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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1945
Page
2
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with a cold wave tonight. Temperatures range from 5 to 10 in the northwest portions and 10 to 15 in the south with occasional light rain this afternoon. Snow flurries will move over the north and west, ending tonight. Wednesday brings fast, cold air and strong winds diminishing through the day.
Report details 23 persons affected including Patricia Emily and Margaret Elizabeth, with 15 crew aboard a 7000 mile Congo flight. Captain Coyetté survived while others including Sylvan Davis Broder and Helen Whitlock are named among the deceased or missing. The piece notes Will Rogers trivia and a comment on manpower in early machine days.
Madge Harrison was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in the icepick attack on Irene Gibbs. The verdict came after a lengthy Superior court session as prosecutors pressed charges of attempted murder. Judge Hubert E. Olive postponed sentencing.
Okinawa was raided in last week’s two day For mosa strike, signaling intensified activity in the Philippines. Details were sparse, but the strike continued with Japanese reports of carrier planes attacking Formosa and the Ryukyus for nearly ten hours from dawn to afternoon. The Nipponese communique claimed 11 raiders shot down and four probably shot down.
Fort Collins forecast by T H Sommers of Colorado A M College extension service expects total meat production in 1945 to fall by about two billion pounds from 1944. Chickens will be scarcer next year while civilian egg supply may rise due to lower lend lease needs and large cold storage stocks.
Administration supporters discourage Senate action on foreign policy before Roosevelt meets Churchill and Stalin. Senator Ga George says the Senate should let the President present the American viewpoint. Some senators push for concrete policy while others warn against debate that could divide the nation.
Troops under Lt Gen Jacob L Devers block German attempts to probe for weak spots along the Alsace plain while US counterattacks seal holes. Strasbourg threat eases as German forces remain aggressive. British Canadian forces seize a bridge head over the Maas north of Venlo, with Montgomery noting no German withdrawal from the Belgian salient tip and Rundstedt possibly falling back to prepared lines.
In 1946 FDR expects war spending to fall as army and navy equipment nears completion and the massive build up winds down. Budget Director Harold D. Smith says the government is moving from building up to maintenance with forecasts 18 months ahead. He and Roosevelt aim to seek 87 billion dollars in appropriations, 73 billion for the war, with leftovers possibly returned if war outcomes are favorable. They caution against overoptimism on cuts before Germany falls and Japan is addressed.
In a series of appointments Speaker Kerr names Alonzo C. Edwards of Greene as chairman and Glenn C. Palmer as co chair. Edwards resigns from the state board of education to take a legislator oath. Rep C Wayland Spruill is chairman of mental institutions. A new veterans' legislation committee lists Robert Mosely as chairman and Rep Robert M Gantt as co chairman.
Lieut. Gov. Ballentine reports both houses ready to receive Governor Cherry's budget message and related revenue and appropriations measures. Senate and House advance a bill to set aside 51 585 079 from the surplus for retirement of general fund indebtedness. A separate measure seeks a 10 percent salary boost for principals and teachers for the last four months of the school year.
Hunter C. Sechrest known as Hunt died after a year long illness in a local hospital. He was 58, born in High Point, lived at 416 East Washington Street, secretary treasurer of Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, married Minnie in 1908 and survived by his wife, a son Wilfred Sechrest in New Jersey, and his father J L Sechrest. Funeral at Sechrest Funeral Home with 11 AM service led by Dr Rozzelle and Dr Lambeth. body to mausoleum temporarily.
Red Army forces push into the German left flank to relieve pressure on Budapest and mass along the Komarom sector. Reports say Ma linovsky may shift attacks toward Vienna using air support from a newly captured east Komarom airfield. Stormoviks and twin engine bombers launched from the field against Budapest-bound Germans below the Danube.
The maritime commission disclosed a gas turbine engine being developed for ship propulsion. It is described as inherently more efficient than steam, but experiments have not progressed enough to determine if a switch to the turbine is likely in the near future.
Pfe. Virgil F. Hill husband of Eloise Venable Hill of Trinity Rt. 2 was killed December 17 according to his family. He joined the Army August 20, 1943 and served overseas from February 1944. He fought in France and Germany among the first to enter Paris and Germany. He received a Presidential Citation in June 1944 for capturing German troops and was wounded in Belgium October 25. Hill worked for Myrtle Desk Co. before the army and attended Trinity High School. He is survived by his mother wife and four sisters Ruth Miller Bessie Hill Eva Hill Virginia Stephens twin of Virgil.
T A Warren of Wolverhampton England educator has been nominated by Rotary International for president beginning next July 1. If no other candidate is named before the May meeting he will become president. The report notes about 1200 farm wage factories in the United States.
Firemen let the eight day old blaze at Davis Milling Co burn out after reinforcing crews kept watching the grain heap from spreading to nearby buildings. The New Year’s Day fire consumed the structure and left hundreds of tons of wheat and corn smoldering under the grain elevator. Chief E Ingram ordered the decision to prevent further costs and city disruption while allowing a possible rebuild planned by Mr. Davis.
In Southern England a writer recounts seven bombs within a mile of his home including a near miss that shattered his house. He describes the night the seventh explosion struck as he was in his dining room and a neighbor perished nearby.
A fragmented ad-like notice touts Tromone as a medical mix of vitamins and hormones for middle aged men to recapture youth and vitality. It promises renewed spirit and pleasures, with directions on the label and availability from druggists.
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