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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1943
Page
1
Allied forces press near Mateur in Tunisia as advance continues toward Bizerte. The operation, after ten days of intense fighting, aims to isolate Bizerte and wedge Axis forces apart, with French and American units moving along the coast toward the port.
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports American troops driving after retreating German forces toward Ferryville eight miles south of Mateur and ten miles from Tebourba. American forces push along the Tine River line while French Moroccan Goumiers and U.S. elements threaten Bizerte from the west, with heavy shelling on Ferryville.
Heads of four tobacco warehouse associations in the Carolinas and Virginia rejected a U S Tobacco Association proposal to ease a farm manpower shortage. They countered with their own plan drafted after a Danville meeting and will reconvene here next Monday to hear the U S Association reaction.
A Senate Appropriations Subcommittee approved a $28,000,000 appropriation for Florida barge canal construction. The army chief of engineers said that amount is feasible for the fiscal year beginning July. The committee vote was reported at 10 to 9 in favor. The full committee was to act the next day.
Secretary Hull relayed Admiral Georges Robert protest against US abrogation of Martinique agreements. Robert argued the move harms prospects for new proposals, while Hull defended US policy to restore French freedom. Navy patrols Caribbean as potential actions are considered.
American forces expanded footholds in the Solomons by occupying the Russell Islands northwest of Guadalcanal. The Navy, citing proximity to Guadalcanal and other bases, did not detail fortifications. This marks the first Solomons expansion since August, following prior activity at Guadalcanal and the Ellice Islands.
London dispatch says Dutch patriots reportedly kidnapped the daughter of Arthur Seyss Inquart, Nazi high commissioner in the Netherlands, and held her as a hostage. Istanbul account claims Gestapo searches failed to find her. The report also says 47 traitors were marked for death with 14 already killed, including Gen. Hendrik Styffardt, shot Feb. 8. reference notes Seyss Inquart had two children in 1930.
A Tokyo official warned American and British wartime output could mean the Mikado’s forces lack reserve material for only a short period. The broadcast cited Kisanosuke Yamada on industrial strength and heavy Allied production of ships and planes.
Centaur division of Sterling Drug orders 1 700 distributors and retailers to stop selling Fletcher's Castoria made in Rahway New Jersey after reports of nausea. The ban covers coastal states from Connecticut to North Carolina and inland to Ohio pending tests of March and April shipments.
Laurens Glass Works in Laurens South Carolina suffered a major fire destroying eight warehouses and the foundry shop with an unofficial loss of 250000 dollars. Ten freight cars and their contents were also burned while the main building survived. President C D Easterby said production would resume in a few days as cooperating fire crews from Greenville and Clinton aided the effort.
Akron Ohio May 4 A CIO United Rubber Workers Local says 400 Goodrich division workers paused production over work schedules. About 200 locked out at midnight and another 200 first shift employees did not work today after reporting. Union claims foremen refused to issue blueprints and tools while plant lights were out. Company officials declined comment.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden condemned the Nazis for using mass murder stories to split Allies. He said Britain pressed Poles and Russians to block German maneuvers and blamed the common enemy for the dispute over a Red Cross inquiry into Polish officers murdered near Smolensk before the Russian German war. Eden aimed to repair Moscow Warsaw ties to the 1941 collaboration basis.
Raleigh May 4 The retail ceiling price on all new Irish potatoes shipped into North Carolina from Florida is seven cents a pound The State OPA said last night in many parts of the state these potatoes were being sold as high as 10 to 15 cents a pound as 1942 crop North Carolina potatoes The OPA said a checkup showed that the supply of 1942 potatoes grown in this state was exhausted in December and none now was available Enforcement action would result from its survey.
Vichy radio said Allied maneuvers at Gibraltar and Algerian waters hint at a possible large invasion of Sicily and Sardinia as a staged push from North Africa toward the European mainland. German commentators warned of a likely landing and noted Allied ships assembling at Gibraltar and reserves held in Algeria and Morocco.
A blaze tore through the residence of Mrs. Jim Dodd in Clayton late last night, killing Jackie and Jerry Gower the young children of Mr. and Mrs. Worth Gower. The tragedy occurred in Clayton and involved local families, with initial reports confirming the fatalities.
Rubber Director Jeffers told the Truman Senate committee that the synthetic rubber program has "dragged forward" aviation gasoline, escort vessels, aircraft, and merchant marine, arguing curtailment would be a tragic error and that both he and Undersecretary Patterson seek to win the war without personal motives. He praised official support and said the program’s momentum helped advance multiple war needs.
After months of party strife the House moves toward a decision on pay as you go taxation. Three proposals compete to cut 1942 tax burdens including 50 percent relief via 1941 rates and exemptions and a 20 percent withholdings levy on wages. All plans keep the withholding mechanism for current payments.
Fuels Administrator Ickes ordered a six day work week in the coal industry. Mines failing to operate six days could lose price ceiling increases. John L. Lewis claimed miners were not bound by a no strike pledge and demanded $2 a day wage hikes, portal-to-portal pay, and unionization of minor bosses. The War Labor Board backs wartime procedures as talks resume.
Coleman W. Roberts president of the Carolina Motor Club says low rationing coupon values cause an excess supply dealers cannot sell and fuel a black market across North and South Carolina and the southeast. He cites trucks moving fuel to Tennessee and notes OPA discussions with Governors Johnston and others.
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