15 Dec 1944
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
1
The article reports American air attacks on Luzon airfields as Allied leaders discuss plans before a potential Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting. It notes timelines for a January summit, ongoing Anglo American strains, and Britain's stance on Italy with Count Carlo Sforza.
The piece argues the Greek contretemps shows the gravest danger as fighting rages in Athens. It warns that the Atlantic Charter must be upheld to prevent alienating the Orient and provoking a hostile bloc. It fears blocs could threaten the United Nations and global peace.
Freak December storms create a 200 yard inlet cutting through the Outer Banks mile north of Avon severing southward communications to Hatteras. Pamlico Sound navigation becomes precarious. Bus service across the inlet by boat, water depths reach eight feet at high tide, coast guard units remain on site.
Left wing ELAS attacked British defensive positions with fresh artillery and rifle fire in rain soaked fighting near Athens. Unofficial reports persisted that further actions continued as combat raged between Greek resistance forces and British troops.
In Athens on December 15 the ELAS reportedly sent British terms for ending the 13 day revolt. A reliable source says the rebels propose amnesty for leaders a national government a regency until a plebiscite on monarchy or republic. Meanwhile ELAS attacked British positions and Indian troops north of Patras.
Word from King George II of Greece awaited on a proposal that the Archbishop of Athens be appointed as temporary regent.
The ABC board reported November liquor sales across North Carolina reached 2 211 256 55 dollars, up from October. Final two weeks will double rationing, with gin rum and cordials now unrationed. New Hanover led with 281 735 65 and Durham Wake followed at 189 192 40, among numerous county totals.
Lieut. Gov L Y Ballentine former Wake county state senator married Raleigh executive secretary Bessie B Phoenix of Raleigh at Raleigh First Presbyterian Church on Christmas night with few relatives present. Mrs Ballentine previously served as first woman president of the North Carolina Young Democrats.
Vice Admiral John S McCain leads a carrier air armada that pins down the Japanese on Luzon and smashes nearly 100 airfields including Clark Field. The action yields at least 85 Allied aircraft destroyed, with 14 in the air and 71 on the ground, as American planes strike Tokyo and other targets. General MacArthur reports 82.5 thousand casualties in 55 days of fighting, while losses for Japanese advance.
Prime Minister Churchill voiced disappointment over delays in reconvening the Big Three and urged unity among the major powers. He indicated support for Russia in the Polish question and suggested the London Polish government may be redefined as needed to avoid undermining postwar world structure.
Secretary of State Stettinius said a frank statement on American policy toward British and Russian moves in Europe would come soon. He declined to discuss Poland in detail and would not comment on Churchill's or Bevin's speeches, saying the Polish issue is tied to Churchill's remarks.
London dispatch reports novelist H G Wells urging Prime Minister Churchill to retire, saying his Greek intervention discredits Britain. Wells labels Churchill a would be British Fuehrer, criticizing pro royalist policy, snobbishness, and limited ideas in a weekly Tribune piece.
Southeast Asia Command reports advance units 14 miles southeast of Maungdaw and within 40 miles of Akyab on Burma’s west coast. Allied forces have recaptured territory west of Kalapanzin after monsoon movements as 38th Chinese division gains in northern Burma battle.
The governor and the council of state allocate 7760 from the Emergency and Contingency Fund to finish experiments on using cotton as a source for high grade pulp. Dr. Frank K. Cameron of the University of North Carolina leads the work with services donated. The study aims to prove cotton utility for paper plastics film rayon and other products and to expand uses of cotton stalk and oil.
Moscow reports describe Russian columns of tanks and motorized infantry clashing with a German Elite SS unit along the Ipoly river north of the Danube bend about 80 miles east of Bratislava. Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine Army coordinates with IV Ukraine Army on a push toward cut off routes to Vienna.
Senators opposing six State Department nominees announced they would try to send the nominations back to President Roosevelt. Senator Pepper of Florida said he and others would resist moving the nominations out of order and would move to send them back to the White House, signaling a possible vote test.
Seventh Army shock troops crossed into Germany at Scheibenhard near Wissembourg, advancing toward the Rhine and Palatinate. American forces reached the frontier amid heavy actions as First and Ninth Armies pressed up toward the Roer and Colmar pockets. Devers’ divisions held the Rhine line from Switzerland to Lauterbourg.
U S heavy bombers from Britain and Italy attacked Germany in morning raids. The 15th Air Force bombed Innsbruck railyards at the Brenner Pass and struck Ling, Salzburg, Rosenheim and Amstetten. More than 650 Flying Fortresses and over 2,500 tons of bombs hit rail and industrial centers in Hanover and Kassel.
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