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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1944
Page
6
Paul H. Cook of Denton has been promoted from corporal to sergeant in a Ninth Air Force service unit in England. He is the son of Jethro Cook of Denton and serves as an aircraft machinist.
Sgt James K Varner may now serve in England with the RAF while his brother Pvt Arles A Vance Jr trains at Sheppard Field Texas. Varner family plans include his wife Margaret Farr and their child living with his parents at 1504 Frank Street.
Cpl Horace W Perryman rises from private first to corporal technician in the 25th division in the Pacific. His parents are listed among those notified of the promotion and service record.
President Roosevelt said General George Marshall Admiral Ernet J King and General Henry H Arnold have moved to front rank as four star officers. They traveled to Britain for a meeting of the combined chiefs of staff likely to shape decisions for the first post invasion days. Waialeole Mountain in Hawaii is cited as possibly the world record wettest place with about 460 inches of rain yearly. Coast Guard losses in World War I were higher than those of any other branch.
Second Lt. William B. Hall Jr. son of Mr and Mrs W B Hall of 901 Johnson Street has reported to Cochran Field Ga for duty as a flying instructor.
Partly cloudy and warm conditions across North Carolina with scattered afternoon or evening thunderstorms mainly in the mountains today and tonight through Sunday.
Deputies questioned Cliff Williams and others after a man named Beck was found shot and collapsed in his High Point area home. Blood stains near the front door, close range pistol use, and possible business motives were noted as coroner W. W. Harvey prepared an autopsy. Funeral plans were pending for the Davidson County native.
Davis formerly worked as a cooper at Amos Hosiery Mills and died in a Winston-Salem Lexington road accident. She suffered a fractured and crushed chest among other injuries. Survived by her parents four sisters Barbara Frazier Mary Faye Smith Betty Lou Smith Patricia Ann Smith and two brothers Billy Smith Darrell Smith, all of this city.
The American Red Cross announces four new directors in charge of civilian work across the south. Nat C. Wilson, area manager, lists Allen Jerome Carter for Georgia and parts of the Carolinas, Francis P. Limerville for North and South Carolina, Frank McGurk for Louisiana and Mississippi, and John S. Givens for Tennessee and Alabama.
Allied headquarters claim Japan lost at least five warships with three more damaged since June 3 as ten Mitchell bombers sink four destroyers and damage one cruiser near Biak Island in Dutch New Guinea. Three American planes are lost in the attack. A Coast Guard officer is described as a multi role navigator engineer and diplomat in historical note.
Reports from Supreme Headquarters and German broadcasts describe Allied advances near Caen and Ste. Mere Eglise, with Bradley’s forces capturing over 3,000 prisoners and 5,000 total since D-day. German divisions oppose near Caen and Bayeux while naval clashes loom as U S and British forces push toward Cherbourg and Carentan.
British Mosquitos conducted a night raid on Berlin while RAF Beach Squad ron HQ dispatches indicate Allied forces are activating airfields in captured territory. No Allied sorties reported from bases across the English Channel yet, as operations advance on the western front.
The Italian cabinet under Premier Ivanoe Bonomi formed today without swearing allegiance to the crown. Seventeen ministers pledged to the premier and constitution rather than the crown, amid debate over Italy’s monarchy after the war.
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