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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1942
Page
2
North Carolina cooler tonight with scattered showers. South Carolina cooler tonight with showers mainly in the northwest. Georgia cooler tonight with scattered showers in the extreme north portion.
Pravda reports heavy fighting on wooded summits and deep gorges as Germans push near Novorossiysk. Soviet claims 4,000 enemy dead in ten days and a stubborn counteroffensive on the 59th day of the siege. Soviet sources say eight Axis vessels including two Romanian destroyers and a 13,000 ton German transport were sunk at sea.
Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the Manpower Commission said a new administration manpower mobilization bill is being drafted and would reach the president within two weeks to give authorities to control employers and employees for balanced worker distribution. Downey noted War Department officials doubt men over 35 make fit soldiers, questioning continued induction of older personnel. Austin cited the need to free essential workers by drafting others and shifting roles to farms or factories.
The noon communique said a Nazi scout platoon was blasted on a Stalingrad minefield while a mortar crew killed about 100 Germans and five tanks. Soviet forces also wiped out 150 Hitlerites near a factory, destroyed two mortar batteries and five machine-gun posts, as relief troops under Marshal Timoshenko began counterattacks northwest of the city. Casualties were heavy for German armored and rifle units elsewhere near Stalingrad, with nine tanks and about two companies of infantry reported lost.
Congressman Lee pushes an amendment to bar sale of alcoholic beverages on military and naval posts amid broad opposition in Congress. Secretary Stimson warns the measure would worsen liquor control, while supporters cite a proposal to lower the draft age to 18 and create a wholesome training environment for school age boys.
Ellen Harris Huckabee of Albemarle sister of Mrs. Robbins Tildren was sworn Tuesday in Columbia South Carolina in the WAVES as a lieutenant junior grade. She earned AB and MA degrees in English at Duke University and taught at the New Jersey College for Women in New Brunswick before joining the staff of the dean of a college.
Funeral services for 29 year old Boyd Griffin were held at Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church on Wednesday afternoon. Rev M C Connor officiated. Pallbearers included Lonnie Berg Jr Cletus Swing Ervin Collins Dewitt Carter Elmar Jones and Joe Harrelson. Burial followed at Floral Garden Cemetery.
Reports from Guadalcanal recount Japanese attempts to strike American positions on October 19 and 20, repelled by United States Grumman Wildcat fighters who downed two Zero planes and saw one Wildcat lost. A raid by 16 bombers and a heavy escort clashed with U.S. fighters, with two bombers and seven Zeros destroyed and two American planes downed. Navy observations note many enemy ships in the Northern Solomons awaiting a chance to retake the airfield. Ground fighting in the northwest remains limited to skirmishes for position while air forces attack ships to the south.
Washington observers note the Solomons battle shows courage leading to victory. Forrestal says naval supply and jungle fighting tested byJapan’s defense, with improvised bases, bomb and shell attacks, and captured supplies sustaining troops. He credits industrial workers and shore establishments for morale and timely production.
Nelson outlined a shift to a positive civilian production plan directing manufacture of essential items rather than curtailment. Repair parts for mines and railways and transport equipment will be prioritized, with clothing standards eased to conserve manpower. He urged involving Andrew Higgins in cargo aircraft efforts and weighed options for wooden cargo planes or adapting existing designs.
Special to The Enterprise reports George L. Rudd 35 and Nancy Snody 58 of High Point obtained initial steps toward a marriage license at the office of Register of Deeds John H. Mec Adoo in Greensboro this morning.
Washington Oct 22 In a war department report Lt General Lesley J McNair says infantry division troops will use gliders for the first time in airborne operations during maneuvers near Fort Sam Houston Texas The plan shows ground forces training with army air forces to support airborne operations and promises continued expansion as more aviation becomes available.
Hollywood dispatches tell of a U S Navy ensign Robert N Adrian from Ontario Oregon crediting a Black mess attendant as his lifeline. Adrian said in an NBC broadcast that the attendant swam six hours through shark waters towing a raft of wounded sailors from a destroyer sunk off Guadalcanal. The attendant, known only as French, reached shore with Adrian clinging to the raft as the attendant towed them to safety. Adrian was wounded and hospitalized after the Gregory was sunk by Japanese guns.
Mrs A J Rohr Jr 33 of Salisbury died yesterday in a Salisbury hospital from injuries in an automobile accident near the city last Saturday. She was daughter of Rev and Mrs Robert Short of Creston. Survived by husband four children from a former marriage and siblings across North and South. Funeral Friday at 11 o clock in Salisbury with burial at Chestnut Hall cemetery.
Wilson Oct 22 Three white men held up Police Chief W L Nelson at gunpoint near Black Creek at about 130 this morning and looted the town liquor control store of 15 to 20 cases of liquor. The thieves overlooked about $1000 in cash in the store, officers said.
New York report says German propaganda escalates to challenge wartime humanity codes. Berlin radio quoted Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz alleging Allied orders violating humanity, while Japan warned punishments for American airmen and Germany accused Britain of striking a wounded dressing station. Reuters noted Vichy reports of talks to denounce the Geneva conventions, citing 1864 rules.
Berlin reports quoted Nichi Nichi newspaper indicating Britain and the United States intend to launch a Burma offensive from November to April. The dispatch notes Burma’s rainy season ending, allowing troop and material movement soon. After April, large-scale operations would be limited by climactic conditions.
A southbound freight train crashed into a Seaboard Airline passenger local standing at Deerfield station in Florida. Conductor C. H. Wiltsie died at Broward General Hospital. The Seaboard listed his address as New Haven Connecticut and a funeral home as New York City. Three other trainmen and at least one passenger were injured and taken to Fort Lauderdale.
An advertisement touts ZEAIO a doctor’s formula for itching and skin irritation with 30 years of success and claims for ringworm eczema athlete’s foot and blemishes. ZEMO is promoted for similar conditions with rapid relief. The pitch highlights over 25 million packages sold and price points 35¢ 60¢ and $1.00.
Secretary Stimson said training and induction schedules would not be delayed by Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays. Men will not be ordered to recruiting and induction stations on Thanksgiving Day November 26 or on Christmas Eve or Day. Outside those days, holiday furloughs remain restricted and training continues.
The Navy announced a medium sized U.S. merchant ship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic last month by a U-boat with probable loss of three crew. The incident raises Allied and neutral losses in western Atlantic waters to 502 since Pearl Harbor. Survivors said the sub was unseen as two torpedoes hit the starboard side and abandoned ship, with survivors later landing at an east coast port.
Hubert Woodrow Miller of Kannapolis was sentenced by Federal District Judge John S. Hayes to three years in the penitentiary for violating the selective service act. Miller, who claimed to be a minister of Jehovah's Witnesses, allegedly refused induction twice.
President Roosevelt proclaimed maritime control areas around Caspo Maine Portsmouth WN E Cape Hatteras Key West and Los Angeles. Private shipping in these zones was restricted subject to naval supervision. No vessel may navigate outside daylight and good visibility without prior approval from authorities.
United States Flying Fortresses claim destruction of nine enemy fighters in yesterday's raid on the German submarine base at Lorient France. The operation targeted the Lorient complex, headquarters of the U S Army Air Forces.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy for constipation and a stimulator of liver bile flow and intestinal muscle action. Available in 15 30 and 60 cent sizes with label directions to follow. Sold at all drugstores.
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