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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1944
Page
1
Reported Japanese air strength at Saipan disputed by American claims of heavy losses. Admiral Chester Nimitz said only one American vessel sunk, while Japanese broadcasts claim great enemy air superiority and victories as the central Pacific land battle rages.
The commentary notes that Britain seeks a less harsh stance toward Germany and questions the war’s endurance. Observers point to Germany’s pace weakening the front lines, suggesting a possible shift in Allied strategy as the war lengthens and public sentiment wavers.
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament that a German invasion of Britain in 1940 was smashed before ships and troops could leave continental ports. He clarified that heavy concentrations of forces crossing the Channel, not the act of moving, were involved.
Allied forces press northward in Italy and have entered Perugia as French Colonial troops take Elba from Germany. The line runs southeast of Florence and north of Rome after Elba’s conquest weakened German resistance.
Vice-President Wallace arrives in Chungking as Roosevelt’s representative and urges closer relations between China and Siberia. He speaks at the airport after landing from Russian territory. Continued on Page Ten.
Soviet forces nine miles from Viipuri press the offensive as Izvestia reports the city just ahead of the Red Army. Russian communique claims 16 ships sunk in Viipuri harbor and heavy raids on Kirkenes as Finnish defenses collapse along the Gulf of Viipuri.
Bobby Brown eight year old son of Mr and Mrs B F Brown of East Monico Iredell County died today at Long hospital Statesville from infantile paralysis This is the first death in the current polio epidemic which has risen to twenty cases in Catawba county and ten in Caldwell Surviving parents and a brother B F Brown Jr Funeral arrangements are incomplete
A Pfc and a WAC corporal wed at Smoky Hill Army Air Field Kansas. The ceremony was performed by a first lieutenant with a technical sergeant on organ. The best man was a sergeant and a WAC sergeant served as brides maid.
Doris Duke files a 199 page petition in Washoe County asking the court to negate a New Jersey chancery ruling that her Reno divorce from James H. Cromwell in 194? is invalid. She alleges the decision rested on fraud and misapplied law and seeks summons for 107 witnesses, including Cromwell and several related parties, with residence ties to Hawaii New Jersey New York and Nevada.
Pin-up image of Georgia Carroll is shot and punctured and hangs in her home. Kay Kyser’s singing star received the photo from a marine in the South Pacific who sent a note asking for a full replacement.
The navy reported the loss of the Grayback, a 1475 ton submarine with about 65 crew, presumably lost on a Pacific patrol. Commander John A Moore is listed as missing. his wife lives in Memphis. The war tally rises to 24 American submarines missing since 1941, with subs sinking or damaging 607 ships for Japan. The Grayback was built by Electric Boat in Groton and commissioned in 1941.
The Allied air armada of over 1,500 heavy bombers and 7,000 planes attacked rocket bomb bases in Pas de Calais and industrial targets across central Germany. Heavy bombers hit synthetic oil plants around Hannover and Hamburg, oil refineries, a tank depot near Magdeburg, and an airplane wing repair plant near Brunswick.
At the 26th annual North Carolina state Legion convention in Asheville Mrs. J. Wade Hendricks of Statesville was elected president of the Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. W. C. Alexander of Durham was chosen national executive committeewoman with Hendricks as alternate as the Auxiliary opens a statewide campaign fund. Roy McMillan of Raleigh urged unity and a universal service act in a speech to about 800 legionnaires.
A severe storm in Thomasville areas caused one death and multiple injuries. Wanda Crawford, 14, died after contact with a live wire near her Pine Street home. Four others were injured including Estes Conrad who was struck by lightning and later revived. Damage widespread with telephones out, windows broken, and buildings collapsed.
American troops push within four miles of Cherbourg as the Ninth Division advances south and seizes Valognes and Montebourg. German forces pull back to the Cherbourg defenses perimeter in the intensified offensive said by Associated Press from U S Field Headquarters.
Mt Airy native George K Snow was chosen state commander at the Asheville convention amid unanimous support. Snow succeeds Robert E B Stevens of Goldsboro, with Cliff Lehman of High Point presenting the motion for his election.
The West Virginia University board of governors removed Dr. Charles E. Lawall from the presidency after about 11 hours of deliberation. The student body quickly vowed to continue efforts to keep him in his role.
Chinese high command said Changsha, capital of Hunan, had fallen as more than 50,000 Japanese troops attacked suburban defenses and radio contact was lost. Tokyo radio earlier claimed complete capture of Changsha and Liling, 40 miles southeast.
Twenty one American heavy bombers from fleets raiding Germany forced landings in Sweden today. It marks the greatest number to land in a neutral country in a single day. Finnish minister Hjalmar Procope, who has been dismissed by the State Department, is expected to resign by week’s end.
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