16 Aug 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1943
Page
1
British heavy bombers struck Milan turning the night into an air raid. RAF Mosquitoes bombed Berlin as the Air Ministry announced.
Four Red Army divisions pressed from the captured Karachev position on the 26 mile road to Bryansk after severing the last escape line for trapped Nazi troops in the Orel Salient. Nazis counterattacks arose as the Soviets extended their advance.
The War Today column notes scarce good weather for Allied invasion of France as Roosevelt and Churchill plan in Quebec. It warns of continued fighting, air force limits, and the need to time operations with the Red drive while Mediterranean assets edge toward autumn constraints. Pravda reports Karachev fell and Kharkov battles intensify as Soviet forces push through forests and sever Axis lines near Bryansk.
The Enterprise runs Jimmy Hatlo’s humorous panel They’ll Do It Everytime beginning today for reader amusement. Fans can send ideas to Hatlo who may turn them into cartoon jokes on page two.
Ten white men from Mecklenburg county escaped from the Richmond county prison camp near here last night. They saved their cell bars for the getaway and were not missed until morning roll call. Names and sentences include Vernon Ledbetter 28 three months assault John Remter 30 six months assault on wife Everett Norwood 20 twelve months larceny and hotel law violation J C Blockers 18 two years breaking entering larceny Charlie Pepper 20 eighteen months larceny of automobile Paul Kiser 22 two years hit run and involuntary manslaughter Clyde Williams 34 thirteen months two counts drunkenness Luther Hager 17 twelve months larceny Jake Lee Newell 20 two years housebreaking larceny Arthur Parker Jr 28 twelve months non-support.
Vichy radio says Allied planes attacked Paris for half an hour this morning. Two sections in the Paris area suffered heavy damage with numerous casualties.
Navy bulletin reports six U S warships sunk in Allied sea offensives against Axis submarines over May to July. The loss list includes the submarines Pickerel and Redwing rescue vessel and craft Maddox Plymouth PC496 Sentinel, raising total American warships reported sunk or overdue to 110 since the war began.
London reports more than 100 two ton bombs hit Milan last night with fires still burning 24 hours after they began. Neutral sources describe city in panic as air ministry confirms the raid.
The air ministry reported Mosquito bombings on Berlin and allied minelaying in enemy waters. Fighter commands targeted France and the Low Countries, with one enemy aircraft destroyed and several raid losses. Portsmouth suffered the heaviest assault in two years as German raids caused casualties.
Soviet authorities and allied correspondents witnessed the unearthing of a mass grave at Orel prison where about 5 000 bodies were said to be German victims, mostly red army soldiers starved or shot behind the prison walls. Medical specialists examined the corpses as part of an official atrocity inquiry.
Italians in Milan march through the burning ruins in a dawn protest for peace. Reported from CHASSO near the Swiss border say crowds ignored guards, shouted against the war, and demanded an end to hostilities.
Allied headquarters report 48 Japanese aircraft shot down in the Southwest Pacific as air power grows under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The tally includes 23 bombers with Allied losses under five planes and up to three pilots. The day featured strikes on Balikpapan and operations around Komiatum Lae Bougainville Vila and New Britain.
American and British forces entered Randazzo Sicily after a four day siege as German defenders fled. Capt Leroy Floriana of Michigan led infantry through ruined streets with bayo nets ready and American patrols moved in after bridges were detonated and roads booby trapped. Residents cheered as Nazis retreated and townsfolk witnessed the destruction and relief in this mountain stronghold near Mt Etna.
Jacksonville August 16 two Belgrade youths Wayne Smith and Nobe Humphrey both 17 drowned while swimming in Queens Creek near Swansboro. Two companions Percy Huffman and Wilbur Robinson survived.
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after three days of talks with Prime Minister Churchill at Hyde Park. The White House says he will join Quebec war strategy talks this week along with U S and British military chiefs. Churchill has returned to Quebec to prepare for the conference.
British papers voiced belief that Italy’s Rome declared an open city was a ruse by Marshal Badoglio to spare Rome from bombardment. The Daily Express urged continued Allied air attacks until Italy quits the war, while suspicion grew that Germany plans a northern Italian capital as Germans push back.
Allied forces pushed toward Milazzo 14 miles west of Messina as air and ground operations intensified. U S troops overrunning Axis rear guard and officials say the Sicily campaign end is at hand.
British and American forces drive along the east coast of Sicily within 15 miles of Messina while German shellfire from the Italian mainland challenges their advance. Barcellona to Milazzo and Raggi fall areas, Taormina secures a strategic harbor, and Montgomery’s forces close toward Messina as evacuation routes near collapse.
North Carolina farm labor could tighten as farmers delay selling tobacco awaiting OPA price ceilings. Officials say ceiling stays 38 cents loose leaf and 44 cents graded leaf, though average remains 41 cents. Governor Broughton warned he may order a tobacco selling holiday if labor is scarce. Eastern Belt offerings could be light when sales begin August 24.
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