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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1945
Page
2
Washington March 7 House Foreign Affairs Committee urged that lend lease end when the war is won and be liquidated promptly and efficiently. The committee warned the program could become a vehicle for postwar reconstruction in Europe if not halted.
Robert C. Weaver told delegates at the Chicago Council of Social Agencies 30th annual meeting that harmony in the United States will aid progress toward peaceful conditions.
Rock Island Illinois report on Robert S Moody who collects 360 spectacles. The trove includes 22 ancient Chinese spectacles used mainly for beauty, illustrating the evolution of vision aids through the ages.
The article details Senate action to move Richardson county from the second to the third district and create a state education representative. It notes a bill to pay principals for months instead of nine, and an indefinite postponement on nursing regulation altering supervision and board membership.
Berlin radio reported Soviet forces advancing on the island of Wollin the first in Stettin Bay as part of a push to sever Stettin from the sea. Wolin lies 28 miles north of Stettin on the coastal route to the Swinemuende U boat base and Germany’s Mecklenburg province. The broadcast claimed a major offensive along the front aimed at breaking German defense.
Millions turn to mutton suet based Penetro for chest cold relief, following Grandma’s home remedy. The medicated ointment promises counter irritation and soothing aroma when spread on the chest, with druggists recommending it for family cold miseries at 25 to 35 cents.
A broad Soviet push drives from the Oder west of Berlin with heavy attacks toward Kuestrin and along the northern approaches. Reports say Stettin and Wollin area shelling continues as Red Air Force raids set fires. Danzig corridor advances quicken with feared capture within days.
Cornell New York A L Windsor director of the Veterans Advisement and Guidance Center at Cornell University says more U S industries should install job training programs in the coming years. He notes most veterans prefer immediate work and vocational instruction as they serve.
Police seek a firebug who reads Congress records after two fires hit the Galesburg public library. Officers found two copies of the Congressional Record on a table in a reference room where one blaze began.
The Chicago scene centers on 18-year-old Northwestern freshman Jeanne Ballard challenging national queen Ann Curtis in the freestyle 100 and 100 meter events at the nationals at the Hotel Continental pool. Teammate Lillian Ballard, 20, and Lake Shore club peers Virginia Fitzgerald, a St Scholastica senior, also figure in the early hype.
Wright Field dispatch details the RAF P-61 Black Widow night fighter carrying eight 20 mm cannons in the belly and four 50 caliber machine guns in a power turret above the pilot. The turret can fire rearward with automatic cut-offs to avoid the tail fins. The twin engined plane is noted for its night fighting role and reputation as a deadly fighter.
Pilots and drivers in the Air Service Command share lessons from long highway use in England France Belgium and Italy. They note synthetic tires last about one third as long as standard tires and emphasize careful driving correct air pressures matching tires rotation and balanced loads to extend tire life beyond 10 000 miles on a 2 1/2 ton truck.
The ASC supply men found that a special instruction in tire maintenance could extend tire life by about one third, improving durability and efficiency in operations.
Pfc Russell M Payne of the infantry returns from eighteen months overseas in the Aleutians Theater arriving March 6 at Fort Bragg before reaching his home on Route 2 High Point to visit his parents Mr and Mrs A L Payne. After furlough he reports back to Fort Bragg under the rotation furlough plan. Note mentions process cheese production prior to pasteurizing.
Modern Jack Spratt faces stomach distress from ulcers and indigestion with gas heartburn and bloating. An ad promotes Uden Tablets from Mann’s Or es Stores with a 25 cent box and a double money back guarantee upon first dose.
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