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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1944
Page
6
Domestic ration details list valid through January and February for brown stamps M L N P Q and spare stamps, green stamps D E F, sugar stamps, shoes book ones, air plane shoes, and gas and fuel oil coupons across regions with varied end dates. Most coupons note ten gallons per unit and multiple period validity.
Reports indicate wavering strike threats and extended fighting as Germany warns that prolonged hostilities could stretch into summer with thousands of casualties. Broadcasts cite resistance as a factor delaying unconditional victory while urging patience for a peace that might come from a longer war. The text also mentions the Amazon basin and its distant ocean reach.
Allied raiders hit the northern French coast with U S Marauders RAF and Dominion aircraft facing little German opposition. A Fortress returning from another mission battled some 75 Luftwaffe fighters in the Channel area. A Paris broadcast reports 200 killed and over 2,000 injured in an attack on suburbs, with the city left under a haze of smoke.
In Italy a yellow bird under a dirty Italian boy’s care dispenses fortunes to military tourists. The narrator pays 10 lire and receives a brusque prophecy about romance, marriage, and living to 82, while noting the bird’s trickery and dubious honesty.
The article discusses ongoing conflict in France the Balkans andCzechoslovakia Poland and speculates on German pressure. It argues only a forceful government can prevent further eye in Europe and notes AMG has a task ahead with the army likely continuing after Germany is defeated.
City police recorded a very quiet New Year’s Eve in High Point with only two arrests for drunkenness. The first arrest in 1944 was Curtis Lewis, 32, of 601 Thissell Street, charged with larceny of $10 from Gus Torrance. he was released on $300 bond.
The Nazi command acknowledged Soviet gains on the Dnieper bend where Stalin announced a deepened bridgehead after capturing five towns. The report noted the Soviets resumed attacks on the Nikopol bridgehead as German troops limited operations to mobile warfare due to Soviet numerical superiority.
Sen C. Wallgren disclosed he will urge an immediate halt in converting ships to troop carriers amid a Truman committee inquiry into hull cracks. He cited additional Liberty ship failures after the S S Gaines incident, noting multiple ships including the U S Valery Chkalov and U S Chief Washakie suffered at sea.
Lt. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift sworn in as 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps in Washington. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, who is retired with four star rank. Holcomb will stay on active duty for President Roosevelt on an important assignment. Vandegrift, a Charlottesville Virginia native, had led American forces in Guadalcanal and recently returned from the Pacific.
German navy reports 1943 totals: 607 Allied merchant ships sunk totaling 3 784 500 tons plus one aircraft carrier, six cruisers, 63 destroyers and 18 submarines.
Questions ask where the Hall of Fame is located at New York University in New York City. The acetylsalicylic acid is aspirin. The South American country bordering the Isthmus of Panama is Colombia.
A portrait of a driven individual destined for success this year despite melancholy and emotional strain. The character shows charm and generosity, with notable talent across multiple fields and a birthday marking significant personal growth. A latent illness risk from damp and cold looms as a potential liability.
Advice urges patience with curt clerks during stressful shopping days. It notes clerks face many trials while waiting on customers.
If your birthday is Jan 2 your love of family is your strongest trait and your great charm. Your devotion and earnestness should help you succeed for them with generous and happy nature attracting loyal friends. Expect favorable influence and benefits through elders the military and unusual activities with caution against deception.
North Carolina sees fair to partly cloudy skies with continued cold temperatures this afternoon and tonight. Sunday brings increasing clouds and a slight rise in temperatures with rain in the mountains in the afternoon or evening. South Carolina remains fair to partly cloudy at noon and tonight, with Sunday also warming and more cloud cover.
Goalkeepers Paul Bibeault and Bill Durnan are the only NHL netminders to post shutouts in the 1943-44 season. Bibeault blanked the New York Rangers 4-0 to boost Toronto into a tie with Boston for second place, with both clean sheets achieved on the road.
Luis Castillo the Mexican flyweight champion won by technical knockout in the fourth round over Ceferina Robleto of Pasadena in Hollywood. Referee Benny Whitman stopped the fight as Robleto failed to defend against Castillo rights and lefts.
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