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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1944
Page
7
Seymour Berkson notes the Rome to Germany push faces tough defense from Italians and Nazis. He outlines two main approaches into Italy after Rome falls and warns of fortified lines from the Tyrrhenian to Adriatic coasts, with Po river defense and Alps obstacles. The piece discusses possible leap frog landings and routes via Yugoslavia, Austria, or behind Rome to outflank German positions.
A recollection of Lincoln era medical practice contrasts 19th century home care with modern hospital norms. It notes the lack of thermometers in Civil War days, the 1865 invention, and the 1903 army thermometer, then recounts Lincoln’s birth near Elizabethtown and the underused medical aids of the time. It also mentions Lincoln’s spectacles bought in Bloomington, his eyesight, and the strain visible in later years as remembered by friends.
The piece argues land based planes can target Allied convoys near Austria but coastal mountains shield key approaches. It notes Allied forces would control anti Nazi areas in Yugoslavia and Austria, yet a long, bloody campaign lies ahead. Rome to Berlin is 734 miles, and invasion from Italian bases remains a tough path. The text suggests Italy may become a holding action while an invasion from Britain across the North Sea is planned.
Wendell Willkie said he would enter the Oregon primary in May as part of a vigorous campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He told supporters he would campaign actively if he is on the ballot, and by February 12 no other candidates had announced intentions to file.
New York sensibly reports open warfare between long hair classical devotees led by Arthur Rodzinski and boogie loving fans of Frank Sinatra. Rodzinski calls Boogie Woogie a delinquency catalyst while Leopold Stokowski backs it as city life art. Sinatra counters that pop music need not cause delinquency and recalls youth fascination with Valentino and Vallee.
President Roosevelt placed second to two technicians during a visit to Longview Washington. Insiders report his remarks were drowned out by radio signals from KWLK as technicians worked on a special repair job.
The second service command announced Fort Ontario in Oswego New York will be placed on stand by February 15 ready to resume operation when needed. Military personnel are being withdrawn from the fort built by the British in 1775, the oldest fort in the United States.
The York band leader, a radio favorite, disagreed vehemently with Rodzinski. He respects the maestro’s knowledge of the classics but calls Rodzinski’s view that popular music breeds juvenile delinquency a classic error.
In Vernon California 1914 Sam Langford aged 34 fought Harry Willis the Brown Panther of New Orleans. Referee George Blake kept him from being stopped and Langford rallied between rounds muttering steady chief. Langford stopped Willis in the fourteenth round and later taunted boxing editors with bold claims about Beanie and future champions.
Pvt Donald Frederick Wood of South Clen Falls New York faces murder charges after police say he admitted killing R A Lipscomb 45 Jackson cleaning plant operator. Wood posted at Camp Shelby was moved to Jackson last night per Police Chief M M Little.
Bela Lugosi appears in Are Now in Greensboro at National Theatre Tuesday night February 22. The Broadway comedy by Joseph Kesselring features Abby and Martha Brewster murder schemes and a comic police plot with Jean Adair Jack Whiting Ruth McDevitt Donald Macdonald and Malcolm Beggs in supporting roles.
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