07 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1943
Page
1
Washington reports that Allied leaders at Tehran reached strong concord on strategy against Germany. The piece argues the war could end within a third year of U.S. entry, marking the second anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
War experts urge a swift land invasion of France across the English Channel to end the war with Germany, while preparing massive offensives against Japan. Cairo and Teheran conferences shape timing, with Balkans and southern Europe seen as early theaters before the cross-Channel assault.
Allied dispatch reports Fifth army infantry breaking Nazi lines in a 25 square mile corridor toward Rome with key gains in Monte Camino and Monte Maggiore. Montgomery's tanks crossed the Moro river on the Adriatic flank as U S air forces hit Athens area airfields. Weather hampered operations. several bridges targeted and two Allied planes lost.
The Associated Press reports a North Africa conference among President Ismet Inonu of Turkey and leaders Roosevelt and Churchill. The talks, linked to the 1939 British Turkish pact, may influence Allied wartime strategy and Turkish participation. Berlin and Sofia reports discuss Turkish status and potential alignment amid mounting pressure.
Secretary of the Navy Knox praised the Anglo American understanding as yielding world benefits and guiding postwar leadership. He cited shared history since 1812, disputes without breaking amity, and warned against the belief that the United States loses in diplomacy.
President Roosevelt rejects a congressional move to observe December 7 as a holiday. He cites infamy and warns against celebratory observance while praising wartime mobilization growth. He notes U S armed forces expanded to about 3 million across services and industries fueling the effort. Cont. on Page Eight.
Don Whitehead reports from the Flying Jeep squadron in Italy as pilots maneuver to drop supplies to troops on rugged peaks. The article follows Sergeant Pilot Carl Bergman of Colorado and the aircraft used to identify German positions and guide artillery fire.
Soviet troops under Gen. Rodion Malinovsky severed the Smela Znamenka rail link in central Ukraine amid a blizzard offensive. The push, yielding Tsibulevo and Olimpiadovka, brought columns within 23 miles of Kirovograd and threatened surrounding rail hubs, with heavy German losses reported.
In Keokuk Iowa authorities report a large theft of ration commodities including 1 318 176 gallons of gas 1 550 shoe stamps and 1 a loss connected to a black market. The break in was termed the biggest haul of its kind in the middle west and executed by a professional safe cracker. The loot also included tire certificates sugar stove certificates gas purchase permits and currency totaling over 50 in stamps and 13 98 in cash.
Italian informants in Zurich say Benito Mussolini is virtually paralyzed and his condition worsens. Le Democrate of Delemont reports he is under three German specialists at his villa on Lake Garda in Switzerland.
On the second anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack Admiral Chester W. Nimitz oversees a growing Pacific fleet underway to strike back at Japan. From bombproof HQ he watches carriers and warships raid Marcus, Wake, Maury, and the Gilberts as U S forces assert offensive momentum and readiness amid warnings of possible further attacks.
London dispatch reports Teheran pledges Allied manpower from east west and air to confront Germany's forces. The piece estimates Germany's army at 3.2 million to 4 million with support troops, while Soviet strength may exceed 6 million, aided by lend lease and equipment improvements.
Fifth Army forces in Italy battle to close German routes south of the Garigliano. American artillery targeted a key escape bridge while British troops grappled with a monastery ridge position on Mount Camino as they cut supply lines and pressed toward the German winter line.
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