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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1943
Page
6
Continued warmth dominates the Carolinas with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Inland areas may see brief downpours while coastal sections experience isolated storms and humid conditions. Highs in the upper 80s to low 90s and heat index climbing.
Allied forces launched the Sicily invasion with up to 30 divisions and 2,000 planes as naval bombardment pounded coastlines. U S Ninth Air Force bombed Taormina while ships, landing craft, and air power pressed inland, aiming to deepen bridgeheads for supply and airfield operations. Eisenhower announced the landings to occupied and enemy countries.
The report describes Allied landings in Sicily amid moonlit seas and minefields as German and Italian defenses engage. Eisenhower’s forces advance with air and naval support, aiming to break into Italy from North Africa, with French readers urged to stay calm and await further action.
In a dawn briefing the top American and British officers announced that Allied forces had begun landing operations. Journalists were summoned at 4 45 am with no sleep, watching a tense room and rapid dispatches as the news came in.
London reports the invasion of Europe through Sicily has begun and fighting is expected to be hard and prolonged. An Allied observer notes the island's defense is formidable with about 400 000 troops, while coordinated moves elsewhere in the Mediterranean are possible as Eisenhower declares the battle of Europe started.
In Pittsburgh on July 10 insurgent strikers blocked the Big Gates Mines of the H. C. Frick Coke Company near Brownsville and prevented about 500 diggers from returning to work. A larger force of pickets, estimated 140 to 170, gathered at the site as state police dispersed a traffic jam and led miners away from the gates while UMW leaders urged restraint.
The Enterprise will replace its Sunday color comic section starting tomorrow July 11 with Blondie Joe Palooka Mandrake Barney Baxter Right Around Home Katzenjamer Kids Flash Gordon and Prince Valiant the latter until Roy Crane's new work arrives in August Roy Crane creator and former NEA illustrator is now with King Features The Enterprise will also publish Crane's new comic in August and notes reader continuity will enhance appeal over time
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