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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1943
Page
6
North Carolina sees occasional showers and rain this afternoon with coastal areas damp tonight and early Sunday. Colder tonight and early Sunday with scattered light frost in the mountains. South Carolina reports showers this afternoon then colder tonight and early Sunday with coastal showers ending tonight.
March 13 report notes heavy Allied air raids on Essen and Rouen with substantial bomber losses but continued assault. German planes attacked northeast England. one was shot down. RAF Beaufighters claimed a long-range fighter shot down a Focke Wulf aircraft over the Bay of Biscay. Dutch patrols report an enemy bomber destroyed.
Massive air and ground operations in Tunisia shape the Allied push toward Mareth. British and American air forces disrupt Axis columns and supply lines while Montgomery and Rommel clash along a 40 mile bottleneck west of Gabes and Mareth.
A German account claims Vyazma evacuation involved bombing to render the city unfit for Russian use. It says ancient buildings from the first half of the 18th century are ruined while the Vyazma cathedral and two central hospitals were spared.
The Soviet midnight bulletin claims 1,500 villagers were saved from German guns near Namenka after German forces tried to massacre peaceful residents. It also says Kharkov defenders fell back to new lines west of the city and that Soviet aircraft shot down 26 German planes in the day’s air combat.
Eden meets President and presses for postwar air transport talks and broader UN council groundwork. He plans Canada visit and one US speech while seeking access to Army and Navy insight. Discussions may cover relief, Pacific bases, Africa, Russia harmonization, and postwar cooperation with China and Britain.
Clarence M. Folger 65 retired businessman and father of Mrs. Tom A. Marlowe died at the Marlowe home in High Point after several days illness. Born January 27 1878 in Pickens S C he lived in Easley for two years. Survived by daughter Mrs. Marlowe of High Point three brothers A T Folger Cincinnati J P Folger Evans ton Wyoming J E Folger Easley and two sisters Mrs J E Hagood and Miss Lyda Folger of Easley. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 pm at the Hagood home 38 Fifth Street Easley with burial at Westview Cemetery.
High Point faces extended bookkeeping as a new 1943 General Assembly rule requires detailed data for gasoline refunds. Public Works Director Carlton Kirkman says city receipts show refunds due for non tax uses, with the state demanding purchase dates prices and purposes.
President Roosevelt designates Sunday May 16 as I Am An American Day urging public recognition of citizens who have reached adulthood or been naturalized in the past year. He asks federal state and local officials and private groups to help native born and naturalized citizens understand duties and opportunities of citizenship amid a nation at war. Congress provided for annual observance in 1940.
Chungking March 13 report says eight Japanese columns push along the middle Yangtze with forward momentum toward Changsha Hunan province capital 95 miles south of the river. Communique notes spearheads near Tungting Lake and that other columns face heavy losses or interception farther west.
In Geneva reports say gunfire echoed from Haute Savoie where Vichy forces deploy 800 mobile guards armored cars and machine guns to quell guerrillas resisting German occupation. French youths 20 to 23 join guerrilla ranks escaping Todt labor conscription. Italy tightens border controls blocking France news.
NEW DELHI March 13 RAF Blenheim bombers blew freight cars into the air and set a row of 50 vehicles ablaze at Wuntho railroad station between Shwebo and Katha in a raid reported by the British. Rathedaung area traffic north of Akyab was attacked by a Hurricane patrol and Japanese troop transports near Kanzauki were machine gunned with casualties.
Underground reports from Algiers indicate Marshal Petain suffered a stroke days ago and is in a critical condition near Vichy, likely dying in a hospital. The illness was said to be kept secret from the French public.
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