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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1943
Page
1
The official point ration chart for meat fats fish and cheese sets the new consumer values effective March 29 1943. It outlines how many ration points each category requires and guides purchases during the wartime rationing period.
Allied and Axis forces clash along the Mareth Line in North Africa as Montgomery’s Eighth Army reports loss of bridgehead but counterattacks threaten Rommel’s northern Tunisia lifeline. Churchill cites mixed timings amid fluid battle reports on Mareth village near Gabes.
At U S Eighth Air Force Headquarters Maj Gen Ira Faker reports heavy bombers destroyed 52 German fighters, 20 probably shot down, 23 damaged in the Vegesack raid near Bremen. Wilhelmshaven raid adds 28 definite, 9 probable, 9 damaged. Night bombing plans include more Fortresses and Liberators ready for dawn and dusk operations.
The Interior ration plan sets Americans allowed to buy up to 2 2 pounds of steak or 3 1 5 pounds of hamburger per person weekly starting Monday. Most will spend portions on butter lard cheese or canned fish, using about 16 points weekly.
Japanese planes caused some material damage to the American air field on Guadalcanal during a night raid. No personnel casualties were reported as the attack continued the enemy’s harassing raids in the Solomons. Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel Island, is noted as a neighboring base.
Northern Appalachian soft coal mine operators and the United Mine Workers agreed to keep mines open for 30 days after April 1 on a retroactive basis. The pact follows a March 22 government request and covers about 450,000 miners with wages and conditions to be adjusted later.
Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell’s forces fail in four attempts to crush Japanese defenses on the tip of the Mayu Peninsula Burma. The British readjust positions for the coming monsoon while RAF bombs and jungle warfare lessons mark early objectives.
The Justice Department War Frauds Unit investigates defective steel plates from the Carnegie-Illinois Steel plant at Irvin Pennsylvania. An observer attended Senate hearings and the department plans to obtain the company records and develop the case.
Soviet forces press toward Smolensk on the central front while clinging to river positions on the Northern Donets. German crossings near Belgorod are repelled as Red Army reports heavy losses for invaders and continued village seizures in the western sectors.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace told Panama during a Latin American tour that Allied victory would reestablish liberty and democracy for nations large and small. He urged commitment to defending democratic governments as the world fights for freedom. Wallace planned to visit Chile next, with Cali Colombia as an overnight stop.
In southern Tunisia near El Guetar US infantry withstands a German tank push. Rangers and anti-tank units knock out 30 of about 100 German tanks including Mark VI models. Despite day long bombardment, American troops hold foxholes and repel a dawn panzer advance, marking a strong display of Army resolve.
FBI agents arrest Adolf Hitler era baker living in New York City as an enemy alien. He came from Berchtesgaden in 1937 and worked at a West 42nd Street restaurant. He described Nazi banquets and said he had seen Hitler on several occasions. He refused U S Army service and has two brothers in German forces.
Stockholm dispatch reports an industrial expert stating warplane production in Germany and enslaved territories has fallen from 3000 to about 2000 per month over the past year. Causes include labor shortages from skilled men replaced by women, transportation bottlenecks, undernourishment, and RAF raids. British circles note some manufacturing may be rising in other sectors, especially aircraft.
Allied and German air forces clashed over Northern France and southeast England as daylight raids resumed. RAF losses included one plane, while German bombers hit a southeast inland town school where many children sheltered moments before the blast.
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