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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1942
Page
5
A chart using latest estimates indicates the American Navy fared better in a year of Pacific warfare. It accounts for 1942 ship construction and presents present strength and losses across fleets. Our Army Navy and Marines continue efforts to trim the enemy fleet.
Mona Stein shows two types of German fire bombs the new APL with a delayed explosion and the old incendiary. A suggested defense involves leaving the house and attacking the bomb through a window while civilians rely on courage and a brick wall barrier in anticipated East Coast air raids.
Buckleys CANADIOL Mixture advertised as triple acting for bronchial coughs from colds. Consumers urged to buy at drug stores and take a few sips at bedtime for instant relief. Claim emphasizes loosening thick mucus and soothing membranes to ease persistent throat and bronchial irritation.
German readers face censored war reporting with Goebbels propaganda shaping front pages and headlines. Nazi media bury defeats and amplify selective content, showing U.S. and Allied advances while hiding grim eastern front realities. Silent misery drifts through snowy fronts as appeals for ski gear and warm items go to the front.
Wendell L. Willkie told a Toronto rally that Allied victory depends on a common understanding of aims for after the war. He urged discussion among nations and cited Stalin’s postwar program as a model, arguing it should apply to the world and not just the Allied coalition. He warned the war could be lost without shared goals.
Guilford County real estate transfers list numerous deeds across High Point, Gilmer, Morehead, Washington, and Oak Ridge townships. J G Horney and others transfer to W L York, J W Johnson to J B Hill, and James MacClamoch to the city of Greensboro among multiple lot transfers in Nocho Park Silver Run Park and adjacent parcels. Other transactions include Helen Cozart Davis to Mrs S E Guffey, H E Casstevens to W H Warren, and Welch Jordan to Marietta M Jordan with tracts in West Market Terrace East Avondale and adjoining areas. Further transfers cover Ralph S Sutton to W Ernest Apple and Harold Francis Joyce to J J Joyce, with additional deeds involving Co L Tucker and Stephen A Tucker on Groometown Road.
The article describes API or Anti-Personnel Incendiary bombs that can penetrate a four inch brick wall within twenty yards. It details British experience in August with about 200 casualties among fire guards and US revisions to Civil Defense instructions. Firefighting tactics emphasize staying low, creeping to doorways, and directing water into the blast, with OCD planning to train up to two million incendiary fighters.
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