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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1943
Page
1
President Roosevelt indicated he may submit data to Congress on social security and endorse a pay-as-you-go income tax approach. He noted the key issue is forgiveness of current taxes and suggested a broader study of expanding social security, with a possible future message to Congress.
Soviet forces smash through German resistance on the Lower Don and press toward Rostov within 65 miles, aided by aviation and tank assaults. Red Army gains stretch across towns along the Sal river as numerically heavy German losses mount and civilians evacuate Rzhev.
DeWitt Mackenzie reports from Chungking as Glenn Babb continues the War Today II column. He describes the perilous aerial route over jagged mountains used to connect China to Allies, where fog ice and monsoon winds threaten life lines and Japanese patrols lurk in the clouds. The column notes American fliers’ vital role in keeping China connected to Allied efforts.
New Delhi reports RAF bombers attacked the Japan ese-occupied port of Akyab in Western Burma last night. Daylight forays sank four enemy supply ships farther south and struck oil installations near Chauk and positions near Rathebaung. No RAF aircraft were lost.
Cairo report says heavy American four engine bombers attacked the Palermo harbor Sicily in daylight killing 46 and wounding 272. Italian high command confirms damage in central Palermo with 40s. planefalls and strikes also hit Licata sulphur works and Lampeedusa airdrome while Libyan front shows no land actions. Allied fighters near Tripoli hit motor transport and Tunis and Sousse ports see additional bombings.
Reports that Lord Beaverbrook donated emerald jewelry to Mrs. Harry Hopkins were emphatically denied by both. Beaverbrook called the tale a fabrication and the Hopkins bride said she did not own emeralds, labeling the story a lie. Stephen Early urged investigators to base claims on substantial evidence. The Washington Post carried the rumor yesterday.
In private talks, minority leaders Martin Dirksen and Ditter craft a cautious opposition. They will not move against the Wage and Hour Law Wagner Act or War Labor Board before the election. They aim to avoid antagonizing rural voters and farm bloc allies while relying on Democrats to curb excesses. The group plans to lay low until calmer political winds.
Allied air forces claimed near complete victory in the Papuan campaign as Gen. MacArthur announced the annihilation of Lieut Gen Horii’s 15,000 strong army. Tokyo losses included two large transports sunk and eighteen fighters destroyed, with significant damage to another transport and additional aircraft. Simultaneously, U S Navy reports said strikes hit Kiska and Munda bases, while RAF bombers targeted Akyah in Burma as Allied forces press toward Port Moresby and beyond.
Senate Republicans re elected Charles L. McNary of Oregon as minority leader and approved committee assignments increasing representation. White of Maine was re elected secretary. Davis of Pennsylvania joined foreign relations. Reed of Kansas and Burton of Ohio to appropriations. Nye of North Dakota to agriculture. Thormas of Idaho Barker of Nebraska and Millikin of Colorado to finance. Revercomb of West Virginia joined military. Tobey of New Hampshire and Wille of Indiana to naval. Capper of Kansas moved from finance to banking.
A night shift at Pursglove Coal Mining No 15 mine was trapped by a underground fire. Officials said 3 or 4 men may be dead with 13 missing of 78 workers. Rescuers reached areas where nine men had worked as crews fight flames from coal and mine walls.
British bombers attacked targets in the Ruhr last night in the third raid this year. All planes returned safely, with prior Ruhr attacks noted on January 3 and 4.
In Raleigh on January 8 Rep Umstead of Orange introduced a resolution to replace two thirds vote with a majority to withdraw a bill from a committee and to adopt a minority report for placing it on the calendar. The House and Senate met briefly as the session adjourned.
Allied camel corps, a joint French American force, captured Tanout Maller near the Tunisian border, about 200 miles southwest of Tripoli, the closest Allied advance to Tripoli yet reported. Italian casualties reached about 250 with limited weather and air activity elsewhere including attacks on Kairouan Gabes Sfax and Gabes. Lieutenant W J Hoelle of Sammametra California was injured after strafing a telephone pole.
The admiralty announced that an Allied convoy reached north Russian ports with no losses after a naval action off North Cape in extreme north Norway. A small destroyer force fought off a superior enemy including a pocket battleship and cruisers, with British ships Achates and Onslow sustaining damage or loss amid some casualties.
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers warns that 65 to 70 percent of the synthetic rubber plant program must get a clear priority go ahead to prevent a potential disaster in military and industrial transport. He questions extending the east coast pleasure driving ban beyond the region but favors maintaining mileage relief where possible.
Asheve ville dispatch reports Mrs. W. W. Sims 35 operator of the Peacock Tavern near the Asheville Hendersonville airport held on a murder charge in the slaying of L. C. Langston Jr 28 a sales man Langston died in an Asheville hospital after being shot at about 1 am Langston allegedly fired on the door of Sims room and he attempted to break in the second floor roadhouse room as officers noted bullet holes in the door and a broken window and screen.
Belgian news agency reports Germany is building an inland defense line along the Meuse River to deter an Allied advance through northern France and Belgium. It also notes requisitioning Belgian labor to construct fortifications in Namur province.
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