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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1942
Page
2
Eight paint farms across the country study how Paint performs on different materials in varied climates. The Mogindor area near the Moroccan port is so low that the city becomes an island during periods of high water.
Miss Doris McNeil headlines the all new Karston Show of 1943 at Mount Theatre in High Point on Monday November 30 for one day only. Shows run 12 45 doors Open with stage performances at 2 00 4 20 7 05 and 9 25 plus bargain hours and matinee seats. The program features World Famous Ziegfield Follies with Roberta and an act by Artie Shaw Ben NY Goodman Glenn Miller Kay Kyser and the Youman Bros with Rudy Vallee in NBC production.
The night communiques detail Russian advances west and northwest of Stalingrad with 15,000 more Germans captured and 6,000 killed on Wednesday. The pocket shows Soviet gains consolidating along the Don bend, with towns seized and heavy enemy losses including 1,300 guns and 5,518 vehicles. The Stalingrad garrison fights to push Germans from gun emplacements in the factory district as counterattacks are repulsed.
Women from across America and abroad display needlework, crochet, rag rugs, quilts, bedspreads and pottery at Madison Square Garden as part of the 19th Woman's Exposition. Judges include Mrs. Anne Cabot who competes in needlepoint with a 20 inch stool featuring a leaping fawn. Grand Champion prize goes to a six foot filet crochet table runner by Mrs. T. L. Nightingale from Sacramento.
Erskine Johnson reports on Fred Astaire miming himself in Look Out Below as an RAF pilot. Kay Kayser to wear 18 hats in Right About Face. Judy Garland gains MGM confidence without Rooney. Aumont to play Lamarr’s on screen boyfriend. Casting quirks include Peters and Terry rumored pairing and Ayres with ex-wife Ginger Rogers. Jeanette MacDonald eats cottage cheese before singing. Pat O’Brien pictured alone in Navy manual. Cummings declines Universal lead due to imminent service. Dietrich willing to wash dishes but refuses photos. Steinbeck to join Army Air Corps. aviation week spans South America to Brazil. Red Cross has given $60,000,000 in three years, aiding over 20,000,000 war victims with supplies.
Dallas official Ralph C. Kanaar, regional fuel rationing officer, states fuel oil demand and production figures are a military secret and there is no surplus of oil in storage locally. Mayor Gage warns a forced coal conversion could create a 1,069,000 ton shortage in the district. Eugene L. Lyon of the Kansas City fuel oil panel visited a home kept at 65 degrees, then fell ill over successive days.
A Madrid dispatch reports the German administrator in French North Africa, under Eisenhower’s oversight, intends to send a high ranking staff to London and Washington. He would explain Darlan’s actions, outline plans, and seek U S aid in exchange for French colonial products.
LONDON Nov 26. The British showed no inclination to debate in the house of commons a motion by dissident members disapproving of the Dwight D. Eisenhower and Admiral Jean Darlan accord. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the house he could not guarantee time for discussion of the dissident motion following Eisenhower's agreement with Darlan.
The United States aims to lead global magnesium production with a massive Las Vegas plant and a capacity 344 times the 1941 U S output. Five major magnesium plants have begun operation, boosting U S dominance in magnesium processing.
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