17 Feb 1945
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1945
Page
1
A wartime column discusses Nazi rhetoric and the Allied response. It notes Germany’s new strict wartime laws punishing civilian dissent and police cooperation, and contrasts civilian penalties with international laws of war. The piece reflects American resolve to meet German war methods with measured resistance.
Soviet troops closed on Guben on the Neisse near Berlin and pressed toward Cottbus and the Spree, with reports of heavy shelling and river crossings. Sagan falls as German lines bend in Silesia and Polish strongholds. Konev’s forces claimed river crossings and advances toward Crossen and Spree defenses.
American tanks and guns renewed the attack on the walled city in Manila as Japanese defenders ignore an offer of honorable surrender to Gen. Oscar Griswold. The operation opened a 500 yard beachhead at Mariveles harbor with light resistance and rapid advances toward a junction with Maj. Gen. Edwin Patrick’s division.
Eastern Front lies 32 miles from Zellin while Western Front is 296 miles from the Rhine at Emmerich and Italian Front stands 544 miles from the Reno River.
The article recounts postwar debates on response to invasion and civilian harm, noting German brutality and Allied actions, then shifts to Raleigh reports where the General Assembly debates local tax bills for Winston Salem and a large $215 million appropriations measure with possible adjournment around March 8. It cites Senators Carlyle and legislative mood for a long session.
Pacific Fleet at Guam reports Japanese broadcasts claim American assault forces began in invading Iwo Jima en route to Tokyo. No official word confirms action. Tokyo air raids continue with 600 planes targeting airfields and factories in Tokyo area.
In Kunming China thefts of war gear have crippled tonnage and disrupted supply chains. American made vehicles stolen since Jan 1 1944 total value around 50000 dollars FOB. 104 jeeps and 3 trucks lost, 70 jeeps and 1 truck recovered. Chinese authorities seek safeguards despite harsh penalties. January losses reduced to five jeeps with two recovered.
NBC veteran Robert Mc Cormick reports from Guam that U S Pacific fleet officers doubt Japan will accept a battle off Tokyo. They expect Japan to preserve its fleet and avoid a suicidal banzai attack, possibly feigning a grand voyage before returning home to boast of victories.
The Veterans Administration said two sites in Charlotte and others in Greensboro Salisbury Monroe and Hickory are under review for a 1.5 million veterans hospital in North Carolina. Salisbury near the American Legion golf course Monroe beside the military post Greensboro north of Starmount Country Club development is favored per a Congressional source.
Tacoma fire chief said a minimum of 10 people were expected to have died in a four story business district apartment house fire. One person was dead and thirteen were treated for burns and injuries from leaping from windows and the roof as the blaze raged.
SYDNEY Australia Feb 17 The far eastern committee of UNRRA stated its views on Pacific rehabilitation focusing on how far secondary industries should be built. China hoped UNRRA would expand Chinese industry to reduce imports but delegates urged UNRRA maintain its function as purely relief.
Lt. Charles Edward Wood Ill of Vinson Salem North Carolina returns to land duty after three years at sea. The UNC graduate who served on a minelayer in the Pacific took part in invasions at the Gilberts Marshalls Caro lines Tarawa Kwajalein Tinian Saipan and Guam. He is named procurement and issue group officer at the Charleston Navy Yard supply department.
Allied forces of the Canadian First Army push to within about a mile and a half of Goch and Calcar, key Nazi bastions southeast of Kleve. Britons Scots and Canadians under Gen Henry Crerar breach defenses, cut the Goch Calcar highway, enter Asperden and Hervorst, and close to 1 1/2 miles from Godfort with Canadian tanks in action near Calcar.
Allied group forces advancing in Burma received renewed air support as U S medium and heavy fighter bombers attacked villages south and west of Mandalay while other planes targeted Japanese positions in Arakan and central Burma. Ground forces northwest of Kangaw gained a hill feature and the 19th Indian division expanded its bridgehead at Singu.
London reports a Dutch officer, name withheld, held in the Tower of London on treason charges for tipping off the Germans about the Arnhem airborne attack. The probe centers on betraying Allied military secrets to the enemy, tied to the failed operation cost and consequences for the Red Devil First Parachute Division.
The weather map shows broad contrasts with a 115 degree spread from north to south. A severe cold wave moves east after hitting Montana and the Dakotas with Park Rapids Minnesota at 33 below zero and Bemidji Minnesota at 31 below. Temperatures later rise to 82 in Tallahassee and Tampa Florida while Jacksonville Iowa Orleans report 81 and 66.
U S and British heavy bombers massed from the west hit the Reich for a fourth day with major raids on Regensburg Neuburg Landsberg and other targets. Mediterranean forces joined from the south as Luftwaffe losses mounted and Allied operations continued across Germany and Austria.
Dr Eduard Benes president of Czecho Slovakia announced he would return to his homeland with Jan Masaryk and other leaders traveling via Moscow to Kosice then Prague to form a new government as soon as territory is reached. The London state council would cease to function.
Treasury officials say about six million 1943 income tax refunds will be mailed by March 15 even if audits are skipped to speed payments. The era notes widespread miscalculations by employers and refunds of excess withholding have caused headaches for workers and the system.
Lt General Mark W. Clark warned northern Italians that Allied air power targets supply and communication routes to hinder German withdrawal. He urged civilians to avoid roads, railways, bridges, and industrial centers and minimize travel to prevent mixing military and civilian transport.
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