Weather forecast for today with scattered storms
Partly cloudy and warm today with a Tuesday forecast of scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly over the south and east portions.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1944
Page
8
Partly cloudy and warm today with a Tuesday forecast of scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly over the south and east portions.
W Sanford Clinard 69 a Davidson county figure died after a brief illness in Winston-Salem He was born April 6 1875 son of Randall Clinard and Jane Payne Clinard He married Jessie Tise and belonged to Mount Pleasant Methodist church Survivors include his wife and a daughter Mrs John Woodruff a sister Mrs Dora Livene of High Point The funeral from 212 Boulevard High Point Wednesday at 10 30 with burial at Guilford Memorial Park Mausoleum Body to be taken to High Point from J C Green and Sons Funeral Home Thomasville until Tuesday
A polio affected child in the city, a sixth grader at Film Street School, attended Rankin Memorial Methodist church and Sunday school. Survived by the mother and SH. Stanley grandparent. Funeral Tuesday at 4 PM at 1109 Tipton Street with Rev. Edward Suits and Elder G W Hill officiating. Interment Flora Garden Cemetery.
The article notes Britain seeking aid options including direct loans or lend lease from the United States to cover the gap between needs and what can be bought from export earnings and investments. It cites that with current assistance Britain has kept its total national debt around 75 billion dollars. It adds a domestic tip about ironing with a glove having finger holes cut out.
Soviet forces drive toward Warsaw and Krakow as the Red Army pressures German lines along the Vistula and Niemen corridors. Reports say troops near East Prussia and Memel threaten German Baltic positions while Warsaw resists in street fighting.
A wide Allied advance across northern France drives toward Paris after sealing gains in Brittany and Brittany port towns. American forces breach the Mayenne river line with bridgeheads while French garrisons at Lorient and St. Malo consider surrender. St Nazaire and Nantes facing possible access for reinforcements. British and Canadian units push toward Caen region linking Normandy and Brittany efforts.
Postal receipts for July rose about 11 percent from the previous year. Total July receipts were $24,715.38 versus $22,114.09 last July, reflecting a steady gain in mail revenue.
Robert B. Patterson 64 of 1110 Forrest Avenue died last night at a local hospital after being found unconscious in the National Upholstery office on South Hamilton Street. An autopsy ruled natural causes with no foul play. he was a night watchman at the plant and had lived in High Point for 25 years. He leaves a widow Claudia Latham and a large family including six sons, two daughters, four grandchildren, four brothers and six sisters. Funeral plans await word from relatives.
Island fighting near Chichi and Saipan reports say U S engineers surpass building pace as B 29 bases near Tokyo form in the Marianas. On Guam Marines advance inland, capturing Ukudu and Liguan, and fighter operations begin from Orote air strip as Japanese air losses rise and 22000 civilians flee toward American lines.
Lt. Gen. James H. Doo Little reports air strikes severely curtailed production at 23 major German oil refineries and synthetic plants. Mediterranean air force logged 2,100 sorties Sunday while Russian fighter planes arrived, and over 500 U. S. 5th Air Force bombers attacked 14 objectives over southern France.
Allied forces cleared San Sepolcro and San Giustino west of Arezzo in the upper Tiber valley. Polish units on the Adriatic front reached a 20 mile front opposite German positions near the Cesano river south of Rimini, occupying Ripe and Lucia as Italian troops seized Montale and Ostra Vetere.
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