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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1942
Page
2
William J Love displayed a water bird here to determine its species. The bird resembled a gadwit snipe but the bill differed, and it was tentatively placed in the gadwit group. The species has become rare, and Love was referred to the local scout office for further identification.
A U S spokesman details bomber losses and transport status amid Japanese air actions. Tokyo says many planes were grounded with several shot down, while Chinese theater operations include Kunming targets. Indian workers returned to essential duties after the raids, aiding field upkeep.
Allied air superiority dominates the Matruh front as night and day bombing targets enemy concentrations and forward airfields. Junkers 87 downed by night fighters while US bombers join the effort behind lines. Brereton notes first use of American bombs against Axis concentrations amid bitter air battles and slow advance toward Rommel’s armored backbone.
General Brereton praised Allied grit and energy while noting Luftwaffe losses and rookie pilots lacking experience. Capt Thomas W. Clark of Suffield Conn. shot down two Italian fighters, becoming the first U.S. pilot with two confirmed Axis air victories in North Africa. Teammates Whittaker and Metcalf each downed an Italian fighter as Axis ground actions expanded and Allied bombers hit tanks and armored cars. Allies claimed 18 Axis planes shot down, six Allied aircraft lost, with most Axis losses in a dive bomber attack on British forward troops.
A Detroit bound passenger bus collided with a through train from Chicago near the Detroit Hamtramck boundary. Several youths and women were killed or injured as responders freed victims from wreckage before 9 am. Conductor John Irwin and engineer W McDaniels led the train crew. Frank Lyman ordered an immediate railroad inquiry.
Dr Cosmo Lang and Archbishop discuss the war’s moral frame. They argue nations oppose Nazi absolutism, not to defend Christian doctrine alone, but to resist an anti Christian state. They note Hindus Muslims and Jews fight alongside Christians for civilization.
New federal limits cap deductions and tax payments while pension and life policy charges remain allowed. A $35,000 or less salary freeze took effect yesterday with retroactive application for higher grades from December 3. Automatic increases may be granted for promotions merit raises and established salary plans under the service trainee systems and productivity incentives.
Soviet dispatches describe German attempts to breakthrough in the Cau casus near Tuapse and a major clash at Stalingrad. Red Star notes Alpine troops and massed planes aiding German assaults, Russian gains including two villages and heights and a night breakthrough. RAF coastal command ships guard Arctic convoys to Murmansk Archangel.
Bern report states a RAF raid on Milan damaged all quarters of the industrial center started 30 large fires and 300 smaller ones and left 5000 people homeless. Italian newspapers report numerous victims at a city shelter as Milan fire brigades made over 700 runs responding to the bombing.
In a wartime discussion the Archibishop argues for practical Christianity and fairness in dealing with postwar Germany. He warns against massacres, favors Allied policing to prevent passion-driven trials, and insists Prussia must be coerced though not all Germans are bad. He calls for Christian influence to support justice and brotherhood.
Local Selective Service Boards No. 4 and 5 prepare to induct about 150 men each in December. Board 35 chairman Rev. Flol Conrad says the December quotas will be filled almost exclusively with married men and notes both boards have nearly exhausted their 1-A registrants.
Raleigh rationing official W H Hofler announced fuel oil users must mail completed registration forms by midnight October 31. Printing delays forced postponement of dealer and consumer registrations, with priority for private homes and other dwellings, commercial and industrial users.
Navy reports heavy fighting as American forces defend the airfield at Guadalcanal area. Wildcats join torpedo and dive bomber strikes against Japanese destroyers and carrier forces, with multiple ships damaged or sunk on both sides. Roosevelt cites a Washington Evening Star headline amid ongoing campaign updates.
Washington dispatch profiles Plains Paul G Smith a navy lieutenant commander and head of the OWI press bureau who resigns his commission to enlist in the Marines next Monday. At 33 with auburn hair he vows no strings attach to a private assignment, seeking combat training and bayonet instruction amid a career spanning Europe’s fascist rise and U S wartime information work.
Burlington NC October 28 state Master Harry B Caldwell told delegates at the 14th annual North Carolina Grange session that labor shortages and economic problems threaten production needed for war demands. He noted goals for 1943 are higher, but many crops and dairy herds suffer from a lack of workers as prices keep farmers from competing with industry. Caldwells proposed remedies include deferment from military service for active farm workers, parity for farm commodities, a formal manpower policy, a food administrator, and reducing government employment. Grange members from across the state attend the three day convention with Dr Clarence Poe and Rep Robert Lottighton Lo likely to speak.
In Cleveland, October 28, British labor leaders Jack Tanner of the Amalgamated Engineers Union and Arthur Bryan Roberts of the National Union of Public Employees toured U S war plants. They said American production was not rapidly meeting wartime needs, despite modern facilities and equipment, noting England’s speed in munition output. They spoke after visits to several cities.
President avoided using the word decisive as battles continue around Solomons. Allied aircraft under General MacArthur pounded the Japanese base at Lae New Guinea destroying three barges and silencing an airfield position while one Allied plane was reported missing.
British air forces raided Nazi targets from Belgium to the Baltic using Mosquito bombers and Spitfires. RAF attacked shipyards at Flensburg and a German submarine base near the Danish border, claiming a medium-sized merchant ship hit. Mosquitos bombed Belgium and the Netherlands while fighters covered targets from Cap Griz Nez to Cap de la Hague. Two airmen were missing. a coastal Beaufighter reportedly destroyed a Junkers 88 over the Bay of Biscay. London endured a large mock raid night with little other activity reported.
North Carolina farm youths led all states except Texas in war bonds and stamps purchases last year, totaling 120,630 dollars across 7,500 Future Farmer of America chapters. The figure comes from the war Savings staff and treasury data.
Mussolini arrived for the twenty year commemoration of the Fascist march of Rome to the acclaim of thousands of Italians. He was accompanied by state and party officials and met at the exhibition site by a Nazi delegation led by Dr. Robert Ley of the German labor front.
The Weather Bureau reports gradually warming temperatures across the Carolinas and Georgia with rising highs and variable readings for 7:30 am. Data lists stations including Asheville Atlanta Birmingham Charlotte Chicago Columbia Jacksonville Louisville and more with daily highs and lows in a dense tabulation.
A Sofia dispatch reports King Boris opened Bulgaria’s new parliamentary session with a throne speech stating willingness to cooperate with the Axis for a new European order based on lasting peace and justice.
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