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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1945
Page
2
Fair and mild in the west portion of North Carolina today with clearing and slightly cooler conditions in the east. Tonight will be fair and cooler. Thursday is expected to be fair and mild.
ERNIE PYLE recalls conversations with European bound troops as they pass lonely hours in blackout France. Men swap jokes, recount blitzes, and wait for orders while fires burn and the night drifts on toward a possible end to the war.
Manila reports U S troops fighting inside Baguio as MacArthur says 7000 civilians are rescued from the ruined Philippine capital. Igorot guides shepherd refugees through perilous mountain trails, many too ill to travel, while Japanese defenses and rains hinder progress. Laurel reportedly fled to Japan with Yamashita.
Polish canal on a two mile front lines up with Italian forces pushing beyond the Sillaro river clearing German positions. Monte Rumici, a 1900 foot peak, fell to Fifth Army as 1,000 prisoners were taken in 24 hours. U S 10th Mountain Division moved from Mount Cosso and pushed over rough terrain. West coast Fifth Army units gained over a mile near Tortonovo.
Ernest Taylor Pyle known for his plain speaking war dispatches died in history shaping journalism. The Pulitzer winner lived with troops in Africa Sicily Italy and France reporting with honesty and warmth. He authored Here Is Your War Brave Men and Ernie Pyle in England. He married Geraldine Seibolds and is survived by his widow. He gave readers a personal view of soldiers and the war front.
Moscow dispatches say Red Army units near Berlin eyeshot from the Oder front as Soviet troops push toward Bruenn and Prague. Reports claim Austro German and Czech areas see Soviet flags and banners amid renewed victories across Austria and Czechoslovakia.
Allied bombers struck Cham railway yards near the Czechoslovak frontier while dawn raids by German and American forces continued toward German targets. British air losses totaled ten bombers and twenty fighters, with eleven ships damaged or destroyed in coastal Dutch and German waters near Holland. In the Pacific, about 150 B 29s attacked Kyushu from Marianas bases, targeting airfields and industrial districts, with Tokyo's industrial heartlands suffering extensive damage across multiple raids.
Report describes Eastern Czechoslovakia deeply invaded by Russians and Western Allied advances into Germany. It notes Gen. Eisenhower's forces entering cities like Halle and Dusseldorf, the Third Army at Zwickau, Canadian units at Ede, and massive prisoner totals since D-Day. Magdeburg and Elbe bridge actions, Krupp works, and civilian turmoil amid ruins are highlighted.
Eastern Front reports 18 miles from Ederswalde, German front line. Western Front notes 45 miles from Tangermuende. Italian Front lists 530 miles from Menate.
The columnist discusses Allied advances near the Oder river and predicts tough fighting as Berlin nears. He notes Nazi resistance tightening, a potential risky German regrouping, and possible Soviet north south withdrawals to aid a western Allied junction. Eisenhower cautions no V E Day announcement until key western front bets are cleared.
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