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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1945
Page
1
The war update notes a possible German attempt to defend the Oder line with maximum effort as Russian pressure along the eastern Reich border intensifies. It emphasizes two factors shaping outcomes: German forces' condition after retreat and the Russians' momentum.
A Mars task roadblock on the Burma Road 80 miles north of Sashio becomes a Japanese death mill as small enemy forces attack American infantry and artillery. Brig. Gen. John P. Willey’s units suffer mounting casualties while artillery and infantry attempt to dislodge the attackers amid steep mountain slopes. More than 350 Japanese deaths are reported as of yesterday.
An Associated Press roundup lists distances to Berlin from key fronts: 137 miles on the Eastern Front from Poznan, 310 miles on the Western Front from Linnich Jülich Düren area, and 544 miles on the Italian Front from the Reno River region.
President Roosevelt redesignated Frances Perkins as secretary of labor in his fourth term cabinet after declining to accept her resignation she had intended to leave Washington after the inauguration and was said to have submitted the formality. Roosevelt rejected the resignation orally last Saturday and followed with a letter. Perkins long tenure faced AFL CIO tensions amid criticism during her time in Washington.
Sheriff W L Atkinson identified two men detained in Waukegan Illinois as North Carolina fugitives Don ald L Wallin 24 Minneapolis and Preston W Ratliff 26 Columbia S C from Anson county NC. They were captured with a clipping about an escape while being taken to prison for robbery.
Adverse weather prompts Division Embargo No. 35 affecting carload and less than carload freight and all consign ees to the district east of Lake Michigan and St. Louis and north of the Ohio river and east of the Potomac river and Chesapeake Bay to Hampton Roads Virginia. Chicago and St Louis shipments may be routed through the restricted area. Embargo active until 12 01 a m January 28.
Red Cross Chairman Basil O Connor said Soviet armies likely have not freed many Allied POWs as they advance in eastern Europe. He cited three large camps between Poznan and Torun in Poland, including Stalag 357 moved to Geneva, with Offlag 64 and Stalag 20 A also suspected moved. The camps hold British and American prisoners, including at least 1,000 Americans in Offlag. The Red Cross arranged emergency aid for camps in Germany and for liberated prisoners.
U S patrols near Clark Field within ten miles of the front lines as Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold’s forces push toward Bam bam town. Allied columns braced behind cover while enemy artillery positions were silenced on the approaches to the town amid ongoing airstrikes.
Six B 29s attacked ground targets on Honshu and Korea between 8 30 last night and mid day today according to an unconfirmed Tokyo radio report intercepted by the FCC. Two Superforts hit Nagoya a third struck Hamamatsu and the remaining three conducted daylight sorties against occupied Korea.
Six miles beyond Bamban US forces push through vegetable fields toward the town as waves of infantry move cautiously south from Capas. The Japanese may offer their first stand along the Bamban river line, about 58 miles from the Lingayen Gulf landings and over halfway to Manila. Griswold’s forces slow the southward move around Capas as they burn and seize the area.
Allied air forces targeted German troop trains and armored units moving northeast from the Ardennes toward the Russian fronts. RAF Spitfires and Tempests joined British efforts to disrupt eastbound trains, while American and British ground forces pressed their advances in Belgium and western Germany amid severe winter weather.
American Fifth Army patrols intensified activity as snow cleared on the Italian front and moved within eight and a half miles of Bologna on highway 65 at Barchetta. German air raids targeted supply lines west of Bologna while Alfonsine and Casa Nuovo areas saw heavy fire and German demolition actions in the Alfonsine stronghold.
Raleigh January 24. A bill proposes ten month employment for principals instead of nine with the state education board deciding how the extra month is used. Other measures include governor aide pay raise to 5000 and a change delaying death claims for war missing persons to two years. Four bills expand unemployment compensation benefits for veterans and allow cross state tax actions.
Russell Brines reports from Camp O'Donnell in the Philippines on the ruinous aftermath of the Death March era. He describes rotting, burned ruins, mass graves of about 80 000 prisoners of war, and scattered markers amid overgrown grounds and burned crosses. The report notes 1942 deaths, Filipino and American casualties, and fragile memorials amid a collapsed marshland cemetery.
Berlin based Transocean news agency says 18 British and American secret agents were captured behind the German front in Slovakia. They allegedly posed as civilians and were executed by a military tribunal after being sentenced to death for sabotage and espionage. The agents led by Green and Ehmer reportedly carried civilian disguises.
Washington reports WPB and OPA plan interlocking price and production orders over the next months to secure better stocks of inexpensive garments. The controls will cover every level from textile mills to retail stores and include wool, aiming at a $500 million saving for consumers.
VP Lt Gen Ben Lear is appointed deputy commander in the European theater for administrative matters of US troops at SHAEF. The post focuses on American administration, not campaign direction. Lear previously led US Army ground forces since July 1944, succeeding Lt Gen Lesley McNair who was killed in action.
AP dispatch from London reports Russian troops battling through Oppeln and Gleiwitz with advances near Brieg and Cosel on the Oder river, while Moscow says no prior bridgehead yet. separate Stalin briefing claims a sixth winter offensive breached German lines in eastern Czechoslovakia and that the First White Russian army captured Kalisz, 56 miles west of Lodz.
A chaotic report describes advances near the Oder with Ukrainian forces under Marshal Rodion Matinovsky recapturing Rozsny and Jolsvata polea, as Stalin praises gains. Berlin notes a seventh offensive in Latvia while Brieg and Cosel sit along the Oder corridor. Germans mobilize large masses along the river amid riverine combat.
Heads of the armed forces delivered a secret war report to Congress as supporters claimed a psychological lift for national service proposals. Gen George C Marshall Admiral Ernest King and secretaries Stimson and Forrestal spoke while Rep Wadsworth called the session helpful though no explicit legislation was discussed. Rayburn noted the talks stressed wartime effort and candor on theaters, with opposition to limited service fading in some views.
The Association of American Railroads reports 1944 freight traffic reached a record high with approximately 737 billion revenue ton-miles, up 1.4 percent from 1943 and 21 percent above 1939. Early 1944 was 2.3 percent above 1943, but volume declined toward year end with November down 0.8 percent and December down 6 percent from the prior year.
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