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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces closed in on Florence with German troops falling back through the hills south of the city. AP reported that German lines pulled back last night from a ridge south of Florence while guns flashed from surrounding peaks and domes gleamed over the Tuscan skyline.
Allied forces push through Brittany with Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley’s armor and infantry closing in on St Nazaire and within 43 miles of Nantes and Brest. Reports say Rennes is fallen with Mare de Bretagne and Dinan in American path toward Lorient and St Malo as fronts collapse along Caen and the Loire.
German radio reported Hitler approved a purge to remove July 20 traitors. A court of inquiry will investigate participants and oust them. Marshal von Rundstedt and Marshal Keitel named for the court.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Germanys 1914 invasion of Belgium and the start of World War I. Britain declared war at midnight after German forces crossed into Belgium on August 4 1914. Germany had already declared war on France on August 8 as Russia and Germany were at war since August 1. Italy remained neutral then entered the conflict later with the Allies.
Seven inmates escaped last midnight from Johnston county prison camp. Richard Edward Lord was captured today in Goldsboro. They sawed through bars and fled into the woods, according to the prison department.
Raleigh reports 1576 sportsmen with special permits fished Mt Mitchell and Daniel Boone wildlife areas up to June 30, catching 6601 fish. The average 4.2 fish per person surpassed the legal-sized fish released in the streams, according to Chief Refuge Supervisor Co N Mease.
Aftonbladet reported long trains of German troops advancing to Hango, Finland, in the southwest coastal area. The traveler cited said transports waited to carry them out of Finland and that guns and tanks were being taken along.
London dispatch reports the British government orders civilian evacuation amid escalating wartime threats.Officials indicate strict sheltering measures and coordinated transport to safer regions as air raid alerts intensify.
North Carolina reports July gasoline tax revenue up 35.90 percent from July 1943, though overall state revenue for July 1944 falls 9.84 percent. Grand total collected is $7,016,657.99 with the general fund taking the largest drop. Gasoline taxes amount to $2,082,380.20 versus $1,533,760.87 a year earlier.
South African troops of the British Eighth army entered the out skirts of Florence and found five of six Arno bridges destroyed by retreating Germans. Pontevecchio remained but blocked by demolished houses. Florence, population 322,000, had been strongly defended as a Gothic line outpost in the Apennines.
Allied forces under Sir Harold Alexander push toward Florence with New Zealand and South African contingents driving German troops from high ground near the city. The Arno crossings and Pesa bridgehead widened, aiding a breakthrough as 5,000 Nazis and 2,000 fewer than the prior eight weeks fall into Allied hands.
Lt General von Drabisch Waechter, a German division commander, was killed near Caumont in France, the German news agency DNB reported quoting a high command communique. The note notes others killed or captured across Normandy and the Eastern Front with ongoing Soviet offensives and German purge consequences.
Guam and British New Guinea were scenes of heavy fighting as American forces closed in on Japanese positions. MacArthur reported 602 more enemy dead, part of a total 3,870 since July 12, amid starvation and bombardment.
American, imperial and Chinese forces have captured Myitkyina, a major Japanese base in northern Burma, after a siege that began May 17. At least 3,000 Japanese were slain. the Allies gain two airfields on the hump route to China and control of a key Irrawaddy river junction.
Soviet forces push toward Krakow and Kielce as they breach near Warsaw and advance through East Prussia. Russian vanguards reach 44 miles from Insterburg while hard-pressed German lines stiffen near Eydtkuhnen. Claims of heavy German casualties and rapid frontwide progress accompany cautious Soviet claims amid mixed reports from Berlin and Moscow.
The piece frames Brittany as a crucial contested peninsula with Brest Lorient and St Nazaire as vital ports. It notes Rennes as a rail hub, German troop pullback, and suggests rapid Allied advances across the peninsula toward St Nazaire and Brest. It highlights Rommel's concussion and Montgomeries role, urging continued full war production.
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes ordered ceilings on non essential and less essential factories to free 200 000 workers for weapons programs. He directed agencies to withhold materials from violators and expand use of war prisoners for non weapon supplies to aid production. He also discussed limited foreign labor imports and warned against shifting workers to civilian jobs.
Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leader of the Polish government in exile, met with Joseph Stalin for two hours in Moscow as foreign observers voiced restrained optimism for a Polish rapprochement with Russia. Mikolajczyk faced pressure from both the exile government and the Polish national committee ahead of further talks with the rival faction.
The Munich Neueste Nachrichten reports Nazis will conduct a census of all pigs in Germany on September 3. The OWT released the item today, noting the tally aims to map livestock nationwide.
The 26 Republican governors meeting in St Louis say they have unity with Dewey and criticize Roosevelt for not exchanging views with state executives. They urge postwar tax cuts and clear coordinated labor and welfare policies while warning against federal power grabs. The group emphasizes cooperation with Dewey to make the federal and state system work.
More than 1,200 U S heavy bombers attacked Germany with 1,000 fighters escorting for a 2,200 aircraft strike. Targets included the Peenemunde rocket site, Anklam fighter plant, Rostock assembly plant, Kiel port facilities, and an Bremen oil refinery. Bombers flew from Italy and Britain to Peenemunde, 1,200 miles round trip. Weather improved across Europe aiding dawn assaults.
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