04 Apr 1945
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1945
Page
1
Ernie Pyle reports with the Marines that their Okinawa beach landing met little opposition and two casualties, one heat prostration. He describes Easter Sunday warmth, new fatigues, turkey dinner aboard for morale, and caves along chalky cliffs containing ashes of ancestors and ex-Japanese.
Winston-Salem plant of Firestone Tire and Rubber co. stood idle as utility workers began a walkout yesterday morning. Production stopped around 11 a.m. as wage increase demands halted operations on war contracts.
Prime Minister Churchill was received by King George VI in London as the dominions conference opened. It marked the third occasion he had met the king within a week.
The Stockholm Mor gentidningen reports civil war erupting in Vienna with native and foreign workers and deserters clashing in central Vienna and outer fortifications as Russians advance. Barricades are hurriedly built by Germans in city streets, likely too late.
The National Labor Relations Board announced that employees of the Carolina Panel Company in Lexington North Carolina voted 63 to 48 against United Furniture Workers of America CIO as their bargaining representative. The petition for investigation and certification of representatives filed by CIO was dismissed.
American Eighth Army reports Borneo’s great petroleum and rubber resources lie 20 miles south after securing Tawitawi base with little resistance. Maj. Gen. Jens A. Doe’s 41st Sunset division aided guerrillas as two Sangasanga island lots were captured.
Allied bombers struck Tokyo and adjacent areas in a three way demolition raid, with targets obscured by clouds. Crew reports from Shizuoka mention no flak or fighter opposition, and some aircraft conducted low level strafing. Tokyo radio claimed downed superforts over Tokyo bay, while enemy fires were reported in northern zones but extinguished promptly.
General MacArthur said forces seized Bongao island with little resistance as Seventh Fleet warships bombarded nearby waters and navy planes provided close support. A bold landing followed a 200 mile southwest thrust from Mindanao, jeopardizing the enemy’s main post.
Allied dispatch reports the Eighth Army joined up after landing on both sides of the Valli di Comacchio lagoon and the eastern front. Prisoners total 200 plus in the first day, with mop up clearing most territory south of the Pu di Primaro canal. Units crossed the canal mouth and advanced along the north shore seizing German positions near Lacascina as floods limit inland advances.
The Vienna fight marks a crucial phase in the Austrian front as Allied and Soviet plans converge for liberation. Moscow’s influence looms with a potential early Soviet presence, while reports claim 6000 Viennese executed for defeatism amid mounting resistance.
Raleigh April 4. Fire tongs with hair strands and a broken brass candlestick hint at foul play in the death of Mrs. John V. Higham a 71 year old clubwoman found in a burnt room. Coroner Roy M. Banks said police and state investigators probe whether death came from a fall or burns.
Washington reports Japanese naval deaths estimated at 262000 officers and men since Pearl Harbor. American naval casualties total 92819 with 35750 dead. OWI notes Japan’s naval personnel afloat and ashore about 850000 and estimates 75 percent of ship crews die.
Allied air forces strike Kiel and Hamburg submarine yards and airfields in a major assault led by about 1 400 American heavy bombers and 900 fighters with British Lancasters in support. The raids targeted ports and shipping to curb Nazi sea warfare. Berlin and Plauen were also hit by Mosquito bombers.
The Navy lowers May Selective Service call to about 16,000 registrants halving the planned May intake and signaling further cuts possible in June. Officials cite higher enlistment of 17 year olds and faster reach of peak strength near 3.6 million by July 1, after which calls become replacement only.
Kassel fell today depriving Germany of a key aircraft and manufacturing hub. Suhl and Gotha cleared. Karlsruhe captured. Allied forces reached the Weser and Ems rivers pouring through battered lines toward Hannover and Nuernberg. multiple German cities including Muenster Osnabruck Fulda Aschaffenburg Siegen Bruchsal fell or were stormed.
Congressman Carl Durham told Durham manufacturers he opposes the fair employment practices act fearing harm to race relations in North Carolina. He predicted passage in the House and a good chance in the Senate, urging that state leaders handle race problems locally. He spoke at a Sheraton Hotel luncheon, noting war order cuts and a civilian shift, plus a continued manpower shortage and looming food trouble.
A major snowstorm swept northern and western Iowa overnight, dropping 11% inches in Onawa. Snow continued into mid morning with forecasts of more accumulation for the west and central regions. The season’s heaviest snowfall in the state disrupted travel and prompted continued weather alerts.
Fred M. Vinson won Senate confirmation as director of war mobilization and conversion succeeding James Byrnes. Approval was by voice vote with no dissent after swift passage through the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Senator George.
Congressman Carl Durham of North Carolina told a chamber of commerce luncheon that the war against Germany could wind up almost any day. He cited encouraging conditions in the European theater but warned that a long and hard war awaits against Japan.
First Army troops in the Siegen area overran an enemy position and uncovered a dank air raid tunnel stash of German and French treasures. Paintings by Rembrandt and Reubens, Van Gogh and Van Dyck, Holbein works, the Cologne cathedral sarcophagus, Beethoven scores, and other museum and cathedral objects were hidden there beside carvings and a cathedral door.
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