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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1943
Page
6
North Carolina shows occasional drizzle or light rain this afternoon and near the coast tonight with cool, slightly lower temperatures. South Carolina expects rain and drizzle this afternoon into early tonight with cooler temperatures near the coast. Charlotte notes 24 hour official records up to 8:30 a m EWT.
The wartime column recalls Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday crowds in Moscow and notes chaplain Capt. Taggart says religion grows among soldiers in combat zones. It emphasizes mail from home as key to morale, recounting a mailless soldier gaining hope by reading a friend's letter. Moral: write often.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower headquarters reports American troops pressed the enemy in Tunisian hill country. Attacks were successful with several miles of advance and notable staff work moving forces quickly and secretly between sectors as El Guetar concluded and preparations for the final phase began.
Allied forces under Patton moved along the Tunisian front advancing through difficult mountains and brush. American and British units seized key hills including Djebel Ain Chouna Djebel Amel Long Stop Hill and Djebel Ahmera while repelling German counterattacks and destroying tanks as air attacks targeted enemy positions and supply lines.
American bombers and fighters attacked Munda air base in the Central Solomons silencing anti-aircraft weapons and burning three grounded planes. They also hit Vila and Kahili, with a night raid on Kahili and a Rekata Bay assault on Santa Isabel Island.
Mrs Flora A Davis 78 widow of C W Davis Abbott's Creek dies at Kernersville Route One after three years of declining health and ten days critical condition. Born December 29 1864 in Davidson County she lived in Abbott's Creek and belonged to Abbott's Creek Missionary Baptist Church for 65 years. Survived by four sons three daughters including Floy Royals and Rob S Hudson and B J Hayworth, fifteen grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements to be announced as body remains at Koonce Funeral Home.
Reports from Pravda and Red Star describe heavy Luftwaffe raids failing to shift the front as Soviet long range bombers and marines strike back. Soviet air losses are cited as light by German claims, while Red Star notes marines aiding Kuban counterattacks and possible Black Sea landings.
Elmer Davis states in a radio broadcast that U S casualties from the November 7 landing in North Africa are not expected to exceed twelve thousand. He notes War Department tallies over ten thousand with additional losses yet unreported and cites roughly five thousand lost in Morocco and Algeria and about ten thousand killed, wounded, or missing in Tunisian operations.
The note lists showtimes for several theaters and films. Center Pittsburgh shows DVD style times for Dawn of The Great Divide, Sliver Queen, and Arizona Terrors with multiple daily slots. IBROADHURST and FARAMOUNT are mentioned as theater names with respective film timetables.
Mrs. Dora Bell Sink wife of J E Sink of Thomasville Route One died at her home just before noon after months of illness. Born July 21 1889 in Davidson County she was the daughter of the late J Hugh and Serena Mot Singer Cecil. Surviving are her husband two sisters Mrs J L Sink of Thomasville Route One and Mrs J L Kennedy one brother Asbury Cecil of Thomasville Route Two and her mother Mrs J Hugh Cecil of Thomasville Route Two. Funeral arrangements were incomplete today pending relatives arrival.
Berlin reports in Der Bund say German papers back Japan's executions of American airmen while Nazis may not replicate. Reuters notes Axis dispatches suggest Germany and Italy might follow Japan. A Swiss quote says Germany will retaliate for cries against territory when fit. Roosevelt holds first aboard ship divine service as commander in chief.
Descriptions of casualties estimate more than thirty thousand prisoners in Tunisia with likely at least as many killed or wounded, signaling a severe humanitarian impact and ongoing conflict.
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