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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1944
Page
2
Partly cloudy and hot with scattered afternoon thundershowers mainly in the mountains. The forecast calls for warm temperatures and unsettled conditions across the region.
Allied field dispatches report American units pushing beyond Mortain on a wide front from Vire toward Le Mans. British and American forces press forward under fierce resistance as German reinforcements shift to the northwest. Unconfirmed reports place Americans near Paris but no solid evidence confirms the claim.
The article reports General Eisenhower leaving Britain to establish his supreme command post in France, and General Wilson relocating from Algiers to Italy. These moves unite Western and Southern fronts, signaling expanded Allied operations against Germany while Pacific strategy under Roosevelt accelerates toward victory.
A Friends meeting minute calls for deeper personal consecration and unity with international groups. Clifton C. Pearson presses NC Quakers to halt hostilities, study Biblical heritage, and advance race relations while avoiding specific legislative endorsements.
Moscow reports heavy fighting across Europe with 71 German tanks destroyed while Soviet forces push in Latvia Estonia and Poland. Roosevelt describes Pacific conferences with MacArthur Nimitz and Halsey and outlines future base roles and global defense aims.
The War Labor Board orders gains and plans back to work as thousands of unionists and workers end or suspend strikes. In Detroit 3,300 Briggs employees return Monday while 7,000 General Motors Chevrolet gear and axle workers also shift toward work pending talks. In Muncie 3,000 Borg Warner workers leave over pay friction. in Scottsdale 300 USW(CIO) to discuss ending sit down. About 20,000 workers remain unsettled across 30 disputes with 63,000 idle nationwide still.
Allied planes hunted shipping in the Bay of Biscay destroying or damaging six vessels fleeing Brittany ports as American forces close in. Halifaxes and Mosquitos hit a medium merchant, sank a mine sweeper, and damaged an armed escort and three trawlers. Fortresses and Liberators roasted Metz rail yards and seven northern French airfields near Paris, Reims and Laon as air power supported ground forces in Normandy. the Eighth Air Force flew over 1,000 sorties by 7 p.m.
President Roosevelt asserts that allied self interests will be served by fair collaboration, promising national security and economic gains for partners. He notes Pacific destinies will be entwined with the United States, while criticizing Japan as an exception due to its rulers and actions over a long period.
Aug 12. German forces pull back from Florence across the Arno allowing Allied authorities to enter the city core north of the river. Snipers remain north of Mugnone Canal and gunfire from parachute troops occurs in eastern suburbs. Civilians suffer shortages as the population endures tighter Fascist controls and disrupted supplies.
Prosecutor Thomas G. Woolsey said Edward J. Martin may face trial in Boonville if new evidence links the death of 67 year old Mrs. Edward M. Jewett to Missouri. Jewett was found at Eastwood Lake near Durham North Carolina after last seen in Boonville on May 10.
Revised county counts released by Dr. Reynolds show Alamance six cases Alleghany seven Alexander twelve Ashe thirty six Avery six Beaufort one Bertie one Buncombe ten Burke forty one Cabarrus eight Caldwell thirty three Catawba seventy Cleveland ten Columbus four Cumberland three Davidson four Durham five Forsyth fifteen Gaston twenty eight Granville two Guilford sixteen Harnett one Haywood five Henderson one Hyde one Iredell eight Lee two Lincoln fifteen Madison one McDowell eight Mecklenburg twenty Montgomery one Moore one New Hanover five Onslow one Orange two Person two Pitt one Randolph six Robeson four Rockingham four Rowan seventeen Rutherford seven Sampson one Scotland one Stanly five Stokes one Surry twelve Union two Wayne two Yadkin seven Yancey one Wake one Wilkes thirty five Yancey one and other small counts.
Billy Southworth agreed to manage the St Louis Cardinals through the 1945 and 1946 seasons marking a rare two year deal. The Cardinals pursue a third straight National League pennant as Southworth guides another strong campaign after World Series appearances and consecutive 100 win seasons.
London reports Slovakia, now partitioned under Hitler’s empire plan, is under martial law with the death penalty for revolutionary acts. The move targets partisans behind German lines as Red Army pressure and Balkan fronts shift. Official notices refute claims of a minor resistance.
Allied communique reports 20 ships sunk or damaged in August as final mopping up in British New Guinea proceeds. An additional 1,057 Japanese killed were counted, bringing total Japanese dead to 8,064 since the 18th Army attempted to break the encirclement on July 12.
On July 11 off West Africa a crewman named Andre Pono killed four sailors including Felipe Martinez and August Kramer before stabbing himself to death after a pursuit by Joseph Beegle and others. FBI said the incident occurred in the early morning on the vessel near the coast.
Mrs Irene C Lundy died in a hospital after a brief stay. Born in Surry County she was daughter of F D and Mrs Culler and a longtime resident of High Point. She leaves a husband an infant son three step sons Angela Culler Newport News and others. service planned at Gospel Tabernacle with interment Guilford Memorial Park.
Wendell Willkie and Mrs. Willkie, with Senator Owen Brewster, arrived by air in Rockwood Maine en route to Dexter and Mooshead for a weekend visit. They planned to return to New York Monday and did not comment on a reported Roosevelt invitation for a foreign affairs conference.
Ferree denounces the NCPAC asserting it selects candidates years in advance and controls election boards. He claims two election laws favor Democrats in the primary and Republicans in the general, with absentee voting restricted in the primary. He urges reform and praises a governor as a potential crusader for change.
Reports from Spain describe German units moving north from southern France in disorderly columns by bicycle and wagon. Their dismantled arms indicate a rushed plan to improvise a Loire river defense, creating a potential route into Europe past the western Alps.
The destroyer escort Fiske was sunk by a German U boat torpedo in the Atlantic. Next of kin of casualties have been notified. Lt. John A Comly, 27, is listed as a survivor. The Fiske, built by Consolidated Steel at Orange Texas, was commissioned August 25 1943.
William R. Clendenin, organist at Trinity Episcopal church in Columbia, resigns after two years to join Queens College faculty in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a native of Illinois and studied at the University of Illinois and Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He will also serve as assistant organist at Meyer's Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.
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