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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1944
Page
6
New York stocks report firmer trading with notable gains in several sectors as investors weigh earnings and economic indicators on February 5. The AP dispatch highlights stronger prices across major indices and mixed sector moves.
The analysis argues Rome must remain under Nazi control to preserve German influence and Balkan security. It notes Rome’s railway hub role and warns that abandoning the city would open routes for Allied Balkan advances or supply lines. It adds that Allied assault timing remains uncertain and heavy fighting is anticipated before Rome falls.
Allied air forces attacked Frankfurt and western Germany in a massive raid led by heavy bombers with more than 800 aircraft. Escorts included Thunderbolts Lightnings Mustangs and RAF Dominion and Allied fighters. The communique notes mines sown in enemy waters during the operation.
The Soviet briefing says Germans push to break the encirclement but face failure as Russian Stormovik aircraft deny rescue efforts. Twenty four Junkers transports and ten escorting fighters are down, with six transports destroyed on the ground. Govorov’s drive toward Estonia advances with forces from Leningrad to within 19 miles of Luga along the Leningrad Luga Pskov railway, capturing Mshinskaya. Meretskov’s Volkhov army presses west from the Lake Ilmen area after clearing the Leningrad Moscow trunk line.
Soviet forces wiped out the last German units on the Leningrad to Novgorod line as the second north south railway was freed after a northern offensive. Meretskov’s units reached 22 miles southwest of Luban in dense forest fighting, with 2700 German dead reported. Stockholm said two Russian submarines were sighted southwest of Norrkoping as Swedish papers speculated on a Baltic break in.
A $15,000 damage suit is on file in superior court against Gen. Holland Smith, noted leader of U S marine assault troops in the Marshall Islands invasion. J Walters of Burlington sues claiming permanent injuries from a February 4 collision with the general’s automobile. Walters, a navy machinist’s mate, contends he was struck by the vehicle.
A Budapest dispatch cited by the Gazette De Lausanne reports Berliners call their capital the Reichs city of ruin. Specialists estimate eight years to clear debris while Goebbels, as city father, said rebuilding would come in a comparatively short time with preparatory work already under way.
A south bound Seaboard Airline fast mail train was delayed early today by a broken rail near Garnett South Carolina. The spokesman said no cars left the track and no injuries were reported. The train later proceeded without mishap.
The army announced First Lieut. Orah D. Stephenson, chief nurse at Morris Field Station hospital in Charlotte North Carolina, received the soldier's medal for rescuing a fellow nurse from a burning building at the station.
Lt Col Samuel G Taxis of Gloucester Massachusetts received the Legion of Merit Medal here yesterday from Lt Gen A A Vandegrift Marine Corps commandant for meritorious conduct in the Guadalcanal campaign.
Governor Broughton warned that postwar higher education may streamline after war use of colleges for military training. Speaking at Meredith College he urged self examination of purpose and cost, noting facilities may sit idle during summer. He stressed need for physical health programs and better medical screening to reduce high rejection rates.
London reports Allied air units flew 12 000 sorties from British bases in a marathon period ending at dawn January 31. Bombers dropped 9 000 long tons of bombs on Germany. One thousand two hundred seventeen Allied planes failed to return, including 163 heavy bombers and 36 fighters.
Chicago reports a seven year old California case where gas gangrene was cured by penicillin after serums sulfonomides and amputation failed. Doctors said the mold derived drug ended the infection.
U S army headquarters confirms Pvt. John H Waters 38 of Chicago Heights Illinois will be hanged next Thursday for the July 14 murder of Doris Staples at Hanley on Thames Oxfordshire. The death sentence was imposed by a court martial on November 30.
Howard Jobe son of Mr and Mrs H D Jobe of 916 Arbordale Drive graduates with highest honors from Georgetown Preparatory School. He plans to enter one of the ensuing military or naval programs at an early date.
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight in North Carolina. Sunday will be mostly cloudy with moderate temperatures and cooler in the north and west in the afternoon. Showers are expected in the mountains Sunday morning.
Raleigh February 5 coal dealers may not sell more than 15 days supply to any one on hand under a Solid Fuels Administration for War order. The ruling cites a severe coal shortage and allows deliveries only to raise a consumer's stock to a 15 day level.
Eastern North Carolina’s petroleum shortage eased as Plantation Pipe Line at Greensboro received additional allocations. Governor Broughton announced PAW and ODT officials approved supplies to relieve the shortage beginning today.
Mrs Annie Land O Berry wife of State Senator Thomas O Berry died in a Baltimore hospital after an long illness following an operation The funeral will be held here Sunday at 3 p m She was active in civic and political affairs in North Carolina including a presidency of the Federation of Woman's Clubs and later headed the civilian works administration in the state She is survived by her husband two sisters and a brother
The cruiser Atlanta will be launched at the New Shipyard Corporation yards in Camden. Mrs. Margaret Mitchell Marsh, author of Gone With The Wind, will sponsor the craft as Georgia citizens funded war bonds totaling 63.397 million dollars to finance the program.
John Carradine, a gaunt character actor, was sued for divorce by his wife Ardeneile Mesa Carradine in Los Angeles. She alleges cruelty after eight years of marriage. She claims he agreed to a property settlement and $100 monthly for each of two children, John Arthur, 7, and Bruce John, 11. Bruce John was adopted from a former marriage.
Perfect record Hickory honors Thom with 32 years of service. Pvt Bobby K Furr of Newton receives the purple heart for Italy service and is recuperating in a North Africa hospital. Philip Weaver of Whiteville auctions his cocker spaniel for 55000 to support a war bond drive, with the dog returned to him afterward.
Berwick Pennsylvania February 5 Grandpa Harry Setzer aged 37 passed his draft physical exam today He has nine children and three grandchildren He will enter the army.
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