22 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
1
FIRST OVER ROME Colonel Sam Gormley of Alhambra California piloted the first plane to bomb Rome in the American raid on the Eternal City. The radio dispatch notes the submarine loss on the Sicily operation and marks a pivotal air strike phase in the campaign toward Rome.
Allied air forces conducted the heaviest air attack in the southwest Pacific against Bairoko harbor. More than 150 Avenger torpedo bombers and Dauntless dive bombers dropped 133 tons of bombs and strafed the area in a daylong raid in support of ground forces.
A period overview by Vice Admiral Frederick Horne highlights projections for a prolonged Pacific war into 1949 with strong emphasis on civilian efforts. It notes brighter Pacific prospects as Allied industrial output grows, citing air strikes on Bairoko harbor and Kahili, and naval actions near Kiska in the Aleutians as prelude to invasion.
Texas cattleman Grover B. Hill, longtime ally of War Food Administrator Marvin Jones, is drafted as Jones’s adviser and top assistant. Hill, an Amarillo rancher and wheat grower, gains influence while WFA operates with reduced Agriculture Department authority. He supports minimal regulation while ensuring mobilization of food production and distribution for war needs.
Governor Broughton asked Washington Governor Langlie to extradite Buddie Allen, a Tar Heel convict who escaped Caledonia Prison Farm in 1937. Allen, sentenced to 45 years in Robeson County for robbery on November 4, 1935, was recaptured in Seattle, Washington.
The United Mine Workers and Illinois bituminous coal operators sign a 48 hour week and about 3 dollar daily wage rise for 35 000 workers contingent on War Labor Board approval and OPA price authorizations. Hearings likely to probe the $1 25 daily portal to portal pay. President John L Lewis may be summoned. The contract raises seven hour norms to 48 hours with overtime at time and a half.
War disrupts beer supply as 20 to 25 percent of output goes to the armed forces. Higher prices and rationing reduce deliveries, with bottling shortages and corn and hops scarcities, forcing local outlets to rely on regional brands.
Nassau Bahamas July 22 Nancy Oakes De Marigny pled her support for her husband Alfred De Marigny saying the murder charge against Sir Harry Oakes heir is fantastic. She told reporters she believed in his innocence from the start and spoke after visits to the Nassau jail.
The submarine Triton, commanded by Lieutenant Commander George Kenneth Mackenzie Jr., is presumed lost after a war patrol. Built with a crew of about 60, Triton had sunk or damaged over 200 Japanese ships and was the tenth US submarine lost in the war. Previous losses include Amberjack and Grampus, with total U S naval losses at 104 vessels.
Soviet forces reported heavy fighting near Leningrad and a powerful push toward Orel, claiming advances of four to nine miles, overrun of four villages, and destruction of numerous German tanks and planes. German claims counterattacked but were reported as collapsing under the Soviet onslaught.
Los Angeles carriers halted operations at 3 a.m. as 3,000 workers protested a War Labor Board wage decision. Army plans to assume control were discussed after the AFL union sought federal takeover while transit users faced 24 hour disruption. Air plants supplied trucks to ferry workers amid appeals for motorists to help.
In London on July 22, WAC headquarters acts as a missing persons bureau and lovelorn advisor. Officers are overwhelmed with inquiries from soldiers about girlfriends and sisters in the WACs and how to contact them after Stars and Stripes published a list of the first WAC battalion members in Britain.
Allied Seventh Army reports capture of Castelvetrano and Sciacca on Sicily's south coast. San Stefano Quisquina San Caterina and other towns fall as U S forces push toward Palermo, with several airfields including Castelvetrano and Bivona changing hands.
Organized labor warned it will seek removal of Price Administrator Prentiss Brown and scrap the Little Steel wage formula if prices are not rolled back to September 15, 1947, levels. AFL President William Green and CIO head Philip Murray spoke after a meeting with President Roosevelt and the War Labor Board, saying wage and price controls have failed as living costs rise.
Akron July 22 production of military truck and passenger tires halted at General Tire and Rubber Co as an 800 strong work stoppage spread in the tire division. CIO United Rubber Workers Local president says all division employees joined an unauthorized walkout over a worker with 11 years service. A company spokesman warns the move could idle 2600 more workers. FBI saboteur warning cited. Federal conciliator Paul Fuller urges certification to the War Labor Board.
Delayed dispatch reports the July 17 Solomons raid by United States Army Navy and Marine Air Forces sinking nine Japanese ships near Kahili including a light cruiser and three destroyers. Forty nine Japanese planes were shot down with five American losses. Pilot Lieu tenant Bill Rowbotham and Lt j g Lewis Sanders described direct hits and a 2000 foot flame plume from the cruiser. The attack, coordinated from the Solomons, marked the area’s heaviest air strike to date.
Algiers radio reported that American and Canadian troops in Sicily have taken about 40,000 prisoners. The broadcast said spearheads along the southwest coast reached 30 miles west of Agrigento and moved toward Sclacca.
American armored columns advance on Palermo driving Italians and German allies into the island’s northwest. In the east, Goering’s division fights Montgomery’s Eighth Army near Catania while Axis defenses destroy roads and minefields to slow progress. Castelvetrano falls after a dawn assault. Bersaglieri out of action at Agrigento as RAF and US forces hit Crotone, Naples rail facilities and Grosseto airfield.
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