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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1943
Page
8
Draft Board Five urges registrants to hold their jobs until induction is certain. Inductees receive a 21 day furlough in the army and seven days in the navy after acceptance. Unemployed men are advised to register with state employment service before duty. Travel light and carry identification on luggage.
North Carolina and South Carolina tobacco farmers face smaller crops due to weather and labor shortages. The War Food Administration may buy about 335 million pounds of the 1943 flue-cured crop for export, with Palmetto men estimating roughly 42 percent of the South Carolina harvest. Farmers fear the OPA ceiling will cut profits, while N. C. expert W. P. Hedrick notes the 40 cent top limit understates income gains amid rising costs.
The piece reports heavy Allied bombardment of Hamburg with civilian casualties high and estimates of 200,000 killed from a Danish consular source, plus 30,500 killed, wounded, or missing as the assault continues. It notes fears of total destruction and possible evacuation toward Berlin. It also mentions damage to the Romanian oil field by American forces threatening Hitler’s oil supply.
The Red Army failure to halt the German advance is noted as fierce clashes north and northwest of Orel with estimated 2,000 German dead. Russians claim large German losses south of Orel and say supplies and undamaged Tiger tanks are captured. A Donets basin victory is also reported as Nazis halt southwest of Voroshilovgrad after five days of intense fighting.
The article states that reopening the Burma Road depends on a successful Mediterranean campaign. It argues Burma must be reached via Rangoon with a major amphibious assault requiring vast naval support, making air and ground operations against Japan feasible from China next year.
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Frontline observers report heavy Allied air and ground actions around Adrano and Catania with 80 enemy trucks destroyed and 100 damaged. RAF bombers strike Naples while British and Canadian divisions press the Etna front and seize Centurive, near five miles from the Adrano Catania road, amid fierce German resistance.
In Chicago the county clerk charges 1 for certified birth certificates while city hall’s board of health sells them for 50 cents to residents born in the city. Both offices report strong demand and brisk business under the new state law.
A Reuters Stockholm dispatch reports that Adolf Hitler's health is described as very bad by Hitler’s physicians. The Bern correspondent of NYA Dagligt Allehanda says Heinrich Himmler sought a true medical report after Hitler appeared often apathetic and depressed.
After a 13 month national tour the all soldier cast of This Is the Army returns to CAMP UPTON New York to complete military training. Major Simon P Ambraz led the cast which received a warm reception with a parade and Welcome Home signs as units are formed for overseas service.
Dr. Orville S. Walters president of Central College will serve as house physician at Wesley hospital in Wichita five days a week and will remain college president on weekends. He takes up the new duties immediately in McPherson Kansas.
In Venice California Tommy Dean Brink age 8 and John A Ferrara age 7 played a game described as commando with an old icebox used as a fox hole. Six hours later Tommy's four year old brother discovered them inside and side-suffocated, prompting a fatal incident investigation.
The forecast notes continued warmth across North Carolina and South Carolina this afternoon tonight and into Thursday forenoon with above average temperatures and dry conditions.
Washington August 4 The Army cancels the all wood Curtiss C 76 Caravan and Higgins contracts replacing them with all metal Curtiss C 46 Commando orders. Aluminum output rising meets metal plane needs while wood shortages curb wood plane use. The program valued near 400 million dollars.
Senator Wheeler D Montana criticizes the selective service proposal for drafting pre Pearl Harbor fathers after October 1. He argues the move serves Russia politically and clashes with congressional sentiment, noting his bill to defer fathers until 1944 and Kilday bill support.
Thomasville reports C. S. Callahan of 613 Bridges Street High Point will be tried for assault and kidnapping in Thomasville court Friday. Rev N F Britt Baptist minister says Callahan assaulted his 10 year old son and kidnapped him, with the boy missing 36 hours before authorities acted.
Australian Army Minister Francis Forde reports to the Red Cross that 10 166 Australian soldiers are prisoners of war in Japanese custody including 898 officers. A Tokyo broadcast claims 3 321 Australians held but unconfirmed. 9 995 others are listed as missing with 234 officers. In Wichita, identifications by footprints confirm twin infants Evelyn Dale and Flame Gail To.
Blondie resumes with a bold new period piece featuring trusted allies and a dramatic setup. Key figures and locations are implied as the scene unfolds, indicating a pivotal moment for the ongoing saga and its cast.
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