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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1945
Page
1
Delayed feature describes three crew groups on a carrier: fliers including officers and radiomen, air maintenance crew called Airedales, and the ship’s regular crew. It notes color coded deck roles, close pilot coordination, and a narrow flight deck with a humorous anecdote about a plane landing on a different carrier and the question which runway.
Paris March 194- An estimated 80 000 Germans retreated toward the Rhine under clear daylight strafing. Third and Seventh Armies surged within 15 miles of each other between St Wendel and Zweibrücken Saarland, 42 miles from an eastern Paditatine junction. Patton's Third Army threatened Mainz Frankfurt Wiesbaden Ludwigshafen Mannheim as his troops closed a 25 by 15 mile death box along the Saar line. Patch's Seventh Army moved east of Saarbrucken toward Lauterbourg nine miles from Karlsruhe with 27 divisions in action. North of these, the First Army pushed to widen its Rhine bridgehead at Remagen.
FBI agents and St. Louis police arrested 43 year old Joseph Dunbar Medley in a hotel. He faces charges in the shooting death of Mrs. Nancy Boyer in Washington and is wanted for questioning in two other deaths. He admitted identity and will be returned to Washington for trial. Items tied to the case were recovered including jewelry and a loaded revolver.
DeWitt MacKenzie weighs the Remagen bridge’s capture as a public symbol while noting repair prospects and a possible Nazi counterattack. He discusses Allied bridge-building efforts and the risk of losing a steel crossing during a major Rhine assault.
Chairman J. A. Krug said the War Production Board seeks to scale down military demands to protect a bed rock war supporting economy. He noted civilian resources will fund increased army and navy production.
Italian volunteers fighting with the Allies held a captured German strongpoint between Cufiano and Riolo De Bagni five miles south of the Bologna Rimini road near Imola. They endure heavy bombardment after a daring raid. Eighth Army harassed probing parties along the Senio river while Fifth Army patrols faced mortar and machine gun fire southwest of Bologna.
Virginia General Assembly members meet in Richmond for a special session aimed at simplifying voting for service personnel in state and local elections. The plan seeks to amend the constitution so service members can vote without registration or poll tax, with ongoing efforts by some members.
Senator Bailey seeks quick hearings on a bill to ban royalty payments to unions amid coal negotiations. The move follows John L. Lewis and James Petrillo royalty demands as talks near a strike vote by 400,000 miners with 9 days left and a contract deadline of March 31.
Soviet forces closed in on Budapest from the north, 39 miles away, while advances in southern Silesia and near Neustadt brought gains of 15 miles. Zhukov pressed the Baltic front flank toward Berlin, with Kolberg reduced and western Hungary collapsing after heavy losses. The German high command reported riverfront and border actions across Czechoslovakia and Poland as renewed Soviet pressure intensified.
Sgt John Reynolds of Lincolnton North Carolina was identified as one of three soldiers who pushed hundreds of pounds of TNT into the Rhine at the Remagen bridge on March 7. Lt Hugh Mott credited the two sergeants with the feat while Reynolds recalled cutting wires and bringing pliers.
A British official said only one of Germanys twenty synthetic oil plants remains active while 19 of 78 coke ovens run. Allied air forces hit jet installations as 1,800 American bombers and fighters attacked southern Germany and RAF bombs hit Arnsberg and Bielefeld viaducts.
Salisbury announces a new industry to produce thirty million dollars of pre fabricated homes for export under U S government sponsorship. Walsh Construction Company of New York to build the plant with machinery shipped already. Several hundred workers to be recruited via the U S Employment Service. Ships will move by way of Wilmington port.
Raleigh dispatch notes the 1945 general assembly faces an uncertain adjournment with leaders signaling earliest Tuesday night and latest Thursday midnight as possible, while quorums may be hard to maintain this week and many members had planned to adjourn by last Saturday night.
US army officials say the Ludendorff Bridge can be repaired and may be back in use soon as a vital lifeline for American forces east of the Rhine. An Allied report notes extensive damage from a prior demolition and a 200 person engineering team faced a 70 foot plunge, with unclear casualties.
An informant who fled German authorities recounts the July 20 bomb plot against Hitler. He says Hitler, aware the war is lost, sometimes watches films of executed generals, and describes Hitler's injuries and health fluctuations following the failed attempt. He notes Hitler's diminished memory and occasional speech difficulties while noting the broadcast questions about whether speeches were truly his.
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