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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1941
Page
20
A wartime briefing weighing Hitler’s drive on the Caucasus, Russian retreat from Sevastopol and Odessa, and looming winter strategy. Observers note Russia’s sea power, Stalin’s appeal for a second front, and German casualty and shipping figures while French bread lines reflect wartime shortages.
Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robinson, chief of the Bureau of Ships, defends rapid shipbuilding pace as he discusses the two ocean Navy’s near completion, diesel engine advances, and ongoing ship design improvements. He emphasizes discipline, listening to young officers, and correcting flaws in every new vessel.
Loren D Dickinson former Michigan governor and anti high life crusader says if you must kiss red paint shut your eyes and try it on the barn door. Rep Short Missouri compares Wendell Willkie and FDR saying they talk alike we are fed up on personal charm. Dr Russell Henry Stafford president of Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions says he has yet to meet an extreme pacifist who questions the Chinese right to resist Japan.
Navy letters keep sailors anonymous behind the Atlantic fleet rumor, as Ensign Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. is identified by others through a friend’s description. A Rochester pastor resigns over a bingo party clash mentioning a dead congressman, while a Pittsburgh fireman steadies a despondent son and a California killer receives a concurrent gas chamber sentence.
Lt Jack West and Lt Leonard C Lydon, both missing pilots from a P 40 over California mountains, were drawn into contact by a knock at the door. They recount being assumed dead along with two others as a storm worsened, while three additional crashes within the squadron caused fatalities and injuries before advancing to March Field.
Eight men escaped chutes but the pilot died when a Navy bomber failed over the Atlantic. Five Army fliers perished in a haeeneres bomber crash near Findlay Ohio. Tuesday the Navy reported twelve more lost when a bomber wrecked on Atlantic patrol as safety flags grow secondary to mission needs. The War Department said 132 pilots and crew had been killed in eight months and warned a definite up turn in accidents would come with more new pilots. For military flying the rate per mile was similar overall, despite a slight rise for new pilots.
A Canadian and a U S perspective report on production talks during a week of coal miners disputes and captive mine orders. The Presidents emergency board urged a temporary wage increase for railroad workers but unions voiced disappointment. A West Coast welder jurisdiction dispute and a looming coast to coast telephone tie up were noted.
Upcoming week outlines events including American Education Week activities starting November 10. Armistice Day observed on November 11. On November 15 the 1st Army Corps and the 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions conclude wind-up maneuvers with IT Army in South Carolina.
Chicagoan artist van Albright, after wartime service drawing shell wounds for the medical corps, now paints Varicose veins on subjects and other tricks. He bought a weathered junkyard door in 1931, hung a wreath, painted a woman’s hand on it, titled That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do, and won $500 last weekend.
Dr Michael J Bennett of Philadelphia discussed ovarian transplant as a delicate operation enabling the birth of more than 20 babies. He cautioned there is no guaranteed outcome though results have been gratifying at the Pan American Homeopathic Medical Congress. General Reynolds noted Hitler's indirect effect on health through service checks.
Josephus Daniels resigns after eight years as ambassador to Mexico, Floyd Wise wins the national corn husking championship for Prairie Center Til, Glamor Girl Cobina Wright Jr. marries Palmer Beaudette, an Army corporal, Simon Guggenheim dies at 73, and the 940-foot Niagara Falls Rainbow bridge opens replacing the 1938 honeymoon bridge destroyed by ice. British Ambassador Lord Halifax targeted by women peace demonstrators in Detroit.
In World War II era notes U boats near North American waters and off Newfoundland raise fears of a major Atlantic theater. Reports say a Canadian corvette may have sunk one, while U.S. and Allied actions tighten as Japan and Germany strain relations. Production of aircraft engines rises, with 2,000 planes monthly capacity hinted, and a new aluminum drive shifts to junkmen as scrapping increases.
The three services asked Congress to raise pay for all ranks from privates to generals. Proposals include increasing Army privates from 30 to 42 dollars a month and Navy lieutenants from 2000 to 2100 annually. Officials also cite higher social security, unemployment taxes, and income taxes to fund defense and inflation control. The piece notes LaGuardia’s political maneuvering and his 133,000 vote win over O'Dwyer for a third term, with Roosevelt’s endorsement shifting alliances.
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