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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1943
Page
8
North Carolina sees occasional rain showers with warmer early night and colder air moving into the mountains late tonight or early tomorrow. South Carolina reports intermittent showers this afternoon with a warming trend tonight.
Dispatches describe guerrilla forces breaking a siege to regain rail control from Sarajevo to Ra and clashing with Ustachi. The text includes city ordinances from High Point North and West streets establishing taxi stands and army officer parking and a hearing for a motor vehicle carrier franchise by Community Transit Lines on May 11 1943.
British and American forces press a pincers move along the Tunisian front anchored by Enfidaville Bou Ficha and Bou Arada Goubellat corridor. Air operations by Boston Mitchells Kittyhawks Spitfires strike Axis transports and airfields while reports recount fierce fighting on hills east of Bou Arada and in Medjez el Bab as Allied leaders seek to intensify pressure.
A Norfolk and Western railway veteran and Railway Trainmen member reports renewed strength after using Dr Foster's L-K. He details long runny indigestion, gas, nerves, constipation, headaches, and muscle pain, saying L-K improved digestion, sleep, energy, and overall health. L-K sells for 97 cents at leading drug stores.
The page lists cinema showtimes for several theaters including Pittsburgh Bradhurst Paramount and Rialto. Titles shown include Dawn of The Great Divide Sliver Queen and Arizona Terrore with multiple daily slots from early afternoon to late evening.
George P. McNear Jr., president of the government operated Toledo Peoria and Western railroad, testifies before the House Military Committee that the government has inaugurated featherbedding in its management. He claims wasteful personnel and cites a million workers nationwide affected while Congress considers anti featherbedding and anti supervisory union rules for wartime. He blames aggressive unions and dues for keeping workers from speaking out. The hearings wrap up after four weeks as lawmakers draft a single broad measure.
The ruling limits price changes for meals and forbids reductions in quality or quantity without price cuts during the seven day base period. Separate weekday and Sunday ceilings apply to breakfasts through suppers with penalties for violations under the Washington DPA order signed ten days ago.
The article argues for immediate use of military courts to try war crimes and atrocities. It notes Allied demands on Holland over extradition of the ex emperor were rejected, and predicts swift military justice for leaders like Tojo and Hitler. It warns of possible increased Nazi brutality and reports on poison gas threats on the Russian front.
Patterson says American daylight raids over Germany divert German planes from the Russian and Tunisian fronts and cripple Nazi war industries. He notes increased enemy fighter resistance as proof of success. An anonymous letter to the secretary claims two years ago partnership without work, now sending back money.
Thomasville April 23 Hampton C. Vestal 60 dies at City Memorial Hospital after a stroke Monday He worked for Thomasville Chair Company He was born Feb 1 1883 in Chatham County Surviving wife Hazel Swicegood two sons Hampton C Vestal Jr and Joseph Richard a daughter Joyce Anne Vestal a brother Herbert O Vestal of Mt Vernon Springs two sisters Sallie Vestal Ramseur and Mrs J C Pritchard of Ramseur The body remains at Greene Funeral Home until 10 am Saturday then to his residence 317 Cemetery Street Arrangements incomplete.
The Tokyo command warns that crews captured after raids on April 18 may face military court and death or severe penalties for cruel inhuman acts. Hori notes Japan notified the United States last February that capital punishment was imposed on some captured airmen and insists prisoners of war must be treated humanely unless the enemy also acts humanely.
Legislators described a carefully planned escape on April 16 by ten isolated men. They used a spoon to fashion a master key, overpowered a guard, and moved through an elevator to the first floor. The group took control of the switchboard, released prisoners, and armed sentries. Fifteen joined, the mess hall feast followed, the master switch cut power, and they seized a prison truck and an official’s car before fleeing.
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