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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1943
Page
6
Fragmented forecast notes small temperature changes tonight into Sunday. Moderate daytime temperatures expected this afternoon and forenoon with continued mild conditions tonight and Sunday across the region.
NBC dispatches from allied fronts describe Italian resistance crumbling around major cities. German gains expand from Pola to Milan and Padua while Croatian treaty shifts stir in Zagreb. Amid conflicting reports, Italians appear weary yet defiant, with occupation and puppet government talks contrasting with sporadic fighting near Naples and Salerno.
In a wartime message, Roosevelt and Churchill tell Italians they must begin victory steps to achieve peace and freedom. They praise liberation from fascist rule, call Mussolini an accomplice of Hitler, and insist Italians clear their land of German invaders to avoid being abandoned again.
The text recalls Attu Island battles with bomb craters and foxholes left on the tundra slopes. A dead Japanese soldier lies in a foxhole near Jurmin Pass from Massacre Bay, head back and clawed hand visible, a stark reminder of the fighting. Officers attempted to bury enemies in graves or in their foxholes. Snow patches dust the peaks as the slopes descend to sea cliffs, green and woodless, reminiscent of San Francisco’s Golden Gate area.
British Royal Air Force and Apsa planes bombed river shipping and port installations in the Akyab region of Burma taking advantage of a lull in rain. Beaufighters damaged sampans along Ramree and Yenangguang while oil tanks, a pipeline and river craft were struck. One British aircraft was reported missing.
A five story frame building housing the Mount Airy Mantle and Table Company finishing and shipping department burned last night in Mount Airy around 6 p m. Officials estimate damage at 200000 to 250000 dollars with the fire origin still under investigation.
In Kansas City a university course on federal income taxation started with forty four chairs available for the initial meeting and sixty four people enrolled. Dr R O Baker the university bursar said that something will be worked out.
Ensley Harris Hunt 82 of near Denton died at his home. Survived by children H. M. Hunt B. L. Hunt R. J. Hoyt Wayman L. B. Welborn T. B. Hunt John B. Hunt Shelby Hunt. Funeral at China Grove Methodist Church Sunday 4 PM with interment in the church cemetery.
After the armistice Italy still held several battleships including the Roma, Giulio Cesare, and Andrea Doria with nine 15 inch guns on the Roma. London reports show only two heavy and nine light cruisers remained usable, while Italy’s fleet also included three aircraft carriers, 25 destroyers, and 50 to 60 submarines. The escape from German control was a notable Allied advantage, but rearming and manning the ships posed challenges for future operations.
John Morgan Thorpe 39 of Central Falls died in a Harrisburg Virginia car crash. Former Burlington Mills worker and recent head of Virginia Public Service at Harrisburg, he is survived by wife Mattie Kitchens Thorpe, a son Lester Pierce Thorpe in the U S Army, two daughters, mother and stepfather, four brothers and five sisters. Funeral arrangements were incomplete pending his son's arrival from Keesler Field. Burial planned in Johnson County Georgia.
Willie Miller a 55 year old Negro city hall employee and Viola Thompson a Negress were sentenced to two months each on fornication and adultery. They were tried in High Point Municipal Court yesterday morning. judge held sentence until they planned marriage. Health certificate issue cited led to jail and workhouse terms.
Thomasville North Carolina obituary notes Lucius D Idol of Kernersville Route One died suddenly at home Thursday morning He funeral service was at Bunker Hill Baptist Church Friday at 3 PM Rev W W Willard led the service Pallbearers included H M Brown L G Brown A W Brown Clarence Idol Carol Bodenheimer and William Hitchcock Church choir provided music Interment followed in the church cemetery
Pittsburgh records the claim by University of Minnesota chemist Prof Karl Sollner that sound wave treatment can coagulate fog and smoke droplets to settle them out of the air, potentially aiding pollution control and enabling recovery of valuable materials. He notes the technique could also combat fog on land and sea and rejects sensational “death ray” ideas while suggesting wartime applications.
Percy Winborn Moser, 35, registrant of draft board five, will be heard in the September term of U S District Court in Durham on charges of failing to comply with selective service regulations. A Jehovah's Witness, he lives on Thomasville Road and was to report for his final physical on July 27. After failing to report, his name was turned over to the district attorney for prosecution. Snider went to Rockingham where the case was first scheduled but continued to the Durham term.
Lloyd A Blair 24 died September 9 around 8 o'clock at Duke Hospital Durham after an operation. Born High Point June 5 1919 he was son of E A and Mary I Meredith Blair. Survived by parents three brothers Robert E Blair Thomasville Dewey Blair U S Army Margros Blair U S Navy. Funeral Sunday 2 pm Pleasant Grove Methodist Church with Rev C E Ridge. Body returned to 1505 Potts Street this morning.
In Thomasville on September 11, prayer for judgment was continued for two years in the larceny and receiving case of Roy Scarlett Jr. He is accused of stealing a diamond ring from his sister. The judgment requires him to pay court costs and report to Chief FE R Richardson on the first Saturday each month, proving employment and good behavior.
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