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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1943
Page
8
North Carolina reports a few scattered showers this afternoon with little temperature change tonight. South Carolina sees scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and early tonight with minimal temperature change.
Allied bombers hit Trapani Enna and several southern Italian targets. Liberators attacked Vibo Valentia and Crotone airfields yielding hangars offices and munitions sheds damage. No interceptors rose at Crotone. NBC reported widespread Sicily damage with hundreds of vehicles and trains crippled.
Allied troops push into the mountains along the Licata Augusta front and seal the slide into the Catania plain as Parachute troops face stiff resistance. Axis reports say fierce fighting continues with German and Italian units trying to blunt the advancing Allies.
Nelson urges U S business to boost war advertising and production, saying June output fell short of a 6.5 million dollar goal by about 500 million. He warns the 1943 schedules demand a dramatic rise in industrial output with May 1943 production unsatisfactory and June only modestly improved. Elmer Davis of OWI joins to push home-front mobilization through business advertising.
U S Air Force 14th Army Air Force reports seven days of bombing from the Yangtze River to French Indo China. A 6 000 to 10 000 ton river vessel was sunk or damaged near Canton among 15 river craft. Five raids hit Haiphong Hongay and Campha in Indo China. A major cement plant supplying 80 percent of cement for Japanese sites south of Formosa was damaged. No American planes were lost.
Funeral services for Betty Jean Cromer six months old daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Farrington Cromer were held at the family home Tuesday at 2 PM conducted by Rev A J Swinson. Burial was in Deep River cemetery with flowers from friends and neighbors.
Charlie Clyde Griffie 51 of Thomasville dies at home after years of illness. A World War One veteran and 11 year fireman at Thomasville Chair Company, he married Flora Beane Thompson in 1914 and is survived by his wife, five daughters, five sons, his father T. J. Griffie of Lenoir, and five brothers. Funeral arrangements awaited arrival of his son in the service.
The penal department reports Claude Fulton a 26 year old Black prisoner from High Point drowned yesterday in a swollen Iredell County stream. Fulton serving a four to seven year term for forgery in Guilford County, was with other prisoners attempting to remove drifted trees from a bridge. The body has not been recovered.
In Charlotte on July 14 a series of conferences will address methods to cut truck mileage in the dairy industry. Sessions are set in Shelby Statesville Rockingham and Albemarle with all dairy divisions invited to gather in Charlotte on July 30 for the ODT program.
French radio in North Africa sent Bastille Day greetings urging calm and noting the liberation hour nears. In Algiers General Alphonse Juin praised Tunisian campaign martyrs and pledged to free the homeland as the next task. General Rene Bouscat said tri color marked planes would soon fly over France.
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company directors reported continued growth in deposits and resources at the regular quarterly meeting in Winston-Salem. June 30 figures show total deposits at 182.66 million and resources at 191.68 million, with U.S. Government bonds holdings at 93.13 million, while loans declined as bonds doubled. The bank approved a 40 cent dividend and authorized wartime payroll tax withholding deposits and other war financing activities.
High Point to begin sifting applicants for its new city manager role after Friday deadline. Mayor Koonce said council will narrow the field from existing applications, with Hopewell Virginia city manager W Guy Ancell submitting a bid for the post.
Charges against the Carolina Food Store at 712 English Street over violation of community ceiling prices will be heard tomorrow night at the county building. The rationing board price clerk said no other price violation charges have been filed. OPA officials were in the city yesterday for further investigations.
RAF bombers struck Aachen causing heavy destruction across residential areas and cultural landmarks including the cathedral. In a related strike, German raiders hit Hull with waves of dive bombs, killing at least 12 and injuring many as houses collapsed trapping residents.
Allied bombers drop over 50 tons on Sala maua and 21 tons on Lae as jungle troops press the fight. Second battle of Kula gulf details show the enemy broke off after losing a cruiser and 3 to 5 destroyers. Chicago butter receipts and price current quotes noted with unsettled eggs and stable prices.
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