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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1943
Page
2
The weather outlook calls for colder Sunday across North and South Carolina with fresh winds easing later. In Georgia a colder Sunday is expected with scattered frost in interior regions and diminishing winds.
After a long trial actor Flynn is acquitted on three counts of statutory rape involving Miss Satterlee and Miss Hansen. Jurors held out earlier but were convinced by other members during deliberations. Flynn praised the jury and judge and greeted jurors as the verdicts were read. Miss Hansen returns to Lincoln with guardians, Miss Satterlee heads to Apple Gate to continue high school studies.
A 1944 budget estimate hints at funding potential equivalent to 500 Grand Coulee dams. The figure cited, about 100 billion dollars, would require counting in one-dollar bills for over a millennium to tally.
Soviet forces drive from Yeisk south and west to seize district centers within 25 to 70 miles of the coast while cutting major rail links toward Rostov. In the Ukraine, thrusts west toward Kursk and Belgorod threaten German lines as Vatutin’s army moves toward Melitopol and Chersonese, with Crimea rail lines in reach.
Mrs. Anna Hansen, mother of 17 year old Betty Hansen of Lincoln Nebraska, expresses surprise at Errol Flynn's acquittal on rape charges. She says Betty has not written and she expects her to return home, but she does not know when.
The text traces Ciano’s rapid rise after his 1930 marriage to Edda Mussolini and his later estrangement from the Mussolini circle. It notes nepotism waning as Mussolini’s grooming of Ciano for leadership receded. It also mentions a German statue honoring Sir Francis Drake for bringing the potato to Europe in 1580.
The United States appoints Maj. Gen. Lewis H Brereton as commander of all American forces in the North Africa and Middle East region replacing Eisenhower in the European theater. The North African theater is separated from the European theater per the Roosevelt Churchill conference.
Secretary notes reduced losses on the North Atlantic route to Russia and progress against submarine activity off Brazil. He doubts Japanese strength in the Aleutians despite air activity reports. Allied air raids hit Kiska, Munda and Kolombangara with several enemy planes shot down. Guards report advances near Tassafaronga and weak Japanese resistance. A Flying Fortress damaged yet returned after repelling three planes. A Soviet fortress near Leningrad dates back over six centuries. swamp cattails studied as stuffing substitute.
Allied P 38 fighters raked twelve Zeros north of Wau at 16 000 feet with one Zero destroyed and two damaged. MacArthur bombers attacked Bougainville at night and hit an 8 000 ton Japanese cargo ship near Buka. Rabaul was bombed eight straight nights with a three hour harassing raid. A 500 ton ship at Owen Open Bay and another at Finschhafen were set aflame.
Pattern 4285 by Anne Adams offers a merry girl’s dress with part-way back buttons sweetheart neckline and curved waistline. Sizes 6 8 10 12 14 listed with fabric and braid trim yardage and price 16 cents. Order includes size name address and style number to The Pattern Department New York.
CIO members report inability to buy essentials or pay high prices in war production centers. Officials critique rationing statements as unrealistic and urge strict price controls, broad rationing, and tax measures aimed at protecting low income groups. A lone wood ibis is noted as a common sight in the United States. About 2500 trespassers on railroad property are killed annually in the country.
The communique reports repeated fighter escorts attempted to attack the airdrome but were repelled in a daylong air war. Forty-one enemy planes were shot down or badly damaged, including thirty-three fighters and eight bombers. Two bombers fell to our anti aircraft fire. our own losses were negligible.
A Raleigh committee session shows all agricultural agencies uniting to push funds for marketing hog cholera control and farm aid. DYKE: cropt stats guide WPB rationing as counties would suffer without data. Also notes meeting schedules, club members, and a senate overtime debate amid miscellaneous state topics.
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