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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1944
Page
1
Report notes a near negotiated Russian Finnish accord as fighting rages at a disputed beachhead. Allied air forces bomb German targets while London endures night incendiary raids. Berlin claims heavy bombardment with fires across central London as defenses clash.
Allied forces press a limited push around the Anzio bridgehead as British troops recapture a bottleneck west of Carroceto while German defenses stubbornly hold the Cassino area. Air support and renewed ground pressure produce shifting gains and fresh prisoner counts as the battle drags on.
Reports from the Anzio Nettuno frontline note renewed Allied pressure on German positions with heavy fighting. Advances in the Cassino sector are pursued to ease the beachhead pressure and threaten a breakthrough. Air power, weather conditions, and the monastery defenses influence the broader plan to push toward Rome.
Wilkes Barre Pa Feb 14 The anthracite starved northeast and middle Atlantic states gained 160000 tons of hard coal as miners worked the second of four Sundays to ease a shortage The previous Sunday produced 135000 tons while under 80 percent of the firing force reported for duty
Congressional Democratic leaders pressed President Roosevelt to veto no revenue measure this year. They warned the $2.315 billion revenue bill must pass with little chance of a later alternative, while noting his stance against the commodity credit extension and food subsidy ban. Leader Rayburn MeCormack Barkley were among those at the White House meeting.
London dispatch says the Red Army pushes toward the big Nazi base at Pskov after clearing the eastern shore of Lake Peipus in five days, reclaiming 12 000 square miles since the Leningrad offensive began. Troops move to 47 miles from Pskov with the gateway to southern Estonia and Latvia in reach.
Ex Vice President John Garner and former Democratic National Chairman James A Farley spent an hour and a half in Uvalde Texas discussing politics from every angle and the outlook for the 1944 presidential race. Farley said the discussion covered the nation’s state and political strategy.
The allied military government announced that Canadian wheat and British seed potatoes are being planted around Venafro to relieve Italy's food shortage while Fifth Army fighting continues nearby.
Practical guidance to prepare 1943 tax forms. Use a work sheet for needed figures and allowable deductions. Identify income totals, withholdings, prior year tax, estimated tax payments, and exemptions like life insurance and Social Security.
Judge J Waites Waring signed a permanent injunction against Charleston City School authorities from discriminating in pay between white and Negro teachers. The order affects future pay adjustments but not current contracts, with at least half of the existing differential to be wiped out by September 1 this year and the rest by September 1 next year.
Returns from yesterday's presidential election show Todoro Picado with 51,000 votes and Leon Cortes with 21,000, the office of President Rafael Calderon announced. Picado had liberal support while Cortes was backed by conservatives.
The US Supreme Court declined to review a dispute over a 1.3 million dollar Ackland estate fund aimed at a memorial art museum on a university campus. Four next of kin claim the trust is invalid and want the fund reallocated, while trustees argue the trust should fund the museum and its upkeep.
Meridional dispatch from Recife reports Brazil says the United States sank two more run submarines in the South Atlantic, a development noted by the Brazilian news agency.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed a 1.35 billion dollar United States share for UNRRA with a June 30 1946 expiration date. The measure would authorize appropriations up to 1.35 billion but carries no cash now. Senator Vandenberg led the deadline plan while Senator Gillette opposed tied funding. Final approval expected this week.
The Southeastern section of the American Camping Association will hold its annual meeting in Greensboro tomorrow and Wednesday.
Pvt. Jesse Ogletree from Barnsville Georgia recalls a lone pig spared amid American bombardment of Ebeye Island Marshall Islands. The pig bore shrapnel wounds yet ran and squealed as Ogletree carried it to safety while Japanese prisoners surrendered or hid in wreckage after Seventh Division artillery and infantry sweep.
Stockholm dispatch reports growing expectancy of a Finnish move toward peace within days. Finnish leaders face German reprisals fears while officials discuss evacuation plans for children and possible cabinet changes as Helsinki seeks terms without triggering a broader shift in the war balance.
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected proposals to drop about 9 million small taxpayers in a tax return simplification plan. It aims to preserve current per taxpayer collections by integrating victory, normal, and surtaxes. Chairman Doughton said the panel will not remove a large group while pursuing simplification.
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