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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1945
Page
2
Increasing warmth tonight with light rain and sleet in western areas. Rain expected this afternoon across other parts. Thursday turns cooler with further light rain in the western section.
Vatican City report denying Pope Pius XII urged belligerents to end Budapest fighting. Paris radio had broadcast the claim. The text notes the Leyte peninsula covers about 1,000 square miles.
An advertisement claims restless digestion and headaches from poor digestion can be relieved by Carter's Little Liver Pills. It promises rapid relief by increasing digestive juice flow and urges purchase at a local drugstore for 25 cents.
Gen. Nicholas Plastiras, veteran Greek officer and politician, agrees to form a new all party government to end weeks of civil strife. He succeeds George Papandreou after Papandreou’s resignation amid failed armory restoration efforts. The Soviet legation in Moscow reopens in Athens, with Mihail Sergieff to arrive soon.
In Murray Utah after a dinner featuring a bear that killed a sheep the hostess Mrs. W E Tangren wife of a forest ranger commented Not bad but then on second helping not so good either The remark captures a rural comic tone from a local social scene.
The Home Office is exploring plans to move London police from foot patrols to radio patrol cars similar to systems in the United States. The proposal would replace officers on foot in favor of mobile units to cover beats.
American bombers rained 135 tons on Halmahera targeting airdromes and supply hubs while fighter sweeps over southern Luzon damaged warehouses rails and power facilities. Medium bombers struck north sinking a 2,000 ton ship off Luzon as mopping up continued on Leyte with Japanese casualties rising to 119,762 and one prisoner taken.
Southern members designate new entrants and list successors to former representatives across Alabama Arkansas Florida North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee as turnover continues in the mission against job discrimination based on race or religion.
Senate debates whether the government may require military service and give the War Labor Board full authority to enforce orders, with court review. Sen George of Georgia argues WLB orders are not reviewable and rejects major postwar tax overhaul as off the table.
Firefighters battled a blaze at Davis Milling Company on Hamilton Street early Monday. The fire was mostly out after hours, but smoldering piles required frequent wet downs to prevent flare ups, with Chief Eli Ingram noting it could take weeks to finish extinguishing.
Arthur Scott, 61, a Swan Hill resident weighing 258 pounds, boasts a world record for 315 steady jobs since age 14 and has limited himself to his Swan Hill hotel work during wartime. His varied career spans detective work, gardening, painting, tailoring, butlering, and more as he abandons wanderlust to aid national manpower.
The Mindoro air bases push U S military reach toward Manila and Luzon as Yamashita plans southern Luzon operations. MacArthur announces the southern Mindoro hold is secure and Nimitz warns rough fighting ahead with invasion of Japan possible after Philippine battles.
The 21st Bomber Command led by Brig. Gen. H. S. Hansell Jr. launched a daylight raid on Honshu with monster bombers from bases in the Mariana Islands. Tokyo said 3 forts fell, 4 downed, 25 damaged. two interceptors did not return. Nagoya and Osaka, key manufacturing centers, were attacked in the largest war bulletin so far, with daylight visibility and long flight range highlighted.
Reports describe German troop movements toward St Vith as American units advance from Bastogne. The weather remains harsh with limited air support as Allied counterattacks near Werbeln push the line back to Schaffhausen, restoring the prior front.
1st Lt. Leon E. Bernard 22 of High Point North Carolina arrives at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 2 Miami Beach for reassignment after a tour overseas He served as a B 24 pilot in the European theater He is the son of A Bernard and husband of Mary L Bernard of High Point
New York INS reports pianist Jose Iturbi prefers a mix from Beethoven to Boogie Woogie for servicemen. He notes Boogie Woogie is in demand at tours and in Hollywood with the Masquers Club, while some audiences still favor high brow pieces. He recalls playing Etude in Boogie Woogie Style for soldiers and criticizes narrow tastes in music.
Capt. Jacob T. Mauney of the Army Veterinary Corps spoke at the Cooperative Club luncheon at the Sheraton. He described how inspections cover food supplies for soldiers and how animal health is safeguarded across the Army. He noted Lexington hosts a key milk distribution station and wartime inspection needs. Also mentioned are brief notes on John Masefield’s early jobs and the 1943 flaxseed production at 52,008,000 bushels, well above the 1932–41 average.
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