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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
1
Prime Minister Churchill spoke to 2,000 Conservative delegates promising victory in Europe possibly before summer’s end. He criticized socialist plans to nationalize production and argued for free enterprise, urging voters to avoid pandering and speculation. He warned against blandishments and leftist policy.
Moscow reports Zhukov’s First White Russian Army improves readiness for a major spring offensive as German front lines along the Berlin area show little response. Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine Army advances toward Zvolen and near Banska Bystrica while a third army pressurizes Koenigsberg. Prisoners were taken near Braunsberg as operations continued.
In Belgium’s HENRI CHAPELLE cemetery near Aachen, more than a thousand U S soldiers lie with thousands of others from Germany and Allied nations. Lt Nicholas Sloane notes high identification, mixed faith services, and careful record keeping including dogtags and finger records.
Chicago reports that penicillin can be taken orally with a sodium salt to cure infections in a day and may pass from mother to unborn child enabling prenatal treatment. Philadelphia and Cleveland doctors say oral penicillin cured gonorrhea in two to three days and matched injected forms in effectiveness.
Secretary Stimson released tallies showing western front casualties from D Day to March 1 totaling 425 007 with February losses at 34 468. He noted overall theater casualties reached 748 457, combined with Navy losses of 91 132 to bring total Pearl Harbor era casualties to 839 589.
The War Today notes reports from Sweden and Switzerland that Nazi Field Marshal Rundstedt has been dismissed as Western Europe commander due to the U S First Army Remagen bridge victory. It argues the claim may overly blame inefficiency, noting Rundstedt is seen as one of Germany’s best generals and citing Montgomery’s high praise comparing him favorably to Rommel.
The dispatch lists distances on the war front: 32 miles from Zerlin on the Eastern Front, 269 miles from the Remagen bridgehead on the Western Front, and 544 miles from the Reno river on the Italian Front. The numbers reflect progress toward key milestones in World War II reporting.
If true that Rundstedt has been thrown overboard, there is more in the development than meets the naked eye. A closer look at the situation suggests deeper strategic shifts and possible behind the scenes maneuvering affecting the outcome.
U S Pacific HQ Guam reports Iwo Jima secured after 25 days of fierce combat. Marines press on against remaining Japanese holdouts as casualties rise past twenty thousand. Blood stained ground, flag raised atop a Japanese bunker signaling island isolation.
Rep. Thomas J. Pearsall of Nash County, chairman of the House Appropriations committee, emerges as the leading contender for the 1947 speaker role. He indicated he is seriously considering a candidacy, with no other announcements yet. Pearsall is in his third term and active in agriculture legislation.
Four American destroyer escorts Otter Hubbard Varian and Hayter sank a German submarine in the mid Atlantic with depth charges. Vice Admiral Jonas Ingram announced the attack with no German survivors. Commander Jack F. Bowling reported the escorts pressed a stubborn and effective assault. The Hubbard and Hayter were built at Charleston last March.
Allied air forces bomb Berlin outskirts including Oranienburg as RAF drops the first 11-ton volcano bomb. Bombers target rail yards, factories, and oil refineries from Hannover to the Ruhr while Liberators and Flying Fortresses strike oil plants near Budapest. Aircraft losses number 12 bombers and seven fighters.
Second Lt. Richard T. Wright reports on Iwo Jima where Marines attacked Motoyama air field No 2 under heavy fire. Pvt. First Class Robert B. Gerringer of Burlington North Carolina endured a shell fragment strike under his armpit yet remained unhurt, his gear showing a four finger hole.
Stockholm reports an unofficial British statement confirmed a German approach to Allied representatives was attempted recently via a third party to a junior legation staff member. The British legation said it was not interested in any armistice talks and that the attempt was rejected.
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo arrived in San Francisco with affidavits and films to describe Manila atrocities to Congress. He said Manila's chaos surpassed Nanking and claimed Japanese orders to kill Filipinos. He recounted Fort Santiago horrors and urged strong Filipino American ties for postwar bases.
The 15th Army under Lt Gen Leonard T Gerow enters the Remagen bridgehead as American forces swell to about 100000. Bombing targets Siegfried line with new methods while advancing toward Saarbrucken and Mainz areas.
Washington reports 50 million taxpayers added last hundred million to 1944 taxes pushing wartime revenue beyond 9100 billion, with 1944 estimates around 43 billion, a record. The midnight deadline nears as simplification aids about 30 million earners under 5 thousand receive relief while calls for further simplification persist. Congress shows no immediate tax cut but studies postwar plans and potential graduated withholding for those earning up to 10 thousand.
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