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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1943
Page
6
North Carolina shows rising temperatures this afternoon and tonight with drizzle and light rain in the mountains. South Carolina also sees rising temperatures with drizzle and occasional light rain in the northwest portion tonight.
Bombing actions over Lecce Grottaglie and Palermo included fires at dispersal areas and hangars with German fighters involved. Allied losses included five planes, while Italian claims listed 24 Allied aircraft shot down and a toll of 32 dead and 68 injured in Palermo across six towns. Pre dawn raids hit Sicily and Sardinia with no Allied losses and one Axis fighter down.
Allied air forces pressed a heavy night campaign on Rabaul New Britain dropping 33 tons of bombs. The capture of the Trobriands and Woodlark Islands provides MacArthur new bases to extend bomber lines and disperse forces while threatening Japanese communications. No Japanese counter attacks were reported.
The discourse notes cautious tempo for mainland invasion after Sicily and Sardinia, suggesting pauses before new phases and outlining strategic considerations for Anglo American operations. It also mentions the Ryan PT-25 trainer with wooden airframe affecting aircraft material use.
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple brand names such as Pure Oil Reynolds Shell Socony Vacu um Reynolds and Studebaker with scattered percentages and numbers like 47 39 18 11 17 24 28 13 37 35 57 12 26 6. These readings appear as a disconnected catalog or chart snippet without coherent narrative.
Allied headquaters in North Africa announce a Royal Navy warship will fire a 48 gun salute at the July 4 reception for American officers. A French military band will perform The Star Spangled Banner, following a suggestion from Admiral Cunningham to General Eisenhower.
Congress delayed its planned summer recess due to a backlog of appropriation bills running into billions of dollars. Speaker Rayburn said a decision on leaving would likely come next Wednesday to Saturday. He noted the timing is uncertain as bills await passage before the new fiscal year July 1 and the bituminous contract fate remains unresolved.
Fire after oil heater explosion swept through J C Blanchard & Company department store in Hertford killing 50 year old Mrs J A Perry manager of the ready to wear department. Several employees and customers were injured while store stock valued around 50000 was destroyed or damaged. Firefighters and help from nearby towns fought the blaze for two hours.
Artillery was mounted on Rendova Island within two hours of the Allied landing and pounded Japanese positions at Munda today. Japanese air raids continued but caused no damage. American pilots downed and recovered ten planes, while Japanese opposition around Viru has been overcome and remaining forces fled.
A 24 year old war worker and her male escort reported to police they were attacked early today by six young Negroes who held them at gunpoint. Officers traced suspects from the couple's description. one man was taken into custody and further arrests expected. The victim received treatment at Franklin Square Hospital.
The Disabled American Veterans of North Carolina will hold its 20th annual convention in Gastonia on Monday with a condensed one day session due to travel limits. Principal speaker will be R Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, former 1944 Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Veterans from Fayetteville facility are expected to attend. The meeting will elect officers and the contest for department commander is expected to pit Lacy Walker of Burlington against Herbert W Bethel of Gastonia, with Charles A Barber of Asheville the outgoing commander.
Allied air units struck Palermo and Cagliari before dawn as B 25 Mitchells hit Castel Vetro na and Vetrano airfields in western Sicily. American P 40 Warhawks escorted the bombers and downed one enemy fighter with no losses reported. A separate Algiers dispatch says the French Committee of National Liberation plans a Martinique envoy to confer with Admiral Robert on island transfer.
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