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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1945
Page
1
The Enterprise reports Ernie Pyle, famed war correspondent, was killed in battle on Iejima Okinawa while with U S Army foot soldiers. Navy and White House confirm his death with condolence statements. tributes praise his morale-boosting reporting and close ties with troops.
Guam April 18. War correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed instantly by a surprise machine gun attack on Iwo Jima while observing the advance of the 10th Army troops near the southern coast. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz headquarters confirmed the death.
The article notes a temporary slowdown in General Eisenhower's push toward Berlin due to stretched communications, tougher German resistance, and coordinating western Allied and Soviet operations. It praises the Allies’ overall advance and logistics, emphasizing supply lines from the United States and Britain and disruptions after reaching the Rhine, especially Cologne.
LENOIR April 17 A 28 year old Ft Smith Arkansas bus driver Ernest Raymond Setzer was found guilty of abandonment and non-support and received a two year road sentence. Judge A R Crisp handed down the ruling in Caldwell county recorders court. Setzer has a wife and three children and did not testify. Solicitor Hunter Martin said Setzer had married six women in South Carolina London New York and California.
Soviet fronts claim major thrusts toward Berlin with reports of 18 to 20 miles to the capital and a southward push from Wriezen and Seelow. Transocean estimates 2 5 million troops and hundreds of artillery pieces driving toward Berlin as Moscow reports near Berlin banners ready for display amid fortified positions.
A Republican senate delegation told President Truman they are willing to consult whenever differences in legislation arise. Senator Taft said the group, in the role of loyal opposition, hopes to iron out disputes directly with the president to avoid conflicts. The 30 minute White House visit marked Taft’s first there since Hoover era days.
Allied air operations struck rail yards near Traunstein and other targets in Nazi territory as U S and British Russian raids pound Berlin and southern Germany. Halifax bombers hit Helgoland while German escape routes in Czechoslovakia were attacked. The raids come amid heavy Allied losses and a continued push against Luftwaffe strength.
London radio report quotes Russian prisoners claiming Stalin's order of the day predicts the war ends April 25 with Berlin falling to the Red army. The German broadcasts had forecasted specific dates before Normandy and celebrated each miss when allied landings failed.
Washington April 18. General George C. Marshall once asserted seniority over his future commander in chief. Col. Harry H. Vaughan, Truman’s military aide, recalled Marshall asking for an active service role at the war’s start. Vaughan quoted Marshall as saying this is a young man’s war.
Polish Eighth Army pushes into the Po valley within 10 miles of Bologna as Fifth Army advances from the south through caves and pillboxes toward Ferrara. Argenta gap is narrowed. Marines and New Zealand units push near Medicina and Gaina as German resistance stiffens.
Max Krull of DNB declares Germany plans nine major fighting zones to continue the war to the bitter end. He says the front has ceased to exist and the zones are self-contained, signaling expectant fighting in isolated pockets as Russian and American forces advance.
The highway safety division reports 40 people were killed and 242 injured on North Carolina streets and highways in February 1945, up from 33 killed and 238 injured in February 1944, a 21.2 percent rise in fatalities.
Allied forces press toward the Czech border and Berlin region as U S Third Army crosses into Czechoslovakia near Asch while Patton rakes toward Leipzig and Nuernberg. Reports cite mass prisoner captures and advancing British tanks toward Hamburg and Luneburg.
A Presbyterian church committee warns of a postwar rise in divorces as a major social and church issue. The social and moral welfare panel notes war marriages may fail and as many as half could end in divorce. It urges business committees to aid returning servicemen in employment and readjustment.
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