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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1944
Page
6
Mrs. H. H. Tuggle, mother of Tuggle of High Point and Co. E. Hutchins of James, died at a Greensboro hospital early this morning after an illness of two years. She had long made her home in Greensboro. Funeral arrangements were incomplete this afternoon.
Laura Lewis a Black woman from Thomasville was injured when a car driven by Mrs. Ruby Sechrest of 1110 Forest Hill Drive struck her in front of Eckerds Drug Store on South Main Street before noon. She suffered leg and shoulder injuries and police said the accident was unavoidable.
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At a Central Pacific Army base Corp. Vincent E. Ford describes a captured 1942 Japanese tank from Sagami Arsenal. He notes parts were hand scratched, with German gun mounts, British Bren inspired machine guns, a Renault silhouette, and T Ford controls lacking a radio. The diesel engine is the lone efficient component. The tank offers no armor protection against .30 cal rounds and infantry access is via exterior button.
Russian war bulletin reports Marshal Ivan S. Konev's second Ukrainian army advancing from Ovidiopol toward Orhei in Bessarabia. The 20 mile push crossed the Reut river and secured a southern bridgehead after a two day battle. German troops in the sector were described as retreating in panic.
James E. MacDougal resigns as manager of the Charlotte WPB headquarters due to ill health. Thomas J. Love, head of the Raleigh office, is named acting manager and will run both Charlotte and Raleigh offices, splitting time between them.
Hickory reports severe cold damage to peaches as orchardist Ver non Sipe notes killed buds. Farm Agent Earle Brintnall fears the peach crop is virtually destroyed, while apple prospects offer more hope.
REACH FRONTIER LONDON April 8 (4) Red army troops have reached the Czecho Slovak Rumanian frontier in their rolling westward offensive as Stalin announced in a special order of the day. REPORTS THEFT OF STILL CRESWELL April 8 Theft of a 45 gallon still reported to Tyrrell County authorities by a farmer. The still belonged to the farmer's grandfather and was bonded and used legally in past years. 100 PER CENT PHARMACISTS SANFORD April 8 Francis Rimmer Youngblood licensed as a registered pharmacist making her family 100 per cent registered pharmacists. NO THANK YOU WASHINGTON April 8 President Roosevelt asked for comment on Wendell L Willkie's decision
Partly cloudy southeast and mostly cloudy north and west today through Sunday. Scattered showers in the mountains and extreme north central today and tonight with light showers in the mountains Sunday. Mild throughout.
Allied airmen in the Southwest Pacific report mid week light attacks yielding dividends. A single oil laden enemy ship sunk. a merchant vessel hit twice and set afire. Wake Island bombed with 29 tons of explosives. Bougainville and Empress Augusta Bay targets hit by torpedo and dive bombers. Kara Kahili airfields bombed. Numanuma dive bombed. more operations to secure Solomons.
Barbara Montrose of Atlanta writes to President Roosevelt asking for her father to delay induction. Lt. Col. Cliff Hatcher forwards the request to the local draft board, which agrees to postpone until after Easter, keeping Memis Montrose Jr. home for his daughter’s birthday.
Newton dispatch reports Floyd Lee Deal 18 of Claremont and Wade Hefner 24 of Claremont killed in an auto truck collision east of Claremont last night. Two car occupants John Hefner and Glenn Bowman injured, Bowman seriously. Truck carried Negro construction workers. only one injured.
The New York Central's New York Special derailed four miles southeast of London Ohio yesterday afternoon killing the engineer and fireman and injuring at least 13 people including eight soldiers returning home for Easter.
The Polish government in exile announced that military cooperation has begun in Volhynia between the Polish underground and the Red Army, establishing a link between Moscow and the exile government.
Washington April 8 Attorney General Biddle announced the investigation into CIO political action committee activities found no breaches of the federal corrupt practices act or limits on campaign contributions. The president called for quitting the candidacy while replying that he did not think so.
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