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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1941
Page
2
Bundles for Britain announces a switch from dessertless to meatless days for May in High Point. The group urges residents to observe one meatless day weekly and mail the savings to National Security Bank building headquarters.
Chicago Produce Chicago May 3 Pi-Butter receipts 914963 first market unchanged Eggs receipts 38579 steady current receipts 20.
In Raleigh on May 2 the governor’s office claimed Gwyn Price of Wilkes County will head the Rural Electrification Authority, but law says the chairman must be elected by the board. Acting chairman Dr. David S. Weaver and vice chair Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon will convene a board meeting where Price will be formally chosen as chairman.
Cairo May 3 Axis assaults on Tobruk failed at heavy cost as British forces in Salam area of Egypt captured prisoners in a surprise foray into Axis lines. The Tobruk defense held with heavy losses to the enemy and pressure easing after nightfall. British communique notes Ethiopian front gains with 1,235 Italian and Colonial troops captured and places Waldia 50 miles north of Dessie taken.
The note suggests that any future REA meeting will be largely controlled by ATI Western, with Mrs. McKimmons of this town as the sole eastern representative, indicating regional balance and influence concerns within the organization.
An aspiring North Carolina UCC chairman candidate cites a Daniel Oscar Promised the post to him, saying he is sure of the seat. The report notes figures on business and gasoline tax in NC since July 1, 1940, highlighting substantial tax collections. Greensboro source mentions Col Pierce Rucker as a possible successor to the late Congressman Folger, with no public comment until after Folger's funeral.
wartime dispatch notes German planes shot down over Britain and France by night fighters and anti aircraft fire. April tallies show 49 shot down by night fighters, with monthly totals rising since January. other methods account for 113 more. A bus strike looms in Cleveland as AFL workers threaten 5 am walkout unless negotiations progress.
Reports from London and Baghdad say British oil interests in the Mediterranean area remain secure for now, but fighting around Habbaniyah on the Euphrates threatens to shift the balance. German broadcasts claim continued violence near the key air base as observers warn of possible strategic moves.
Fayetteville May 3 A police report says officer Roy Godwin arrested Woodie L Graham 26 a veteran hospital employee in connection with an attempted criminal assault on a 12 year old white girl. Fourteen others were questioned and released. Graham was taken to state prison in Raleigh for safekeeping.
W C Caudell age 25 of 222 Mangum Avenue was arrested by city police on a drunken driving charge. He was held in the city jail in default of 500 bond for appearance at High Point Municipal Court Monday.
Teemon Akers Preddy filed for divorce from Loia Evelyn Preddy this morning. The complaint cites two years of separation, noting they married in 1932 and were separated in 1934.
May 3 dispatch reports Capt. James Roosevelt departing for Rangoon Burma as air alarm signals warned of Japanese raiders. Chungking, still bearing scars from last year, faced its first real air raid of the spring season.
Eva Jewell McClosky ten and Mrs Ruby Fowler thirty, both from Beaver Dam, were killed in a highway accident near Whiteville yesterday.
The guide explains how to photograph a house at night using time exposure. It covers lighting options such as car headlights streetlights and moonlight, using flash bulbs for partial illumination, and choosing film speed and exposure times. Practical advice includes mounting the camera on a solid support and taking multiple exposures.
Fair and continued cool tonight and Sunday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville: fresh northeast tonight, then easterly and diminishing Sunday with mostly overcast weather and scattered showers tonight. From Block Island to Hatteras: fresh northerly winds, diminishing, fair in the north with some cloudiness in the south tonight and Sunday.
North Carolina State Employment Service reports 128 placements last week with 79 in construction 32 in service and the rest in miscellaneous. Seventy two were colored and 56 were white.
May 3 report from Thomasville describes firefighters extinguishing a truckload of waste paper on Salem Street Extension. The Miller, Winston-Salem owner truck sustained slight damage after a difficult blaze. A second call at 8 a.m. marked an oil stove explosion at Mr Stout’s East Green Street home with minimal damage.
About 60 local Boy Scouts attend a camporee near the Mills Home and plan to camp until Sunday. A camp fire program is set for tonight with public admission. A church service for the Scouts occurs tomorrow at 9 30. Airline fleets total nearly 320 transport planes in operation.
Final stock reporting shows Seaboard Air Line at 33 18, Seaboard ON ts Sears 6844, Shell Un at 13 percent, Socony Vac on, Southern Pacific 1136, Southern Railway 132, Sperry 3234, Standard Brands 5 percent, Standard Oil Cal 21 percent, Standard Oil INd .29 percent, Standard Oil NJ 36 percentage, Stewart Warner 6, Studebaker 2, Swift 39 percent, with other listings incomplete.
A wreck on the High Point Winston-Salem highway left Mrs. William Grady Martin and her two children dead. The mother suffered severe head injuries and a crushed left thigh, while the little girl had mangled legs. The car’s occupants included Vivian Fredericks and Clara Burton of Greensboro. The other car, driven by Rudolph Charles of Greensboro, struck the wreck but its occupants were uninjured. The driver Sharp of a truck and Willie Mounce of Pomona also escaped harm. Mrs. Martin’s husband, Mr. Martin, was said to be en route to Newport News to seek work, and efforts to reach him continued. The crash involved a center-lane collision that occurred after Sharp attempted a lane change. Funeral plans were pending local authorities’ findings.
In Chattanooga Bobby Jones 3rd, son of the famed champion, tackles the demanding Country Club layout in the Southern Prep and High School tournament. He jokes he has not found the course yet, finishing 95 98 193 for 36 holes. Also noted is Canada paving about 10 million square yards of highway runway surface for wartime pilot training schools.
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