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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1942
Page
2
Gerson notes uncontrolled foods climbed 40 percent annually while controlled goods dropped about 0.32 cent in July to August. Henderson cites butter up 8 percent and eggs up 12 percent in the same period, warning ongoing inflation harms morale and the war effort.
Prime Minister John Curtin disclosed that only two plane spotters were on duty in all of Sydney two weekends ago. He warned Australians that defeating Japan would require civilian sacrifice and that the next six months could be among the most dangerous in the nation’s history. Allied raids on Japanese New Guinea bases paused briefly while bombers hit two small enemy cargo ships near Saumlaki in the Tanimbar Islands. Pacific fleet headquarters reported 450 Japanese prisoners taken during U S Marine landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, with captives removed from the areas.
North and South Carolina face little temperature change tonight while Georgia expects minimal warmth with showers tonight and over the western portion this afternoon as conditions shift subtly across the region.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah B. MecFarling age 69 widow of J H McFarling were held Monday at 4 30 pm from Koonce Funeral Home chapel. Rev A C Lovelace of West End Baptist Church officiated with Mr and Mrs R G Barrowe Mrs Vernon Coffey Mrs T H Biles singing with Miss Mary Ella Coffey at piano. Pallbearers were Jack Steele C A Powell Lynn Dorsett Elmo Hobbs Frank Smith Ira Hobbs. Interment followed at Springfield Cemetery.
The fleet announced prisoners from Guadalcanal were shocked by humane treatment. The report notes many expected death, praised medical care and clothing, and claimed the capture marks a first step to balance prior losses at Wake, Guam, and Bataan. It hopes Japanese reaction to humane handling will be watched.
The Fulton-Davis reunion will be held at Salem Chapel Church on Sunday, September 20, featuring an all-day program of music and talks plus fellowship. A dinner will be served on the church grounds.
City council in regular session tomorrow will consider a $5 monthly salary increase for five city employees, chosen by the Finance and Public Works committee, plus beverage license approvals and bids for police uniforms. The increases affect five pump operators in the public utility department, with replacements to offset costs.
Germany issued a message commemorating Sept. 15, 1940, noting the RAF and anti aircraft gunners shot down 185 German planes over Britain and the English Channel. The message replied to a tribute by Lieutenant General H. H. Arnold, who said the RAF deeds two years earlier turned the tide of war and made the final United Nations victory possible.
Russian communique says a German tank formation breached another Russian town in the Central Caucasus while under attack from a Soviet elite unit aiming to annihilate it. In three days of fighting, about 1000 Germans were wiped out or disabled, many tanks and guns destroyed, with 15 guns and 1 tank captured. Red Star dispatch notes Axis reinforcements and air power increased at Stalingrad.
Blandy notes dramatic improvements in ship anti aircraft equipment over the past year and expects it to be twice as effective next year with fleetwide deployment. Secretary Knox credits ordnance chiefs for avoiding naval bottlenecks. The Pacific challenge remains supply lines, with Marines at Guadalcanal and Tulagi needing sustained food ammo and logistics despite poor unloading facilities.
P Lee Smith district manager for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company received a Thirty Years service emblem honoring three decades of service.
Mrs Maxine Garner of Liberty, a Phi Beta Kappa UNC Woman’s College graduate (1959), will direct religious activities at Alma Mater. A former college paper editor, she has worked with The Biblical Recorder Baptist group and taught in Roanoke Rapids since graduation. She succeeds Miss Helen Bovxd, who resigned to become dean of women at Elon College.
Vichy Madagascar scene reports Gov. Armand Annett saying the situation is extreme gravity as British columns advance toward Tananarive. A South African motorized column from Majunga captured Antsiafabosira after Maevatanana, 150 miles by road from the capital. French resistance continues despite difficult mountain terrain. No land moves reported from Morondava or Ambanja.
The article claims Nazi Germany faces labor shortages as German workers are exhausted. It asserts Hitler moves Russian peasants to Germany in box cars to serve as slaves in factories and farms, describing the regime as a devil to be defeated.
A column by Roberta Lee discusses avoiding slang and using proper English, notes handwritten wedding invitations are acceptable while engraved ones are preferable, and suggests a single guest bring candy or flowers when invited to a married couple's home, especially if he cannot reciprocate a dinner invitation.
A quiz by A C Gordon asks about typing keys solder metals illiteracy rates lifting strength and MacAdam roads. Answers note 42 keys, lead and tin, about 50 percent illiterate, women's strength about half a man's, and John Loudon MacAdam as the inventor.
Chicago Sept. 15 butter receipts 102717 firm prices from the Chicago price current show creamery 93 score 43 43 43, 92 42 54, 91 42 41, 90 42 40, 89 41 40. Centralized carrots 42 13. Eggs receipts 9767 firm fresh graded extra firsts local 36, cars 36 2. firsts local 34 12, cars 35. Other prices unchanged.
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