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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1945
Page
6
Russians Push Into Central Berlin Amid Fierce Street Fighting
Reports from the Berlin front describe Russian storm units advancing toward Wilhelmstrasse and the Reich area as bayonet clashes occur near Berlin University. Fire destroys central buildings including the stock exchange, galleries, and Kaiser Frederick museum while Germans retreat to cellars or higher floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin University
Wilhelmstrasse
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Wilhelm I
Stock Exchange
National Galleries
Kaiser Frederick Museum
Nazi coup attempts fail as officials denounce
A parade of Nazi officials denounces the attempted coup in loud speeches. No word from von Epp. The Munich station broadcasts a Jamation accusing Captain Ernecke of perpetrating the hoax, claiming he used names of high officers. Giesler says southern Germany remains in Nazi party hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Epp
Bavaria
Ernest Boehm
Hitler
Munich
Ernecke
Tion
Giesler
Germany
Yanks Press On As German Forces Reinforced In Italy
Allied reports say American forces reached the Po river south to north bank and urged troops to halt the British advance. German divisions including the 155th sent fresh troops to the line with parachutists and panzers. Milan status remained unconfirmed amid partisan rumors. Genoa coastal batteries reportedly did not surrender as troops cleared pockets near Piacenza and Parma. About 1000 more prisoners were taken along the Eighth army front. Weather limits air activity though planes damaged 352 German vehicles. one Allied aircraft missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Genoa
34Th
Piacenza
Parma
Lugirian
Eighth Army
French Forces Reach Italian Border in Alpine Push
French forces advanced to the Italian border in the Maritime Alps south of Switzerland, driving to or beyond the line along about 50 miles of frontier and reaching depths up to 10 miles inside Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sith
Italy
Maritime Alps
Swit“verland
Son Of Bank Head Reported Missing
Oscar K. LaRoque president of the Federal Farm Loan bank in Winston-Salem reports his son Major Richard W. LaRoque has been missing in action over Germany since April 10. He flew 86 missions with the Ninth Air Force and earned the Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal with 16 clusters. His group, the 36th, received the Presidential Citation. He enlisted in 1940 after attending Davidson College. his wife Anna Belle Hartley and their son live in Columbia, South Carolina with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Oscar K. LaRoque
Federal Farm Loan Bank
Richard W. LaRoque
Germany
LaRoque
Ninth Airforce
LeRoque
Air Service
Davidson College
North Carolina
Anna Belle Hartley
Columbia
S. C
Patton drives toward Vienna as Bavarian redoubt dissolves
Allied forces push through southern Germany, with Patton's 86th division 31 miles from Munich and Augsburg under Seventh Army control. Tiger division reaches Fuessen near the Austrian border as German surrenders climb, while 46,694 Germans surrender Thursday and tally rises to over 1.15 million in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saan Lsen
Prague
Elbe
Patton
Danube
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Germany
86Th
Munich
Rohrbach
Seventh Army
Augsburg
Landsberg
Tiger
10Th Armored
Fuessen
Alps
Brenner Pass
Italy
Constance
Texas and
Oklahoma
Smaxov
Pilsen
Skoda
Regensburg
Ingolstadt
Third Army
Kurt Dittmar
Hitler
Berlin
Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
Bremen
Chinese American Plan Outlined By Wedemeyer In China
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer said a plan for concentrating American and Chinese effort to strike offensive blows was presented in Washington and accepted with enthusiasm. He reported Chiang Kai shek and war minister Chen Cheng are cooperating, though he warned factors beyond his control could hinder execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Washington
Chiang Kaishek
Chen Cheng
Wedemeyer
New York Stocks Mixed In Oil and Auto Shares
Stock market notes show mixed trading with oil sector firms New York listing partners and auto makers including Stewart Warner Studebaker Timken and Tex Gulf products among movers. Investors tracked Transamerica Trans West Air and other industry names as totals fluctuated.
Unofficial German Surrender Offer Reported in British Press
Unofficial reports claim Germany offered unconditional surrender to Britain and the United States, with a message broadcast viaLuxembourg radio and relayed to foreign ministers by Heinrich Himmler. The U S and Britain reportedly replied that surrender must be to all three allies. Also reports of Mrs Josie Killian dies of injuries after being struck by a truck near Newton and news that a fourth shoe stamp may be issued August 1 while airplane stamps 1 2 3 remain valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United States
Luxembourg
FCC
Heinrich Himmler
Great Britain
Russia
Heinrich Cor
Germany
Newton
Josie Killian
No. 10 Highway
MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE BRING WAR NEWS
David Evans received word that Pvt. Jesse Spurgeon Evans has arrived in the United Kingdom after liberation by Russians. Pvt. John Willard Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hill, promoted to sergeant after 14 months overseas with the Ninth Army. Wayne Miller Freeman, 18, of Thomasville, NC, arrived at Norfolk to train aboard a new Atlantic Fleet destroyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Evans
Blair Street
Pvt
Jesse Spurgeon Evans
United Kingdom
Director of Records
Ottawa
Ont
Wayne Freeman
Wayne Miller Freeman
USNR
Thomasville
N. C
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Freeman
C. C. Freeman
Julian
Nun
Thomasville Chair Factory
Thomasville High School
Funeral service for John C. Plummer
The funeral for John Charles Plummer a noted High Point farmer died in a local hospital. The service at Main Street Methodist Church featured Rev. W R Kelly and Rev W A Mitchell with pallbearers H Clay Swaim Joseph Hilton Clarence Moore Harrison Tice Clyde Motsinger and Cletus Hayworth. Interment was in Floral Garden cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion Spe
John Charles Plummer
High Point
Rt. 2
Main Street
Clarence Moore
Harrison Tice
Clyde Motsinger
Cletus Hayworth
Abbotts Creek Church
Carey Davis
Sam S. Hayworth
J. P. Traynham
Charles Davis
Floral Garden
Seaman Carroll Assigned to Amphibious Forces at Camp Bradford
Seaman First Class Junius Henderson Carroll, 25, husband of Ruby Jean Trexler of High Point North Carolina, has been assigned to the amphibious forces at Camp Bradford Virginia preparing for duty on an LST. He has served in the navy since June 1944 and will join a 4000 ton landing ship crew. Carroll is a High Point High School graduate and formerly worked at Weene Grocery in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Carroll
Junius Henderson Carroll
USNR
Ruby Jean Trexler
Smith Street
High Point
N. C
Camp Bradford
Carroll
High Point High School
Soldier Wins Bronze Star in German Service
Pfc. Clifton A. Andrews of the 45th Division American Seventh Army in Germany has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal. He is married to Mrs. Carol Elmina Andrews of 318 West Burton Street High Point North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton A. Andrews
Seventh Army
Germany
Carol Elmina Andrews
W. Burton Street
High Point
N. C
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