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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1944
Page
8
The weather in North Carolina is fair to partly cloudy today and Saturday. Temperatures will rise modestly, with a few degree increase expected on Saturday. Skies remain mild at night with comfortable conditions overall.
American leaders declare the invasion of Guadalcanal a turning point and outline plans to press toward Japan. General MacArthur, the navy, soldiers, and air forces coordinate a strategy as Adm Hoover takes command of the Marianas. In hopeful dispatches, B-29s bomb Nagasaki and Palembang on Sumatra as war updates roll out.
Liberators on three raids returned safely. A ship unloaded cargo under floodlights near an airport as 1,214 crews fought fires. MacArthur reports aerial blasts along the south to the Philippines area hitting two enemy freighters near Ceram and cratered air fields at Boeroe.
Allied air units hit rail yards from southwest Germany toward the battlefield as Mosquito bombers raid Jevo Bremen and southern Hungary. In aerial battles 16 German planes were shot down and 26 more destroyed on the ground, while Allies claimed 126 locomotives and over 1,200 railroad cars damaged or destroyed. Tactical units near Le Mans knocked out 15 tanks.
Wake Forest College will begin fall term on September 12 with student registration and classes starting September 153. About 450 students are expected to enroll, including roughly 100 women. War veterans will take courses under the government rehabilitation program.
Secretary of State Thad Eure reported 16 046 absentee ballot applications from service members for the November general election. An additional 515 applications were received today, as Raleigh notes the ongoing statewide request drive.
Allied reports speak of unimpeded progress toward Le Mans and Paris as spearheads move south and north. NBC cites American advances toward Chateaudun and Orleans while Brittany towns Nantes and Angers fall. British and Canadian forces push across the Orne toward Caen and Falaise, with heavy fighting in the Vimont area as German defenses strain.
A wartime Tokyo broadcast claims Japanese children are tearing down houses to create firebreaks as American B-29 bombers threaten the city. The observer notes Tokyo’s dense pine and paper housing, a vast hub at the imperial palace, and the spread of plants and targets toward Osaka Kobe and Nagoya. The piece warns the B-29 shadow extends across Japan and hints at a second B-32 dreadnaught.
National and American League leaders are listed with top batters and pitchers from the season. Separate item notes Major League Doerr and Musial leading in batting runs and hits while Barrett and Nicholson lead in triples and runs. An injury report from the Canadian Army notes Maj. Gen. R. F. L. Keller was wounded in France when allied bombers dropped fragmentation bombs short of target.
The army announces removal of all guards from city trolleys buses subways and elevated trains. Vehicles will run without guards except from 8 p m until morning when guards will be assigned.
Reinforcements and supplies from Belgium Germany and eastern France faced heavy aerial attack as they moved along supply routes.
Soviet forces advanced on a broad front south of Bialystok and along the Niemen river, driving toward East Prussia. Red Army units captured Raseinia in Lithuania and towns along the Narew, Wanewo, and Sokoly as they near the Warsaw–East Prussia axis, while Lagow falls and Warsaw-Kielce highway is cut.
Lin ton Morgan a 58 year old textile worker is found dead by a shotgun wound after a search for him on a murder charge. He had slain Mrs Mack Thomas 22 and her mother in law Mrs Etta Thomas 40 with heads beaten and wounded two small children Gail 18 months and Bobby 3 were injured and taken to a hospital. A warrant was issued for Morgan and deputies found his body beneath an apple tree near his boyhood home with a shotgun nearby. He had been a frequent visitor at the Thomas home.
The War Labor Board ordered a walkout ended immediately after a Washington hearing to resume production of aircraft engines and heavy trucks. About 1,500 workers were idle at four Warner Gear Co. plants in Muncie Indiana, while a separate dispute at Spencer Lens Co. in Buffalo New York was settled. Other cases kept at least 25,000 idle in more than twenty disputes.
J E Pep Younce a 44 year old Spartanburg real estate and insurance man was killed when his car overturned near Chesnee at about 10 this morning He had lived in Spartanburg 14 years after moving from Salisbury North Carolina The Coast Guard cutter Lincoln was the first U S ship in Alaskan waters after Alaska was purchased and the name is thought to derive from the native term pease meaning The Great Land
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