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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
2
Fragments describe fair and cordial conditions across North Carolina today into tonight with lows 12 to 16 in the far west and central regions and 20 to 24 in the far east. Friday adds partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures.
Maj. Gen. Jon A. Reckford, U S Provost, said 8 000 troops are absent without leave in Europe rather than 18 000 as previously reported in a credited statement.
Lawmakers debated insurance tightening with a proposed board and dividend restrictions. A related education bill stalled on age and calendar changes, while another plan sought stricter compulsory attendance with projected cost increases of over 1 million dollars and thousands of extra teachers.
The War Today notes Western Allies push up the east bank of the Rhine toward Dortmund at Arnhem. It warns delays at the Oder and cites Belgian charges as factors. Hitler’s clock runs down as renewed Soviet attacks press the enemy on multiple fronts across about 1,500 miles. The piece asserts German forces are under heavy attack on most fronts.
Soviet troops hold and push at the Oder bridgeheads in Silesia while German commanders insist spearheads near Breslau were halted. Zhukov reached the Oder despite Berlin London astonishment at his supply lines and rapid progress across Poland's lines. Moscow reports say northeast forces closed to the Baltic while aiming at Danzig and eastern Pomerania.
A New York poll of servicemen decries feminine misdeeds such as slipping attire public hair combing makeup and drooping stockings. Readers are urged to survey a full length mirror to ensure flawless appearance and avoid disapproval.
American forces crossed the Pampanga river north of Calumpit and pressed toward Malolos as part of a broad move to close the western corridor toward Manila. They cut the Cagayan valley road, captured Munoz and Talavera, and closed in on Lupao and Mingan while Japanese troops fled toward Bataan.
Allied forces penetrate toward Prum within nine miles as U S First Army reports 1332 prisoners in 24 hours and German lines retreat east of Colmar. Reports say German morale weakens with widespread rail redeployments and thinning defenses along the Rhine front.
Allied forces push toward the Rhine near Colmar and Strasbourg with Colmar outflanked. The 78th division fights east of Kesternich while Gambsheim Wittelsheim Bettenhofen fall. Terrain and fortified Siegfried Line defenses slow progress as armies prepare for the Eifel push.
In level areas the landscape features as many as 500 or 600 pillboxes per square mile, indicating extensive fortifications and prepared defensive positions.
Allied air forces target key Japanese targets from Singapore to Bangkok and Saigon, with eight major attacks since January. Carolines west of Truk were pounded, and Yap in the Palau Islands saw torpedo planes destroy installations while two barges were sunk near Babelthuap.
From Forward Area on February 1 Iwo Jima and Wolei were daily bombed by the Pacific Fleet targeting Japanese air bases in the volcano islands as part of ongoing operations.
Brig F D Howitt X ray therapy and physical fitness expert urges readers to stop watching and start playing games themselves. He emphasizes personal participation to maintain health and vigor.
London reports a new British knitting machine operates at twice the speed of rival devices, achieving over 2,350,000 loops per minute with 5,000 threads to produce fabric at record pace.
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