30 Oct 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1943
Page
1
The article reports a major Nazi defeat in the Dnieper battle with Moscow awaiting prisoner and casualty figures. It notes the Germans may retreat to hold strategic rail and highway points while the Russians focus on destroying German military strength over reclaiming territory.
Allied dispatches report British Fifth Army crossing the Regia Canal to occupy Mondragone and pressing Mount Massico while American forces flank Pietravairano near the Volturno. The British Eighth Army advances toward Montemutro near the Trigno valley as 15 towns fall, with heavy rains hindering movement.
Moscow reports indicate the three power talks among the United States Great Britain and Russia near a conclusion as drafts on war postwar plans are prepared. Hull Eden Molotov attended a long session in the Kremlin with optimism high about achieving agreements on postwar Europe and Germany.
Allied forces report American paratroops landing on Choiseul and pushing toward Sangigai as Japan’s remaining Solomons bases shrink. Bombers pound Bougainville and Treasury islands while a sea and air blockade seals off Japanese evacuations.
The piece reports German fears of an imminent Allied invasion of France with Corsica as a staging area. It notes heavy Allied transports near the Med and discusses Rommel’s mobile 350,000-strong force and Italy’s fortified coasts. Veritas warns any invasion would require a larger scale than the southward landings.
The Vatican radio quoted Germany pledging to respect the Pope and his official family and all Vatican activities in Rome. The assurance came from German ambassador at the Holy See Bar on Ernst Von Weizsaecker, reiterating continued respect for Holy See buildings rights and Vatican state integrity.
A Swedish broadcast recorded by the FCC says allied air and naval forces have sunk at least 17 German vessels off the Norwegian coast since Sweden barred German transit traffic. The report ties the sinkings to Sweden’s withdrawal of transit permission across its territory.
Nassau Bahamas October 30. Defense attorney accuses Miami detectives of planning to obtain Alfred De Marigny's fingerprint for use in the Bahamas Supreme Court murder trial. Higgs questions Capt. Barker over Exhibit J and fingerprint source while defending Sir Harry Oakes’s heir.
New York police report Royal Canadian Air Force cadet Wayne Lonergan confessed to bludgeoning his estranged wife Patricia Lonergan 22 in a Beekman Hill apartment. He cut his bloodstained uniform, left a toy elephant for their son Billy, and penciled the boy’s name on a stairway package after entering the triplex residence.
The FBI announced two more German POWs escaped from Camp Breckinridge Kentucky during the night and another two fled last Sunday. The escapees named were Rudolph Morgenstern age 28 and Hans Spitzer age 33 both described with details on height weight eye color hair and language ability. A prior pair Karl Zigann and Erich Wulf also escaped from the same camp.
K G Can, a Meridian resident, reported a year ago that his car was missing. This week he found the vehicle at a local storage company and learned a man had stored it and failed to reclaim it. Can paid the storage fee and retrieved the car.
London dispatch reports Yugoslav guerrillas crossed the Hungarian frontier in widening clashes with German and satellite troops. Tito's communique notes units fighting on Hungarian soil and lists battles near Zagreb, Dalmatia, and northwest Bosnia with several towns seized and rail disrupted. Gen Djukanovic, a Chetnik ally, died of wounds.
In Montgomery Alabama on October 30 a Black prison trusty named Richard Shack received a ree steak dinner as a reward after borrowing a shotgun to help capture two of four escapees from a prison farm. Warden Pitt Williams said the other two fugitives remained at large.
Local firefighters responded to a blaze at Howard Gray's negro cafe on Church Street Friday night. The overheated juke box ignited during a dance, but damage was limited to the music box with no report of injuries.
Washington officials report Ways and Means members will strip several millions from the 2 billion dollars in the new revenue bill. They will reconsider postal rate hikes and excises while discussing reductions in liquor taxes mailing charges and amusement tax. Eccles faced a cool reception for a wartime income tax proposal as the panel eyed under ten billion in new revenue.
U S women in Congress argue for a seat at the peace table after World War II. They cite Madame Chiang Kai Shek Eleanor Roosevelt and war effort professionals as examples of women who must shape postwar policy. They urge broader participation in government and emphasize education and health as key fields.
President Roosevelt warned the United Mine Workers to accept War Labor Board proposals or face government action to ensure coal is mined. With idle soft coal miners above 80,000, he awaited the miners policy committee outcome and noted possible seizure if negotiations fail. John L. Lewis rejected the WLB plan, complicating Monday’s decision.
Victor Mature and Anne Shirley have called off their engagement after Miss Shirley announced plans to marry “as soon as we can find time.” Mature, now with the U S Coast Guard, remains unattached and late remarks suggest a change of mind by Miss Shirley.
Premier Pietro Badoglio made his first Naples appearance since liberation. He was met by American Minister Robert Murphy and British Minister Harold MacMillan, whose presence lent prestige and sparked talk of broad Anglo American support for his government.
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