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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
10
Vichy announces a formal protest to the U S State Department over the British air bombing of Sfax in French North Africa. The attack damaged two Italian vessels a French steamer and harbor facilities including a phosphate storehouse and hit casualties were reported among French and native residents.
Large motor columns of two divisions enter Central Tennessee as Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear assumes field command. The 30th Division’s Old Hickory regiments move from Fort Jackson toward Dixie headquarters between Camp Forrest and Manchester. The 5th Division from Fort Custer proceeds from Nashville toward Cumberland Springs. Observation squadrons from several states establish bases at Chattan oopa, Sky Harbor near Murfreesboro, and Manchester emergency field as aerial units join the maneuver.
Rome reports British sallies from Tobruk were sharply repulsed on Tuesday night and yesterday. Italian high command says two British planes were shot down by torpedo boats and a British officer was captured. In East Africa on the Galla Sidamo front, our troops are fighting bravely.
Asheboro is among locations under consideration for a new state textile school. A commission will inspect sites in Union County Mt. Pleasant Asheboro and in Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties next Wednesday as it seeks a quick decision.
New York Mirror hails Folies Unique at Paramount with 25 names including Miss Gene Parker and Miss Susan Page famed for her legs insured at 25660 dollars. Act features Radio Ramblers Wilfred Mae Trio Duke Art Jr Babette and others. Four performances daily start 2 00 4 30 6 55 and 9 15 with special box seating.
London May 29 Iraqi fighters cut irrigation ditches and flooded roads along the Fallujah to Baghdad line but could not stop the British push toward the capital. Ground fighting has been limited to patrol encounters, with no decisive engagements recently.
Nattiesburg Mississippi May 29 A series of explosions at the Dixie Pine Products Plant manufacturers of naval stores injure twelve workers and cause extensive damage. The blasts began in the extractor division shattering windows in nearby homes and storefronts in Hattiesburg three miles away.
Night watchman J. A. Boone says a leaking gas line fed back from an ex tank and ignited, causing pressure buildup in the first tank reached. He details the sequence of events and asserts the leak caused the blast or incident under investigation.
Winston-Salem junior G I Kimball elected president of the University of North Carolina Publications Union Board. The board sets the fiscal policies for all campus publications and oversees budgeting decisions.
Former Governor William Vanderbilt of Rhode Island has been notified at his summer home in Williamston Mass to report at the Panama Canal Zone for active duty as a lieutenant commander in the U S Navy. He is a naval reservist.
Chicago report shows butter receipts at 1,152,748 with firm creamery at 93 score 3524 8614 9 3544 and other prices unchanged. Eggs receipts 39,361 with storage packed firsts at 244 and other prices steady.
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