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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1943
Page
8
Bombs hit multiple London districts with casualties as firewatchers sheltered on rooftops. The patrol described two waves of German aircraft passing over the city from 8:15 to 11 p.m. Norwich was also cited as a nighttime target by German bombers.
The Frank Irvins moved to the country and hauled two loads of household goods, returning to find their new residence perfectly empty. It notes that up to three female turkeys may share the same nest during incubation.
The article notes 23,600 tons of paper will be saved this year by restraining greeting card writers and manufacturers. It lists U S road figures: 8000 miles of multi lane highways and vast totals of other road types across the nation.
Aviation Cadet Bristowe P Pitts Jr is stationed at Lodwick Aviation Military Academy Avon Park Florida and is the son of B P Pitts of 109 Oak Street He attended the University of North Carolina prior to enlisting Chapp Marshall Brown has arrived in a British port after serving as part of a US Navy gun crew aboard a merchant vessel He is the son of Mr and Mrs W L Brown of 214 Idol Street Myrtle V ___ has completed basic training with the WAVES at Hunter College New York and holds the rating of attendant second class She is the daughter of Mrs Lillian S Rob**t of 705 Montheu Avenue Silas P Bland Jr son of Mr and Mrs S P Bland of 506 Kenedy Street has arrived at South Dakota State College Brookings SD for a six week course in personnel classification procedures.
Linguists study tongue twisters as volunteers train for duties abroad with Amoy Annamese Fanti Haussa Kurdish Mandarin Panjabi Pushtu Swahili and Thai. Dairy producers faced losses in 1942 but still delivered a record four billion pounds more milk than ever before, lifting total milk output since 1940 toward ten billion pounds.
A dramatic account describes flames advancing through streets and cellars during an air raid, overpowering occupants in shelters and leaving little oxygen as bombs struck. Separately, Raleigh reports traffic accidents in North Carolina caused 394 deaths in eight months, down from 557 a year ago.
Little temperature change this afternoon tonight and Saturday forenoon with light scattered frost in the mountains tonight in North Carolina. In South Carolina and Georgia little change in temperature this afternoon tonight and Saturday forenoon.
On the northern front the Red Army pressed two sides of the German Leningrad Salient. At the salient tip Volkhov front forces shattered Kirishi, 65 miles southeast of Leningrad. On the deep flank Kalinin front units advanced on Nevel, 270 miles southwest of Ingrad.
Duke meets its first real test of the season as undefeated Dartmouth visits. The Green barely beat Holy Cross opening week but showed improvement. A Navy game features two unbeatens in a night contest, with Duke’s Lloyd Blount in the spotlight against a stout Navy defense. Army battles Temple in another undefeated clash, while Purdue seeks a fourth straight win over Camp Grant and Ohio State faces Great Lakes.
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