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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
8
Brief market rundown shows uneven Wall Street activity with several bellwether stocks advancing while others retreat. Investors monitor early gains and losses as volume remains light and fluctuations persist through the trading session.
Randolph County Superior Court saw two suits seeking 40000 in damages over the July 19 1944 Asheboro road collision that killed Henry C Royals and injured Donald Royals. Plaintiffs accuse 16 year old Clinard driver of the Spencer Food Store truck of speeding and faulty brakes.
In the updated front line report the pace of battle around Metz and St. Vith remains tense. Eisenhower urged all Allied forces to rise to higher effort as German counterattacks press toward Luxembourg, while the main push has been checked but new assaults continue.
Cloudy and colder today with light rain changing to sleet or snow over the southeast. Light snow in north and west during forenoon. Then partly cloudy and colder tonight with lows 18 to 24 in the west and 24 to 30 in the east. Saturday looks fair and continues cold.
Soviet forces claim 100000 men breakthrough along a southwest Budapest front in a push to capture the capital and open a direct invasion path to Vienna. Nazis warn Szekesfehervar is threatened as Malinovsky’s troops push 12 miles on a 50 mile northern Hungary front and add 1490 prisoners for a 42 day total of 42734.
The article notes Fenton is not elected to Congress and he toured battle fronts this month with House military affairs committee members. He defines trench foot as a circulatory problem causing swelling and severe pain, not an infection like athlete's foot. Lack of movement, confinement in foxholes, and poor footwear increase the risk and worsen the condition.
Front line reports indicate Japan is pulling back from northwest Burma toward defense lines around Mandalay. Indaw to Gangaw rear guards remain, while Royal and Indian ships shell Rathedaung on Burma’s coast near Mayu river as Mountbatten announces Southeast Asia command updates.
In the Senate confirmations for assistant secretary of state positions, Nelson A. Rockefeller was favored 62 to 10 with no voting objections by Bailey and Reynolds. Archibald MacLeish was approved 43 to 25 with Bailey and Reynolds voting yes. Brig. Gen. Julius C. Holmes got 61 to 9 approval, supported by Bailey and Reynolds. James C. Dunn was approved 62 to 10 with Bailey and Reynolds in support. W. L. Clayton was backed 52 to 19, with Bailey and Reynolds voting yes.
Chinese communique reports Japanese forces in Hochih northwest Kwangsi province have been reinforced and are offering stiff resistance to attacking troops. Observers say the defense aims to strengthen a bastion to protect links between China and Indo China.
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