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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1945
Page
2
Allied forces push toward the Rhine with major activity from the French First Army south of Strasbourg to German positions near Kleve and Zyfflich. British Canadian units crack northwest into Germany as infantry, tanks, and flamethrowers press the German lines.
Allied forces pushed into the Reichwald woods gaining more than two miles on a five mile front. They reached eight to ten miles from the Rhine bend near the North Sea. The assault took about a thousand prisoners in the first 24 hours. Kileve marks the northern terminus of the permanent defenses thirty five miles northwest of a key industrial gateway. U S Third Army interdicted Saarland production as Germany’s industries fall.
Sir Walter Citrine urged a postwar plan for Germany with an international TVA and regional authorities including Rhine and Danube Valleys. He warned peace would require occupation and final terms must preserve German workers, rebuild trade unions, and establish a free press while reshaping industry and transferring heavy plants abroad.
American forces push across the Central Luzon plain driving the Japanese toward the eastern foothills amid key town captures at Munoz Rizal and Lupao. Casualties on Luzon exceed 48 000 as bombers hit Corregidor and Borneo oil targets.
In a heated session Rules Chairman Sabath denounced critics as the banking committee faced interrogation. Spence and others clashed over the bill as decision was postponed until next Wednesday. An American communique reported US 14th Air Force planes destroyed 25 enemy locomotives and damaged rail bridges in sweeping strikes north, south and east of Ganges. Two US planes were lost and two enemy aircraft were downed.
War Department released names of two thousand three hundred seventy four U S soldiers wounded in action. North Carolinians listed include Pfc Talmado B Allen and Pfc Jonah M Almond among many others with mothers listed as next of kin and hometowns across North Carolina.
The Tribune quotes a draft memo urging a central authority within the President's office to coordinate all national intelligence. It calls for a new service run by a central committee working with the War and Navy departments to integrate agencies, gather and evaluate foreign information, and train personnel, while lacking police powers.
PFC Ramsey W Page formerly of High Point North Carolina has arrived at Welch Convalescent Hospital Daytona Beach Florida the Army's reconditioning center. He entered service in October 1942 and has since served in combat. He was formerly employed by Jengren Hosiery Co Independence Virginia and has two brothers and a sister in the armed forces.
Legislation seeks immunizations for children against whooping cough and smallpox before school age, updated health laws, and county funding for public health. A Guilford bill would recruit women into the State Guard, exempt Guardsmen from jury duty, and allow an adjutant general to lead the force.
Reported heavy artillery fire around Wriezen and near Stettin as Soviet tank supported infantry push toward the Oder. German defenses claimed breach narrowed to a 13,500 square mile area with Stettin a key objective, while Russians closed within 60 miles of the Baltic railway corridor.
The article notes demand to avoid surrender but accept capitulation with humane treatment. It argues faster war reduces Allied casualties and reports the Red Army's advance on Berlin, predicting the Russians may reach the capital before Western Allies who must cross the Rhine barrier.
A Monsanto Chemical Company effort in St Louis explores new glass forms and aluminum mesh to transmit more ultraviolet energy for wartime production. Research targets improved protection and efficiency in material use for defense needs.
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