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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1945
Page
2
Fair and cooler conditions prevail with tonight's low temperatures ranging from 16 to 20 degrees in the west and central portions and in the extreme east. Thursday brings cloudy skies and warmer temperatures across the region.
In Thomasville a man and a woman faced charges of rape and assault with pleas accepted. Craig Chappel admitted setting a large East Main Street house fire, previously owned by C A Julian, and was sent to prison for arson and dwelling burning. A roommate died from burns, and Chappel said he started the fire to get revenge.
A public presentation of a motion picture depicting life at the Infantile Paralysis tar will be shown tonight at 9 o clock at the Hall on North Main street Hickory. Norman of Greensboro will show the film and give a brief lecture on war scenes. The patient pictured is Betty Jo rth, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hayworth of High t Rt 1.
The piece speculates that Nazi leadership may seek a mountain fortress in the Bavarian Alps as a last stand or until they surrender, noting Munich as a symbolic center and considering possible hideouts with a small reserve force.
Harold Jerome Wagger, son of Mr and Mrs Bob Wagger, has been promoted to second lieutenant after more than two years in the army. He has served in the infantry in France and was advanced from enlisted rank. Parents last heard from him in a January 16 letter. The note mentions women officers in the Army Medical Service receiving allowances for dependents.
C B Carter aged 70 dies at home in Thomasville after years as Pickett Cotton Mills foreman. He was a native of Davie County and survived by his widow Sallie Barnes and seven sons including D G Carter of Lexington and Leo Carter in the Navy. Funeral arrangements pending.
Hutcheson reports the invasion convoy was not attacked by a single enemy plane. The same inland seas voyage as the 800 ship convoy raided en route to Linagen Gulf landings on January 9. Rear Adm. Struble canceled bombardment plans as Filipinos cheered. The United States now controls both ends of a 60 mile road into Bataan and strengthens the position for General MacArthur.
Allied units advance past San Fernando with the sixth and 40th divisions reaching southwest of the city while other columns move along the main highway toward Pampanga Province capital as they press southward.
Widenhouse testified as the states first witness on the record keeping. He described alterations in the books and how he returned them after inspection. John B. Congleton then identified checks and endorsements of Dr Meadows while noting a total fund during the ad cover age of 27 531 22 with 18 606 34 not properly accounted for.
Hitler railed against Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin and rejected surrender talks. He warned that Western leaders cannot fulfill their pledges and urged Germans to persevere as a bulwark against Bolshevism.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt expanded her appearances at the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis birthday celebrations in Washington. She spoke at a dozen events, helped cut a large birthday cake, and broadcast a message from the White House after fast-paced, back-to-back engagements with service members and officials.
Watkin s graduates at the AAF Training Command installation as second lieutenants or flight officers. Lt Archibald L Watkins 19 son of Mrs Mildred L Watkins attended The Citadel 1942 43 and preflight at Maxwell Field. Norman L Capp promoted from private to corporal at Cherry Point air station after enlisting in March 1944 with Duke Power prior employment.
S. Sgt. Jessie M. King age 21 son of Mr and Mrs George King Rt 1 promoted to second lieutenant for service with the 30th Division in Europe. He entered service December 21 1940 did basic at Fort Jackson and has served overseas since January 1944. Cpl Sidney W Hockaday son of Mrs Ethel J Hockaday Route 1 High Point NC admitted to Moore General Hospital Swannanoa NC for treatment.
Four certificates of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state. The Thomasville Dodgers Baseball Club of Thomasville is authorized to operate professional or amateur teams, with capital stock $50,000 and subscribed stock $300 by Doak Finch and R. M. Cooksey of Thomasville and James B. Lovelace of High Point.
Brockett a aviation mate first class and flight engineer with the U S Naval Air Corps is on leave with Mrs A E Tate and Mr and Mrs Robert Cottam after overseas service since 1942 He accompanied by his mother Genevieve Tate Brockett Lt Albert Brockett his brother in the U S Army was killed in the invasion of Spain He has served five and a half years enlisting in 1939 with training at Norfolk Pensacola San Diego Honolulu then Australia and the Solomons New Guinea Admiralty and the Marshalls He was injured on an A 10 crash and has been hospitalized in Australia and San Francisco He wears six major engagement ribbons and stars and will report for reassignment after leave They will visit Raleigh next week.
Soviet forces stretch toward the Oder and Berlin while Zhukov’s columns press southwest of Küstrin and near Frankfurt as German defenses crumble. Reports say Konigsberg nearly surrounded and a mass of German civilians and youths mobilize to defend the capital.
Henderson on January 31 reported the end of the state's longest girls basketball winning streak as Henderson High School girls team lost or halted a 101 game stretch last night.
London January 31 Dr Hideji Yago president of the Japanese Board of Technology told German leaders that Russians could withstand the onslaught and turn the tide when the Germans moved toward Moscow.
War Department selects Kay Kyser's band for the most extensive large unit entertainment tour yet. The group opens at Walter Reed hospital and proceeds to distribute concerts across army and Navy hospitals in Asheville Moore General Charleston and Beaufort with stops at various medical centers.
Camp Davis North Carolina, once an anti aircraft training site, becomes an army air force personnel convalescent and redistribution center tomorrow by order of Gen. Frederick E. Uhl. Unneeded portions will go to the U S district engineer in Savannah Georgia. The POW camp at Camp Davis will be disbanded as a headquarters unit and become a branch of Camp Butner North Carolina.
The Roxboro High School team defeated their opponent 42 to 31 in Roxboro, delivering a narrow win after five-season struggles.
American infantry pushed along the south bank three miles east of Ichau as 100000 plus troops of the First and Armies closed to within about ten miles of two headwater dams along the Roer. The advance aimed to breach flood barriers guarding Cologne as forces neared the Prum line bastion within twelve miles.
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