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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1945
Page
1
Eastern Front report places the Red Army 91 miles from Berlin per official Russian release. Western Front standings note 310 miles from the Linnich Jülich Duren area. Italian Front distance sits at 544 miles from the Reno River.
First Army divisions advance up to two miles through deep snow northeast of St. Vith, capture three towns Bullange Herresbach Holxheim, and near the Colmar canal move toward Colmar in upper Alsace. Third Army reaches German Luxembourg frontier while Ninth and British Second press toward the Roer and Siegfried line amid light opposition.
Union Pacific’s City of Los Angeles was held in Chicago to allow Col James Roosevelt and his wife to connect from the Manhattan Limited. Roosevelt says he did not request the hold, while railroad officials say the Manhattan Limited conductor may have asked for it.
London dispatch says Swedish sources report German officials moving offices from Berlin as 20 trains evacuate civilians. Russians encircle Schneidemuhl near the German border while Zhukov’s tanks push toward Berlin and Breslau, with fighting along the Obra and Oder fronts.
The War Today notes German morale in despair as Soviet advances threaten Berlin and Allied pressure pushes into the Rhine defenses. Civilians flee, public services strain, and shortages intensify while Hitler’s regime grimly readies defense despite hopeless prospects.
In Washington on Roosevelt's 63rd birthday a two day celebration aims to raise five million dollars for the fight against polio. Celebrities attend screenings, stage events, and hospital appearances while Mrs Roosevelt hosts guests at the White House with help from her son John. Renowned stars including Jane Wyman Veronica Lake Linda Darnell Susanna Foster Margaret O'Brien Ella Lexie Loy Georgia Carroll Gale Storm George Murphy and others participate in the festivities.
North Carolina secured 1.489 million in major defense contracts and projects from June 1, 1940 to October 1, 1940. The state’s portion of the national total reached 205 million with 1.01728 million in supply contracts and 472,077 for facilities.
In Phoenix Arizona on January 29 1945 police recaptured Jurgen Wattenberg a 44 year old German naval officer aboard a car after street foreman Clarence Cherry reported his accent. Wattenberg a navigator aboard the Adml Graf Spee group was identified as a high ranking U boat officer among 25 prisoners retaken near the Mexican border following a Christmas Eve tunnel escape. He admitted his identity and said I am the German the big shot you have been looking for.
The first Allied convoy of over 100 trucks entered China via the Ledo Burma road, completing a 470 mile Burma crossing after 900 miles from India. Chiang Kai-Shek called it an omen of defeat for warlords, with ceremonies in Wanting and Chungking. Stilwell road rename proposal supported by Maj. Gen. Hurley.
Miss Josephine San zone, hanging clothes from a second story window, fell twenty feet when the rope broke. She landed on an eight foot snow bank and was unharmed. The rough winter weather was blamed for the accident in Rome New York.
A Tokyo radio broadcast reported by the FCC claimed Japanese submarines sank three transports and an oil tanker off the U S Pacific coast. The message cited a Domei dispatch from a base on the Central Pacific front and said the sinkings targeted enemy supply lines. The broadcasts offered no dates for the alleged actions.
In five months Adm. William F. Halsey's Third Fleet inflicted greater destruction on Japan than any prior fleet. He credited reconquest of the Philippines and praised Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Filipinos. He said the fleet moved from below the 5th latitude to the 25th and from 135 to 110 longitude, sank 89 enemy warships, and disrupted Japanese control of the South China Sea.
Col. Edwin A. Halsey, 63, secretary of the Senate since 1933, died at Doctors Hospital in Washington from a heart ailment tied to preparations for a fourth term inaugural. An employee since 1897, he collapsed about three months earlier and had just attended the inaugural ceremony before being ordered to bed due to exhaustion.
Hopkins travels to London and Paris meeting Prime Minister Churchill and General De Gaulle and then proceeds to Rome to see Pope Pius XII in what is described as a high level diplomatic mission with several European leaders.
The United States Pacific Fleet operates from a new forward headquarters closer to Japan than Pearl Harbor. Fleet Adm. Nimitz released communiques detailing Third Fleet carrier air strikes against Formosa and the Ryukus in January 2021, while exact base location remains undisclosed.
Allied forces reported advances around Manila with Clark Field captured by the 37th Division after bypassing coastal resistance. Rosario fell in the same push, while US units moved toward San Fernando and U.S. forces manned roads near Angeles and Arayat as operations intensified toward Bataan.
The 21st Bomber Command based at Saipan under Major General Curtis E. LeMay attacked enemy installations on Iwo Jima in a daylight raid. Results were not immediately known and will be reported after operational assessments. General Henry H. Arnold announced the action from headquarters. The islands lie en route to Japan from Saipan and target Japanese air concentrations.
Dr. Leon Meadows former president of East Carolina Teachers College faced embezzlement and false pretense charges in Greenville Superior Court. Attorney Albion Dunn moved to quash the indictments as jury selection began and Judge Clawson Williams ruled on the panel. Only 55 of 200 summoned jurors appeared amid illness or travel, delaying trial and awaiting ruling on the motion.
Southeastern Air Express Inc and Columbus Airways Inc announce a plan for a seven state airline network linking 70 cities across Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Florida Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee on a 4591 mile system with two daily schedules Wesley N Raymond president of Southeastern becomes president of the merged venture Edward W Swift Jr of Columbus Airways will be vice president of Southeastern under the arrangement Officers Cody Laird W H Young Jr and B T Smith hold key posts An application to the Civil Aeronautics Board will seek authority to inaugurate the new route in the near future in either Atlanta or Washington.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt may use an executive order or public backing to push Wallace’s cabinet appointment and related finance legislation. The Senate Commerce Committee delayed Wallace’s nomination, while Vinson could be tapped to run the Treasury if Wallace loses confirmation.
Allied bombers struck enemy communications in northern Italy as frigid weather limited ground action for the Fifth and Eighth Armies. The Rome dispatch notes continued Allied air raids and fresh bombardment activity yesterday.
January 29 report states 1,150 American heavy bombers with 700 fighters struck six western German railroad yards and a tank factory. The raid targeted freight centers around Coblenz and Hamm Munster and Kassel in a daylight operation.
Headquarters said allied bombers pressed operations around the Brenner Pass producing effective results. A sudden incident struck Brazilian fliers near San Michele, with details sparse.
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