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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1943
Page
2
North Carolina sees scattered showers near the coast and colder conditions Sunday. South Carolina has showers in the southern and central areas with a slight cool down. Georgia expects rain and local thunderstorms in central and southern portions with continued cool temperatures.
The article describes debate on the Revenue Act of 1913 and the proposed Rum plan. Critics warn against tax forgiveness and warn that paying taxes now supports the war effort, while supporters praise pay-as-you-go methods and source collection. United States Chamber of Commerce backs a modified plan avoiding double taxation for two years.
Officials of the United Mine Workers say miners may stay on the job past April 1 if retroactive terms are added to the settlement. In the House three labor bills await action including curbing wartime absenteeism and prosecuting unions under racketeering laws. A Smith measure targets foremen unions and union rules.
The wartime committee plans time and a half overtime after 40 hours and will review the measure with WPB Steel division head H G Batcheller. About 186000 steel workers have joined the armed forces, and Batcheller says bottlenecks shifted to alloy steels and forging quality carbon steels while plates flow at 1,150,000 tons monthly. He asserts no war production delays from plate shortages as ships and tanks proceed.
Red Star reports intensified German attacks across the Do nets and near Leningrad with fresh tanks and bombers but no decisive success. Night battles under a full moon, heavy artillery, and mine sowing slow the Russian advance as mud grips the front and Smolensk approaches remain fiercely contested. 1,750 Germans killed in the first half of the day across the Soviet front.
Pepper said he discussed the proposal with Anthony Eden who endorsed it. Senator Maybank joined in supporting the United Nations resolution, urging unity of purpose and cooperation with allies to pursue wartime victories and postwar settlements.
Petroleum Administrator Ickes said a third big pipeline to the east may be necessary. He wrote Rep. Snyder opposing the trans Florida barge canal from the wartime petroleum viewpoint. Ickes argued pipelines can be built quickly use materials efficiently and are economical to operate.
A review column highlights Stravinsky and Prokofieff records, duo-pianists Whittemore and Love in the Navy, and Gladys Swarthout's Musical Show Hits. It notes dance history in Paris 1910 with Karsavina and Fokine, and announces Duke Ellington's invitation to Harvard to discuss jazz as part of American music.
Three men form the core of the National Resources Planning Board members advocated cradle to grave social legislation. They are Sderic Adrian Delano chairman and brothers with prominent resumes in railroads government and law. Charles Edward Merriam and George Franklin Yan tis are noted scholars and public servants with long Chicago Olympia and Washington ties and families.
Portsmouth watched the Ohio River rise toward the floodwall for the second time this year. Officials expected the crest to reach 61 to 62 feet, below the 63-foot level that would spill sandbags. The river stood about 50 feet mid afternoon, rising 0.4 feet an hour.
U S Ambassador Jefferson Caffery and Brazil Finance Minister Arthur De Souza Costa announced the United States would begin immediate purchase of unshipped portions of Brazil s coffee quotas for quota years 1941 42 and 1942 43 under the 1942 Brazil United States coffee agreement signed in October 1942.
A dense listing of radio programs with times, show titles, and announcers across day and evening slots. The schedule names various programs from That They Might Live to The Metropolitan Opera Auditions and NBC Symphony, with comments by Irvin Cacesar and others, including news briefs and drama series.
Funeral services are set at Pittsboro Methodist Church for Mrs Wilkins P Horton wife of former lieutenant governor who died Friday. She was 100 and survived by husband son Harry Horton two sisters two brothers and many relatives. Her life linked to Hortons political career and Guilford College alumnae work.
Anne Knight Gregory of Williamsport Pennsylvania marks her one hundredth birthday amid World War II era reflection. The last literal Daughter of the American Revolution recalls Valley Forge and modern headlines, noting longevity in her family and a life spanning four wars. She married in 1861, enjoyed varied work from candle making to textiles, and credits constant activity for her health. She remains politically a Democrat and keeps a routine of reading and daily tasks, with occasional whiskey as medicine.
Reports from the French border say lack of food arms and leadership pushed youths from Haute Savoie into Switzerland. Some reached insurgent bands said to number up to 7 000 with supplies, though locations and totals remain unconfirmed as Bonin presses conflict.
New advances in the cost of living are reported as communiques in the inflation fight. Labor Secretary Perkins notes food prices rose about one percent from mid January to mid February. Brown says the rise may be about one half of one percent per month. John L. Lewis demands a two dollar per day wage increase due to rising living costs. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a 22.3 percent rise from Sept 1, 1939 to January this year.
Raleigh report states all WPA canning and school lunchroom equipment will remain in state localities and be operated by the Food Distribution Administration of the U S Department of Agriculture. C McGinnis, state WPA administrator, said the transfer was authorized by George H Fields, deputy WPA commissioner.
Reported Axis bayonet action east of the Mareth Line lacked corroboration in Allied communiques. Eisenhower and French command said the Tunisian front remained quiet while Berlin and Rome boasted of a northern breakthrough with claims of 1600 prisoners, 30 guns and 16 armored vehicles, plus a surprise Tripoli raid setting three ships afire. Kentucky mentions a town named Biscuit.
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