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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1945
Page
6
Showers end over the west this afternoon and over the east tonight. Mild today cooling tonight, with cooler conditions in the west this afternoon. Sunday will be partly cloudy and cooler.
The article explains how France must be liberated by its people and recounts Belgium under German rule. It notes removal of Belgian machinery and even pit props, crippling coal mining and heating, electricity, and transport. It mentions about 575,000 Belgians held as slaves and 35,000 soldiers on the western front.
Soviet forces press toward Kielce and Krakow as heavy fighting rages on the Silesian front while in Budapest Soviet troops report systematic liquidation of Hungarian die-hards. Hungarian patriots rise in the ruins as Nazi reprisals follow. The capital Budapest sees further destruction with about 135 city blocks leveled and German control shrinking to roughly one fifth.
Officials unveil strict limits on material shipments and machine orders affecting general industrial equipment motors generators and related machinery. Automobiles refrigerators and other consumer goods face delayed reconversion as priority ratings halt nonessential production for now. The policy excludes machine tools but threatens extended delays as army needs and munitions take precedence. Pears ripen at room temperature until soft.
Allied units push west of Bastogne and into the Saarbrucker area as Third Army reports 2377 prisoners from the Nazi debacle. American advances reach Athorn and Rittershofen while Hatten sees heavy fighting near Maginot lines. Front lines hold near Strasbourg with French checks on enemy armor near Rossfeld Herbsheim and Benfeld.
U S forces reported heavy air and sea strikes across Luzon with cruiser and destroyer support. Aircraft destroyed multiple enemy munitions dumps near San Fernando while naval bombardment hit the port area. Guerrilla help aided air operations as advances reached Malasiqui Pozorrubio and San Carlos amid fierce fighting.
Leaders from CIO and American Federation of Labor call for a conference of heads of government agencies, industry, labor and agriculture to address urgent manpower needs and push for work or fight legislation. They urge War Mobilizer James Byrnes to convene the meeting.
Federation spokesmen will testify before May’s group as proposals for a general or limited national service law face opposition. Byrnes writes Governor O Conor that hundreds of thousands of 4-Fs hold war jobs and many could work, while penalties for shifting jobs or defying draft boards include induction, fines, or imprisonment. The War Production Council plans next month to trim less essential firms from eight workers, enforcing employment on all such businesses.
Admiral Nimitz confirmed the sinking of Japan's 45,000 ton battleship Musashi after damage from aircraft attacks on October 24 during the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea. Yamato was damaged in the same action as Allied carrier planes swarmed Saigon area.
The house opened with bills to regulate alcohol sales while petitions urge higher wages for state workers amid a rising cost of living. Proposals include a wide juice ban in certain counties, treasury and education salary boosts, and wills and divorce asset provisions.
Two Wilmington firms paid 2068.20 to the U S treasurer to settle OPA charges of selling beer chewing gum and candy above ceiling prices. J M Myers at 306 North Front street settled 1843.20 for alleged three cent overcharges per beer glass. D M Cain settled for overcharges on candy and chewing gum including five cent gum sold at eight cents and two five cent candy bars at 15 cents.
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