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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1945
Page
2
The retreating German forces facing the bulge are forced back toward Siegfried Line as weather and Allied air power influence the battle. Fighter and bomber missions increase, signaling heavy losses for von Rundstedt and the potential collapse of his defensive line if skies stay clear.
Mostly cloudy with showers today then colder tonight. expect possible snow flurries under a nighttime moon.
German radio asserted V bomb attacks hit London almost uninterrupted for the past 48 hours. British Air and Home Ministries issued only the dawn to dawn report noting damage and casualties from enemy air activity aimed at southern England.
Senator Mead directs the Senate War Investigating Committee to reassess U.S. manpower needs amid opposition to pending work or fight legislation. He will hear from the War Manpower Commission the War Production Board and the War Department on whether current voluntary methods meet goals and if Allied material losses require manpower revision.
OPA outlines validity and renewal dates for ration stamps across categories. Meats fats and processed foods see new validity dates, with some stamps becoming good again by March 1 and February 1 restock dates. Sugar and shoes stamps receive schedule notes including a Peb 1 renewal for five pounds and indefinite validity for certain shoe stamps. Gasoline and fuel oil coupons remain broadly valid through set dates and across areas for the current heating year.
Allied forces conducted heavy night raids on the Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseberg and a Dulmen fuel depot with over 1000 bombers. A smaller raid hit Berlin. Paris reports 235 German planes shot down, eight destroyed on the ground, 53 Allied losses. Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz ordered strikes on German oil facilities as fuel reserves drop to critical levels.
The board action of Selective Service Board No. 5 was corrected after an error last Saturday. Reclassifications include Arnold J. Blackburn 2-C to 4-A, Elbert G. Osteen 1-A to 2-A, Carl Steele 2-A to 4-A, Governor L. Brower 4-F to 2-A (F), Henry G. Hutchins 1-C Ind. to 1-C Disc., Marvin Sutton 1-C Ind. to 1-C Disc., Isaiah L. Torrence 2-A to 1-A, William W. Phillips 2-B to 2-A, Laborn A. Andrews, Homer C. Hall 2-B to 1-A, Elwood Hedgecock 1-C Ind. to 1-C Disc., Lawrence J. Clapp 1-C Ind. to 1-C, Benjamin H. Reynolds 2-A to 1-A, Alfred S. Kroury 4-C to 1-A, James W. Staton 4-F to 1-A, James C. Wall 4-F to 1-A.
The Navy Department announced 269 U S naval casualties. North Carolinians include Bentley John Steele Machinist Mate 10 USN dead. Carawan James Elma Torpedo Man 2NC USNR wounded. Donnell William Roscoe Stewart's Mate 1C USNR wounded. Muse Johnson Mate 3c 3C USNR dead. Myers Roy T Pvt USMC wounded. Nicholson Thomas L Corporal USMC wounded. Strickland Young Khanet Chief Watertender SNavy dead. Toler Ollen Burl Gunner's Mate 2ND US Navy dead.
British 14th Army advances near Mandalay as Tokyo cites two more admiral losses. U S 14th Air Force claims 28 Japanese planes down in China. A China bound convoy reaches Myitkyina awaiting road link completion to Tengchung. An American coast landing is forecast by Sao Tang Pao.
A fresh light snow coated the Middle West as mild nationwide temperatures persisted. Flurries fell in Iowa, northern Missouri, southern Wisconsin, southern Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, with rain in Kentucky and Tennessee. New England eyed more snowfall, Boston two inches, Bear Mountain N Y unofficial 14 inches. Plains highs felt above normal. Dakota lows around 10 degrees above seasonal. Ohio Valley mornings in the 30s, Yuma 83, Land O Lakes 10 below zero.
Despite snow and ice American forces advance along the northeast flank of the bulge between Stavelot and Malmedy. The unit captured 15 positions overnight and dug in to tighten the shoulder of the salient, linking with the Third Army southeast of Laroche as they pressed toward the bulge’s western tip.
Private James E. York of Ramseur North Carolina a member of Major General J L Bradley s 96th Deadeye Division receives the Bronze Star for heroism during the Leyte campaign He is an infantryman and the son of Mrs Ollie W York He also receives the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman s Badge.
S/Sgt Houston H Hodgin 22 of High Point NC has reached Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 2 Miami Beach for reassignment after serving outside the continental US He was an A 20 gunner in the European theater and is a Purple Heart and Air Medal recipient He is the son of Mr and Mrs Thad Hodgin and husband of Emma I Hodgin 517 Whiteoak High Point NC
A Dutch medical student newly arrived in London estimated that German industry is producing about 1,800 aircraft per month in underground factories. He cites sustained output and large-scale wartime production as evidence.
Washington dispatch reports Rep. James Francis O'Connor of Livingston Montana died in his sleep at his Roosevelt hotel residence in Washington. The death was confirmed late Tuesday with O'Connor serving in the House and having represented Montana.
Governor Cherry and lawmakers reviewed the department activities. Etheridge defended funding integrity while opposing diverting emergency funds for fishing improvements. Jilbur Bunn proposed reserving assets for veterans rehabilitation, Roy Hampton linked inland and commercial fishing, and the division was described as financially stable compared to four years ago.
Mrs. Rigdon Harris of Kensington Road is mentioned alongside 2nd Lt. William R. Preddy, aged 20, a fighter pilot now believed headed to an overseas combat zone in a major continued report.
Major George FE Preddy of the 8th Air Force was shot down and killed on Christmas Day near Belgium while claiming two German planes previous to the fatal crash. The Greensboro North Carolina native, 25, left 81 credited victories before his death. A ground battery fire trapped his P-51, sending it flaming to the ground after a fierce dogfight with a ME-109 and a FW-129.
Major Preddy was guest of honor as Greensboro citizens staged a celebration at Memorial Stadium. He said he was proud to be part of the Army Air Force and would be glad to return to England. He added his aim for 28 percent more planes to mean 28 more dead Germans and wrecked aircraft.
Cpl Sidney Hockaday son of Mr and Mrs S W Hockaday Route 4 High Point was seriously hurt in an automobile crash in Knoxville Tennessee Saturday while returning on an eight day leave from Arizona where he is stationed with the Army Air Forces Doctors report he is in serious condition his mother went to Knoxville where he lies in Knoxville General Hospital Corporal Nps W Hockaday
Governor Cherry, Clarence A. Dykestra of the University of Wisconsin, and President Frank P. Graham are named as speakers. Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford supports a minimum wage and maximum hours law, excluding certain workers, with a wage floor of 30 cents an hour and a governor appointed wage and hour board. Barker of Durham proposes bills on fingerprinting without conviction and deputy clerk powers, while talks also consider an aeronautics commission airport act modernization, taxicab classification as common carriers, and state utilities oversight, with local authorities policing operators.
Nazi patrols increased in the Serchio valley after a German counteroffensive failed. Allied forces probed front lines along the First Army with wing artillery fire. A Polish patrol crossed the Seco south of the Bologna Rimini road, reached five miles from Tmola, and returned without casualties. Bitter winter limits action as night Havocs strike enemy communications in northern Italy and block the Brenner Pass with hits between Verona and Rovereto. Germans use antiaircraft rockets in northern Italy for the first time.
Six building permits totaling 3700 dollars were issued by the city building inspector. The largest, 1700 dollars, went to the Sherrod Estate for repairing apartments on Kivett Drive. Other permits included 1000 dollars to American Service Company for general repairs on South Perry Street and smaller amounts for a new flue, general repairs, reroofing, and warehouse work on various streets.
Calvary Methodist Church on East Green Street forms a new Boy Scout troop. Rev. C. B. Newton leads as pastor. Scoutmaster is W. A. Johnson with committee F. E. Coggins, W. F. Seltz, and W. W. Penefoy. First meeting Friday at 7:30 PM in the church basement. Registered scouts include Ray Stuart Donald Lee Bob by Johnson Billy Wall Wade Evans John Ward MacFarlow C. B. Newton Jr Bobby Sink. A second formation meeting is planned at Tabernacle Church on Willow Brook Street Wednesday at 8.
Gerald William four, second Earl of Balfour, died at his home in Whittingehame Scotland yesterday aged 91. He held title since 1911 and was prominent in British politics and colonial affairs. The obituary notes his long life and public service.
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