20 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1943
Page
1
Allied forces push up the Cape Merkus Peninsula reaching near the Arawe airstrip six miles east of the New Britain beachhead, as U S troops extend gains in New Guinea.
The column argues the Italian campaign is behind schedule and that Allied focus is on air bases in the Mediterranean and preparations for a major push in Europe. It notes changes in leadership suggestions, a slow Rome objective, and a growing air war around New Britain and Rabaul with Japanese resistance and Allied fighter sweeps.
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports Fifth Army advancing toward San Vittore Cassino and gains up to two miles in the Apennines. In the Adriatic sector Eighth Army overran a German defense and captured Consalvi as 43 German tanks, including 30 Mark IVs, are reported destroyed since the Sangro battle. Fifty German parachutists were captured and Rommel’s 90th division suffers heavy losses as Americans press through difficult terrain with French forces aiding in the central sector.
Stalin era action report states Soviet forces push toward the Latvian frontier as the Nevel area drive nears Polotsk. Kherson bridgehead evacuated as Russians claim 500 villages overrun and 69 tanks destroyed near Nikopol. Berlin broadcast notes heavy ice on the Dnieper and continued fighting along the river.
Stockholm December 20. Report says Berlin residents are being evacuated after months of RAF bombardment. Swedish reporter notes Berlin as a ghost city with corpses and gray survivors living in basements. Demolition detonations topple walls while crowds endure fear and disarray.
Governor Broughton said a grave shortage of kerosene and fuel oil affects Kinston and Greenville. City officials told him some residents cannot cook or heat their homes, and he urged federal relief authorities to act.
Washington December 2014 mediation talks on railroad labor concessions continue with no final agreement. Presidents and officials from five operating unions and 15 carrier spokesmen met at the White House to discuss paid vacations overtime and layover expenses, estimated at over $500 per worker yearly. The emergency board had split on a pay raise, with a majority backing about 4 1 2 percent.
Leaves From War Correspondent's Notebook details Lt. Samuel Dibble Watson at an Italian air base describing the toil of a mess officer. He recounts trading and collecting eggs to feed 200 officers, turning corned beef into meals, and trading eggs with Tunis mayor and French bakers to keep supplies flowing amid shortages.
Oslo endured a devastating blast after a German munitions ship exploded in the harbor 24 hours earlier. The Hotel Bristol housed dozens of injured as fires raged and windows shattered across Karl Johans gate. German troops aided firefighting despite further blasts and occasional looting reports surfaced amid uncertainty over sabotage versus accident.
In La Paz the pro Allied government of President Enrique Penaranda was overthrown by the nationalist revolutionary movement. Victor Paz Estenssoro allegedly led the coup, seizing the governor's palace while Penaranda and top aides were reportedly arrested. The action halted newspaper publication and deployed soldiers around presses. Penaranda, 51, had led Bolivia against the Axis and praised allied mobilization during a U S visit. his overthrow ends Bolivia's short return to constitutional rule since 1931.
Allied heavy bombers struck northwest Germany in daylight from the west in a follow up to attacks on Innsbruck and Augsburg. Mediterranean-based planes hit rail yards and shipbuilding ports while facing fierce German fighter opposition. 37 attackers were shot down and 22 probably destroyed.
The War Production Board ordered deep cuts in 1944 newsprint for newspapers magazines book publishers and commercial printers to save about 1 250 000 tons. The first quarter 1944 newspaper allotment falls 23.6 percent to cut 205 709 tons from 1941 levels, with base adjustments to reflect 1942 circulation changes reducing appeals.
Reports from Washington claim Gen. George C. Marshall would not lead the Allied invasion of western Europe, surprising London observers who saw him as the logical choice. British officials note Americans may lead the campaign despite early troop balance and railways warn of a second front mobilization. Rumors say Eisenhower or Gen. Sir Harold Alexander could command if Marshall is out.
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell testified before the Senate Truman committee that the 130 million dollar Canal oil development in Canada was necessary due to the war danger. He opposed War Production Board Chair Donald M. Nelson and Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes who urged scrapping the project. Somervell said the project was discussed with the general staff and outside Nelsons jurisdiction.
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