 23 planes and 240 rucks, 17 guns and about 200 wagons with supplies destroyed. Several populated Ka linin front places recaptured with many prisoners taken. Now urged women to buy Defense Bonds and Defense Stamps, with youths encouraged to save for stamps.
Cripps stated the country would avoid a scorched earth response if invaded. United Provinces Congress party favors independence but refrains from formal demands. Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan plans to resign from Moslem League, meeting Abdul Kalim Azad to bridge Moslem Congress rifts, while opposing Jinnah’s separate state proposal.
General Wainwright, MacArthur’s Luzon successor, gave no reply to Japan’s ultimatum for unconditional surrender on Bataan. The War Department confirmed the deadline would pass without capitulation, as patrols and skirmishes intensified along the Bataan front and Japan renewed artillery attacks on island forts, threatening Manila Bay access.
Senator Nelson challenged the push to curb labor rights while war production stays vital. He warned against using the war as a cloak to restrict labor. He urged management and labor to cooperate or risk government controls postwar as public opinion grows. Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps to support the effort.
British mobile columns backed by American tanks struck Axis positions in the Timimi Martaba area, killing troops and taking 150 prisoners. The 30 to 40 mile thrust followed a year of wartime logistics as Major Clement Attlee noted 300 ships carried over 1,000,000 tons of material and 30,000 vehicles to imperial forces in the eastern Mediterranean.
Survivors recount a two-boat ordeal after a ship was torpedoed and sank. Navy reports three additional merchant vessels were sunk with 18 crewmen killed or missing. An American bomber hit at least one submarine with depth charges, while rescuers saved dozens of seamen.
Italian broadcasts claim a heavy naval engagement off the North African coast. A supply ship and a large Italian U boat were sunk by British submarines commanded by RN officers. The convoy near Sirte faced Italian air and naval assault with survivors being rescued while gunfire and anti aircraft fire continued.
The listing shows theatre slots for TC Clock Center featuring Women of the Year with showings at 12 55 3 05 5 18 7 25 and 9 35 Broadhurst presents Look Who's Laughing with times 1 15 2 55 4 20 6 40 7 45 9 25 Paramount presents Week End in Havana with times 12 30 2 30 4 20 6 19 7 50 8 38 Rialto features Nevada City with showings 11 45 1 25 3 05 4 49 6 25 8 02 9 30.
The U S government begins operation of the Toledo Peoria and Western railroad under Roosevelt s seizure order after the December strike over a new contract. J W Barringer named federal manager will run the line to aid wartime needs until the labor dispute is settled. Most of the 104 striking workers return to their posts under the prior agreement while talks continue.
Allied air forces reported a stretch of success with four Japanese bombers destroyed and two damaged on Sunday, plus ten fighters and three bombers taken out across Friday and Saturday. One Japanese raid on Darwin was repelled, leaving Allied losses at two aircraft and two bomber crews wounded. General MacArthur mapped plans and exchanged supportive messages with Chiang Kai-shek and British commander Archibald Wavell, expressing confidence in victory and readiness to defend Australia and strike back.
City of High Point will sell 19000 dollars of judgment funding notes. Bids will be opened at 11 am tomorrow in Raleigh by the Local Government Commission. Proceeds will pay Davidson County property owners harmed by the west side sewage plant operations. City Manager Knox said rates are not yet known and may not hit record lows.
Berlin reports say German bombers hit a well-protected convoy off the north coast of Africa, sinking a 6,000-ton merchant ship and damaging two others. The convoy was linked to Italian forces in the Gulf of Sirte after Axis torpedo plane actions yesterday.
London reports heavy Japanese air reinforcements reach Burma to overwhelm air superiority held by AVG and RAF. Burma raids damage central airfield for a second straight day as a 60 bomber and 20 fighter force looms. The Flying Tigers, under Chiang Kai-shek command, have been effective in Burma with high victory counts against Japanese planes.
Washington reports new one cent coins distributed to the public have a different alloy, 95 percent copper and five percent zinc, reducing tin content due to wartime needs. The Denver and Philadelphia mints produced the coins. A future nickel changes to half silver and half copper under a new law, with a 60 day wait before implementation, and the nickel’s 25 percent nickel content redirected to war uses.
Front Berlin broadcasts quote Tokyo dispatches claiming Japanese forces broke through American defenses on the Bataan Peninsula with several American units reportedly isolated.
Casey Thomas of Oak Street suffered a skull fracture and mild concussion when the motorcycle he rode lost control on Franklin Street near 1700 block yesterday morning. He was carried to Burrus Memorial Hospital by ambulance and later regained consciousness. doctors expect a quick release as the fracture is not serious. Police called it a case of the rider losing control of his machine.
Ngai Wing Kim of Brooklyn closed his Tom Lee Chinese Laundry after Hongkong fell and joined the U S Army. In a Daily News letter he vows to see the Japanese up close and hopes to transfer to machine gun duty to kill the enemy with his own hand. He salutes United Nations and President Roosevelt.
The Utilities Commission in Raleigh granted railroads permission to raise intrastate freight rates to align with federal ICC increases. Effective April 1, the hike includes three percent on agricultural commodities and six percent on all other goods. Tobacco rates were limited to three percent, and intra-terminal costs were denied. If no action is taken, motor carriers seek a 10 percent intrastate rise by week’s end.
Penal officials search for three white men who escaped Orange County prison camp by wearing guard clothing and walking off. Director Oscar Pitts orders an investigation into potential guard negligence. Fugitives include Howard Overton jailed August 1940 for assault and other charges, Wallace Riggsbee jailed February 1940 for housebreaking and larceny, James Tillman jailed July for possession of burglary tools.
A radio in Oslo, under German occupation, broadcast seven times an order directing Norwegian ships to sail to Japanese-occupied harbors in the Pacific and the Orient. It was reported that a Norwegian Japanese agreement would permit Japan to use the ships.
Japanese consul Shiroshi Kimura said in Hong Kong during the siege that American citizens interned there were housed together and had organized their own committee to represent them to Japanese authorities. British Spitfire planes arrived in Curaçao Havana, stated to be en route from a British base to a U.S. base for overhaul.
New York stocks moved through midday with mixed results as traders logged energy shares and financials amid cautious activity. Market breadth was modest with several large insurers and banks contributing to the session.
The High Point NAACP branch elected Rev W F Elliott as president for 1942 43 during a Sunday meeting at St Mark while other officers include Rev W L McLeod first vice president D N Moore Sr second vice president E P Wilson executive secretary Mrs M H Blackburn recording secretary and Dr A M Greenwood treasurer. The drive raised 128 in memberships and clubs with ongoing efforts announced.
U S Government urged fines totaling about 350000 for nearly 100 fertilizer firms and individuals on trial in U S District Court for Sherman anti-trust violations. Judge Hayes signaled flexibility on the schedule, saying punishment should sting and pay ability plus responsibility matter.
Funeral service for Mrs. Amanda Upton who died at her son Sam Upton’s home 266 Jordan Street was held Sunday at Country Holiness Church. Reverends Lindsay Smith and Clark led the service. Members and granddaughters attended as pallbearers. interment followed in the church cemetery.
Four convicted slayers were put to death in Florida's electric chair within 158 minutes. The quartet included Worth Roberson for a 1937 Kilchrist County murder, Angie Michael Ciangetti for a 1940 Daytona Beach hammer slaying, Joey Crawford for a 1939 Jacksonville stabbing, and Walter Roberson for a 1941 Dine County axe killing. Superintendent L F Chapman presided, calling the act terrible but necessary.
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