12 Apr 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1943
Page
1
Charles Molony reports that thousands of men who became fathers between summer 1941 and September 15 last year are now classified as deferred due to family status. Local boards must record fathers whose children were born before September 15, and these men cannot be drafted until further orders.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve a super tax on high salaries as part of war financing. He allowed the debt ceiling rise to pass without his signature, criticizing riders that tied salary limits to unrelated measures. The article details changes to draft deferments and new classifications affecting farmers, dependents, and essential workers under the nine month old system.
Moscow dispatch notes spring thaw slows major front operations and shifts focus to air war. Capt. Molodchy led bombers over Berlin in 1943 and sent a message to Stalin. Soviet air raids expected to continue as mud restricts ground fighting. Belgorod trenches captured. Balakleya sees renewed German assaults while Donets river positions hold. Western front scouting disrupts German fortifications and small enemy groups. Local raids extend south of Lake Ladoga and near the Kuban bridgehead.
Washington April 12 The Ways and Means Committee refused 16 to 9 to delay reciprocal trade legislation until a new pay as you go tax bill is ready for the House. Rep Reed led nine Republicans in a motion to reopen the tax issue after Hull testified. Democrats opposed reopening citing global impact of extension. Republicans pressed for a vote on the Rum plan to skip one income tax year for 44 million taxpayers.
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced a new Japanese aerial offensive in the Southwest Pacific after a 45-plane raid on Oro Bay south of Buna New Guinea. Twenty three planes were shot down in a heavy clash, with two direct hits on a 2 000 ton Allied merchant ship beached. Allied losses deemed insignificant while Japan claimed major sinkings in Guadalcanal actions.
The Allied initiative across fronts limits Nazi moves as Hitler readies for summer operations. Russians eye a dry ground offensive, while Allies plan strikes in Italy Balkans or Western Europe and intensify air attacks on France. The question remains whether Hitler can extract himself from the growing strategic squeeze.
General Marshall urges Americans to finance the war effort through war bonds. He compares home front sacrifices to soldiers overseas, noting planes, tanks, guns, ships, and other material wear out, are lost, or destroyed, and emphasizes that vast sums of money are required for victory. He calls on citizens to buy their share of war bonds.
Washington April 12. The government launches its greatest war bond drive to raise 13 billion dollars quickly. Volunteers canvass for signatures while media promote the effort coast to coast. Bonds are an investment backed by the government and help curb inflation, with three weeks targeted for the initial fundraising. Banks may take five billion, businesses about 2.5 billion, and citizens total around 2 billion.
Secretary of State Hull urged renewal of the reciprocal trade agreements law to show the United States will cooperate with other nations in peace as well as war. He told the House Ways and Means Committee that repudiation or curtailment would signal a retreat from wartime commitments and weaken ties with allied powers. Hull noted 27 countries have trade agreements, with only Finland at war with Allies. sixteen siding with the United States, six opposing Axis, and four remaining neutral.
Southern governors and other state representatives plan a weekend conference in Atlanta to discuss postwar issues and potential political discussions tied to the 1944 presidential election. Speakers include Governors Arnald Georgia Jones Louisiana Broughton North Carolina Johnston South Carolina and University of Alabama president Paty. Each state will send key officials and legislators are invited. MERCHANT VESSEL SUNK. The Navy says a small British merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in March off the northern coast of South America. Survivors were landed in Miami Florida.
Allied forces push from Sousse toward Tunis as British Eighth Army seizes Sousse and First Army drives through Kairouan plain. German tanks destroyed near Kairouan and Sfax, with 41 enemy planes downed by US and British air forces. Capri of the Tunisian coast narrows to Tunis and Bizerte as prisoners taken and lines tighten along the coast.
A 1941 column notes a quiet shift in medical care as many younger doctors join the Army this year. With three-fifths of doctors abroad, civilians rely on older physicians, raising patient self care and preventive measures. Public health efforts in milk, water, sewage, mosquito control, and education become vital as doctors work overtime to meet demand.
In Kairouan Tunisia Allied troops entered the mosque city amid welcoming crowds. Arabs and French residents cheered while Jews removed German star badges. German wreckage included wells water systems and the electric plant. The British and American forces advanced northward past the city, turning to cut retreat routes as loyal residents described the German destruction. About 500 prisoners were reported as the British tanks continued toward the grand dorsal range.
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler and Premier Mussolini concluded a four day conference amid stark Axis threats including Africa expulsions and a potential Allied invasion. They pledged to annihilate future dangers in the European African area as they weigh bombing New York.
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