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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1944
Page
8
The forecast calls for rising cloudiness and warmer temperatures in Carolina today and tonight with showers and thundershowers. Portions remain partly cloudy and mild with more showers and thunderstorms expected.
Lloyd K. Whitt of the Army Airfield in Laredo Texas is on furlough visiting Mr and Mrs F O Whitt of Mill Street. Sergeant Whitt has served 17 months. Frank Ellis M D of W F Ellis Jr has returned from the South Pacific on active duty in the United States Navy as a neurosis specialist. He is reassigned to the Naval base in Corpus Christi Texas and visited his mother Mrs W F Ellis in Salisbury last week. Commander Elie Pre has long been known in the city.
Payne on furlough with mother at 807 East Street. two years in Trinidad with the 252nd Coast unit. to be stationed at Columbia South Carolina after furlough. Alvin Brucke now in England after basic at Fort Bragg. John E Peeler back at Chevy Point after three day furlough with Mrs Ronk. Lt. Freeze promoted to first lieutenant. serving overseas this year and three years with the Army. Anzio head in past.
New Wildcat FM-2 fighter grounded on name and features from General Motors Linden New Jersey plant. Admiral Ramsey calls it best light fighter with Wright engine forged cylinder heads and new features. It replaces the original Grumman Wildcat with faster climb and shorter takeoff and landing speeds for small Navy carriers.
Mrs Ruth Roosevelt, wife of Col Elliott Roosevelt, was granted a divorce in chambers before Judge Bruce Young of the 48th District Court in Fort Worth. She testified that Roosevelt asked her to start the divorce and that he no longer cared for her.
A city cheers an unseen guardian on Shawano Street while a mother recalls the heroes of local service. She notes her family’s health and lack of doctors as neighbors await the celebrated Medal of Honor recipient.
The article notes the intertwined fortunes of the Anzio beachhead and the Cassino front. German reserves moved south from Anzio in March, while Allies with heavy artillery and manpower buildup may regain initiative near Rome. Soldiers focus on surviving mud and securing a dry foxhole after months of hardship.
War reporting states that Japanese forces penetrated toward Imphal but Mountbatten reports the Imphal plain and Kohima are securely held by Allied troops. Monsoon rains will flood jungle routes in a month, worsening any baseless advance.
The report describes heavy German strikes on the Romanian seaport of Galati causing extensive fires and destruction. A Soviet communique claims 1,600 to 2,000 Germans killed while fighting to expand the Russian bridgehead on the Dnestr west bank near Tighina. The piece also notes a large Soviet buildup on the Bessarabian plains west of Odessa and cites Baltimore as the 1790 US population center.
Reports from Stockholm cite Swiss dispatches that Romanian rail and oil workers fled under heavy air attacks. Bucharest lost water and electricity with 40 percent evacuated as German forces block workers. Rail centers suffer, hindering eastern front supplies as Nazis use special troops for repairs. Bombs damage Belgrade yards and Rogarski airfield hangars. pilots Emmons and McCorkle each notch more victories.
Thomas Allen Pierce age 76 longtime Randolph County resident dies at Randolph hospital after a brief illness. He leaves a widow and five daughters G C McDowell C F E Stutts L R Tuttle R L Harrell J E Wood and others including sisters and a brother. Body at Farlow Funeral Home then to Sophia home. Funeral at Mount Tabor Methodist near Farmer conducted by Rev Poole with Rev McDowell.
Major Cherry criticizes high taxes and urges surplus refunds to citizens while defending highway funding. He cites teacher pay at 153 dollars monthly for nine months and asserts no highway surplus exists due to shortages in materials and labor. He and manager Earl Phillips campaign in High Point and report positive reception.
Raleigh April 18 The office of the secretary of state received 5 102 applications from servicemen for absentee ballots for the May 27 primary Secretary Thad Eure said county election chairmen have been mailing ballots to overseas servicemen since April 8 No totals were available at this time.
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