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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1941
Page
2
Frank W. Miller, 70, former member of the state highway and public works commission, died in a Waynesville hospital after several days of illness following a heart attack.
Herbert L. Ferr, 42, of Oakboro, a Fort Bragg construction worker, was burned to death when his trailer burned late last night at a camp near Fayetteville. He is survived by his widow and six children. Coroner W. C. Davis said he will conduct an investigation.
Speaker Rayburn said he will transmit to President Roosevelt at the first opportunity requests from some Congress members to cut non-defense expenditures by 31 million dollars. He noted talk that relief and youth programs including the Civilian Conservation Corps and Agriculture Department could face cuts while the American Farm Bureau urged revenue gains and tax exemption reductions to offset potential inflation.
The jury convicted Farlow of shooting his wife after separation five hours after Judge Pless charged them. Farlow’s counsel urged leniency but the judge denied further plea. The weapon was not found though three empty cartridges were located at the scene. Meanwhile John Crosby faces the death penalty after pleading not guilty to arson in a High Point house fire that killed a child. trial set for May 19 or May 26.
Political observers note Beaverbrook's new post creates a de facto deputy prime minister, while the inner war cabinet remains intact. Minor changes shift Colonel Llewellin and Frederick Montague to new parliamentary secretary posts in transport and aircraft production, respectively. Leathers assumes wartime communications, bringing wide corporate experience as shipping expert and director of 51 companies.
Edward A. O Neal presented federation views to the House Ways and Means Committee. The recommendations rested on a study prepared for Iowa State College economics staff. Aircraft industry productive plants nearly doubled in 1940 from 12,000,000 to 22,600,000 square feet.
A Catalina flying boat en route to England from the United States sighted lifeboats with survivors of a torpedoed merchantman in the Atlantic. A destroyer rescued the nine lifeboats crewmen, who were seen waving from the boats. Flight Lieutenant Gautrey descended through the dawn to locate the survivors and reported all were in good condition.
Report describes Nazi and Italian troops about 225 miles north of Salum with British forces engaged, Crete about 325 miles from Alexandria and 400 miles from Port Said near the Suez. May Day closures marked the home front news quiet.
The speaker notes War Department reviews to prevent skilled workers from being drafted into artillery, engineering, or infantry roles. He cites studies on directing doctors and engineers away from infantry, and jokes that lawyers and newspapermen are not essential professions. He suggests some tradesmen in the army could be reassigned to operate machines.
British Cairo reports note Greece equipment losses offset by influx of new war materiel, much from America, pouring into Africa. Iraq crisis grows as premier urges resistance, while Iraq radio broadcasts martial verses. In Tobruk, Axis forces intensify attack, with Mussolini’s command promising pressure as Tobruk defenses hold. Blamey confirms 43,000 BEF troops rescued.
Military circles in Berlin claim two thirds of the BEF, about 40,000 men, are lost including casualties and prisoners. Germany says 8,200 British captured in Southern Greece. Allied officers expect British and Greek escapees to defend Crete against Axis invasion. Crete becomes King George II’s government seat. Churchill reshuffles cabinet, Beaverbrook given broad control of industry. Western air war quiet. Merseyside raids brief and light. RAF targets Den Helder submarine base.
Washington dispatch reports American officials monitoring threats in Iraq as Britain fears a clash with the British-Iraqi frontier could engulf the Near East. U S minister in Baghdad Paul Knabenshue informs the State Department and protects American interests and oil assets. Expert Le Gegoyler notes Iraq’s oil importance and analyzes potential Axis access challenges even if conquered.
Berlin bulletin reports a German military spokesman stating Britain lost 900000 tons of shipping in the Balkan campaign. A Beirut dispatch says British women and children evacuated from Iraq pass through Damascus Beirut and Aleppo en route to Palestine.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions in the north. Winds from Block Island to Hatteras shift from moderate northerly to fresh northerly, mostly cloudy tonight and fair Saturday. From Hatteras to Jacksonville, winds become northerly over the north, and moderate to fresh westerly to southerly over the south, with partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday.
Washington May 2 The parade of new workers into private industry under national defense spur shows a pace that could put over 5 000 000 unemployed to work within a year State employment services in March placed 376 000 men and women, 55 per cent more than a year ago The American Federation of Labor estimated 578 000 more workers were employed from Feb 28 to March 31 North Carolina led in March with 206 902 placements Rhode Island had 1 924 placements and a 215 per cent gain South Carolina added 4 455 placements for a 62 per cent rise
A man and his two and a half year old daughter were bitten in their sleep here by a huge wharf rat. The rat was later caught in a tran and the head sent to Raleigh to be examined for rabies.
Governor Broughton urged landlords and property owners in North Carolina not to raise rents sharply in cities hosting defense projects. The appeal was issued yesterday amid wartime housing pressures.
The Mersey tunnel is the largest underwater tunnel in the world. Four lines of traffic run through it, and the distance of three miles from the street level at Liverpool to Birkenhead is negotiated, under normal conditions, in eight minutes.
In Raleigh on May 2 a 34 year old Wayne County negro Sylvester Woodard confessed to killing his sweetheart and another boyfriend. He was asphyxiated at central prison after entering the gas chamber at 9 58 am. Fumes were administered at 10 am and death occurred 11 minutes 50 seconds later. Aircraft payrolls are projected to peak at about 382000 late in 1941, up from 164000 in December 1940 and 60000 the prior year.
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