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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1943
Page
8
Weather report notes showers in North Carolina mainly tonight and in north and west sections this afternoon, with colder conditions in the north. In South Carolina showers in the northwest this afternoon and in the north tonight, with little temperature change expected.
Postwar debate argues motorists should bear tariff costs if needed to sustain commercial synthetic rubber production after the war. The discussion notes progress in reducing synthetics costs and boosting high-lech yield trees, while Wallace's view favors minimal alcohol plants and meeting rubber demand mainly via cheaper natural rubber from Latin America and Asia.
The President touted a tax plan claiming gains for many while cutting obligations for the very rich. He said treasury figures show brackets from $10 000 upward and noted he has no objection to releasing the data. Asked if reducing levies on ten men helps overall, he suggested the opposite could be true but offered no direct answer.
New York stocks at 2 p.m. show paring of gains as traders weigh latest market moves. Industrials and rails fluctuate while prominent issues seek direction after midday trading.
Dispatches report heavy fighting near Kharkov as Soviet forces press west of the city while German reserves try to breach to Kharkov. In the central front the Red Army claims swift advances southwest of Gzhatsk toward Vyazma, with 16 towns seized west and south of Bely.
Reports from the Associated Press describe British and German air raids with heavy bombings and casualties. Stuttgart suffered significant damage to residences and public buildings, while London Hastings and Newcastle endured raids. five German planes were shot down with British losses lighter.
Lloyd Converse, 42, Massena Aluminum Company of America worker, walked through sub zero and a storm from Hopkinton to his plant, arriving at 8 a.m. He stayed eight extra hours to cover a missing colleague, earning congratulations from War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson.
RAF and Allied air forces report ongoing operations in Burma. Bombing of the Myingge bridge near Mandalay yielded two near hits with no losses. medium bombers resumed their milk run. Blenheim bombers with Hurricanes attacked Donbaik, while RAF fighters set oil derricks ablaze at Yenangyat and sank a small launch. one plane is missing from these operations.
Allied fighters and bombers swept northern and central Tunisia as weather cleared. Reports say Rommel's lines near Ksar Rhilane and Kesar Ahilane suffered heavy losses, with seven Allied aircraft missing and Axis vehicles destroyed. The RAF provided strong support amid intensified air battles.
Indianapolis March 12 Capt Eddie Rickenbacker declared the United States must recruit 15 million men for uniforms to win the war and lead the Allied nations in manpower. He criticized centralized controls and urged workers be led by capable men rather than “master minds” who dampen American incentive.
Philadelphia on March 12 reports wholesale and retail meat stocks at 10 to 23 percent of normal. Forty wholesale houses closed for the week as stocks dried up with no replenishment expected for days. Agriculture officials urge Secretary Wickard to divert shipments or lower regional price ceilings to spur slaughtering.
President Roosevelt assured the United Nations that the enemy would be hit on battlefields of their choosing while pledging renewed American aid. Congress quickly approved lend lease extension by an overwhelming Senate vote of 82 to 0 after House passage 407 to 6.
Chicago March 12 butter receipts 439,854 firm prices as quoted by the Chicago price current unchanged. Egg receipts 30,229 firm current receipts 36 unchanged prices.
Dr. John R. Saunders assistant superintendent is named acting superintendent at the state hospital Morganton succeeding the late Dr. F B Watkins. He will run the hospital until the new unified board takes control on July first as authorized by the legislature.
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