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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1943
Page
8
AP reports a volatile session with numerous Dow and industrials posting varied gains and losses. Notable movers include Coca Cola, Boeing, Ford, General Electric, and US Steel, while Ampex and Texaco show smaller shifts amid ongoing price swings.
The report describes German forces in Benevento and along the Volturno and Termoli fronts as they clash with Allied troops. It notes questions over whether Kesselring or Rommel commands the defenses and cites Montgomery's Eighth Army pressing on a line north of Rome as heavy combat continues.
Weekly column promotes Nu Ma O spread as stable grade. It notes use in baking cakes and pies and invites readers to try the product.
Ready forces menaced Pescara a coastal town 50 miles northwest of Termoli as destroyers Jervis and Offa fired 4.7 inch shells into the coastal railway above Termoli. The bombardment showed that German plans to mass supply tanks for their first Adriatic sector battle could be hampered by vulnerable communications lines.
Congress day featured proposals for large increases in individual income and luxury taxes. Reaction moved quickly to show the plan had no chance of passage into law.
Secretary Stimson reported 8 307 army casualties in four weeks since Salerno landings with 511 listed as killed in action. Wounded total 5428 and 2368 missing, slightly higher than British Sth army losses. Engineers work to clear Naples harbor after German attempts to sink docks.
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten arrived in New Delhi to assume command of Allied forces in Southeast Asia. His post, announced after the Quebec conference, covers waters from Madagascar to Sumatra and regions including French Indo China and Malaya.
Continued cool conditions across the region with frost possible in the mountains tonight. Moderate coolness persists this afternoon and Friday forenoon with occasional light rains along the South Carolina coast.
An allied submarine sank a Japanese steamer off Honshu in an attack that reportedly killed more than 500 aboard. The Konron Maru or Honda Maru was on a regular ferry run between Shimonoseki and Fusan. Only 72 of 616 aboard were saved by 6:30 p m Tokyo time amid rough seas and communication trouble.
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