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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
14
The forecast notes continued warm conditions across both states this afternoon tonight and Friday forenoon. Scattered thunder showers are expected in the mountains and northern areas, while South Carolina remains unseasonably warm through the period.
Brentwood School appoints Mrs. Margaret Chatfield as principal succeeding Mrs. Thelma Mills Parker. Superintendent Charles F. Carroll announced the change as Mrs. Parker resigns to move to Roanoke, Virginia with her husband. Chatfield has 19 years at Elm Street School and holds degrees from Georgia State Teachers College Asheville Normal Duke University and Woman's College.
The pilot Lt. Ward and crew including Gunner Byrd and Sgt. Grubb faced a shell‑hit in the bomber’s right wing. A shell tore through the turret, another damaged the bomb release wiring, half the bombs fell into the ocean, and an emergency landing in England followed as the men prayed for safety.
Eyewitnesses report the English used new weapons mixing coal dust sulphur and phosphorous with incendiaries causing a terrible explosion likened to coal mine fires. They add flak towers malfunction as English aircraft drop small metal plates that make hearing devices vibrate, hindering accurate aiming.
A heavy American Flying Fortress raid on August 16 struck Le Bourget air field in the Paris suburbs. In seven minutes the attack razed several surrounding villages and left nothing of the airfield intact.
Mrs Bessie C Fine wife of W Dennis Fine was taken to City Memorial Hospital yesterday for emergency treatment after taking a dose of insecticide. She was later removed to her home at 130 Culbreth Avenue in a Green and Sons ambulance per local police report.
The War Today notes shifting German morale and a new interior minister after Hamburgs destruction and Berlin bombings. It cites Denmark protests and widespread strain as production declines, with Regensburg losses illustrating heavy Allied air power.
The daily Russian communique notes Nazi forces widening a breach in German lines southwest of Voro Shl...
Allied air forces mounted a mass air raid with P 38s bombing parked aircraft while Fortresses and Liberators followed. German fighters surged to defend but were driven off as the heavy bombers targeted railway yards. Liberators claimed several enemy planes. total Allied kills reached about 26 with 16 German aircraft destroyed by Fortresses and 3 by P 38s. A Puerto Rican statue of Ponce de Leon was cast from bronze melted from Dutch cannons captured during the 1625 San Juan attack.
Allied reporters describe American sailors on a makeshift Algerian shore diamond during a brief leave playing baseball and football with gusto. The piece notes soldiers behind the lines in Bou Chebka Hamra and Kaserenus Gap areas still seek normal sport, valuing fair play and umpire decisions despite war.
A federal grand jury indicted the American Manufacturing Company of Texas, its president William J Gourley of Fort Worth, and ex Lt. Col. August J Cayouette for conspiring to defraud the government in machine tool purchases. Cayouette, court martialed for conduct unbecoming an officer, was fined and sentenced to hard labor. Maximum penalties include up to $10,000 fine and two years for the first count, and up to three years plus triple bribe amount for the second.
Cir cuit Judge Guy A. Miller urged ignoring OPA price ceilings in selling Leisner Manufacturing Company tools and machinery. He said bids would be reported to the court and OPA would be asked to show legal authority, arguing executive proclamation limits state rights.
Coventry England Aug 26 Allied sea losses in the Sicily invasion from July 10 to Aug 17 totaled under 85 000 tons said A V Alexander first lord of the admiralty in an address. He reported 80 000 men 7 000 vehicles 300 tanks and 700 guns ashore within 48 hours of the first landing. He noted British fleet units fired more than 20 000 shells and charged German and Italian claims as inflated. He emphasized the vast scale of the operation and its surprising success.
U S 14th Air Force reports Liberators and Mitchell bombers, escorted by fighters, raided Hankow and Wushan on Tuesday. They destroyed hangars and workshops, damaged grounded planes, and engaged Zeros, with 19 confirmed down and two more probably destroyed. Two Liberators were lost. heavy fires and smoke marked the strikes. Previous Saturday raids had 58 enemy planes shot down across Hankow actions.
A Zurich Die Tat report says Count Dino Grandi led a diplomatic mission to Lisbon to discuss armistice terms with the Allies. British authorities denied knowledge of the mission and Reuters noted the report implied ongoing Italian negotiations with Britain for possible armistice or separate peace.
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