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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
14
North Carolina sees slightly cooler conditions in the east and slightly warmer in the west with little change in the central area. South Carolina reports only a small temperature change tonight.
The report covers emergency B ratings for teachers with partial credits in 1926 or later and 1942 43 classifications, plus a War permit rating for those with 60 to 89 semester hours. It also notes the Gastonia administrative unit tax election approval, and the state board’s stance on draft deferment for principals and superintendents while considering salary increases.
General Alexander hailed a "great victory" as Allied armies in North Africa capture 150000 prisoners along with 1000+ guns and 250 tanks. French troops encircled 22000+ prisoners in 48 hours while Axis resistance collapsed near Zaghouan 28 miles south of Tunis.
Chicago May 13 A new chemical solution described as an anti sneeze mixture kills pneumonia streptococcus influenza and possibly germ common gold in minutes when sprayed into a room. Developed by University of Chicago dentists led by Dr Oswald H Robertson the team says airborne germs are smothered by the solution attaching to water droplets.
Russian war bulletin reports 600 plus German casualties in the ongoing battle to capture Novorossisk and clear the Kukan delta. In the Lishchansk area fighting ends with the enemy wedge crushed in street clashes and 400 slain as Red Army troops seize the hill and 1,000 captives.
In August Axis forces chained British and Dominion prisoners claiming reprisals for Dieppe raids. Britain and Canada freed some prisoners last December with Swiss intermediaries urging broader action. Germany refused any general release or explanation, despite some prisoners being unshackled.
Report describes widespread flooding with rail traffic halted and only rooftops visible above a five mile wide lake. Army engineers estimate about 18,000 people from Fort Smith to Pine Bluff homeless or displaced as crest advances. Over 60,000 acres inundated between here and Little Rock with numbers rising hourly.
The administration again blocked proposals similar to a senate committee bill with a four vote margin. The George substitute would tax payers on a current basis only after 25 percent of the abated year’s tax and liabilities from 1943 onward. It would raise treasury receipts about 12.5 percent annually and shift 1943 income taxes forward. It would drop the windfall provision that linked abated year taxes to a normal year’s income and a 10 thousand dollar notch, yet maintain a 20 percent wage levy starting July 1 to move most taxpayers to current status.
In Paris Arkansas a 78 year old grandmother refused evacuation saying she would stay where she has lived since 1868. Soldiers carried her to an amphibian jeep as floodwaters rose and her home later drowned. Six or more refugees were rescued from flooded lowlands by troops.
In Washington on May 13, the House moved toward renewing the administration’s reciprocal trade powers for two more years after party lines hardened. Speaker Rayburn led a Democratic majority with aid from over twenty Republicans who opposed restrictive amendments seen as damaging Allied relations. The measure, extending the act from three to two years, survived amid a 196 to 153 tally as amendments were rejected.
Allied Headquarters in North Africa reports 2.16 per cent shipping losses in moving troops and supplies into North Africa. From Nov 8, 1942 to May this year, over 11,000,000 gross tons arrived at North African ports like Casablanca from UK and US, with combined escort tonnage exceeding 22,000,000 tons. A British firm offered to buy 1,500 tons of tomatoes in Brazil.
British Bomber Command night raids hit Duisburg while Hampden torpedo planes attacked Axis shipping off Norway leaving one vessel sinking. The air ministry said successive raids crippled Western Europe railways with locomotives queued for repair and Berlin’s second largest locomotive works out of operation for months.
The High Point City Council passes amendments to the 1941 pay ordinance raising the Boys Commissioner wage to 225 to 250 dollars monthly and updates rail safety rules. The measure also repeals conflicting ordinances and sets an effective date upon passage, signed May 7, 1943 by City Clerk Lois Welborn and Lois Weiborn.
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