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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1944
Page
8
Partly cloudy with moderate temperatures today and Wednesday. Scattered showers and afternoon thundershowers affect the eastern portion today and the coast on Wednesday.
Funeral services for L S Venable 48 who died Sunday at Bowman Gray Memorial Hospital after a day of illness were held at Brim Grove Baptist Church near Pilot Mountain. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Survivors include widow two sons a daughter and several siblings.
Allied forces drive deep into occupied France with a first major night armored attack near Caen and a stalled German counterattack in the center. Canadian First Army advances toward Falaise while American units close on Lorient Brest and St Malo. Soviet reports note new border advances by White Russian armies toward Poland’s northwest and the southern border.
A Vichy broadcast relayed by the Associated Press claimed all East Prussia factories had closed and that civilians were digging trenches against a possible Russian advance. Russian forces were reportedly moving west in Latvia and Estonia, cutting rail and road links between Madona and Culbene and capturing Lubana in the same region.
Henry Stires of the Lexington Civitan club spoke at the Sheraton hotel luncheon, urging projects to aid returning veterans in finding jobs. Lt. Charles Brockman High Point and Mr. Mitchell of Louisville attended as guests, with H. Severn Regar presiding and Guy Leonard's team noting the attendance.
Elizabeth V. Dawson of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service asks help locating her husband. She reports he was discharged circa March 1943 and may be in High Point, with two sons serving abroad and in the South Pacific. Mrs. Dawson’s address is 129 Jackson Street Passaic New Jersey.
Allied air forces attacked in three phases around May Sur Onne and Tilly La Campagne sides of Caen Falaise as Eisenhower’s push continued. Typhoons and American fighters destroyed 163 tanks in Avranches corridor. American heavy bombers hit transport routes while British Second Tactical Air Force claimed 81 tanks and 54 damaged. U S Ninth Air Force reported 26 destroyed. Over France, more than 4 000 sorties were flown yesterday and last night.
In Salt Lake City on August 8 former President Hoover states he has not thought about politics since the Chicago convention. He adds he likely will not decide on participating in Governor Thomas E. Dewey's presidential campaign until September.
Moscow dispatch says Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk relayed details of talks with the Polish committee of liberation and national council to London exiles. London sources say he has enough information to base vital decisions, while foreigners in Moscow call the moment crucial for London terms. Franz von Papen is reported to have arrived in Berlin after leaving Turkey amid strains with Germany.
A single American B-24 bomber raided Shanghai today, per the Japanese Comet agency carried by an English wireless transmission recorded by the FCC. It said only very slight damage occurred.
The Central Labor Union hosted AFL organizers Jim Barrett and George L. Googe guiding a crowd of about 400 workers from Greensboro High Point Winston-Salem Burlington and Durham. Barrett warned against foreign elements weakening unions and outlined plans to enforce the Wagner Act and boost local prestige. Googe explained AFL and WLB roles plus a new wage ruling allowing appeals for pay adjustments.
Local warehouses face sugar shortages as lend lease shipments take priority. Wholesalers report no sugar in Winston Salem Greensboro or High Point. civilian supplies lag while ration stamps offer little help without retail stock.
Washington Aug 8 The House Civil Service committee chairman Ramspeck predicts 2,000,000 civilians will be dropped from the federal payroll within a year after the war ends. He cites Civil Service Commission discharge orders and estimates postwar rolls will fall from about 2,908,912 to roughly 900,000 with about 270,057 federal employees expected to be cut in half.
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