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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
2
Japan saw 1,925,000 cases of salmon canned in the previous year, a substantial batch processed for distribution. The data highlights strong demand for preserved seafood in the region during the period.
Local Rotarians heard Rev. Lee F. Tuttle recount personal experiences and notable events including Roosevelt at Yale, submarine visits, the Spirit of St. Louis, and sports milestones. A joint Rotary and Junior Chamber meeting is planned with John Mattern, a German officer now in the U S Army, as guest speaker. Visitors from High Point, Winter Haven, and Shelby attended.
On Saipan the battle continues with U S forces advancing from Sai pan as Japanese losses climb toward 12 000 dead and 10 000 captives. A marine regiment reports over 700 enemy killed in a single mopping up action amid caves and ravines.
An advertisement touts a skin remedy labeled Black and White Ointment to ease burning soreness and claims cleansing benefits from Black and White Skin Soap. The copy emphasizes eternal relief and antiseptic stimulation.
The Office of War Information planned to spend about 56 million dollars next year to win friends and influence people worldwide. Director Elmer Davis outlined aims to persuade enemy and neutral nations of American aims, keep occupied areas resilient, and later correct Nazi-era misperceptions. The agency would run newspapers, radio, and publications, plus assist civilian information after liberation.
Washington announced by Navy Secretary Forrestal the latest Pacific island fighting tallies. American casualties reach 15,053 with 2,359 dead, 11,481 wounded and 1,213 missing. Japanese losses include 11,948 buried and many uncounted. Captives exceed 1,000 prisoners and over 9,000 civilians interned. A ravine is believed to hold 1,000 Japanese bodies.
A state official was held in a German concentration camp during the Hitler purge. He traveled with a group of deputies and staff as authorities conducted mass detentions and political repressions amid escalating chaos.
George W. Healy Jr director of the domestic branch of the office of war information will be chief speaker at a dinner meeting closing the convention Friday night. Healy, on leave from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, will address the luncheon crowd as part of the program.
Attlee and Churchill clash over secret session proposals as Parliament weighs the government's openness. London endures daylight bombings despite a night with no raids, while reports say 2750 one ton bombs were launched in strikes tied to the war.
Fifth Army reports continued fighting in the Tuscany theater. French forces repulsed counter attacks near Hill 218 southwest of Poggibonsi while Allied troops on the Eighth Army front pushed four miles up the Tiber valley and neared the Citta di Castello junction. Arezzo area sees a lull after a week of heavy fighting and patrol clashes.
Announced American battle casualties in the present war approach the total casualties of World War I. Unreported results in the final weeks of heavy fighting in France may have pushed the current total above 1917 18 levels. Today Patterson cited 187 028 Army casualties and an overall 235 441 official casualties on land air and sea, versus 278 828 in World War I.
Effective yesterday the Randolph County board of health requires all children 14 years old and younger to stay at home for an unspecified period. The order follows the first county polio case, a 15 month old girl from Randleman, and police statewide will enforce the ordinance.
Thelma Andrews becomes the citys first and only service woman at Office Equipment company 213 Noo Street. A native of Asheboro she trained with a large firm and has two and a half years of mechanical service experience.
Cpl. Jesse Coral Milligan son of Mr and Mrs J C Milligan of Trinity North Carolina has begun training at the B-24 Liberator bomber school at Kessler Field this week advancing his Army career.
Funeral services for Noah Webster Kennedy 48 who died at his Rt 1 Thomasville home will be held Friday at 5 pm from Pleasant Grove Methodist church. Interment follows in the church cemetery.
John H. McCray chair of the South Carolina Progressive Democratic party says six chosen delegates and two alternates will travel to Chicago for a conference with the National Democratic committee. The party, formed after rejection of representation in the state delegation, has booked hotel rooms for the delegation.
A church service featured a choir and a duet by Rev J A Palmer and Mrs W C Lyerly with Miss Margaret Palmer at the piano. Floral tributes were carried by Emmanuel Ladies Bible class. Interment followed in the family plot at the church cemetery.
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