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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1941
Page
2
Detroit October 27 Associated Press forecast a 1941 automotive toll of about 40,500 deaths and 1,750,000 injuries with 2 billion dollars in economic loss. Officials plan a nationwide emergency traffic enforcement program to cut highway tragedies. The drive aims for lasting reform, not a short campaign.
Witnesses described a fiery crash as a Southeastern Greyhound bus slammed into a bridge railing. Spectators heard screams while officers arrived to find most victims in two mass seats. Montgom ery manager C WV Courson said 27 to 30 people were aboard the second section of a three bus local run between two Alabama cities.
Army troops battle on the land front around Moscow and destroy numerous tanks including 52 ton monsters. The German high command silent on Moscow developments but says air raids hit the Kremlin and damaged the rail line to Murmansk. Dispatched reports cite bombing east of Kharkov and around the Donets Basin and Rostov.
UMW leader John L Lewis offers no comment on Roosevelt letter as union seeks a captive mine settlement. Leaders threaten to mobilize 400000 workers from other soft coal mines if talks fail. Prolonged walkout could halt steel production, with steel firms reporting only one to four weeks of coal on hand. Separate strikes ripple through PDP era plants in Brooklyn Seattle Los Angeles and Alabama. Authorities urge presidential and congressional action to curb Lewis.
Oct 27 reports two barrage balloons snapping their cables at Camp Davis left the camp without electricity after a brief squall. Both balloons ascended again, one nose-dived from 2,560 feet, then climbed to about 6,000 feet before last sighting, while others were pulled down following the storm.
War dispatches report heavy German losses near Rostov and a failed thrust toward Moscow while Russians defend a new line southwest of the capital. British pressure grows for Western action to ease Soviet fronts.
Barbara Stanwyck performs for extras in a Hollywood nightclub scene on the final day of Ball of Fire filming. Gary Cooper eyes a hunting trip, Howard Hawks appears exhausted after ten weeks, and producer Sam Goldwyn battles censorship while Wilder recalls prefilm struggles with slang and the encyclopedia premise.
A popular trend in central Asia uses trained golden eagles to catch foxes wolves jackals and wild goats. The practice shows a mix of traditional hunting methods and modern adaptation in wildlife practices.
The piece argues Hitler overclaimed a decisive Moscow victory 25 days after launching the campaign. German propaganda claimed Russia defeated, but Soviet resistance remains strong as Stalin’s marshals organize a second line near Moscow. Hitler resumes fighting in the Rostov area to claim progress.
Nine southeastern city representatives urged the Civil Aeronautics Board for better air service as examiner Francis W. Brown opened a hearing on five airlines seeking authority to expand along the Atlantic seaboard. Briefs and testimony were taken from named citizens in Georgia North and South Carolina Florida and Tennessee including Sizemore Brunswick Greensboro High Point Winston-Salem Greenville Savannah Jacksonville Spartanburg and Orlando with Columbia officials allowed to appear later.
North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia face mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers this afternoon and tonight and over the east Tuesday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift from south to southwest, with stronger gusts in the north, and colder air moves in tonight. Charlotte reports official weather bureau figures for the 24 hours ending 7:30 am, noting rainfall and temperatures in key cotton growing areas, while navigation notes mention airways beacons and 36 inch rotating ramps lighting beams for pilots up to 20 miles.
Thanksgiving gifts of flowers and plants should be cared for as advised by florists to prolong enjoyment. Avoid heat from lamps and radiators and do not crowd arrangements. Break woody stems under water and cut rose stems at a slant for maximum breathing space. The text also notes Navy apprentices earn over $6 daily in training and compares car fuel use and road development trends, with a rattlesnake able to strike two thirds of its length.
New York stocks show broad trading with many names such as Radio Rad KO Rem Band Rep St Reynolds Sears 8734 Sheil Un 15 Socony Vac Re Sou Pac Sou Ry Sperry BB Sta Brands Std Ol Cal Sud Ol Ind Tah Stewart Warner Studebaker Ay Swift Carh Pac Gntt Unit Corp Unit Drug Untt Gas Imp US Ind Alco US Pipe US Rub US Smelt US Steel Va Cato Chem TAC Younes 5 5 Saies 360000 numbers indicate trading volumes and prices across multiple sectors.
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