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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1942
Page
2
The North Carolina forecast calls for continued moderate temperatures tonight. In South Carolina, temperatures remain moderate with thunder showers off the coast this afternoon or early tonight.
The piece argues Hitler faces resource shortages and mounting destruction, weakening his war base while Allied air power strengthens. It notes winter weather could hinder daytime bombing but expects continued night raids and emphasizes U S and Britain air superiority enabling invasion plans. Major General Carl Spaatz highlights Flying Fortresses as crucial to air mastery over Europe.
Nazi planes maintained heavy assaults on Soviet positions as troops held firm near Mozdok in the Caucasus. Reports say German reinforcements arrived while Russian dispatches warned of enemy units across the Terek at risk of being wiped out, with the first Caucasian campaign drawing peril.
Snow hampered Nazi mountain operations as Germans faced river crossings and bridge destruction. Russians claimed many tanks ran out of fuel. civilians fled valleys while pack mules struggled on icy trails. Novorossisk fell, and Red Star spoke of fighting near the Terek and Mozdok as German counterattacks failed and Soviet bridges were destroyed in the Mozdok region. Field reports noted heavy German losses and renewed bombardment around Stalingrad with mass aerial assaults.
Dandrean recalled an explosion that sprayed flame and metal during a Curtiss air raid drill. A man was burned severely, others suffered burns from gasoline as ambulances dispatched to six hospitals. The air reserve unit rushed to the scene to aid.
Durban reports the first Victoria Cross awarded to a South African in this war. Sergeant Quentin Smythe, cited for taking command after his officer was shot, faced a dangerous action against a machine gun nest. His father called the act bloodthirsty yet praised his son’s bravery.
Former Cuban consular agent Dr Angel Bu Sottele nengo says in Miami that Japan charges 500 pesos for a Filipino license to marry a fellow Filipino but only 2 pesos to marry a Japanese. He cites killings of Chinese officials in Manila and notes his own diplomatic exchange grant.
British broadcasts from Port Louis described Madagascar actions as restrained while Axis supporters pushed for reprisals. Reports noted a British task force crossing the Betsiboka River toward Tananarive, with landings around Majunga and Morondava and movements toward Antsirabe, Ambanja, and Tulear as part of a widened coastal approach.
About 233 Southern Presbyterian Churches lack pastors due to war demands upon ministers, Rev. W. L. Baker of Gastonia told the North Carolina Synod at its closing session in Charlotte.
Moscow papers publish a third of a page on W Averell Harriman's remarks as Roosevelts representative at the Churchill Stalin conferences. Russians feel encouraged by his admission that the United States recognizes the Soviet Union bears the wartime burden and that Americans want to help. The speech provides Russians their first clear notice of Harrimans role in the talks.
The two day clash over Guadalcanal and surrounding areas saw heavy air combat with 96 enemy planes shot down by U S forces and substantial Japanese shipping damage. Navy losses were one ship damaged and pilots missing, while enemy carriers faced fierce retaliation in the ongoing Solomons campaign.
Dr Danny Fori mann, co captain of the Chicago Bears, plays his seventh year of professional football at age twenty six. The veteran player remains a key leader for the team as it pursues the season.
In Nantes occupied France gunmen killed a judge and seized a defendant on trial for terrorism in a wild west style shooting. Authorities linked the attackers to the Special Organization, noting the seized defendant had carried out seven terrorist attacks. A prior Aug. 30 roundup in Nantes arrested 144 alleged Special Organization members including five captains, three lieutenants, and 42 Spanish Republican veterans.
Harold Ray Kennedy 20 of route 1 Thomasville M C enlisted today for flight training with the U S Naval Reserve in Atlanta Ga He is a Hasty High School graduate who attended Catawba College two years and has worked as an aircraft inspector He is the son of Fred Newby Kennedy and the Navy opens training to high school graduates age 18 to 27 single Cadets completing training receive commissions as Ensigns in the Naval Reserve or Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve Information available at Navy Recruiting Stations.
The Benedictines emerged as the first monks to introduce monastic life in western Europe, establishing religious communities and influencing the medieval church.
Five men faced U S indictments for conspiracy to violate rationing rules. Dealer Isadore Friedman and associates Lawrence Huss Donald L Bishop Joseph J Fisher and Nathan Levy ran service stations and sold hundreds of tires in violation. Customers included J E Jordan known as Fibber McGee and film director Howard Hawkes.
In South Bend Indiana four year old Willie Pruitt traded his mother’s wristwatch for a stranger’s candy. The incident leaves Willie disappointed and his mother puzzled as police react with sympathy.
Tarboro reporting an Atlantic Coast Line freight train derailed at Speed ten miles east of town about seven this morning. Twenty two cars went off the track with some carrying gasoline raising explosion fears. No injuries reported.
A New York City youth wrote to the Lenoir County Register of Deeds in Kinston requesting a birth certificate. The letter, addressed to the birth control department at city hall, failed to include his parents' names.
Two day old son of Mr and Mrs Freeman Wright died at City Memorial hospital. Survivors include the parents. Funeral service at home 404 Hinkle Street this afternoon at two o clock with interment in United Chapel church cemetery. No bench warmer in Fort Worths Dutch Meyer coached football at Texas Christian for 20 years. He won 10 varsity letters and was captain three times as an undergraduate.
A Zagreb dispatch reported by Neue Zurcher Zeitung says 20 Croat hostages were executed following the death of a German, after an earlier attack on two German soldiers. The attackers are still at large.
Mrs Hazil D Carr sought an annulment from Earl Carr after a rapid courtship history. She met him on a Friday, dated Sunday, and married within six days. Judge John A Witthaus granted the annulment saying she should be less impulsive in the future.
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