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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
16
In Green Hills Hertfordshire England May 8 RAF pilots conduct low altitude reconnaissance over Britain's largest nudist camp forcing residents to adapt to air patrols. Nudists decline to hide as Spitfires circle above and weekend visitors from London swell numbers to over thirty.
A compact note states that among the five senses touch is the only one common to all living beings. It adds that Yosemite National Park in California equals roughly Rhode Island in size and cites an estimate of about 142,000 bacteria per one dollar bill.
Internationally known espionage authority Richard Wilmer Rowan closed High Point College lecture series detailing the ongoing spy threats. He cited Nazi agents in South America and Japanese espionage spending seven million dollars annually, urging public awareness without fostering hysteria. He described secret service as highly specialized, noted changes for women’s roles, and warned of kidnapping rackets and covert strategies abroad.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that malicious track tampering caused a Pittsburgh-Cleveland Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derailment near Baden Pennsylvania on March 16. Five people died and 121 were injured as the train, traveling at about 60 to 70 mph, plunged into the Ohio River.
The ICC stated evidence was conclusive that a rail was loosened and shifted inward from its normal position sometime before the accident amid a blinding snow storm.
A speaker cites widespread spying in 1936 Poland and Holland, Nazi agents at high levels, and sabotaged fire safety at Bath Iron Works. He notes secret service roles under Treasury and Justice, and reports on Churchill, Gamelin, and Royal Oak fallout. Rowan heads to the Canal Zone and Americas to pursue tips on threats to the United States.
Floral Garden Park Cemetery plans a special Mother’s Day program this Sunday with a reading titled A Little Parable for Mother. The event includes selections and on request dedications to individual mothers, with car heard coverage, lasting about 45 minutes and free of charge.
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