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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1943
Page
9
North Carolina shows slightly warmer conditions this afternoon into tonight and Tuesday forenoon with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. South Carolina remains warm at noon with scattered thundershowers this afternoon or evening.
Firemen answered yesterday to protect a residence at 276 Young Street owned by Highland Mill after eight inches of floodwater filled every room. Fire Chief F. E. Ingram said crews worked over an hour to sweep mud and water from the home and that city fire facilities are frequently used to aid residents in distress.
Soviet communique reports rapid Russian advances across Kharkov Voroshilovgrad sectors aiming to bend the Dnieper near Dnepropetrovsk threaten encirclement of 800,000 German troops. Red Army pushes 9 miles capturing 40 villages around Bryansk Sevsk area as heavy German losses mount.
Grady Jenkins a 27 year old white man of 402 East Green Street today waived preliminary hearing in municipal court on bigamy charges filed Thursday The warrant states he married Janie Gulledge while remarried to Mozelle Gulledge The complainant is F W Gulledge with both women listed as witnesses on the warrant
A Chicago woman asked Police Sgt. Joseph Brady at 3 am to address a whistling noise she blamed on a library janitor across from her home. Brady dispatched a squad to ask the janitor to keep spirits high and help her sleep.
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports Major Herbert G. Ross of Stockton California marked his first day as a major by destroying his sixth enemy plane. He also aided in wrecking a merchant vessel off Sardinia and set speed records in a P 47 dive. In 42 combat missions he mourned the loss of a pilot from his squadron.
The War Department authorized use of prisoners of war to harvest crops in the Georgia South Carolina area, especially peanuts near Augusta and along the Savannah river boundary. Training programs prevented use of soldiers, and housing and numbers would be set by the 4th Service Command in Atlanta. A Augusta delegation said volunteer city labor was impracticable.
New Delhi reports American B 24 bombers dropped over 19 tons of bombs on Myitkyina in northern Burma. RAF fighters sank more than 60 Japanese sampans in the Irrawaddy Hunters Bay area. US air force communique notes heavy damage to a target building and praise for a lone B 24 raid on barracks near Kuaukpyu Ramroo island.
AP President Robert McLean said in Philadelphia that the British are confident of victory and eager to press the allied air offensive to fullest. He warned that the American air force must be built up now or Germany may develop a defense that blocks bombers and jeopardizes the current opportunity to win.
The article discusses shifts in loyalty as United Nations move on the peninsula, King Boris’s sudden death, and Danish upheaval affecting Hitler. It notes potential Allied invasion timing versus Soviet advances and warns of a Sweden Nazi tension that could bring Sweden into the war. It also reports 22,500 workers killed in traffic accidents from Pearl Harbor to June 1943.
FCC Chairman James L Fly is accused by Hugh Reilly of deceiving the President over the draft deferment program. The Cox committee alleges misrepresentation as it probes 1 069 FCC workers seeking deferments amid wartime needs. Background cases show workers in varied trades, with names not yet public.
Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt supports a student work-while-learning plan even if it adjusts school hours. He says part time schedules can ease manpower shortages without exploiting child labor and that school boards will run the programs with WMC guidance. He notes 1.8 million work permits issued May and June for youths 17 and under, though totals may be higher due to permit requirements varying by state.
Allied Mitchell bombers attacked Hansa Bay amid fires and destruction of a 2,000 ton ship, patrol boat, and 31 craft on the New Guinea coast. Recon planes damaged a 7,000 ton freighter at Kavieng and a merchantman near Shortland Island, with six barges destroyed on Long Island in Vitiaz Strait. A Dili night raid produced a spreading fire, and Vella Lavella saw a minor air raid.
Allied air forces continued heavy operations over Italy with Liberators from the Middle East hitting Taranto harbor, a cruiser and a transport in two waves, and a freight train yard explosion. British planes targeted Crotone’s chemical works. North African Fortresses attacked Terni rail yards near Rome, while fighters and bombers engaged in Naples area targets. Twenty eight enemy planes fell for eight Allied losses.
German commander Von Hannecken announces notes of new Danish order aligned with Nazi lines. Loyal civil servants to stay under German supervision while royal guards fight nearby as Amalienborg hosts tense standoff. King Christian X interned at Sorgenfri. abdication rumors surface amid Swedish discussions of a free Danish government in London. Martial law bans strikes and night traffic with harsh penalties for incitement.
The Office of Defense Transportation warns that fuel oil distributors cannot recruit enough tank truck drivers and mechanics as many take permanent war jobs. Cold weather could leave homes cold unless firms gain War Manpower Commission designation as locally needed, enabling local boards to defer workers in important war efforts.
About 100 peanut crewers from Virginia North Carolina and Georgia petition government officials to raise peanut prices to 8.8 cents per pound this year They argue the 7.2 cent rate from CCC and WFA is insufficient and reference prior OPA pricing for 1942 to justify their demand Spokesman Eric Rogers of Scotland Neck NC leads the delegation to J B Hutson of CCC and the War Food Administration.
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