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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1942
Page
2
North Carolina faces a slightly warmer night with possible drizzle or light rain in the mountains. South Carolina remains mild with a higher low in the northern portion tonight. Georgia continues mild with a slightly higher temperature tonight.
Official weather bureau records list 24 hour figures ending 7 30 a m for major cotton growing areas with city by city temperatures and rainfall in inches including Asheville Atlanta Birmingham Charlotte Chicago Jacksonville Louisville Memphis Miami Mobile New Orleans New York Norfolk Richmond Savannah Tampa Washington and San Antonio with readings ranging from the 40s to 80s and rainfall amounts of zero to several tenths of an inch.
In the House of Commons Attlee delays full Darlan remarks, pledging a Churchill statement on Darlan’s position. De Gaulle disassociates the French committee from dealings with Darlan while Harris notes a possibly misunderstood figure. Many London papers see the recognition as temporary, with The Times calling the choice unexpected yet pragmatically expedient.
Secretary reports that Nimitz Halsey Callaghan and others led a daring action against a numerically superior Japanese force. The Guadalcanal clash ended with major Japanese losses and a clear American victory, while losses on both sides were tallied and reports awaited.
Congress backs an early hearing on a Johnson resolution to form a three man board to study the petroleum situation and automatically delay nationwide gasoline rationing for three months. The measure is referred to the banking and currency committee while reports of a second postponement trigger FBI questions and sharp protests from Warren C. Platt of National Petroleum News who calls the FBI probe a gestapo like operation.
The article details Germany's resource drain in Russia and North Africa, blocking access to phosphates and other essential materials. It notes six million foreign workers, deteriorating productivity, inflation, rising blackout crimes, extended clothing coupons, scarce household goods, and bread shortages amid air raids and rationing.
A midday Allied communique said German forces advanced slightly northeast of Tuapse on the Black Sea coast but were driven back by a Red counter thrust. In Stalingrad, a light German attack was repulsed and Russian offensive actions and artillery destroyed four invader strong points northwest of the city.
Allied reporting cites French forces in Tunisia aiding the drive toward Tunis and Bizerte while Rommel’s retreat presses westward. Nehring’s North Africa reassignment, air battles over Malta and Tunis area, and French cooperation with American and British columns highlight escalating conflict as Axis defences tighten.
Diana Barrymore, once derided in Hollywood, now shines at University Studio on Nightmare, charming peers after a rocky Broadway arrival. Universal struggles with When Johnnie Comes Home title rights while studios juggle bans and budgets.
The war office in Washington reported a Tokyo broadcast claiming the American Navy’s “miserable defeat is kept in the dark” while Japanese leaders exaggerated their supposed destruction of U S naval power.
The Brunswick County elections board refused a recount of the general election results. John B. Ward, Democratic nominee for judge of County Recorder's Court 1,833 votes and D. R. Johnson, Republican, 1,832. The board upheld the canvass confirming Ward's one vote win and rejected the request after a four day hearing.
The report notes the capture of the officer and crew of an Axis submarine sunk off the North African coast. The American consul in Tunis suggested Germany and Italy aimed to keep Tunis and Biberte ports open to support Rommel, last seen near El Agheila, Libya. Allied dominance in the western Mediterranean and proximity to air bases would raise costs for supplying Rommel. Axis claims cited counter actions and bombing of Bone, Algeria.
Detroit November 17 federal grand jury indicted Father Gligha Moraru Dearborn Michigan and Father Stephan Opreanu Detroit along with editor George Zamfir as agents of Moraru for espionage actions related to the Free Rumanian movement. Moraru reportedly met exiled King Carol of Romania in Mexico and received 15000 to support the cause.
Northern Ireland Nov 1 Py-Hugh Mcateer 25 accused of leading the Irish Republican Army charged with treason for seeking to establish an Irish republic in Ulster. Mc Ateer, heavily guarded, stood mute after initially refusing to rise.
Spanish Republican leaders Francisco Large Caballero and Santiago Casares Quiroga were seized by German troops in France and handed over to Generalissimo Franco. The arrest signals escalation of German involvement against the Republic during the ongoing conflict.
Germain broadcasts heard last night suggest Francisco Franco's government faces a probable execution scenario. The report shares uncertain details and names unnamed sources connected to the claim. The item reads as a brief dispatch from wartime coverage with limited confirmation.
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