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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1945
Page
8
Partly cloudy, mild today and tonight with slightly warmer north central readings. Thursday brings continued partial cloudiness and little change in temperatures across the region.
Storm at Livingston Alabama and nearby towns killed trainmen and many Black residents. Five deaths near Meridian Mississippi, two at York Alabama, one at Stanton Alabama. Railroad cars tossed like match boxes. twenty four of the dead were Negroes.
U.S. forces moved through Intramuros and suburbs after a slow push amid wrecked churches hospitals and cemeteries. The First Cavalry Division crossed the Pasig and swept west to Manila while the 38th and Swing’s airborne units crushed resistance at Nichols Field and Cavite. Naval base assets were seized and casualties rose to 9 683 with 2 102 killed and 7 889 wounded.
The article discusses Allied advances in the Philippines, noting Luzon as the strategic focus and Manila's grim defenses. It speculates on Japanese troop dispositions under Yamashita, the guerrilla delaying tactics, and MacArthur’s assertion that the end of the garrison is near.
In a field report a survivor recalls ten years of wartime hardship. Food shortages caused fainting and skeletal frames while occupiers conducted surprise checks. American air raids brought hope and relief, and civilians celebrate real butter and bread. London reports Nazi moves toward Nuernberg, Bavaria, away from Berlin, with proximity to American fronts.
AP report from Stockholm describes German defensive ditches across Jutland north of Schleswig Holstein with water filled trenches. Danish labor and Russian prisoners aid construction as youth units join Nazi troops amid limited Swedish ferry traffic and harsh police restrictions.
Political circles in Raleigh and eastern North Carolina discuss possible successors to Judge Meekins. Names mentioned include ex Governor J. M. Broughton and Superior Court Judge W. Buck Harris. Inside track rumor centers on U S Comptroller General Lindsay Warren, with Warren saying no statement at this time. The retirement date remains undated and the governor’s views could influence timing.
A Guilford county delegation pressed the Veterans Administration in Washington to locate a veterans hospital in the county. The group traveled to the capital to present their case and seek support from federal officials.
A referendum proposal would allow grain alcohol to be used for medical school purposes under general elections laws. The measure addresses policy change and voting procedure for the upcoming election.
Raleigh February meeting notes House committee striking proposed coverage for workers in firms with one or more employees and to compel records for UCC study. Amendments would empower clerks of superior court to cite for contempt and extend weekly benefits from 3 to 4 dollars, with maximum from 15 to 20. Senate Judiciary panel backs bill enabling forced support from a spouse long confined in a mental institution.
In Raleigh on February 14 a Goldsboro dealer paid three thousand dollars after the OPA found sales of passenger cars above ceiling prices. Director Kiel J. Jongen said an order also prohibited warding, selling, or delivering such autos. The OPA seeks to uncover false receipts and other evidence of illegal used car sales in eastern North Carolina.
Rep. Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill met with M w T. Hines, veteran affairs official, in Washington to discuss aid. The group also noted consideration of action affecting Charlotte, Misbury, Jonroé, and Hickory.
Joe Boyd Melrose Hosiery Mills personnel manager and Eagle Scouts Charles Simmons and Paul Friedman spoke at the Cooperative Club luncheon. The event covered local civic efforts, the movement of charges in the city, and attracted members interested in community service.
Soviet dispatches report Konev within 18 miles of Saxony and 90 miles from Prague as his pincer from Budapest presses, while Zhukov advances toward Chojnice and Nepstettin. The Vienna-focused push signals a broader drive toward Berlin with heavy German losses and 110,000 Germans captured.
Paris reports an unconfirmed France Libre dispatch claiming a plane carrying President Roosevelt left the Y Conference area. Other sources including Agence France Presse and Marseille correspondents echoed the lack of confirmation.
RAF bombed Dresden with about 2 200 tons of bombs and 1 400 aircraft in a night raid. Targets included Magdeburg Wesel Bohlen Maeburg Nuernberg Bonn Dortmund and other rail and industrial centers. Several bombers are listed as missing.
Allied forces including Canadians and British units under Gen. Crerar push into the Siegfried Line northeast of Kleve. Canadians seize Hasselt Bedburg Kellen Griethausen with Welsh units near Asperberg. American and British armies advance toward the Ruhr and Wesel as Roer floods recede opening river lines.
In 1789 six US cities exceeded 8000 residents: Philadelphia New York Boston Charlestown Baltimore and Salem.
An old home remedy promotes mutton suet as a carrier for Penetro pain rub. It claims to ease chest tightness and phlegm, soothe irritated airways, and relieve rheumatic and neuralgic pains. The ad touts skin absorption and usefulness on bruises and cuts.
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