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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1942
Page
2
North Carolina shows slightly colder air with frost and freezing conditions reaching the coast. South Carolina also grows cooler with frost tonight and heavy to potentially dangerous conditions inland.
Stalin argues the Africa campaign shifts power to the Anglo American Soviet coalition. It weakens Hitler's system, mobilizes French anti-Hitler forces, and paves the way for a second front near Germany. He asserts the Red Army will fulfill its tasks and joins the Allies in the west. Signed J Stalin.
United States Army personnel from the Rickenbacker plane crash were located and rescued by a Navy Catalina. Captain Rickenbacker and Colonel Adamson are in good condition. Private Bartek is serious but recovering. Lieutenant Whitaker Demangelis and Sergeant Reynolds were found ashore on a South Pacific island. their exact condition unknown. Captain William T. Cherry was rescued and is in good condition after a three week exposure.
The battle to save Eddie Rickenbacker ends as he is rescued with his crew after a South Pacific crash. His wife expresses relief and thanks to General Arnold, citing the teamwork of Army and Navy, prayers, and the raft crew. Staff Sergeant Alexander T. Maczmarczyk, sole casualty, hailed from Torrington Connecticut and is remembered for his service.
The Tokyo admission of damage to a Japanese battleship suggested a renewed main fleet engagement. Allied communiques claimed heavy losses for Japan including two cruisers and an 8,000 ton transport, 30 landing boats and 30 planes, while U.S. and Australian forces pressed forward near Guadalcanal and Henderson Field.
Axis forces faced continued Allied pressure in Tunis and Libya as Field reports say British American troops moved into Tunisia from Algeria while Rommel's Africa Corps is described as weakened. Vichy and Allied statements depict fierce fighting around Tunis and air and naval actions along the Tunisian frontier as the North Africa campaign escalates.
A reference notes Buna as the principal Japanese invasion base located about 120 miles across the Papuan peninsula from Port Moresby, highlighting its strategic distance and militarily significant position in the region.
About 1,500,000 of the two million will enter service as induction begins around the year’s start. Many may be called within 30 to 40 days, with timing varying by local hoard preparations and classification of new groups for service.
The RAF conducted successive raids on Genoa on Friday and Saturday, targeting warehouses and transport facilities aiding Rommel’s Afrika Korps. Warnings sounded in Bern, Geneva, and Lausanne as RAF aircraft pressed the Alps crossing offensive. Canal barges and railway locomotives were hit. no RAF planes were reported missing.
An army plane based at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina crashed four miles southwest of New Bern, killing five soldiers and seriously injuring another. Residents saw the craft circle in apparent trouble before it burned. Names of the victims were not immediately released.
Pattern 4170 offers a scalloped jumper with a side tie sash and back bow, plus warm long sleeve blouse and a lace edged short sleeve version. Sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with yardage given for size 6 jumper and blouse. order by name address style number with sixteen cents for the pattern.
A communiqué reported US B-17 Flying Fortresses and accompanying bombers attacking the Buin Faisi anchorage in the Solomon Islands. The raid engaged heavy flak and scored direct hits on two light cruisers while a destroyer and a transport were left burning or badly damaged during dawn operations.
Russian dispatches say German positions in the Caucasus were blunted and taken yesterday. Northeast of Taupse near the Black Sea the Russians claim to have advanced, routed an enemy company, and captured material and documents. Earlier reports note extreme cold and reduced German drives on the front. A Tass broadcast mentioned a large populated place northwest.
In Torrington Connecticut on November 14 the mother of Staff Sergeant Alexander T Caczmarczyk a member of the Eddie Rickenbacker party clung to hope that her son would be rescued alive buoyed by his belief God is good The mother recalled his message Dont you worry mother God is good to me She noted he had survived a prior automobile accident and spoke of worrying over him as he served in the air forces The family had other siblings in military service and a younger brother remained at home aged 12
Stephen Eddy the federal labor conciliator announced a truce in the Nash-Kelvinator dispute in Lansing Michigan. Company and union representatives agreed to resume operations and reopen both plants with the 3 PM shift today after noon negotiations.
Russian forces announced the storming of Stalingrad area as a heavy defeat to German troops. The community was captured and held against counter-attacks while the Volga froze over with ice and temperatures dropping. Prisoners from the 13th German Alpine Infantry Battalion reported near wipeout in the Caucasus.
A floor-wide session shows Elec Auto Lt, Penn Dixie, Pepsi-Cola, Air Reduction, Firestone, Gen Elec, Pure Oil, Allied and many others moving within narrow bounds. Major gains and losses are clustered around diversified industries as traders weighed earnings prospects and sector rotations.
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