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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1943
Page
8
A mixed pattern brings slightly cooler air to North and South Carolina this afternoon. Skies remain partly sunny with only modest temperature changes, as patchy clouds drift through the region. Tonight and Saturday forenoon trend cooler with lighter winds and gradual warming into the weekend.
The Boy Scout council approved buying 22 acres adjoining Uwharrie Camp to support expansion plans. The year’s budget of 18957.98 was adopted for the ensuing year with an expanded scouting program and revised bylaws for inter racial activities and larger divisional committees.
The Kiwanis Club met at the Sheraton Hotel at 12 15 pm led by W J Fraley. Committees reported with names including Dr W L Jackson E C Cridlebaugh J A Johnson L C Matton Dr C S Grayson H B Bell Walter F Hester T W Sprinkle T Gibson and others. Delegates elected to the Kiwanis International district convention at Durham October 13 14 were Lee Schaner W J Fraley and Charlie Perry with alternates Walter Hester Lawton Duttom and Jonathan Hawkins. Visitors included Lt C W Butts Lt George Stewart Maj Roy E Shelton and Capt S E Holt. Stewart won the attendance prize.
Gasoline ration stamps totaling 400 gallons were stolen from the Southern Oil Company office last night. Police report a broken window was entered through the glass and the scene yielded no fingerprints or clues. No arrests have been made.
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt returns from a five week tour of the South Pacific war theater and greets Lieut. Col. James Roosevelt as she alights from a trans continental plane. The First Lady appears rested and strong as she embraces her son after the long journey.
Guilford superior court opens two terms this week with Judge Gwyn presiding over a one week criminal term featuring eight lottery charges and Judge Grady in the civil term handling about a score of divorce cases. The grand jury revisits city hall amid police audit calls as officials discuss reform and a murder case at the Greensboro airport lingers over progress.
Rail workers at Pacific Electric Railway walked out paralyzing trains and buses across the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Five thousand six hundred workers struck despite Roosevelt's conciliation efforts. Private cars aided mobility as military officials monitored negotiations for a wage increase and possible government takeover remained unconfirmed.
Allied efforts in the Salerno area continue with reinforcements arriving via the Straits of Messina as the Eighth Army is supplied. Air operations target enemy troop movements and road junctions around Cancello Avellino and Vento. German forces retreat north from Corsica with Bonifacio and Porto Vecchio under Allied control as air units deter German evacuation attempts.
Funeral services for OD Pace age 67 who died at his home on Connor Street were held Thursday at 1 30 pm from Highland Methodist Church. Rev S W Johnson led the service with the church choir accompanying and Nan DeMarco singing. Pallbearers included W F Childress Harris Callicut Walter Upton Miller Dunlap Clyde Bristow and Riley George. Interment followed in Floral Garden Cemetery.
Allied forces in the Lae Salamaua area claim 40 Japanese planes down and five more destroyed, with only three Allied planes lost and one pilot saved. HQ notes no Allied ships damaged and no passengers injured as Australian troops and American paratroopers pursue 600 Japanese into jungle above Lae. Preliminary tallies show over 6,300 enemy soldiers slain since July 1 with larger totals anticipated.
In late September 1943 Red Army forces crossed the Vorskla under heavy artillery fire as fog cloaked the river. German defenses stiffened the assault while Soviet engineers built floating bridges. Poltava remained a key German stronghold in southern Ukraine as other Red Army columns pressed toward Dnieper.
Auction sale ordered under a 1943 judgment for foreclosure of street assessment liens. City of High Point Guilford County will sell parcels at 11:00 AM on October 7, 1945, at City Hall front door, for cash or terms not less than 10 percent and up to 35 months, with lots described by Willowbrook Grimes Streets and Vail Street. Arnold J. Koonce, Commissioner.
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