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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions expected today with cooler trends across the north and west portions by Wednesday. Expect continued cloud cover in the region with variable temperatures and mild heat in the south.
The article discusses Allied plans for crossing the Rhine using pontoon bridges and amphibious machines, noting that loss of a Cologne bridge on the West bank won’t halt advances. It emphasizes mobility across water and land as crucial to the invasion strategy.
Italian troops cleared German forces from coastal woodlands in a weekend push. Patrols reported German fire across the Po di Primaro, while Allied fliers noted movement in rear areas and traffic along the Po Valley highway toward Bologna. Air forces destroyed an enemy ammunition dump and hit comms in northeast Italy, Austria, and Yugoslavia. British bombers attacked Graz freight yards in southern Austria.
Ernie Pyle describes a bomber crew in the Marianas led by Major Robinson. The crew values long service, honors a wounded bombardier still counted as part of the team, and cherishes their blue unit caps marked 80. Sergeant Jack Orr, the crew chief, is praised for dedication and caution, with Robinson recounting a tense mission and the crew’s camaraderie aboard a ship renamed Battlin Betty II.
Washington notes say the House moved toward drafting women as Army and Navy nurses and sent a nurse draft bill to the Senate by nightfall. Debate focused on scope and compulsory service amid calls for 18 000 women to bolster nursing for mounting battle casualties worldwide.
The report notes Cheyenne as the only state capital without streetcars in the nation, highlighting the absence of urban traction in the Wyoming city.
Allied units report destroying or capturing large stockpiles including trucks, guns, food, and cloth as Japanese supply lines collapse. MacArthur announces thousands of Japanese killed in Ilocos Norte. American divisions push through Balete Pass toward the Cagayan valley while other units drive across the Zambalas mountains.
C B Coddington, separated from his wife and children, was found unconscious after a razor slash in his Asheville room. Police report show a bloodstained dresser and bed. he disappeared last week, with neighbors noting prior mental and physical wellness concerns.
London dispatch reports active fighting in the Battle of Norway may begin at any time. A Swedish broadcast cites the Norwegian Kronikken, noting Norwegians aim to disrupt German reinforcements and focus on transport control to aid eastern and western fronts.
Report describes Churchill amid cheering crowds along roads to the Rhine as Dutch civilians and German townspeople watch him pass. He launches a shell at a German ferry crossing near Xanten and states pressure on Montgomery’s north Rhine campaign parallels Caen, while war correspondents note Allied advances.
Representatives Crissman and Caveness propose allowing juries to recommend mercy in rape convictions. Other measures include Burgess and Peele race to delay marriage licenses by five days, Griffin granting state patrol full power off highways, and Bridger banning Sunday hunting with penalties up to fifty dollars or thirty days.
A war communique notes intense small arms and artillery fire from the enemy on March 5 as Marines withstand attempts to move forward. No significant changes to frontline lines are reported, and the February 19 invasion phase is not followed by references to carrier air strikes or warship bombardment at Iwo Jima.
A large repatriation program in Europe will offer educational courses to returning American soldiers. Programs span elementary reading and arithmetic to second year university subjects, aiming to resume schooling after Germany is defeated.
Zhukov concentrates heavy guns east of Stettin and aims a knockout blow as Rokossovsky’s Second White Russian army inflicts pressure along the Danzig to Koeslin coastal strip. Stettin’s factories and seaboard districts near Dammascher lake brace for strategic isolation as Treptow Kilber t face imminent isolation.
American forces reduced the Rhine front pocket shrinking the German bridgehead west of the Rhine to about 11 miles. Ninth Army exploits near Orsoy severing ferry lines while British units press toward Wesel amid stiff Nazi resistance. German bridges at Duisburg and Cologne suffered crippling damage as aerial recon showed the Hohenzollern Bridge unusable.
Pfc Dwight W Harris son of Mr and Mrs K W Harris 309 Park St returns from 27 months overseas with three major battles in the South Pacific He earned Asiatic Pacific and Presidential Citation ribbons with three stars He will enjoy 30 days at home before reporting to Norfolk Naval Air Base for new duties Last served near Palau Islands about 500 miles from the Philippines
An old advertisement urges readers with acid stomach symptoms to try Lang's Gastric Tab for digestion relief and related issues. It notes the product at Mann's Cut Rate Drug Store and offers 25 cents off on the first purchase.
Captain Jack D. Stone of Minneapolis led a small force near a company CP when three French civilians reported hidden Germans. He and his men closed in as Krauts surrendered from bushes and trees, totaling forty prisoners, then were sent to a prisoner cage.
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