Germans Reach Key Siena Area in Push East
Vacchia commands Highway 73 toward Siena from high ground. French forces advance toward Buoconvento at the Arbia river, with six miles gained. Pampana and Murlo villages captured as the drive continues.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1944
Page
8
Myitkyina Takes On Strategic Importance In China War
The war briefing notes Myitkyina as pivotal for increasing Indian supply airlift and linking new and old fronts. It describes Japanese advances toward Canton, stalled Ledo road completion, and heavy Allied air and land battles from Hengyang southward as monsoon swamps routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kumming
Kweilin
Canton
Ledo
Ces
Myitkyina
India
Hengyang
Pacific
China
Weather and warfare in Europe slow invasion air operations
In northwestern Europe bad weather again limited allied invasion air actions for a second week, while German rocket bombings hit Southern England. British beaufighters attacked an enemy tanker off the Bay of Biscay, leaving it smoking, and hit a minesweeper. Mines were laid in enemy waters, with no losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Europe
England
Bay of Biscay
Air Ministry
Merchants Plan Picnic and Holiday Closure in Thomasville
The Thomasville Merchants Association announced the annual picnic will be held August 8 at the High Point city lake. Members voted to donate to the blood Plasma fund and local stores will close on Tuesday July 4 to give employees a holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Thomasville
Merchants Association
High Point City Lake
Civil Service Examination for Laborers and Drivers
Civil Service announces an oral examination for laborers messengers runners and truck helpers and drivers in the week of July 10 1944 from 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 in the 808 Security Bank Building applications must be filed with the Civil Service Commission prior to testing James B Lovelace secretary High Point Civil Service Commission issued June 30 1944 starts July 5 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Bank
Civil Service Commission
James B, Lovelace
High Point Civil Service
British Rodney Fires Across Normandy Fronts In World War II
The British battleship Rodney policed the Allied coast with 33 000 yard gun range near northern beaches. Rommel rushed reserves from Germany and France to Normandy but failed to break British positions. North of Caen little fighting. breaching raids hit Breville near the Orne estuary as Paris radio claims Allied landings east of the Orne and capture of Cobourg, though no Allied confirmation exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Germany
France
Ordon Salient
Caen
Breville
Orne River
Paris
Orne
Cobourg
Roosevelt Says Civil Government To Be Set Up Under Constitutional Officers
June 10 reports from New York describe a Tokyo broadcast claiming 77 American warships sunk and nine transports lost with 400 planes downed. The same bulletin notes a coastal minesweeper sunk off Cuttyhunk with two officers and five crew missing. A 4 year old in Cumberland county Cumberland county's first polio case of the season was mild and nearly recovered near Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Japs Inrash
New York
Tokyo
NBC
Marianas
Boston
Cuttyhunk
Navy
Nazi General Dolimanna Killed in Action in France
Berlin radio reports Col. Gen. Dolimanna, commander of a German army on the French front, killed in action. Five other German generals previously reported killed in France. In Washington the Office of Price Administration orders removal of inner tubes from rationing and allocates 3,900,000 new passenger car tires for July and August, up 50,000 from June. Pope Pius XII receives Gen. Charles de Gaulle in Rome. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey pledges a major effort to save the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dolimanna
Germany
Berlin
France
Washington
Dune
Office of Price Administration
DE Gaulle
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Charles de Gaulle
Dewey
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Republican Party
Republic
Negro Y.M.C.A. Plans Summer Activities
The colored Y.M.C.A. steering committee elected D. L. Flowe and Theodore Walker as joint program chairmen to lead a summer program at the colored YMCA. A mass meeting is set for Monday night July 10 to approve the plan for employed young men. Dr. J. C. Morgan chairs the steering committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored Y.M.C.A
D. L. Flowe
David Brooks Center
Theodore Walker
Colored Ymca
J. C. Morgan
Chinese forces close on Japanese base near Mienchin
The Chinese high command reports new pressure in northern Burma as forces close in on Teng chung, seven miles southeast of Mienchin. Roads are cut except the Burma road line to Lungling, according to a war communique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myitkyina
Burma
Tengchung
Mienchin
Lungling
Allied and Chinese forces press Japanese remnants across Asia front
Allied troops, aided by air power, push remnants east of the Kohima Imphal road in northeast India. In Burma, Chinese forces breach further into Myitkyina’s southern city as others push toward Mandalay along the main railway. Tokyo reports Hengyang climactic battle and Japanses control of Hengyang airdrome with U.S. bombing confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima-Imphal
India Frontier
Burma
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Mandalay
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Hunan
China
Hengyang
Tokyo
U. S
Pingsiang
Siangsiang
Liangsiang
Star Letter Praises Postal Service Improvement Efforts
A correspondent commends STAR for providing informed critique to improve postal service operations. The writer notes a decade as postmaster and emphasizes timely acknowledgments to well founded postmasters and their contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ark
Possible Crisis in Finland Averted
Stockholm dispatches report a crisis in Finland was averted as Social Democratic members in Helsinki urged their cabinet leaders not to resign. The abstention followed a split over full military collaboration with Germany, with Finance Minister Vaino Tanner among those pressured to resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Social Democratic
Helsinki
Social Democrats
Finland
Germany
Vaino Tanner
Edwin Linkomies
Propaganda Agencies Hit in War Mobilization Plan
The Republican nominee warned the GOP that in coming months the national government propaganda organs would be redirected to bolster the party. He addressed the Republican National Committee, urging vigilance as the war effort intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican National Committee
GOP
Weather Forecast for North Carolina Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered afternoon and early evening thunder showers. Temperatures largely unchanged. Saturday will be partly cloudy with slightly cooler temperatures in the north and afternoon thundershowers in the extreme south and east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
High Point Garden Club Leaders Return From Blowing Rock
Mrs L L Stookey visits at Wiltshire Boulevard while Mrs Fred Bartlett and Mrs Sherwood Forrest travel home after attending the North Carolina Garden Club meeting at Blowing Rock June 27 29. Bartlett heads Piedmont district garden clubs and was cited for organizing the most clubs this year. She is immediate past president, now succeeded by Mrs J F Hayden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bartlett
Sherwood Forrest
North Carolina
Carter Installed by Thomasville JayCees
The Thomasville JayCees installed new officers during their weekly meeting. John Carter was named president with Paul Harris as first vice president and Gerald Ilivan as second vice president. Virgil Ward became treasurer and A J Hudson secretary. Directors include Eugene Green Harold Harrison Bill Mack Raymond Fowler and Fred Ferguson. Reports covered the past year and a scrap paper drive was planned for July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Carter
Paul Harris
Gerald Llivan
Virgil Ward
A. J. Hudson
Eugene Green
Harold Harrison
Bill Mack
Raymond Fowler
Fred Ferguson
Nye Leads Foe in Close North Dakota Senate Race
In North Dakota on June 30 the official count from most precincts shows incumbent Senator Gerald P. Nye ahead 893 votes over Lynn A. Stambaugh with 37,838 to 36,945. Asher L. Burdick has 34,641 and A. C. Townley 1,308. Absentee ballots may decide the nominee if counts narrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
Lynn A. Stambaugh
The
American Legion
Nye
Stambaugh
Asher L. Burdick
A. C. Townley
Nonpartisan League
Thomasville Chair Company Fourth of July Picnic
Thomasville workers plan an all day Fourth of July program at Wheatmore recreation park and lake with athletic events contests and a picnic dinner. Rev. Lee F. Tuttle and George L. Handley will speak at noon. Prizes include oldest employee youngest child and largest family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Company
Wheatmore Recreation
Lee F. Tuttle
George L. Handley
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