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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1943
Page
2
The region sees little temperature change tonight with warmer conditions in the mountains on Sunday. South Carolina matches a mostly steady tone with cooler pockets in the far south and a warmer Sunday, while Georgia notes minor tonight shifts with cooler extreme southeast areas and a warmer Sunday.
Winston-Salem April 24 AP Mrs Callie Alben of Hendersonville was elected secretary of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle of North Carolina at the convention. Officers named include Mrs Kate Cooper advisor Mrs Rubie Carroll secretary and others. Reports on activities and installations filled the afternoon. A banquet with Judge Barrington T Hill of Salisbury as toastmaster preceded the closing Easter breakfast. chromium nickel stainless steel note follows.
United States soldiers in England will hold Easter services in Hyde Park with thousands of British allies. The 8th Air Force and other units will feature Protestant and Catholic services led by chaplains, complemented by an outdoor sermon by Methodist Bishop Adna Wright Leonard.
Bomb scarred yet imposing London hosts Vesper services with top city officers in attendance as the event is broadcast to the United States, signaling wartime solidarity and strategic morale efforts.
Brown's announcement indicates the order will keep a small differential between the maximum prices charged by small independent stores and chains or large independents. The exact differential amount was not disclosed.
A cryptic announcement sparks guesses about Erwin Rommel's status after his disappearance. Three scenarios circulate: recalled to defend Italy and its islands, fallen from Hitler’s favor, or wounded or dead. The report notes Rommel's ties to Hitler and the impact on the Africa Corps is profound.
Soviet air and ground actions disrupted German supply and rail hubs along the Caucasus front. Allied dispatches note heavy German losses of thousands of troops and hundreds of planes after blunt thrusts near Novorossiysk, the Kuban delta, and the Baltic coast. Red Army bombers hit Insterburg, causing fires and explosions at a major railway junction and depot complex, while German reports claim minimal losses for Russia’s heavy air raids.
Allied forces under Patton reported marching seven miles northeast of Beja along the Beja Mateur road after swift moves from El Guetar. British First Army and Montgomery’s Eighth Army pressed from west and east with heavy air and ground attacks. American and British units seized key hills and positions including Djebel Mrata, Ain Chouna, Amel, and Long Stop Hill, while Allied air forces struck airfields and logistic targets with minimal losses.
Treasury says the Democratic plan would remit 4.4 million of 1942 levies, leaving about 5.6 billion in obligations for the year. Rep Knutson of Minnesota predicts a minority report on the plan and says the plan could pass quickly in a heavy rain. Republicans seek to avoid forcing record votes as showdown nears in a week.
Lehman reports satisfaction after talks with British and Allied officials on relief and rehabilitation for countries to be freed from the Axis. He notes encouragement and sympathy for the undertaking, while his son serves as a U S fighter pilot. News from the Tunisian front and Malta convoy updates accompany the report.
The article reports a winter offensive with German raids on Rostov Krasnodar and Kursk failing to gain ground while claiming Germans lost 285 aircraft. It notes the enemy air fleet remains powerful and a key asset for German command despite losses.
U S Airmen report renewed attacks on Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands with three grounded planes set ablaze at Munda New Georgia. Operations on Kiska in the Aleutians appear limited by weather as air raids pause for a second day.
New York April 24 explosion aboard an ammo laden ship caused a fire and its sinking off Bayonne New Jersey after being towed from Jersey City to a point between the Jersey and New York shores. Police warned water front residents to open windows slightly and stay away from them as fireboats and police launches aided efforts. The ship sank by 9 15 p m Eastern War Time with details withheld.
The Navy reports a medium United States merchant vessel torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in early March. Survivors arrived in New York. In May 800 books were sent to sailors in Sitka, Alaska, and the library has been replenished twice since.
An Associated Press poll indicates at least 40 U S senators would vote to renew the reciprocal trade agreements program without change, 19 oppose or seek major amendments, with 37 undecided or unreachable. The authority expires June 12 and no public compromise move has been made. The program allows tariffs to fall up to 50 percent in exchange for reciprocal reductions by foreign nations under MFN principles.
Raleigh April 24 Governor Broughton asks North Carolinians to observe Family Week May 29 sponsored by churches and the Office of Civilian Defense He says religious faith resources must be mobilized to help families cope with war related separations anxieties privations and bereavements.
In Haifa Palestine on April 24 an air raid warning sounded and the Royal Air Force engaged hostile aircraft. One enemy plane was destroyed and another damaged. No bombs were reported dropped on the port city.
REYKJAVIK Iceland April 24 American fighters shot down a German reconnaissance plane over Western Iceland today US Army headquarters announced Reykjavik was on air raid alert for 25 minutes Exact time of sunset at the Naval Academy is set by the admiral per an old Navy custom.
Paul Steed, a Black man, was unconscious with a fractured skull and serious head injuries after being struck on Hoover Street by a hit and run driver. He suffered numerous bruises as police searched for the fleeing motorist, with hospital informants reporting the injuries and condition.
Funeral services for Mrs Flora A Davis 78 widow of C W Davis will be held Monday at 3 PM from Abbott's Creek Missionary Baptist Church with Rev B A Mitchell Rev T W Bray Rev E F Mumford and Elder V V Williard in charge. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be returned to the late residence Sunday morning.
In a Hull church yard Metropolitan Nikolai led services from 11 30 pm to 7 am as American and British victories in Tunisia were radio proclaimed. The crowd, largest since the revolution, included children and old men with Red Army soldiers seen among the throngs. Air raid shelters are offered on time payments in Hull.
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