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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1943
Page
8
The forecast shows continued cold across North Carolina with freezing along the coast tonight. Temperatures rise early Tuesday, with the extreme north seeing late warming. South Carolina remains cold with near freezing along the coast and a Tuesday warmup.
New York stocks report for March 8 showing market activity as the war news continued to influence trading. AP notes day’s overall tone shifted with headlines and investor sentiment reflecting wartime uncertainties.
Reports describe B-25 and B-17 bombers sinking multiple Axis ships near Sousse and coastal waters and engaging escort vessels. Five enemy planes are downed, with one Mitchell making a belly landing after heavy damage, as Allied fleets support attacks amid limited Tunisian weather.
Allied air units in the Southwest Pacific lofted about 136 planes against a Bismarck Sea convoy as two full generals and other high ranking officers observed. In Darwin Australia, Spitfire pilots prepared for a possible Japanese reprise while guard duties restricted Darwin’s involvement. Meanwhile the Red Army claimed multiple German defeats across Olenino Orel Sevsk and Voroshilovgrad fronts with 600 more enemy dead and tanks immobilized as Soviet forces advanced toward the Donets basin.
Pravda says Red Army drives Germans from numerous Smolensk district settlements and advances west of Sevsk. In Don basin southwest of Voroshilovgrad the Soviets repel motorized infantry attacks with 60 tanks, destroying twelve tanks and killing a battalion of Germans as they abandon positions near Moscow.
The piece notes support for a less drastic measure to preserve the present system of excluding army workers from service on an individual basis. O Mahoney likely to push retention of farm deferments, while Selective Service issues widen local board latitude to delay inductions for farm staff and reclassify men over 38 into farm deferment groups. Four other new rules aim to keep agricultural workers in farming roles.
Allied forces report General Henri Giraud wiped out a Vichy tied bureau enforcing anti Jewish measures in Algeria. He pledged to repeal remaining Vichy laws, noting decrees signed in Vichy have no effect in French North Africa. Relaxation of restrictions is expected gradually.
The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional two city rules regulating literature. Dallas Texas barred street distribution of handbills with ads under freedom of press and religion. Paris Texas curtailed book solicitations without mayoral permit in the residence district.
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt cancelled his weekly press conference and stayed away from his office due to a cold and sore throat. Aides said his condition was not serious. The report also notes Sierra Leone shipped 163 tons of ginger to the United States in a recent month.
The article outlines four deferment options for farmers and farm workers. It covers general deferments if the local board lacks quota, farmer deferments for those returning to farming, allowances for farm workers facing loss of deferment due to production issues, and county farm board authority to request deferments in appeal cases.
A labor and management clash over union representation at Kaiser shipyards dominates a series of meetings. The A F L and C IO push for no raiding and legal rights under the Wagner Act while Byrnes chairs a second conference amid union tensions. A F L leaders resist non raiding terms as an unpublished paragraph surfaces. Second instalment tomorrow covers ratification and efficiency impacts.
The War Production Board announced on March 8 that all manufacture of new domestic electric ranges is stopped. Since May 31 some ranges had been produced on high priority ratings for military and defense housing needs, but production is now prohibited.
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