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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1942
Page
1
The piece argues U S aid to Australia is crucial as Allied bombers drive back Japanese forces massing in New Guinea waters. It frames the war as a global struggle with Britain, Russia, and the Allies, stressing Europe as the first line against Hitler while supporting Anzacs to blunt Japan and protect the Western hemisphere.
London reports Germany put up 100000 marks for help capturing a writer of a forged letter signed by Colonel Moelders claiming he died in a crash. Berlin radio said Gestapo detained several people in camps for complicity, though the letter was a forgery. Moelders, 28, famed fighter ace, was reported killed at Breslau in 193? The letter allegedly targeted Catholic clergy in Stettin and spread widely, with German news agency sources cautioning on the deception.
Moscow March 13 The Associated Press reports Red Star says spring offensive will be Russian not German. Soviet fronts press west with heavy losses for the enemy as German towns see littered streets and shattered columns. Soviet claims of major battlefield successes include hundreds of German officers killed and large transports destroyed.
Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard sentenced seven defendants to a total of 117 years for espionage conspiracy in the nation’s first spy trial since entering World War II. Three received 20 years, three others 15 years, and one 12 years. The judge warned treachery will not be tolerated. the acts occurred before U.S. entry into the war.
The Office of Price Administration urged railroads to suspend ten large commodity rate hikes including petroleum lumber and pig iron and signaled it may seek cancellation. Assistant price administrator Keezer said the 6 percent industrial and 3 percent farm boost could disrupt price controls and scrap iron ceilings. He cited January earnings of class I railroads as justification to possibly revoke the rise if profits show railroads can absorb wage costs.
The War Department reported five American heavy bombers destroyed five enemy aircraft in a March 11 raid on Salamaua and Lae in New Guinea. All bombers escaped damage, five Japanese planes were shot down, with a direct hit on a Lae harbor pier and extensive damage to runways. A second item notes three more enemy freighters and one passenger-cargo ship sunk by a U S submarine in Japanese waters, total eight.
British and Chinese troops in Burma have joined forces along the Teamgoo Highway 80 miles north of Rangoon to stabilize a front. Contact between armies occurred halfway between Peo and Nyaunglebin as British withdrawal fronts formed on Prome road and Toungoo corridor, with fighting reported farther east.
Paris issued a 45 minute air raid alert as RAF scouting planes skimmed the capital. They surveyed western Paris and industrial zones along the Seine after alarms sounded at 2:49 pm and 3:23 pm, with an all clear by 3:23 pm. No bombs were dropped.
March 13 report from Tokyo quotes Tomoka Hori of government street denying charges by Foreign Secretary Anthe Eden that Japan committed atrocities in Hongkong. Hori calls the allegations fantastical and accuses Britain of resorting to spurious tactics amid a tense exchange.
Reuters report from London dated March 13 describes a Royal Air Force raid on Kiel, targeting the 26,000-ton battleship Gneisenau and naval installations. Four bombers plus two-engined planes struck Northwestern Germany, setting shipyards ablaze as German defenses and night fighters engaged the attackers. eight RAF planes were lost.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt stated wage control is under study as a possible anti inflation step. He refused to commit to a ceiling on wages, saying the full problem is under consideration and progress on inflation is mixed. He noted no news on adopting a Canadian wage system and did not participate in a White House wage control meeting mentioned by Mrs. Roosevelt.
Washington March 13 The House tentatively cut 25 million dollars from the agriculture Appropriations bill halving the allotment for administrative expenses and grants in the farm rehabilitation program. The reduction was approved by a 152 to 119 teller vote as Roosevelt was said to be weighing a possible veto of the whole measure.
Japanese forces, advancing spearhead toward New Guinea and the Solomons, reportedly diverted to threaten supply routes to the United States and to New Zealand. Australian air force communique notes Japanese planes at Buka and possible Bougainville activity, while RAF bombers hit Gasmata airfield.
In Abingdon Virginia on March 13 an FBI agent was killed and a second seriously wounded during a gun battle at a restaurant where agents went to arrest two Army deserters. The raid followed a pursuit from a nearby base and involved local authorities.
Abingdon, Va March 13 Two army deserters captured in an abandoned house near Abingdon after shooting and killing FBI agent Hubert Treacy Jr and wounding another. They tried arresting two Fort Oglethorpe soldiers Charles Lovett and James Testersman, who fled after compelled gunfire. The fugitives stole pistols and ammo from the fort, kidnapped a taxi driver, and escaped into Tennessee before release of the taxi driver at Cleveland Tennessee.
In Rio de Janeiro about 500 people gathered in front of German stores to resume anti Nazi disturbances. Pi shots fired to disperse marchers on Avenida Rio Branco as police riot squads halt traffic. several injured. Some Germans on the street were detained for protection.
Washington March 13. A House Ways and Means Committee hearing on war finance proposed major tax increases. A federal sales tax of 4.4 billion dollars was urged by the Manufacturers Association as a way to raise revenue alongside higher income and corporate taxes.
Tokyo dispatch from a base reports Japan landed at Salamaua New Guinea claiming to have won the last strategical point in northern Australia. It notes a feeble surprise air raid by 60 raiders on the island port, US air forces dropping 18 tons of bombs, two ships sinking, four aflame and one beached. Imperial headquarters cites nine ships sunk or damaged in New Guinea waters and 16 Japanese planes destroyed while attacking Port Moresby.
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