Council to Hold Special Meeting on Brunswick Stew Plans
Council urges all members to attend next Tuesday at 7 30 to set the lens for the Brunswick Stew event scheduled for October.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1941
Page
2
Gasoline Assured For Tobacco Farmers To Sell
Government acts to ensure gasoline for moving the Southern tobacco crop to markets. Civilian supply and petroleum offices allow increased supplies in defined areas of North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Virginia while keeping overall 10 percent cuts from July 1941 levels. Adjustments between companies areas keep the total reduction, with September deliveries based on September 1940 plus 10 percent. Areas span Granville Durham Wake Harnett Lee Moore Montgomery and Richmond in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civilian Supply Division
Petroleum Coordinator
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Granville
Durham
Wake
Harnett, Lee
Moore
Montgomery
Richmond
Willkie Signals Isolationism Split in Republican Future
Willkie, advised by associates, signals shift away from party labels and favors an internationalist position while condemning many New Deal domestic policies. He aims to support McKlary on foreign policy and argues defense production is mismanaged, seeking leadership regardless of party labels as voters decide independently. A major party realignment could follow if his candidates win or lose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcllary
Willkie
Republican Party
New Deal
Roosevelt
Nazis Prepare For Warfare In Russian Snow
Berlin dispatch reports a government order directing manufacturers and dealers of skis snow shoes and bindings to offer stock to army ordnance offices. Selling to others is banned, signaling extensive German winter campaign preparations in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian
Berlin
Army Ordnance Offices
Ordnance
Army Quartermaster Headquarters
Germany
Russia
Willkie’s planned role in 1940 elections and party machinery
In private talks the 1940 standard bearer favored independent citizen groups for electing foreign policy minded candidates, not party affiliates. He would not organize such groups himself and plans limited public campaigning, focusing on officials aligned with his view while avoiding moves to eliminate opponents.
Roosevelt aides weigh arming merchant ships in new Navy plan
The piece recalls 1917 controversy over armed ships and notes Roosevelt aides briefed Congress leaders that a bill to amend the Neutrality Act to arm merchant vessels may be introduced. It cites Senate opposition led by Wheeler Nye and Clark as likely, and mentions Wilson's 1917 effort and La Follette Norris filibuster. Hull stayed silent on the armed ship proposal amid Axis submarine attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velt
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Wheeler
Mont
Nye
N.D
Clark
Wilson
la Follette
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebaska
Congress
United States
Hull
Army Trucks Load Disclosed in Small Box Unloading
In Montgomery Alabama on September 13 soldiers at Gunter Field built a heavy ramp along a spur to unload a train of army trucks. After shifting cars the first car was opened and a lone soldier retrieved a small box, revealing the full load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Gunter Field
Red attack on Odessa inches closer with Italian ships
BBC reports Turkish capital advices claim Hal ili an warships are being sold to Bulgaria to pass Dardanelles and join Nazis for assault on besieged Soviet Odessa. News says ships and German torpedo boats move toward Bulgarian Black Sea ports to take part in operations. NBC and CBS heard the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
BBC
Bulgaria
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Istanbul
Danube
NBC
CBS
U S Senators Debate Japan Policy After Nazi Campaign
The discussion centers on possible adjustments with Japan amid the German Russian campaign. Connally links Tokyo’s stance to outcomes in Europe, while others note Roosevelt’s silence on Japan may not signal pacific intent. A senator argues Washington remains resolved to oppose further aggression in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Japan
Connally
Tokyo
Washington
Roosevelt
Decatur defeats Algerian fleet and ends tribute payments
American sloop and three brigs engage the Algerian flagship under Admiral Rais Hammida in the Straits of Gibraltar. Commodore Decatur’s maneuvers kill the admiral, force surrender, and secure a treaty demanding immediate end to tribute, return of seized property, and emancipation of slaves. Subsequent expeditions against Barbary states expand U.S. influence and curb piracy across the Atlantic era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Straits of Gibraltar
Rais Hammida
John* Downes
Epervier
Algiers
Dey
Edwin
Tunis
Tripoli
Europe
Asia
United States
Monroe
Amelia Island
Spanish
Florida
Venezuela
Caribbean
Cuba
Oliver H. Perry
Lake Erie
Matthew C. Perry
Japan
David Porter
Hfm
David G. Farragut
West Indies
North Atlantic
American Expeditions Against Pirates and Protection of Trade
A historical survey recounts American naval actions against pirates from Sumatra to the Near East, noting John Downes’s 1815 patrols and a long line of peacetime expeditions. It links these efforts to modern notions of protecting U S commerce abroad, citing Perry era ventures and later policing actions, all framed as precedence for safeguarding oceans and trade routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumatra
Datch East Indies
Singapore
John Downes
Downes
United States
China
Japan
Commodore Perry
Straits of
Shimonoseki
Vladivostok
Formosa
U. S
Axis rhetoric paints Roosevelt as dragging U.S. into war
Italian press portrays Roosevelt as forcing war, praising Axis forces in Russia and around England. Il Telegrafo editor Giovanni Ansaldo calls the Russia division and axis submarines the only adequate answer to the president. Lavoro Fascista hints the torpedoing of Montana could create a pretext. Fascist outlets depict Roosevelt as coercing a reluctant American people toward war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Giovanni Ansaldo
Galeazzo Ciano
Leghorn
Il Telegrafo
Russia
England
SL Lavoro Fascista
Greer
Montana
Iceland
May Continues Debate On Petroleum Emergency and Steel Pipeline
Ickes accused critics of gross incompetence after a committee report and warned they may have to eat their words in six months. He suggested a hearing and indicated plans to push for priorities from the supply priorities and allocation board for about 430,000 tons of steel to build an $80 million Texas to Philadelphia New York area pipeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
Texas
Philadelphia New York
Battle updates from Eastern Front near Bryansk and Desna
Soviet dispatches report heavy missile and naval action in the Baltic Sea battle as northern Red fleet speedboats sink a German transport and coast guard vessel. The Bryansk rail hub fight costs Germans thousands of officers and hundreds of tanks and vehicles. Russian forces pursue west of the Desna after a failed blitzkrieg plan to seize Bryansk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battic Sea
Communnique
Bryansk
Smolensk
Labour
Moscow
Kiev
Desna River
Trubchevsk
Submarines and German-Talking Crews at Dakar Alarm Capetown Sailors
Two Danish sailors, Kurt Nielson and Carl Peterson, reached Capetown after escaping a Dakar prison ship in June 1940. They report 15 German-speaking crews aboard French subs in Dakar harbor, which also hosts the Richelieu and other French warships. They say Allied ships were held there, with about 30 vessels at the time of their escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakar
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Kurt Nielson
Carl Peterson
Bert
Edward W. Myers
Robin Moos
Iun
South Atlantic
Richelieu
Gloire
Georges Leygues
Montcalm
Nielson
Peterson
Russians Repel German Assault Near Bryansk and Smolensk
Soviet forces concentrated on Bryansk and Smolensk fronts repelled German tank corps and infantry, destroying hundreds of enemy armor and guns. advances continued near Desna and Setolovo as Red army counterattacks broke through divisions while air battles near Leningrad Kiev and Odessa persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryansk
Red Army
Red Air Force
Orsha
Mogilev
Roslavl
Smolensk
Moscow
Trubcheysk
Desna
Gomel
Setolovo
Yelnya
Izvestia
Stalin
Kiev
Leningrad
Seamen Strike Over War Bonuses Hits Shipping
Seafarers' International Union ordered a strike affecting ships bound for axis and allied ports over war bonuses. In New York Harbor three Alcoa ships and the Evangeline could not sail. Bermuda bound sailing on the Evangeline postponed to Sept 18. Union seeks higher pay, reported as $259 for crew on war zone routes, with additional per port adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union
International Union of North America
AFL
New York Harbor
Alcoa Steamship Company
West Indies
Evangeline
Gulf Coast
John Hawk
England
J. F. Neal
Alcoa Line
Bermuda
Hawk
William A. McKay
Baltimore
Four Paroled Raleigh Prisoners Backend
Governor Broughton paroled four state prisoners today. Tommy Rowell, convicted in Halifax in June 1938 of carnal knowledge and sentenced to eight to 10 years. Jethro Butler, six months to 24 months for assault with a deadly weapon and burglary. John L. Searcey, reckless driving in Rockingham County last June and five months. William Haynes, abandonment and non support last August and 12 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Broughton
Tommy Rowell
Halifax
Jethro Butler
Duplin
John L. Searcey
Rockingham County
William Haynes
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