09 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1943
Page
1
The 78th Congress left Washington for a long recess to discuss domestic issues with voters back home. The session was marked by a division on domestic policy but unity in mobilizing the nation's resources for victory during wartime.
The piece argues Hitler’s new push against Soviet lines in the Kursk area seeks to encircle vast Red forces. It frames the offensive as defensive, intended to force a stalemate that would aid Nazi tolerance of Allied invasions and maintain leverage before a potential western invasion.
German armored columns led by 60 ton Tiger tanks battered the Belgorod end of the Kursk salient. Fresh troops and tanks were thrown into the fighting as Reds reinforced with 50 ton KY tanks. Red Star warned against underestimating German strength as the Orel Kursk sector shifted attacks in a desperate drive to break Russian positions.
Charles H. Kunold, 85, survivor of the Cook North Pole expedition and long-time Wilmington resident, died at New Hanover county home. A German native, he served in the U S Navy coast guard and merchant marine, traveled Arctic seas, and later worked with the city police and constable forces.
President Roosevelt indicated he would not ask John L. Lewis to sign a new agreement with coal operators. He rejected the idea of issuing a signed note to compel Lewis to conform with the War Labor Board order and questioned the legality and effectiveness of such pressure. The exchange underscored the political limits of governmental coercion in labor disputes.
Allied air forces based in North Africa Malta and the Middle East carried a sixth day of shuttle raids over Sicily. Heavy bombers fighter bombers and fighters struck targets from Gerbini to Cap Passero blasting airfields trains rail stations and troops while Axis fighters were shot down and Allied losses numbered eleven. U S Ninth Air Force Liberators dropped 250000 pounds of high explosives on Catania in a two wave attack following a flame raid on Axis barracks the prior night.
First Sgt. Albert G. Homburger and Sgt. Albert H. Homburger of the 188th glider infantry, 11th airborne division, serve together in the army. The elder saw service in World War I and stayed in the service, while his son joined in 1938. They were sent to Hawaii after Pearl Harbor and are now training soldiers at Camp Mackall.
General Henri Giraud said President Roosevelt promised to equip a French North African army of 300,000 and pledged that French forces will aid in defeating Japan after Europe’s Axis defeat. He spoke at Secretary of War Stimson’s press conference, noting France will help liberate the Pacific and work toward a lasting, realistic peace. He avoided North Africa political specifics.
Washington July 9. By order of the president the War and Navy departments refused to cooperate with a House committee probe of the FCC. They would not permit officer appearances or provide documents, saying disclosure would harm the public interest. Patterson and Forrestal sent similar letters, and budget chief Harold Smith declined to testify citing presidential instructions.
War correspondent recounts the U S cruiser Helena's destruction after blasting Japanese ships in the Kula gulf. About 600 survivors were saved from oil slick waters as the ship sank in darkness following a fierce pre dawn action on July 6.
U S submarines patrol Pacific waters in growing numbers and average about one Japanese ship sunk or damaged daily. Since June 1, 283 ships have been sunk or damaged, including 200 sunk and 54 damaged, with 29 probably sunk. Recent reports note ten more transports and supply vessels torpedoed, plus four cargo vessels damaged.
Pittsburgh July 9 Miners moved through picket lines to work at one Fayette County coal mine amid a split in the United Mine Workers effort to enforce a no contract no work rule. About 17 000 miners were idle or under reduced crews as tensions flared with curses and stone throwing, women and children present at some pits, but no violence at Gates mine.
Washington officials predict a Truman war investigating committee report this weekend criticizing military plans to keep producing obsolete aircraft. The document targets mixed production across fighting, transport and trainer planes, cites an aviation company as spreading management thin, and notes alleged defective engine parts. Lt Gen Knudson argued the conclusions were too severe, while the panel pressed for reducing types under construction.
Allied forces press the Munda air base area on New Georgia as U S invaders probe defenses three miles from Munda and strike across the Solomons and New Guinea with heavy bomb drops totaling nearly 106 tons. Japanese air force suffers heavy losses as American and Australian patrols advance toward Salamaua and key jungle targets are hammered by Liberators and Mitchell bombers.
The War Food Administration prepared an order suspending AAA marketing quotas on the 1943 cotton crop after an Agriculture Department report showed acreage about 8 million acres below the potential 30 million. Farmers may sell all harvested cotton without penalties as excess sales face no eight cent per pound tax. Quotas, in place since 1938, had broad farmer support. Surpluses declined amid strong civilian and military demand, with consumption expected to reach a record 11,250,000 bales this season.
July 9 report from Rutherfordton describes Oscar Allen claiming an egg exploded during a heat spell, blowing a hen from the nest but causing no serious injury to the hen or other eggs. The account lacks corroboration and presents a curious poultry disaster during the hot weather.
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