09 Nov 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1943
Page
1
The article discusses Britain and the United States planning a cross channel invasion, arguing air power could break German defenses and secure supply lines. It notes weather and Russia’s stance on Yugoslavia as factors shaping timing and feasibility, with Moscow’s cautious position influenced by broader alliance dynamics.
State Motor Vehicles Commission official T Boddie Ward announced a 30 day suspension for Madison patrolman J H Jackson after he drove 75 mph on the way home from a Charlotte troop meeting. Ward warned all patrolmen to keep to the 35 mph limit to conserve tires and equipment and use higher speeds only on duty.
Soviet forces drove toward Zhitomir and beyond 50 miles from the Romanian frontier as a second spearhead swung southwest of Fastov. A Nevel operation reached near Polotsk, while civilians flee as German defenses crumble. Kiev’s fall inflicted heavy German losses and massive destruction.
Allied HQ reports 63 Japanese planes destroyed or damaged in 48 hours at Rabaul. Liberators and Lightnings hit airfields and bomb installations, destroying bombers and fighters while taking losses themselves. Simultaneous Bougainville actions extend Allied footholds and pressure Japanese forces.
George M. Harrison of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks told a Senate subcommittee the rail unions are ready to strike over wage increases unless Congress acts. He urged congressional advice to Director Vinson and cited stalled negotiations after a presidential veto and a presidential emergency board recommendation. Harrison said the unions would set a strike date to disrupt the nation’s transportation system if no solution is found.
President Roosevelt nominates R Henry Norweb of Ohio ambassador to Peru and now posts him as minister to Portugal with personal ambassador rank in Lisbon. He will fill the Portugal post vacant by the death of Bert Fish of Indiana and Florid...
Paris radio reports Grand Duke Boris of Russia cousin of the last czar died in Paris last night. He would have been 66 years old Friday.
A Tokyo broadcast recorded by the FCC said Lt. Gen. Takeshi Sakurada was killed September 10 in an airplane crash while en route to Japan to assume a new post. No further details were provided.
Nancy Oakes de Marigny testified for Alfred de Marigny in Nassau as the defense rested at 1 26 p m in the murder trial over Sir Harry Oakes death. She described marriage details and medical expenses after a typhoid bout and noted moving funds to Alfred while in Mexico.
Allied air fleets struck Turin, Italy, destroying key Fiat plant capacity and crippling gas, electricity, and water services. The Nov 9 raid involved around 90 four engine bombers and caused widespread fires, with thousands feared killed as streetcar service collapsed and the city was left largely incapacitated.
Delegates from 43 nations and the French Liberation committee arrive in Atlantic City to discuss postwar food distribution at the Claridge hotel. The Moscow declaration ties the big four to a peace plan as 44 representatives form a council with majority voting, giving the United States a single vote.
Spokane detectives Becchio and Davenport rounded up two teenage boys who admitted looting rabbit huts. For two hours they traced and returned the rabbits to owners, then found the youths held many more rabbits than known owners.
Allied dispatch reports the British Eighth Army widening a five mile deep advance through German positions to secure the eastern anchor of an Italian winter defense line. American and allied forces push toward Cassino while German counterattacks are repelled by heavy artillery and air strikes.
Chungking dispatch reports continued Japanese thrusts along the Yangtze front with one column penetrating 40 miles south of Ichang. China says other columns were halted or encircled and that Japanese advances mirror a prior spring drive toward Chiang Kai Shek's capital region.
American and British air forces based in India harassed Japanese ground forces, shipping, and communications in Burma. Mitchell bombers attacked railyards at Paleik near Mandalay, others swept along the Irrawaddy and Hukawng valleys, with RAF strikes in the upper Chindwin and Rathedaung areas.
London dispatch reports signs that Stalin may have advanced the second front near Western Europe as Allied forces prepare for invasion. German strains on the Russian front and Italy, plus Balkan guerrilla activity, heighten British American urgency to act before German countermeasures.
In Metuchen New Jersey on November 8 explosions at the Raritan arsenal destroyed two magazines. No deaths or injuries reported though blasts were heard over miles. Col Max A Elser Jr said 9,000 workers employed, with 2,500 to 3,000 being released for improved conditions.
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s Sky Dragons, aiding Chinese troops in Burma, sank a Japanese destroyer and four other vessels at Amoy. They then attacked Kiangshan on Hainan, destroying four parked planes and damaging many more. two hangars were hit and an enemy freighter was bombed on the return flight.
Prime Minister Churchill warned that Germany's defeat cannot come before 1944 and that next year's campaigns may bring the greatest sacrifices for Britain and the United States. He praised Russian offensives that crippled the German war machine and noted Britain and America must persevere through severe air and sea battles.
President Roosevelt applauded the signing of the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration UNRRA pact in a White House ceremony with 43 nations pledging aid to war torn regions. He called it a strong link in uniting the world to feed clothe and revive those under Axis rule. Representatives of 44 nations prepare to meet in Atlantic City to discuss policy and execution of relief efforts.
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