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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1943
Page
2
In North Carolina expect continued mild conditions tonight and Sunday with a cooler north and west portion. South Carolina shows mild to warm weather through tonight and Sunday. Georgia likewise stays mild tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions in the extreme north Sunday.
A North Carolina legislative roundup covers proposals to expand facilities for ceble minded children, exemptions from poll tax for service members, and income tax relief for federal pay. The finance committee targets a 104 million dollar revenue plan as debates continue on a sales tax and bond writing taxes.
Governor Broughton plans a thorough survey of iron and coal in the state. Chatfield told the Department of Conservation and Development that a second coal vein lies beneath the black band iron ore and could be mined if feasible.
Moran testifies about work at Flynn estate in 1941 saying no improper act occurred since it benefited a Bronx citizen and taxpayer. He describes use of city labor and blocks from a city yard, noting costs and mischaracterizations by critics while blaming misused materials and procedures on others.
U S and French units report repulsing enemy attacks near Ousseltia and Kairouan with Moroccan detachments annihilating a German unit north of Ousseltia. British and French troops roll back a German tank column in Kebir valley as Axis parachutists land behind Allied lines. Allied air action targets El Aouina and other Axis positions while Rommel concentrates forces to defend the Tunisian frontier.
American squadrons claimed 30 minutes of heavy strikes on German troops, destroying locomotives and barges while pilots reported encounters on open roads. Four US bombers and three fighters were lost. RAF and US air forces supported missions across Brittany, the Channel, and Lorient, Brest, Lille, and St Nazaire. Berlin radio signaled fear after air raids. German day bombings hit England causing civilian casualties and machine gun attacks along the southeast coast.
Soviet offensives push toward Rostov and the Sea of Azov as forces seize Kondrashevskaya Stanichno-Luganskoye and Salsk rail hub. Troops report captures of Razvilnoye and many trucks while advancing from the Caucasus foothills toward Armavir and the Baku railway. The drive widens across the Don, Caucasus, and Belorussian fronts with encirclement tactics and rapid advances.
Moran testified he only learned the city owned the blocks after press reports and hastened to buy replacements from Leopold Company. He admitted Dennerlein hauled workers in city wagons without Moran's knowledge or approval, while Flynn and his secretary sometimes used public cars as a common practice in New York City.
The report details Allied air sorties over Tunisia and Sicily with bombers and fighter escorts, including French Lafayette Escadrille units, attacking Axis vehicles, tanks, depots, and airfields. It notes several aircraft losses, a B-25 crash, and a British submarine sinking three enemy ships with two merchants and an armed trawler damaged or ashore.
The article itemizes addresses of Navy officers and their wives across San Diego Seattle and other cities, listing Capt Donald C. Godwin Commander John J Crane and others with homes in Wil liamston Toledo Vallejo Cambridge Washington and more. It also notes a big transport seaplane overdue from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco with Admiral English aboard. English is a 1930s Navy veteran and former director of fleet maintenance.
Rep. Martin of Massachusetts urged creating a standing House Aviation Committee to promote U S dominance of postwar airways. He expected GOP support from Military and Naval panels, while Democratic chairmen warned the plan would usurp other committees. A Rules Committee hearing is set for Monday to consider separate resolutions.
Ensign James learns of a tragedy as Mrs. James is found dead on a train in an aisle scene described as a horrible scream heard at about 445 a.m. The couple, recently married four months, were from Virginia with James stationed in Seattle. Ensign Keaton reports the wife of James had been with Mrs. James on a later train before separation at Portland. The body was moved to Eugene where authorities held it.
Duncan Clinch Heyward, 78, who served as South Carolina governor from 1903 to 1907, died today in a Columbia hospital after a prolonged illness.
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