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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1943
Page
8
Lt. Guold earned a decoration for bravery near Paestum Italy as he pressed toward duty despite wounds. Col. Crawford has been reassigned to the third division and FDR covered 200 yards of his position before being wounded while joining his battalion.
The Public Commission in Washington cites seven railway unions and railroads for collusive contracts that barred Negro workers from advancement. Testimony shows 40 years of seniority but inferior positions, as the Southeastern Carriers' contract limits promotions. Presidentially authorized actions target the contracts as violations. The article also details Soviet fronts near Kiev with heavy losses and encirclements, noting encroaching Allied wartime updates.
German forces claimed to have recovered Cherkasy railroad station after a Russian penetration near the Kirovo sector, while Berlin asserted a Dnieper reversal north of Zaporozhe. The report was not confirmed and varied by source.
Washington Court House Ohio December 13 Prosecutor John B Hill disclosed that a 60 year old relative confessed ten days ago to killing all three members of the McCoy farm family James W Collett is charged with murder in the deaths The confession followed earlier claims that Collett shot Elmer McCoy in a dispute over money Hill did not explain the withholding of a second confession or why McCoy wife and daughter were slain Collett was a Clinton county farmer and reportedly said I could not tell you how I killed the two women to protect my family and relatives.
North Carolina saw at least eight violent deaths over the weekend. Details include a 72-year-old farmer killed in a wagon runaway near Statesville, a Polk county farmer struck by a freight train, and several auto and truck crashes near Wilmington and Whiteville with multiple fatalities and injuries. Specific victims named include Mrs. P. G. Welsh of Apex, Lt. E. H. Ulich of Seymour Johnson Field, and H. Hare, a shipyard worker. Coroner reports and sheriff estimates are noted.
The local YMCA board awarded Edgar Hartley a gold watch marking his 20 years with the organization. Hartley has 25 years in YMCA work including stints in New Bedford and Baltimore before moving to North Carolina. Fred N. Tate presented the gift with W. B. McEwen noting recent interstate YMCA meeting activity.
The Kansa regime faces a political crisis over loyalty to Germany as pressure grows to desert Hitler and align with fellow Slavs the Russians. The crisis is deepened by Allied bombing of Sofia and a US warning that Bulgaria Hungary and Romania must share the consequences of defeat faced by Nazi Germany as Hitler rushes troops to Senna to prop up his puppet government.
Allied forces reported control of rail yards and an airfield at Terracina 20 miles NW of Gaeta with all aircraft returning. Italian air force and troops entered active operations with the Allies. Savoia Marchetti transports escorted by American fighters aided a besieged Italian garrison in Yugoslavia, delivering supplies and evacuating eight wounded soldiers.
Partly cloudy and continued cold this afternoon and Tuesday. North Carolina temperatures 22 to 26 in the west and 26 to 0 in the east. Partly cloudy and colder tonight. South Carolina interior 25 to near freezing on the coast.
The narrator meets his brother Neil, a U S Air Force ground crewman, during a leave visit. They reminisce about their past, discuss Army life, travel from Australia to Cairo, and plan a future store as they share a simple supper and talk late into the night.
Milton Jones and his wife of Thomasville mourn the death of their infant son Milo Arthur Jones who died at a local hospital. Graveside rites were conducted at four o clock this afternoon at the Fair Grove Methodist church cemetery with W R McGee pastor of the First Baptist church officiating.
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