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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
1
Soldiers sailors airmen defend with deadly instinct while industries forge arms farmers feed nations and transport networks move essentials to fronts. If any unit fails, production halts and defeat looms, prolonging the war and increasing suffering for all.
Allied forces renewed heavy bombardment of Pantelleria with British warships pounding harbor areas and batteries while U S Flying Fortresses and other air units attacked Sicily and Sardinia. The operation caused extensive damage to seaplane bases and ports with no reported Allied losses.
London reports confirm British Overseas Airways aircraft disappeared en route from Lisbon to England with 13 aboard including actor Leslie Howard. Lisbon says film director Alfred Chaenwall and three women with children were also aboard amid suspicions of enemy action during a stormy Bay of Biscay crossing.
The Office of Information reported today that 85 percent of women's hosiery will be rayon this year with no rationing planned. Selection will be less varied than peacetime and focus on quality over sheer appearance, as price ceilings regulate quality grades.
Soviet airmen pounded German airfields last night while ground fighting limited to artillery and recon. Fourteen German planes destroyed on the ground and five shot down in the Lishchansk area, plus 11 of 24 shot down near Kursk. Artillery targeted fortifications and supply lines from Smolensk to Sevsk. 60 German dead reported after a reconnaissance mission west of Rostov.
Washington observers term the recent Japanese operations in China puzzling. They note forces were too small for a major offensive yet too large for a raid, with unclear aims near Yuyangkwan and the capital Chungking. Observers propose tests of Chinese strength or a bid to ease pressure on southern operations in Hunan.
Rep. Gore accuses John L. Lewis of defying the law as the House opens a fight over the Smith Connally bill to outlaw strikes in government plants and require a 30 day cooling off and a secret ballot before war industry work. The Military Committee tied on keeping the 30 day notice and ballot while deleting a pay raises and working conditions board provision. Gore warns democracy could degrade into tyranny if Lewis prevails and urges swift debate.
Senate defeats the trade measure 44 to 32 as administration forces push to extend executive tariff authority for two more years. The Maloney amendment would have required Senate ratification of trade agreements and faced opposition for disrupting the nine year tariff adjustment program.
London reports Allied convoy escort work killed more U boats in May than any prior month. In the past six months the destruction rate rose by 25 percent, with V. Alexander praising U.S. Air Force and RAF bombing of U boat bases and shipyards as key to long term Atlantic victory.
The supreme court yesterday upheld the convictions of Louis Lepkenchalter Emmanuel Weiss and Louis Capone, alleged members of Murder, Inc., sentenced to die at Sing Sing for the slaying of Joseph Rosen, a Brooklyn storekeeper.
The Navy reports over 1,500 Japanese killed and four captured in the first 20 days of Attu fighting as U S troops complete conquest of the island except for isolated bands. Estimates may rise 50 to 100 percent. some deaths were not counted.
The North Carolina Supreme Court remanded the case of Louise A. Jeffress trustee for her husband FE B Jeffress former Guilford County highway chair and Greensboro News Company president to Guilford Superior Court for trial court review of restoration proceedings to determine incompetence to manage affairs. The ruling revises prior dismissal of a writ challenging a clerk’s jury verdict and focuses on who may appeal and review standards under CS 2285.
London reports ten people believed killed in an East Anglian town bombed by German aircraft early today. Four died on one street where a single bomb shattered a large block as enemy fighter-bombers swept over shortly after midnight. British Spitfires were said to have downed one attacker.
MASSACRE BAY Attu Islands May 23 A report replies to rumors about Japanese women on Attu Island stating no evidence of women soldiers geisha girls or native Aleut women in captured areas. Officers note Japanese effects such as silk objects dolls and powder puffs but confirm no conclusive signs of imported women or captured locals despite searches.
Detroit reports that Edsel Bryant Ford's forthcoming will probate may reveal the financial impact of his death on Ford Motor Company. Observers cite potential inheritance taxes possibly exceeding 200 million dollars and question Edsel's stock holdings, Ford family shares, and the Ford Foundation's holdings as the tax and control issues loom.
War Labor Board orders coal mine talks halted and warns any agreement during the strike will not be approved. UMW President John L Lewis and operators’ reps resume joint session after the directive with anthracite talks to follow in New York. Board refers case to the President for action.
The report details the fifth failed incendiary attack on the Oregon coast. A lone plane, launched from a Japanese submarine, flew inland on September 18 last year, dropped bombs near a forested canyon, and started a fire that firefighters later controlled. Scouts observed the craft before it vanished in morning fog.
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