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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1942
Page
2
A light, nearly unchanged temperature pattern favors North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia tonight with minimal cooling and no major weather events expected across the region.
A War Department report assesses American fighter aircraft, praising the P-39 and P-40 for low altitude work with ground forces in Russia and Africa, the P-38 and P-30 as unsuitable for today’s high altitude tactics in Europe, and noting the P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt show promise but remain untested in battle.
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The chilled shot is made primarily of lead with a small amount of antimony added to increase its hardness and durability. This alloy improves density and wears better in firearm barrels, reducing deformation and improving accuracy.
The article profiles Lieut. Col. Paul Tibbets and Capt. A. B. Hughes Jr. discussing nerves, danger, and the psychological toll of air combat. Tibbets recalls concern for civilians, especially women and children, and facing 2000 pound bombs. Hughes endures severe combat damage but remains steady, collapsing only after landing.
Allied air operations report 94 RAF Lancasters attacked the Schneider Works at Le Creusot in Occupied France in a dusk raid praised as a new bombing technique. The mission followed a daylight Lille raid by U S bombers and carried light losses, while Churchill warned of a heavy winter German assault on Britain and the need for civil defense.
Pravda quotes that only a company of about 200 from the original 4000 Croatian legion remained as German commanders push toward the Volga. The Red Army claims to have repulsed German attacks in multiple sectors while highlighting heavy tank losses and a bold defense of Stalingrad. The Berlin radio notes winter prep for German troops and claims safety against surprises from a harsh Russian winter.
Proctor Victor Mature who joined the Coast Guard reserve on July 2 has been ordered inducted into the army on October 26.
An advertising brief describes Penetro 25s and Penetro 35s as a stainless white salve for colds that relieves sniffles and muscle aches with a coughing motion implied in its use.
Capt. William Lloyd Osborne of Los Angeles and First Lieut. Damon Gause of Winder Ga. arrived in Australia after a 159 day overland and sea ordeal from the Philippines. They fled by foot and boat, dodging Japanese forces, crossing Manila Bay and Luzon, then a 1500 mile motorboat voyage ending near Australia.
United States and Australian reports describe intensified ground fighting in New Guinea as Australian troops push toward Kokoda. Within 12 miles of their objective they repelled Japanese counter attacks with heavy enemy losses. In the Aleutians, two Japanese destroyers were damaged by marauder bombers on October 16 near Kiska, both on fire and abandoned.
Unrest reports indicate fifteen more Dutchmen have been executed for sabotage while mass evacuations of coastal populations are being accelerated as invasion defenses tighten. Vichy radio says Karl Hermann Frank ordered relatives of Czech agitators in London sent to concentration camps. New Mexico records TB death rate of 912 per 100,000 in 1939.
A national defense vocational training school will open Wednesday at Thomasville High School on East Main Street as the first of four in North Carolina. Instructor G C Smith of High Point route 4 will lead ship fitting sheet metal welding and blueprint reading courses with two daily sessions Monday through Friday. Enrollment is at the employment office and no charge, funded by the government. Mrs G E Crowell, manager of the local employment office, said indications point to strong enrollment.
The Office of Price Administration issued rules to stop overnight evictions and evictions aimed at avoiding rent controls. Beginning tomorrow a purchaser must pay one third of the price before a certificate to evict is issued and three months must pass before a tenant can be forced to vacate. Price Administrator Leon Henderson said the action protects wartime morale and helps curb evasive house sales. He noted such evictions disrupt rent enforcement and labor stability in war centers.
Asheville reports Morris Proscowe urged a sexual psychopath law to retain dangerous sex offenders after sentence. He said New York allows custody if still dangerous. he urged similar provisions for abnormal sex offenders. Margery Fry commented on juvenile delinquency as society’s stress point. The annual Correction Congress opened with discussion on reforms and prison labor.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced that billiard parlors pool halls and bowling alleys would be placed under price control about Nov 1 with fees not allowed to advance. He said workers in the war effort and armed forces find relaxation there and must not pay too much for recreation.
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