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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1944
Page
8
A Centra Association distributed piece explains air discipline as the core of bomber crews in combat. It stresses formation control, prioritizing the lead plane, bombardier authority, and mutual trust between pilot and crew, with daily practice forging courage and teamwork.
At the Swiss Italian frontier on January 19 reports say soldiers seized the House of Savoy treasure, including King Vittorio Emanuele's coin collection, and handed it to the puppet regime. Turin papers vary on whether it is the authentic collection, but value is said to exceed a billion lire. Contained in 370 cases, the treasure was found after Germans occupied the royal chateau Pollenzon near Cueno.
Maj James H Howard of St Louis a former Flying Tiger fought 30 Nazi fighters for a half hour over Oschersleben to shield a formation of Flying Fortresses. He is praised by Mustang pilots as a one man airforce and joins Lt Cmdr Edward O'Hare in America's air hero ranks.
Pearl Harbor report quotes Commander Richard praising Japanese aviation in sea warfare while noting some limits. He cites battles near Rabaul Tarawa and Wotje and compares Japanese and German air power including the Zero and torpedo bombers. He says Jap fighters show strong determination but their equipment remains inferior overall.
Nazi promises to Dutch colonists fail as Holland will not receive Ukrainian grain. Germany will take crops from Dutch farmers who believed the propaganda.
In Hawaii on January 10, members of the 7th Army Air Force bomber command received awards from Maj. Gen. Willie H. Hale for long range bombing operations in the Marshall Islands Nauru Island and Gilbert Islands. The Greensboro resident T/Sgt. Corliss F Summers received two oak leaf clusters in lieu of second and third air medals.
Officials of the White Youth Center in the Alderman Photo Building seek a piano. Robert Davis stated a piano is badly needed and asks anyone with an available instrument to loan or sell it cheaply to contact her at once.
The passage notes Haiti and Liberia as the only Negro republics, and states Ethiopians have practiced Christianity for about fifteen centuries.
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