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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1944
Page
1
June 26 report says four Red Armies pierced German defenses in White Russia encircling enemy troops in Vitebsk area. Fifth army in Ostrov sector advances as Russians press toward the Baltic, with towns abandoned and German forces retreating under heavy bombardment.
War Today by Elton Fay analyzes Sino Soviet relations as China under Kai-Shek seeks secure borders and a strategic position while Stalin possibly listens. The piece notes Mongolia’s autonomy and Russia’s aid pact, suggesting China may resist territorial gains but remains wary of broader war aims. Continued on Page Eight.
American forces pushed ashore on Saipan June 14 and hold half the island while 20,000 Japanese defenders retreat to the mountains. Admiral Nimitz released a revised loss list showing six carriers damaged or sunk and 402 enemy planes destroyed in the Marianas battle. Carrier air power reportedly struck Iwo Island in the Kazan group.
Chicago June 26 Bricker supporters hoped for a sudden development to win him the Republican presidential nomination but admitted none. With Dewey essentially assured, Bricker aides said only a miracle could save the day and many delegates will vote with state majorities, while Bricker’s name would be placed in nomination with Ohio’s 50 votes cast for him.
Paris reports that German troops retook the guerrilla village of Assel in Correze and hanged about 100 French civilians in the town square. The Maquis withdrew then returned with food relief to hold the area as Allied plans build a broader resistance.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey moved ahead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination as the 1944 convention opened. Reports place Dewey at about 660 votes with 529 needed to nominate, while Bricker’s supporters push toward a Bricker nomination or vice president considerations. The floor debate included moves on a potential Byrd vice presidential candidate and name placement for Dewey.
The BBC said Mussolini had a film made of the execution of his son in law Count Ciano and other former Fascist leaders. Ciano De Bono and two others were shot by Pietro Caruso in Rome. Caruso, captured by Italian patriots, carried out the executions.
New York June 26 Wendell Willkie 1940 Republican presidential nominee says he will not attend the Republican national convention in Chicago and will not disclose his political plans until the 1944 ticket is named. He adds I want to remain flexible for the time being.
Supreme Headquarters announces investigation finds no authenticated cases of French civilians sniping Allied troops. It states French resistance to Germans has aided Allied operations.
Amerigo Antonelli, president of the Antonelli Fireworks Company and one of four men convicted June 10 for conspiring to defraud the government in munitions manufacture, was sentenced in federal court to two years in prison and fined 85000. A second item notes a 15 year old Nash County youth Marvin Williford drowned in the Tar River near Rocky Mount after calling for help, with rescue attempts failing.
About 250 workers at the Corbitt Motor Truck company plant in Henderson went on strike today to protest the hiring of a job classification man. R. J. Corbitt, company president, said the action was not union authorized. Workers had just finished two weeks of paid vacation. The firm builds heavy trucks for the Army.
The coroner asked the state department for permission to perform autopsies on Andre Dedekam 64 first secretary of the Norwegian embassy and his wife Louise 69 found dead in their apartment last night A joint letter to their two sons Norwegian army lieutenants was found with the bodies.
Fifth Army troops seized Piombino without opposition securing a supply base and pressed up the west coast while Americans and French closed on Siena. Advances spanned Torniella Montieri Montciano Castiglione and Rocca Dorcia as German armor faced losses in a night clash near the coast.
Colonel Charles M. McCorkle of Newton North Carolina commander of an American Mustang fighter group shot down a Nazi ME-1 over Avignon France yesterday for his 11th victory. He becomes the second ranking American ace in the Mediterranean theater behind Maj. Herschel Green of Mayfield Kentucky with fifteen.
The southeastern conference of the Methodist church with 2 146 000 members in nine states urged President Roosevelt to outlaw whisky manufacturing for the duration. Delegates criticized a War Production Board order allowing whiskey production in August and cited food shortage threats. An inter racial commission was also created to develop a program.
Mount Cleveland on Chuginadak Island erupts since June 10 prompting evacuation of an Alaska Army post. One soldier is presumed dead after being lost near the crater as lava and rocks swept the island. Missing airman was near the explosion early. rescue teams evacuated and recovered material while others were moved from the island. Names listed include Billy J. Cotton Commerce Texas Kenneth L. Tilsen Lead South Dakota William Bigger Chapel Hill North Carolina and Alexander Alcantara Portland Oregon.
American forces reach Cherbourg docks and push into the port as one third of the city is secured. Allied ships bombard German positions while Montg*omery’s offensive drives east of Tilly-Sur-Seulles, with 70,000 prisoners taken and more than 20,000 since D-day.
Radio France at Algiers reported that Adolf Hitler named Reichsmarshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering to defend Germany. He had reportedly established a Berlin headquarters and would direct the Todt organization in building a new inner line of fortifications along the western and Atlantic approaches.
Henry Johnson III, a member of the local government commission in Raleigh, suffered a paralytic attack at his Burgaw home over the weekend. His condition today is reported as serious. A second item notes Republican resolutions approving planks for protective tariff and crop control to handle farm surpluses.
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