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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1942
Page
2
The forecast calls for considerably cooler conditions Sunday across North Carolina with cooler air spreading into South Carolina and Georgia. Skies may be partly cloudy with seasonal temperatures and light winds reducing humidity.
The officer commanded an infantry regiment in Potsdam in 1931 then led the second cavalry division. He rose to commanding general of an army corps in the new German army, retired in 1938, returned at the outbreak of hostilities, and played key roles in the Polish campaign southern breakthrough, the western campaign where he earned the Knight's Cross in May 1940, and the Balkan campaign in spring 1941.
Iowa opened the 1942 football season at home in Iowa City with a 26 to 7 victory over Washington University of St. Louis. Scoring once per quarter, the Hawkeyes were guided by Tommy Farmer’s precise right arm as a slim crowd of about 8,200 watched sporadic bursts of good football, while the Bears fought hard and challenged late in the final quarter.
Red Star reports heavy US and German pressure around Stalingrad. German attacks on Mozdok fail with tanks lost. Russian forces hold the Volga city while Siberian reinforcements bolster defense. Stalingrad frontline fighting rages with intense bombardment and urban combat as Germans fail to gain key heights.
Conde Nast, 68, prominent publisher of Vogue and House and Garden and head of Conde Nast Press in Greenwich, Connecticut, died at his home following a brief illness. He led a major magazine empire and shaped early 20th century publishing.
Raleigh dispatch reports Mary Weal alias Mary Gardner, previously convicted of first degree murder in Forsyth County, has been placed on death row today. The case marks a continuing legal process following the verdict and reflects ongoing capital punishment procedures in the state.
Minneapolis story details Leighton and Robert Wilkie guiding four brothers in expanding machine tool output with the Do-All machine. They subsidized vitamins to workers, built a free trade school, educated 100,000 readers with a history calendar, and prepared four postwar products with blueprints ready for continued production.
The report describes Japanese sea and air movements near Guadalcanal in August and September, including a large late August thrust from the northeast and subsequent Allied repulses. It notes screening operations by lighter units, a major enemy effort last weekend, and that land fighting has limited to minor patrols and skirmishes with supplies and reinforcements reaching U. S. Marines.
Compulsory support for the President frames a twofold mission for navy and marine personnel. The speaker urges total effort to strengthen unity and to build a postwar world avoiding future bloodshed. Knox flags Axis submarines as a major UN problem while seeing eventual relief. McNutt touts compulsory industrial service as wartime necessity, noting disruptions when employers lure workers and discrimination against Black workers hinders full mobilization.
London reports a sudden shift of bomber operations to overnight sea mine laying and a wartime order to evacuate civilians from a large area in eastern Yorkshire opposite Helgoland Bight. Simultaneously Belgian reports say Ostend families are being moved with some given only three hours to depart as German sabotage worries rise near West Flanders.
In Washington on September 19, a Republican caucus of 23 senators announced unified support for the price and wage stabilization bill after amendments in the banking committee. Some members signaled intent to vote for floor passage, while Senator Bankhead pressed for floor consideration of a parity formula revision to include farm labor costs, a proposal tied to a 4.6 percent upward adjustment. The plan currently bases parity on prices of farm outputs relative to goods farmers buy, reflecting a 1909-14 relationship.
New York public reaction swirls after George asks Mayor La Guardia to curb his father’s gambling. The mayor invites tips from children, prompting editorials and letters comparing the move to police spying. Critics warn of slippery ethics, while some celebrate a civic duty for kids and families.
Legion candidate Col. Roane Waring of Memphis Tennessee looms as the sole contender for national commander at the American Legion gathering in Kansas City on Monday.
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