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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1944
Page
2
Nazi Leaders Promote Victory In 1945 New Year Broadcasts
In London on December 30 Nazi leaders broadcast hopeful proclamations promising victory in the new year. Goering silent. Goebbels pushes rumors of Hitler illness as a pretext for renewed offensives. Speer lauds workers as crucial to halting the enemy at Reich borders. Hierl vows stubborn advance with faith in the Fuehrer and final victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney Wheeler
London
Ons
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Goebbels
Hitler
Engerten
Karl von Rundstedt
Goering
Adolf It Sa
DNB
Robert Ley
Labor Front
Germany
Albert Speer
Reicheminister
Reich
Konstantin Hierl
Fuehrer
Allied Command Shifts Focus as Patton Forces Move East
The report notes Eisenhower abandons the Saar offensive to redeploy Patton’s Third Army into Luxembourg and Belgium, pressing a broad American advance on the Nazi bulge. It highlights a potential trap for German forces and hints at a possible German defeat if the encirclement succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Saar Basin
Patton
Luxembourg
Belgium
Nazi Germany
Budapest
Jenna
Danube
Carpathians
Naziland
Nazi positions oppose Allied advance near Bagnacavallo
The report notes heavy enemy resistance along the Eighth Army front near Bagnacavallo with tanks infantry and artillery engaging in recent weeks. Intense shelling and large gun movements are described as ongoing against Allied forces. The text also mentions a Raleigh insurance bill proposal from December 30 to create a state fire insurance rating bureau and regulate casualty rates for the 1945 General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Danube
Budapest
Holland
Germany
Poland
Europe
Pacific
Japan
MacArthur
Philippines
Ifi
Chiner
Lane
Russia
Bagnacavallo
Eighth Army
Raleigh
War Food Admin Advances Poultry Ration for Civilians
The War Food Administration announced a plan to reserve nearly all chickens produced in Georgia Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma for government purchase for the armed forces. The order also extends to sparing counties in Delaware Maryland Virginia and West Virginia and will tighten civilian poultry supplies. About 100 million birds are slated for military needs and roaster stewer fryer and broiler types are affected while turkeys guineas ducks squabs and geese are excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Ncipa
Georgia
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Spar
Delaware
Aryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Armed Services
Senator Wheeler urges US Europe federation to avert future wars
Wheeler argues for a United States of Europe to prevent a future Britain Russia clash, criticizing current policy toward the Baltic states and Poland. He says the Senate should declare American aims, demand German regime change, and reaffirm commitment to the Atlantic Charter without vague unconditional surrender. He cites Russia’s peace terms and calls for clear American terms to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athem
Wheeler Porters
Russia
Baltics
Balkans
Poland
Greece
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Senate of
United States
United States of America
Ny Ee
Hatch
D-N. M
Ball
R-Minn
United States of Europe
Wheeler
Great Britain
Germany
Hitler
Goebbels
Himmler
Greensboro A and T to Play Texas in Bowl
In Jacksonville Florida on New Year’s Day the Flower Bowl pits Texas Steers Tyler against A and T College Greensboro. Both teams share a one loss season, with A and T featuring All American backs Jimmy Cunningham and Chick Weaver and Texas led by backs John L. Williams and James Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fila
Powertel
Texas
Tyler
Xas
A & T Colege
Greensboro
N. C
Jimmy Cunningham
Chick
Workers Asked To Stay On Job Monday
Washington dispatch reports AFL and CIO leaders Anne and Philip Murray urging organized labor to work New Year’s Day to keep war plants running. They say duty and responsibility require no holiday delay in producing guns tanks planes and shells for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
Anne
Philip Murray
Congress Ofurial Organizations
Green
Murray
Earl's Parole Board Records Note Long Criminal History
Earl is described as serving multi year sentences from 1924 to 1943 for assault with intent to rape robbery with firearms and related offenses. He escaped in 1925 and was later returned to complete his sentence in North Carolina. Others freed include Dowdy with a 27 year total, Ralph C. Carter with 18 months for larceny and receiving, and Ilie McClease with three to five years for breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
West Virginia
North Carolina
Dowdy
Guilford
Ralph C. Carter
New Hanover
Ilie McClease
Dare County
Cherry To Take Oath In Grim Wartime Ceremony
North Carolina coverage describes the inauguration and oath taking for the new governor and eight constitutional officers. The ceremony, in Memorial Auditorium, includes a parade with troops from Fort Bragg Camp Butner and more, and a joint session of the legislature precedes the oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry
Raleigh
R. Tion Thutedey
Zeb Vance
In General Assembly
I of
Eurplus
L. Y. Ballentine
Dairyman
Fuquay-Varina
Atenior
State Supreme Court
Erwin
George Ross Poll
Thad Eyre
Harry McMullan
W. Kerr Scott
Forrest Shuford
William P. Hodges
A. A. F. Seawell
W. A. Devin. Stacy
Walter P. St
State Court
Memorial Auditorium
General Assembly
Weday
House
Senate
Jority
Ray Byerly
House and
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Fort Bragg
Camp Butner
Greensboro
ORD
Camp Lejeune
Lenoir High School
A & T College
State College
State Guard
Broughton
Soviet ultimatum to Germany over Budapest siege cited
The Soviet press reports a German reply to a proposed white flag truce on the Danube and an implied promise of aid to enemy troops. It recounts a Soviet officer killed despite a white flag and notes German offensives faltering on the Eastern Front as Budapest endures renewed bombardment and attrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Rodion Y. Malinov
Ukraine
Hungary
Slovakia
Bratislava
Vienna
Red Star
Starmneers Island
Spa
Danube
Budapest
Csepel
Europe
Buda
Royal Palace
Pilis
Red Army
Air Force
Kispest
WoLube
Stacy Weet
Ravel
Cen
1 von Olberg
Senator Wiley Calls End To Senate Baiting
Senator Wiley says critics are unfairly attacking the Senate amid foreign relations tensions. He proposes 16 unanswered questions about the abuse and emphasizes confidence in America's legislative branch and national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Wiley
R-Wise
Senate
America
Validation Of Next Stamp Postponed
The OPA announced the next shoe ration stamp will likely not be validated until sometime next summer, shifting from the May 1 plan. Cancellation of outstanding shoe coupons is not being considered. Despite higher military demand, civilian supplies are adequate to honor stamps now outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Australia Warns of Two More Years of War in Pacific
Prime Minister Francis Forde in a New Year message said Australian forces will play a vital part in Philippine operations and must prepare for at least two more years of arduous warfare against Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
Act
Francis Forde
Japan
Patton’s Forces Press German Lines Near Bastogne
Allied troops under Patton push across the Bastogne corridor ripping open enemy positions on both sides. In Moircy and Libramont routes, American batteries dominate, while weather hinders air action but fighters strike German concentrations. Patton’s advance reaches toward Lavaselle Chenogne and Echternach as Seventh Army fronts stay quiet amid heavy artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Rochefort
Patton
Bastogne
von Rundstedt
Manhay
Longchamps
Lwehamps
Associated Press
William F. Boni
Britain
Third Army
Boni
Moircy
Libramont
Moicy
St. Hubert
Lavaselle
Chenogne
Luxembourg
Reich
Echternach
Bigelbach
Wiltz
Callous Gate
Malmedy
Hotston
Marche
Beaur
Four Girls Perish In Packing House Fire at Wortz Biscuit Co
A two story Wortz Biscuit Co packing and shipping building burned this afternoon. Four women workers remained unaccounted for after control of the blaze. Names listed include Sylvia Johnson Dorothy Nolan Mildred Trout and Mabel Bowman. Vivian McElroy was severely burned escaping the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tcmeth
Art. Decaan
Wortz Biscuit Co
Sylvia Johnson
Dorothy Nolan
Mildred Trout
Mabel Bowman
Vivian McElroy
Army Vet Loses Fingers Feet To Be Amputated
Malone New York December 30 ailing army veteran Joseph Segoware hall local surgeons removed all but one of his fingers and both feet after his cabin door blew open during a Christmas Eve sleep. He lay paralyzed for almost three days as temperatures plunged to 28 below zero before a neighbor found him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
N. Y
Ean Segoware Hall
Opinion voices warn of uneasy postwar future
A series of 1945 statements from leaders and diverse figures caution that Europe’s war may linger into 1945 and beyond. Jim Goodman notes rising cigarette demand as instability feared. J A Krug urges faster war production. Zanuck and Abbott predict cultural role for film and theatre in peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darryl F. Zanuck
Twentieth Century-Fox Pictures
Henry P. Rusk
Collegt of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Europe
Sandy Ackland
New York
Bill Migatz
George Abbott
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
William H. Davis
National War Labor Voee
Jon
Sarazen
Charles E
General Electric Co
WPB
Chester Bowles
OPA Administhis
F. H. la Guardia
MacFarlane Named Press Section Head
Navy announces Lt Commander John E. Conley of Riderwood Maryland as officer in charge of the press section Bureau of Public Relations and Lt Waynes MacFarlan of Arlington Virginia as executive officer of the same section MacFarlan previously worked for the Associated Press in Washington before Navy service and has roots in Darlington District of Columbia and Raleigh North Carolina
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
John E. Conley
Riderwood
Bureau of Public Relations
W. Qaynes MacFarlan
Arlington
MacFarlan
Associated Press
Darlington
D. C
Columbia
S. C
Charlotte
Raleigh
N. C
Leroy Kelley Awaits New Year Amid Hardship
Leroy Kelley, discharged from the Army a month ago to support his ill wife and four children, hopes for better luck in the new year. His sister-in-law died today and, while arranging the funeral, his house was destroyed by a blaze. The family faces severe losses and uncertainty in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Leroy Kelley
Shipbuilder Swan Dies At United Shipyards
Sir Charles Sheriton Swan aged 74, chairman of Swan Hunter and Watham Richardson Ltd., prominent shipbuilders, died today in Stocksfield on Tyne. His son Sheriton Clements Swan, 35, serves as a company director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stocksfield - ON - Tyne
England
Charles Sheriton Swan
Swan, Hunter and Wraham Richardson, Ltd
Sheriton Clements
Thecompany
North England Sees Severe Quake Amid Luftwaffe Fears
A strong tremor jolts northern England as residents flee to shelters amid Luftwaffe scare. The 1925- era quake, the worst since before the war, rattled Manchester to Leeds with shaken homes and swaying buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Manchester
West Bromich
Leeds
Funeral rites for Newton Ward at Willowbrook home
Funeral services for Newton Ward, 79, who died at his home on Willowbrook street, will be held at the residence at 11 o clock. Ruth Lear will direct the services and interment will follow at Abotts Creek Cemetery. The body will be removed to the Willowbrook street residence at five this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Ward
Willowbrook Street
Lear OL Ruth
Abotts Creek
Funeral for Pvt James O Pike Jr at Mechanicsville Cemetery
Pvt James O Pike Jr died in Florida and funeral services were held at his parents home 1807 Johnson Street followed by burial in Mechanicsville Cemetery. Full military honors were provided by Chaplain Capt from ORD Georgia and a firing squad from the same unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Pike, JR
James O Pike, Jr
Law Fla
J. O. Pike
Johnson Street
Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
Fasa
ORD
Gecaee
Ma i
McAuliffe Leads 1st Army Tank Fight On D Day Front
The slight 135 pound deputy commander of the 1st Armored Division, McAuliffe, parachuted into Normandy and glided into Holland earlier. He directed the encirclement battle front line and command posts, urging no surrender after the German ultimatum. He greeted aides, soldiers, and allied troops, reinforcing resolve in the hospital and on the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
D-Day
Holland
McAuliffe
Gerald J. Higgins
Utah
Maxwell D. Taylor
Washington
Mac
Crock
Frederick D. Starrett
Maine
Clochimon
Assenois
Greece to form new government as regency urged
Churchill and Eden pressed for a government in Athens with a regency despite Greek consent. Damaskinos, exile and bishop of Corinth, named a key resistance figure and archbishop elect tasked to form a new administration and seek peace. ELAS and EDES clashes continued in Athens suburbs as Corfu hosts retreating rightists. Archbishop designate to take oath and begin duties under Greek constitutional framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Greece
Damaskinos
Mextaxas
Corinth
Themostokles Oe
ELAS
Tist Edes
Na Zer
Geece
Corfu
Zervas
Athens
Holy Synod
Japanese convoy losses amid Sulu Sea action reported
Allied communique states Japanese transports and a PT boat were attacked in the Sulu Sea near Mindoro. Four transports and a cruiser were damaged, with Tokyo claiming only eight to ten transports remained. Filipinos aiding Japan to be interned. Nimitz says Japan may strike next. British Indians advance toward Mandalay as Burma battles continue. Chinese forces gain ground on the Bhamo road and near Loiwing. US air forces strike Japanese shipping in Indo China and along the Yangtze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulu
Mindoro
Tokyo
Europe
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
London
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Marianas
Burma
Mandalay
Yeu
An Rathedaung
Akyab
China
Paghkam
Nambhkam
Bhamo-Namhkam
Toulungehai
Tuka
14Th U. S.S. Air Force
Indo-China
Yangtze River
Ian
Yank
Razor attack reported as police search continues
A razor brandished during a robbery attempt on Emery's watch led to a pursuit through West Commercial Street. Police continued the search for the suspect, identified as a Negro, after the incident on the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery
West Commerc Street
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First Army
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Jim Goodman
deVore
Astrological Research Society
Asia
Tor
Park Avenue
Christchurch
Methodist
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
MacFarlane
North
George
Pri
Relia Coatene
Reek King
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