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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1942
Page
2
German radio reports a Queen Elizabeth class battleship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic with an observed heavy explosion. No confirmation from allied sources yet.
The article assesses naval power in the war, noting Allied dominance at sea and the fragile Axis fleet. It highlights the reaching of Oran and Bizerte by Allies, while questioning Italian and Vichy naval readiness and the fate of Rommel’s divisions in Egypt. It concludes with optimism that the Mediterranean will soon be open for Allied travel.
North Carolina showers this afternoon and in east and central portions tonight. Much colder tonight and early Wednesday with near freezing in mountains. South Carolina showers this afternoon and near tonight, colder tonight and early Wednesday. Georgia showers this afternoon over the south portion, colder tonight and early Wednesday with near freezing in the extreme north portion.
The account describes Allied landings in Algiers with Consul-General Murphy and French generals Juin and Darlan. A night of intense activity ends with a warm local welcome for Americans, downed German planes, and patrols policing Axis Nationals as Juin’s hold complicates surrender talks.
The admiralty announced a British submarine scored a torpedo hit on an Italian cruiser off the north coast of Sicily during that day's operations. The action follows ongoing naval engagements in the Mediterranean theater.
Sixteen High Point coal companies offer truck drivers and trucks to aid Junior Rangers in collecting scrap iron for the city metal drive. Owners will permit free pickup of scrap metal during coal deliveries. Residents with scrap should inform coal firms or the scrap depot and send a note with the driver to earn credit for scrap sent on coal trucks.
American troops advance four miles east of the Lunga Point beachhead as reinforcements land, while MacArthur reports heavy Allied gains at Oivi behind Buna and on Santa Isabel. Air and sea actions include sinking a Japanese transport, destroying landing boats, and Belekata Bay airbase strikes. The battle week ends with the Duncan loss and 63 crew dead or missing.
Churchill says US command-led Western Mediterranean venture supports Allied efforts in Africa and Europe. He asserts Britain will hold its empire, aid France’s freedom, and denies any aim to seize French possessions. Allied forces land in North Africa as Casablanca comes under threat.
Allied forces amid heavy bombardment pressed their assault on Casablanca and Oran in French Morocco as Vichy forces held lines at the city outskirts. American tanks neared Oran from three directions, claiming over 2,000 prisoners with light Allied casualties.
A Russian report says Admiral Darlan is a prisoner in Algiers while Marshal Petain takes Darlan's command of Vichy forces. Field Marshal von Witzleben is sent to coordinate defenses in North Africa as Laval reportedly meets Mussolini in Rome. Churchill hails the Egypt actions as a marked victory.
In New York at 2 p m the AP reports stocks moved through late trading with gains and losses across major averages. Investors weighed corporate results and economic data as traders priced in ongoing uncertainty.
Washington officials say delay in delivering ration books and forms may push back nationwide gasoline rationing from November 22. Chicago authorities report postponement in Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and the Dakotas with a likely nationwide shift to uniform timing. Cleveland disclosures cover Ohio Kentucky Michigan and Indiana. If delayed the start may slip a week or ten days.
Raleigh November 10 The first North Carolina action to enforce maximum price rules on coffee was announced by Clem B Holding state OPA enforcement attorney. Warrant charged D H Moser and W H Moser doing business as Midway Market and Grocery Burlington with selling coffee above the March ceiling and failing to file a list of new commodities with their rationing board. The warrant before U S Commissioner S K Mason of Durham is returnable Friday.
Allied forces pressed toward a decisive push against Axis remnants in Libya while British bombers struck Sardinia’s airfields to curb Italian and German raids on North Africa. Rommel’s retreating army left behind wreckage and prisoners as Allied forces push toward final clearance of the desert front.
Cuba declares diplomatic ties severed with Vichy France as Minister of State Jose Agustin Martinez announces the move on November 10. The decision follows France's collaboration with Germany, signaling a shift in Caribbean alignment during wartime.
Communications between Morocco and the French mainland were cut this morning as reported by Havas news agency in a brief late November dispatch. The note cites a disruption affecting long-distance lines and inland links, with no details on cause or casualties disclosed.
Baltimore reports Joseph A. Girard consular agent for the Vichy French government since 1940 was held incommunicado by Baltimore police and FBI guards. Visitors were barred at his home and consulate, phones cut, and an FBI agent kept inside. Girard, his four children, his mother, a nurse, a maid, and Francis A. Hex king were confined to the house.
The Vichy radio says mass arrests are taking place in all principal towns of unoccupied France of people actively helping the enemy break up the French empire. Nigeria now has only one soap plant and it makes laundry soap exclusively.
Wartime readers face disrupted routines and digestion as meals shift and bulk is often missing. Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is promoted as a durable remedy supplying dietary bulk to relieve constipation, with advice to eat regularly and drink water.
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