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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
2
The note states the vertical span between ocean depths and highest land peaks exceeds twelve miles. It emphasizes a measurement of earth’s extreme vertical relief without specifying locations or exact figures.
The column argues Germany is drained of first line reserves with units pulled from occupied territories rather than the Reich. It warns Allies will press harsher punishment for war crimes and calls for incapacitation to prevent future aggression, rejecting total extermination as rhetoric.
Russian advances flank the south with a 41 mile bridgehead southwest of Warsaw. Moscow dispatches claim a thrust northeast of Warsaw as East Prussia opens to possible outflanking. Artillery duels intensify near East Prussia and German boundary towns while Vilkaviskis in Lithuania faces counterattacks.
German announce that Russian armies between Warsaw and East Prussia are advancing again. Berlin reports breakthroughs in Sanok near Beskid Pass and through the Carpathians into Czecho Slovakia, with Russians near Mielec on the Vistula breach. Radio notes signs of a new Balkan offensive as reinforcements arrive.
President Roosevelt lauded Hawaii as a crucial advance base during a speech at Schofield Barracks. He met Lt Gen Harmon and Admiral Lockwood, praising military progress in the Solomons and the Pacific. The trip, with White House aides, included notes on upcoming nationwide reports and a Vice Presidential tie to Senator Truman.
Wax candles emerged in Europe in the 12th century and Chinese practice long predates this, with vegetable wax candles used for centuries in China.
General Eisenhower announces the consolidation of airborne and ground personnel into a single force roughly the size of a full army. Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton will command with Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning as deputy, linking Ninth Air Force leadership to the new capacity and mobility.
CHUNGKING Aug. 10 Major General Claire L. Chennault's battleplanes supported Chinese forces as they recaptured Leiyang, the Canton-Hankow railway town about 300 miles south of Hengyang. The Chinese high command confirmed Hengyang fell Aug. 8 with defenders killed nearly to the last man. fate of the defending generals was not known.
Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki, former grand chamberlain to Emperor Hirohito, appointed president to succeed the late Yoshimichi Hara. Toru Shimizu becomes vice president. Installation took place in the emperor's presence. Hara's death was announced last week.
London reports a German communique claiming special weapons sank six supply ships totaling 25 500 tons, a destroyer and escort vessel near Genne Bay. It says a large Allied destroyer was badly damaged west of Brest, and German convoys sank two American E boats south of Jersey Island. No Allied confirmation was available.
Allied troops advancing toward Mandalay seized Taungin ten miles southwest of Mogaung after overrunning Sahmaw. Sahman lay midway between Taungni and Moga on the railway, where the Third Indian Division reported numerous Japanese dead and captured equipment.
A soldier assigned to duty during the Philadelphia transit strike was accidentally killed by a gunshot at the Fairmount Park bivouac area. The tentmate was cleaning the gun when it fired. next of kin have been notified.
Second Lieutenant Charles B. Ellington, son of Mrs. W. W. Ellington of High Point, receives the Air Medal with the 80th Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group for the Normandy invasion. Inducted 1942, Ellington trained at Ft. Jackson, Louisville, and Lubbock and is married to Lucille Carr. Also notes Marine Sergeant "Scooter" Moser Jr. returning to the States after 18 months in the South Pacific, with a likely homecoming in about a week.
Pfc. Robert Becker has been awarded the Army Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in combat. He is the son of Walter Becker of 1106 Madison Avenue.
Gilbert W Clark graduates from Moody Field Valdosta Georgia and is commissioned a second lieutenant A brother James J Clark serves with U S army engineers in France.
James M. Rones son of Dr and Mrs Max Rones of 408 Parkway completed RAF advanced grade Bve training at Williams Field Chandler Arizona and has been appointed a flight officer.
Earl Howell Ph. M. 3c stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard dental clinic spent last Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Howell of Trinity.
Sgt. Joseph Darrener, son of Sir and Mrs Herbert Lupiter of Jamestown, has been in service since November 2 and is now stationed somewhere in Australia.
William Graves Moffitt son of Mr and Mrs W P Moffitt has returned to Great Lakes IL where he will be assigned to an advanced school.
Pfc. Russell M. Payne was awarded the Good Conduct Medal for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity to military service.
George W Phillips received a promotion to major in the 13th AAF Fighter Command in the South Pacific. He resided here before entering the service.
Richard C. Hassell a seaman first class was transferred from Shoe Maker California to San Francisco California.
Raymond M. Wise son of Mr and Mrs G E Wise of 111 Briggs Avenue has been promoted to corporal He is stationed at Camp Blanding Fla where he serves as an instructor in an anti tank company
Allied bombers based in Britain hit 114 refineries and 19 storage depots in nine days of nocturnal and daytime raids. Marauders raided Caudebec near Le Havre while Mediterranean forces struck Balkan refineries, forcing the Wehrmacht to source fuel up to 200 miles from the front.
Reports indicate Brittany ports are reduced one by one with Nantes reached by forces. Angers and Lorient are reportedly surrounded by American troops while St. Malo is captured though pockets of German resistance remain. Brest remains a French naval base noted on the western Brittany coast.
Allied reports chronicle German attempts to evacuate Brest Lorient St Nazaire and St Malo while resisting near Dinard and Caen. Typhoons crippled tanks and vehicles as 2 000 prisoners fell from Rommel lines and Canadians and British push a widening Orne bridgehead. Allied navies disrupt evacuations off Brittany and Le Havre as Mortain remains contested.
Researchers report that blending wood-derived yeast with dried eggs can boost protein value by as much as 55 percent. The finding suggests a method to enhance nutrition in egg products using a natural yeast additive.
City officials plan a council meeting at City Hall to discuss a potential day off for police and a new city ordinance on ownership. Mayor D. A. Dowdy notes merchant representatives will meet tonight to discuss the proposal. Fire Chief Ingram says a future check will verify awning compliance with the seven feet rule.
The article notes wartime disruption across Soviet industry, with Donets basin steel output dropping from about 22 million to 12 million tons due to German occupation. It discusses evacuations to the east and industrial growth beyond the Urals, as two five year plans aim to ramp output to 60 million tons, nearing America's 100 million.
Boise Idaho August 10 Glen H Taylor Democratic candidate for the U S senate and his Republican opponent Gov C A Bottolfsen shared a odd coincidence both placing hats in the same vacant rack spot at a hotel dining room. They did not speak.
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