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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
2
Partly cloudy and hot in Carolina today and Friday with widely scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers mainly in the moonhair. Mild tonight with no significant cooling expected.
Co chair Truman resigns from the Sea War Investigating Committee during a 40 minute meeting. He cites fairness concerns amid his vice presidential candidacy and notes Hugh Fulton also resigns as chief of the group.
Allied forces push east from the Fire-Le Beny-Bocage sector and strike at key German positions in a widening advance. Rocket ships smash armor, bulldozers clear clogged roads, and British spearheads reach into Caen’s pocket as Villers-Bocage area falls under control.
Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes arrived in Philadelphia as the Army prepared to take control of the city’s paralyzed transportation network. The move signals escalating support for military coordination in civilian infrastructure.
Raleigh dispatch reports Senator Umstead linking the state’s future to school funding and teacher staffing. He cites a minimum four teachers for union schools and notes the board’s discretion in school machinery, warning lawmakers will be advised of board actions while stressing rural districts.
Gov. Broughton will deliver a 30 minute radio talk Monday night from 10 to 10:30 p.m. on the Democratic national convention in Chicago and its relevance to North Carolina and the South.
War Secretary Stimson reported that B 7 Superfortresses struck Anshan and Tangku in Manchuria and Tiensin port in occupied China on July 79. The attack, described as by a substantial force, hit coke ovens and other factory buildings, aiming to cripple Japan's war making capacity.
British reports say Red Army forces drive toward east Prussia and near Krakow as fighting tightens around Warsaw. German radio claims bridgeheads on the Vistula and advances near Baranow and Radzymin while Nazi lines supposedly hold across the 1000 mile front from the Carpathians to the Baltic.
The State Health Department announced 15 new infantile paralysis cases, bringing totals since June 1 to 444. Also delayed were the North Carolina Food Dealers Association meetings set for August 6-7 in Charlotte, now moved to October 8-9 on health department advice. cases by county include Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Forsyth, Guilford, Lincoln, Randolph, Oo, Surry, and Wilkes.
Scientists at the United States Forest Products Laboratory in Madison advance wood use from lamination to alcohol production. They prove laminated ship keels, high strength papreg, and weatherproof fibers from sawdust while boosting wartime packaging and plastics, signaling vast postwar potential.
Washington resumes normal life after a 6.22 inch rainstorm floods streets and government lobbies. Evacuations affect hundreds in temporary housing projects while traffic and flood damage disrupts the Mall district. Officials call the storm beneficial by easing a prolonged drought.
Secretary Claude R. Wickard warned that a dangerous inflationary surge in farm land prices is under way across regions. He urged buyers to retire debts or buy war bonds rather than purchase inflated farm real estate.
The text notes air as a gas mixture rather than a chemical compound and advises using a soft brush to scrub the hair line at the forehead during face washing.
Albany New York is noted as likely the second permanent settlement among the original thirteen colonies marking its early regional significance in American colonial history.
A six point policy statement from 26 Republican governors calls for comprehensive national action to terminate war contracts and clear plants. They urge shared leadership to sustain employment, limit federal land acquisitions, aid veterans, empower states in public works, fair tax distribution, preserve the national guard, and distribute surplus war materials through state channels. Blondes should avoid vinegar sprieses which will darken hair.
American heavy bombers attacked fuel dumps and bridges in the Paris area and the Loire valley while supporting ground forces. Medium bombers hammered rails and ammo dumps east of the battle zone and 35 to 40 barges on the Seine. Yesterday German target while 17 Allied craft were lost.
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