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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1943
Page
2
The bulletin notes continued cold in North Carolina with slightly lower temperatures tonight. South Carolina and Georgia face continued cold conditions tonight with freezing levels reaching the coast.
In a continued Senate briefing, officials noted no military or civilian allotments but highlighted cooperation from the army and navy. The army provided 200,000 steel drums to move kerosene from the southwest to Boston, while the navy loaned fuel oil for civilian distribution. Rubber Administrator Jeffers urged Henderson and Eastman to ensure farmers and stock raisers have gasoline to sustain essential food production.
Axis powers issue a formal warning to neutral countries and individuals abroad that they will oppose dispossession by aggressor governments. They reserve the right to invalidate transfers of property and interests tied to territories under occupation or control, whether looting or allegedly legal in form, reaffirming solidarity among the declaring nations and the French National Committee.
A fragmented ad note questions why St. X charges more for aspirin. It hints at a late 10 cent price point and urges demand for St. offerings, implying competition or substitution implications for buyers seeking value.
The piece notes heavy Allied action across New Guinea and Buna Gona with Rabaul as a key Japanese base. It urges strong follow-up by UN leadership on Papua recovery and compares Buna operations to Belleau Wood, highlighting American and Australian gains against entrenched Japanese forces in crucial footholds.
In a late statement Senator Byrd attacks the War Department for buying six hotels a school and private hospitals for permanent military use and leasing six hotels two schools and three hospitals as temporary facilities. He warns these postwar acquisitions will create a liquidation problem and cites the Stevens Hotel purchase in Chicago for 5.5 million dollars as an example of ongoing military expansion.
An unnamed official reported a large Japanese fleet offshore at Rabaul and New Britain harbors and a growing air base at Munda in the Solomons. He noted strong naval support for New Guinea shipping, dispersed to avoid Allied air attack, and said Australian leaders discussed allied aid with naval staff.
Congress negotiates wartime cohesion with Vice President Wallace inviting top leaders from both parties for a briefing on war measures. Austin and McCormack urge cross party backing while wary of 1944 politics. A clash persists over extending end lease and reciprocal trade powers beyond June.
A mid war bulletin describes Soviet advances across the Middle Don shaping the right wing of pincers near Rostov and near Kotelnikovski with German forces retreating. It notes Russians encircling enemy garrisons, German casualties exceeding 1,000 and 24 tanks lost in counterattacks as the drive targets Rostov and pushes along rail lines toward Manych. The Soviet Information Bureau denounces Hitler’s claims as lies, while Allied air gains and Tunisia’s rough front lines underscore a war of attrition in the Mediterranean theater.
The article notes the German air force is a shadow of its former power in Greece and France, hampered by scarce airfields while Allied airpower via Flying Fortresses, P 38 fighters, and RAF strikes dominates. French troops fight bravely at Pont De Frahs and along the winding Tunisian mountains toward Gafsa, as German defenses prepare amid difficult terrain and weather.
Allied units in the harbor at Finschhafen northeast of Ale and an enemy schooner at Jacquinot Bay were machine-gunned. One thousand pound bombs were laid on the Gas Mata airdrome on New Britain yesterday, according to the report.
The Navy indicates eight vessels, likely the same force sighted near Guadalcanal, were not able to land and were repelled. Yesterday's report noted an enemy destroyer was torpedoed by U S mosquito boats and three possible hits were claimed on two others as part of ongoing Pacific actions.
General Fund revenue in December rose by over a million dollars from 1941, while declines in gasoline and motor vehicle taxes offset the gain. For the six months ending December 31, total general fund receipts exceeded 1941 by more than three million, led by income tax gains and some sales and beverage taxes, offset by drops in franchise, privilege, and intangible taxes. Officials warn 1943 and 1944 fiscal prospects look weak as franchise, privilege, and beverage taxes dwindle and other taxes face volatility.
Sheriff J F Jones announced that the Guilford County Building office now used by state revenue collectors and state patrolmen will be annexed to the local sheriff department. The revenue and patrol staff will relocate to the old county commissioners room in the building following a commissioners meeting.
October statements from Secretary Knox describe satisfactory progress in anti aircraft defenses on battleships and ships, praise the five inch dual purpose gun, and deny a claimed one million ton monthly loss while avoiding confirmation of exact figures. He notes ongoing vigilance at Rabaul and says no unusual enemy concentration is detected.
John Coggins, 28, of 306 South Hamilton Street, was arrested on a larceny charge for clothing taken from Chester Snider and EE L. Lowe, both residents at the same address. The incident adds to his FBI record of 34 prior arrests for various charges locally and elsewhere. Other thefts reported include $3.49 in magazines from in front of the Liberty Hat Shop and $40 from Mrs N W Williams pocketbook.
Captain M F E Potter of the Army Air Corps at Sedgefield spoke to the Civitan Club at the Sheraton today about physical fitness. He warned Americans lack agility and endurance versus the enemy, noting athletic training in camps goes beyond guns to sports and that service members must be toughened to cope with the enemy.
Henry Price principal of Fairgrove Consolidated Schools near Thomasville was named tax collector and Davidson County supervisor at yesterday's Davidson County commissioners meeting in Lexington. A Union County native, he has led Churchland and Fairgrove schools for years and will begin his duties once a successor at Fairgrove is found.
Funeral services for William Lee Shelley, prominent farmer, who died at his home on High Point Route 3, will be held Wednesday at 3 PM at Ebenezer Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. T H Myers, who died at her High Point Route 3 home, will be held Wednesday at 11 AM at Piney Grove Baptist Church with burial in Osborne's Chapel Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Otelia Underwood Walker wife of M A Walker were held at her home 1107 Forest Avenue yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock conducted by Rev F L Conrad pastor Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Interment followed in Oakwood cemetery with pallbearers R T Setzer Ray Cook Bud Eliott Oscar Teague Henry Bizzelle and C L Poore named.
NEA Service staff report a Hollywood clash as Laraine Day seeks to break her MGM contract to accept an RKO offer for From Here to Victory while RKO plans a glamor build up. Day cites lack of home-lot opportunities after loan-out hits My Son My Son and Foreign Correspondent.
The Associated Press reports beef remains scarce in many areas as army demand absorbs large supplies. Packagers blame price ceilings without livestock controls, noting reduced civilian beef and continued under supply in the Chicago area, the Southeast, and parts of New England, with local efforts urging slaughter of herds to ease shortages.
A proverb-style remark notes that wealth or privilege at birth does not guarantee early success, while achievement or status often comes with hard work and later opportunities. It emphasizes delayed rewards over inherited advantage.
About 185 men were given physical examinations at Draft Board Number Five. Most were 18 to 20 years old and married with no children. Doctors said the group was the healthiest so far and that very few would fail to qualify as 1-A.
Government plans to melt recording discs to extract resins used in making synthetic rubber and rubber substitutes, aiming to boost material supplies for industry and defense.
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