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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1944
Page
10
Mindoro operations show no ground opposition as American forces move inland from beachheads with airfields nearing completion at the southern end. Reports from Associated Press correspondent Fimont Waite describe swift progress, light Japanese air harassment, and favorable weather aiding the invasion.
Russian forces moved toward the border on the west and advanced into Slovakia near Barieve, about 23 miles northwest of Miskolc, seizing Kamenec on the Siana river. Infantry fought within five and a half miles of Budapest, though no new gains were officially confirmed.
Workers at the Somete plant protested a proposed stretch-out system affecting loom operatives. Denim loom weavers stopped work while twill loom operators paused as production halted in the weaving room.
Washington dispatch notes that Thursday is the last day to use A-13 gasoline. On Friday six A-14 coupons in each basic A book become valid, replacing the old A-13 coupons as the new credit.
On a heavy day aside from westward push toward the River Senio five and a half miles from Imola, a Fifth Army communique reports active patrols. Mediterranean Allied Air Forces flew over 1,450 sorties, destroying four enemy aircraft and losing 24, with attacks on targets in Germany Austria Hungary Yugoslavia and Po Valley communications in Italy.
A federal grand jury indicted Carl L Norden Inc bombsight makers and a war plant survey firm for conspiring to slow Norden bombsight production. The case names Theo dore Barth and Ward E Marvell of Norden, John D Corrigan of the survey firm, and Robert H Wells of Corrigan Wells.
Long term convicts assigned as trusties assisting performers at a war bond show walked off their posts last night. Penal Director Oscar Pitts, Wake County war bond chair, called the incident embarrassing and noted one man faced a degree murder charge while another, R. J. Miller, was sentenced in Buncombe for receiving stolen goods.
Rocky Mount doctor Lemuel Weyher Kornegay age 53 died suddenly while attending a theatre. A native of Mt. Olive he helped found the Rocky Mount Sanatorium in 1913. He is survived by his wife two sons and several brothers and sisters.
Administration leaders expect swift confirmation of Joseph C. Grew as under secretary of state and five assistants Archibald MacLeish Nelson Rockefeller W L Clayton James C Dunn and Brig Gen Julius Holmes while opponents warn any nominee not aligned with policy may be replaced by January. Senator Pepper notes that voting could happen this afternoon despite opposition and reserves right to oppose any nominee.
Four gallons per coupon. coupons remain valid through March 21, 1945.
Reports describe German forces penetrating Belgian soil more than 20 miles and nearing 25 miles west of Aachen as British Typhoons shell west of Stavelot. First Army lines are pushed back over 15 miles while patrols reach Duren and Rue Roer battles continue. West of the front, U S forces press in Maginot holdouts and Dillingen area is cleared. Berlin claims Hitler planned the recoil drive to retake Aachen.
Washington dispatch reports two new selective service draft developments increase monthly callups from 60,000 to 80,000 men beginning January and February. The policy targets all men under 30 who have been available for service.
Clear to partly cloudy and colder today and tonight with lows of 20 to 24 in west and central areas and 24 to 28 in the far east. Wednesday will be fair and not as cold.
The article frames von Rundstedt trapped in the western Rhineland as Eisenhower tightens the rim, ready to move a First Army across the Roer to strike the Cologne plain. The plan risks a decisive open-field battle that could trap German forces, forcing a dangerous decision rather than awaiting disaster.
In a parliamentary session Labour and the opposition clash as Emanuel Shinwell questions Greek regency and King George II’s influence. Churchill refuses new Greece statements while arguing for a postponement and calls for Athens debate as Gallacher presses for halt to Greek fighting. The Prime Minister backs a temporary Western Front blackout as the Allied commander seeks on the spot settlement.
President delivers informal remarks to polio patients at a church din and again aboard a train en route to Camp Lejeune. He recalls a 1941 joke about returning next year if no war, notes papers overreacted, and says war or not he hopes to be back in spring after draft reevaluation in 1945.
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