12 Feb 1944
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1944
Page
1
Stockholm dispatch reports renewed peace rumors in Finland as the government urges calm. Telegraph agencies note 18 ton ships ferry evacuees from Helsinki to summer holiday towns while a second Russian attack targets Kotka, 70 miles east, as heavy shelling continues.
W W Hercher reports Liberators swept the Pas area in daylight strikes on the invasion coast as part of the 13th USAF mission. Mosquito units and RAF heavy forces conducted nocturnal raids over Germany, with no enemy aircraft encountered and all Allied aircraft safely returning. About 20 German raiders bombed southeastern Britain, causing some casualties.
Warren H. Atherton national commander of the American Legion led the tenth annual pilgrimage to Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield Illinois. He urged that future peace requires enforcement of international law and sacrifice to maintain it. He spoke in an address prepared for broadcast from the tomb saying the nation must avoid letting conditions that would demand future blood if not changed.
The nation awoke to a drifting storm moving out to sea along the East Coast but with no relief from a harsher cold spell. At least 12 deaths were linked to the blizzard, while New York City and the seaboard faced lingering snow and subfreezing temperatures. In the Southeast freezing conditions held, though Miami reported 66 degrees at 10 am.
North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan ruled that an artist who creates handiwork for anyone under 21 faces a misdemeanor for violating state law. The decision clarified that such acts are illegal and punishable as a misdemeanor.
Moscow reports Russians are ready to strike every major Gulf of Finland port after a heavy air attack on Kotka, aiming to sever Finnish links with Germany. Indications point to continued raids to disrupt Finnish communications with Germany.
At neutral Haparanda Finns sense time running out to quit the war with Russia. Unscon firm rumors center on FMI minister possibly resigning and changes in government, including Tanner and Edwin Linkomies. President Ryti’s term continues next year as Helsinki weighs U S warnings with caution.
Pravda editorial charges Polish government in exile in London with collaboration with Nazi occupiers. It says Poles have always treated the Soviet Union as an enemy and warns the war will not wait for Polish leaders to adjust their stance.
Wendell Willkie told a Lincoln Day banquet in Tacoma Washington that the Democratic administration fosters disunity at home. He warned the nation cannot survive divided and noted the penalty could be greater than in Lincoln's era.
Navy Lieutenant George W. Andrews, Democratic nominee for Alabama's Third district, says he will go to Congress with few strings attached. Primary runoff returns from Dothan show Andrews leading Farmer with 43,870 votes to 13,826.
The article argues Hitler may be stalling a general Nazi withdrawal by highlighting risk at the Anzio-Nettuno bridgehead near Rome. It describes the Red Army advances creating pressure along a 2000 mile front, with German forces under Mannstein forced to retreat from the Dnieper bend toward the Dniester river as springs thaw hampers operations.
Bolivian government decrees expropriation of all Axis firms amid a government shakeup. Alfredo Pacheco becomes interior minister, Rafael Olazo named agriculture minister, and Walter Guevara elevated to secretary-general as officials resign. Buenos Aires reports note Taborga allied with pro Axis elements and Monte Negro opposed Yankee imperialism.
Captain Donald Aldrich of Chicago became the fifth Marine Corsair pilot to down 20 enemy planes in the war. He shot down a Tojo fighter over Rabaul, his 15th kill in less than a month, making him the South Pacific’s leading Marine ace. A coalition of Yugoslav pro royalist parties formed the Yugoslav Democratic National Union.
Republicans and some Democrats view the four day limit announced by Democratic chairman Robert E. Hannegan as evidence that Roosevelt is expected to be renominated for a fourth term. The Chicago convention is slated to begin Wednesday July 19 and likely end that week, a schedule seen as reducing time for any protracted contest.
Moscow reports the Red Army has closed in on Korsun in the upper Dnieper bend as Vatutin’s forces consolidate a 220 mile front from Lutsk to north of Uman. The aim is to sever the Odessa Warsaw railway, disrupting German supply lines and driving west.
Washington reports Administration leaders hope a presidential veto will nullify Congress action to end subsidy food price controls. Senate approved cutting off subsidies 43 to 28, while Ellender predicted the veto will sustain and continue subsidy payments, about 1.5 million dollars for 1944 to offset higher production costs.
Three B 25 bombers of the 334th bomb group crashed early today after flying over a formation of the group standing at attention on the Greenville army air base tarmac. The base released a limited statement not listing crew numbers or fate, noting only the aircraft type and typical crew size of five to seven men.
Allied HQ in Algiers said German forces occupy Castel Gandolfo near Rome and the Papal Palace area is now in the battle zone and eligible for bombing. Vatican reports said multiple targets were hit in recent raids while the pope protested the violation of neutral territory.
Allied warships bombarded German positions to repel a new assault below Rome as Cassino fighting intensified. U S forces reported gains in Cassino with advances toward Via Casilina, while British ships shelled left flank positions. Three thousand Germans captured on the beachhead and front lines remained largely unchanged amid heavy snow and artillery support.
Ankara reports military talks between the Turkish general staff and the British mission have been suspended after over a month of secret sessions. The pause is not seen as reversing Turkey's pro ally policy, with Saracoglu indicating continued cautious wartime stance. The dispute centers on ore and material supplies needed for full war activity, threatening Turkey's entry into the conflict if deliveries fall short.
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault's Sky Dragons attacked Japanese shipping off the China coast and blasted installations in China on Thursday and Friday. In a Central China sweep to Kiukiang fighters shot down two Japanese planes and strafed river boats and docks. two American planes were missing.
Allied air forces from the Solomons attacked Rabaul's three main airdromes with Corsairs and Liberators in the heaviest strike since December. The operation damaged ground installations. 20 enemy fighters were shot down, seven probably downed, and others damaged. The planes also inflicted losses on Japan, while two Allied fighters were lost.
Bernard Baruch weighs creation of a small agency to guide industrial reconversion price and distribution controls and other postwar economy issues. W. L. Clayton may head the office with existing agencies handling programs.
Washington reports Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson said the army is 200000 men behind in induction. He opposed blanket deferments for any industry and testified against a bill by Rep. Philbin to let local boards defer essential logging and pulpwood workers.
Dun and Bradstreet reports U S building permit valuations climbed 17 percent in January from 1943, reflecting broader postwar growth.
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