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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and warm today with scattered showers likely tonight and again Tuesday. North and west sections face cooler conditions with showers starting tonight in fountains area.
Virginia legislators press for outright repeal of the poll tax for all citizens. A 1944 act waiving poll tax and registration for service voters was ruled unconstitutional. Officials seek quick constitutional amendment so a war voters bill could pass this fall for governor and local races. Governor Darden says he will address the matter in a forthcoming message.
Guilford County commissioners discussed a new hospital ward plan during a Greensboro meeting. Architect Burt Wilder outlined costs for a room insane ward addition and modernization of the 16 bed ward, pegged at about 40 thousand dollars. The board decided not to assume state duties but indicated Guilford would need local facilities even if the state expands care. The High Point area bid was accepted to handle delinquent advertising for the year during the session. Five members also heard tax equalization appeals with few complaints noted.
Allied forces race toward the Rhine with Hodges Fourth Armored and Patton Third Army within striking distance of Kaiserslautern and Ludwigshafen. Seventh Army advances into Alsace border towns as fronts widen north of Strasbourg and toward Bottenbach and Pirmasens.
The First Army seeks more river crossings and manpower to secure the east bank and expand its offensive. Artillery actions and river fords are noted as critical to sustaining the push into enemy territory.
The report lists current distances to Berlin on three fronts: Eastern Front 32 miles from Zerlin, Western Front 269 miles from the Remagen bridgehead, and Italian Front 544 miles from the Reno river.
The piece notes Japan closing all colleges and schools above first grade as teachers and students mobilize for war work. It cites massive Allied bombing of major Honshu cities, claims 20 million people confined in industrial zones, and predicts a possible invasion pattern as air raids continue.
The minuet, said to be perfected by the French, originated as a rustic dance. The note traces its beginnings to a simple village dance before it became courtly.
WPB chairman Krug says army and navy will confine demands to essential needs to avoid harming the domestic economy. He notes civilian requirements estimates will be prepared for rock‑bottom needs in shoes clothing gloves textiles tires and batteries. Despite reductions, shortages likely continue, with civilian footwear supplies limited and improvement not expected until late in the war.
Russian forces cut Nazis from the Baltic pocket with Danzig Gdynia Braunsberg and Heiligbeil still contested. The third White Russian army shrinks the coastal strip to 121 miles long and nine miles from the sea as Stalin proclaims Kolberg fallen, a Pomeranian port with 33,170 residents, located 63 miles northeast of Stettin.
Atlantic scientists used glass wool bats to trap carbon and prevent catalyst bed clogging, enabling full scale production of 100-octane fighting fuel from sulfur-rich crude. The breakthrough speeds military supply and promises better petroleum products after the war.
Funeral services for Mrs Lottie Legrand will be held Tuesday at 3 p m at St Stephens A M E Zion church on Price Street where she was an active member.
The Pilgrim Congregational Church choir will rehearse Tuesday evening at 8 p m at the church. There will be no rehearsal Friday.
Legislature notes light attendance and lingering work as the Senate delays another bill. The general hospital care measure, scheduled as a Senate special order Friday, is carried over to Monday amid tight calendar pressures.
The Senate adopted an amendment to delay establishing a four year UNC medical school until a Rockefeller style survey is completed. The measure, approved unanimously, includes 100000 for a hospital commission 50000 loan fund for rural doctors and a 1000000 contingency for indigent patient support.
The 1945 General Assembly faces a top priority bill to aid communities with hospitalization and a state sponsored insurance plan. Amid delays and adjournment jitters, supporters expect floor action soon as lawmakers brace for a lengthy session wind down.
An informant describes a brutal purge in Nazi Germany detailing public hangings of conspirators like Erwin Von Witzleben and Ulrich Von Hassel. He claims a sweeping arrest order targeted those deemed politically unreliable and reports mass disappearances and executions affecting Germany’s elite. He says tens of thousands suffered under a state of fear and enormity of the purge.
Eighth Air Force missions struck from Leipzig to Ulm near the Swiss border. Luftwaffe defenses showed strength as at least 34 German fighters fell to Liberators and bombers targeted Seauaheion near Augsburg and airfields at Neuberg and Leipheim. Fortress divisions attacked Plauen Chemnitz Jena area as RAF hammers back communications centers and Mosquito raids reached Berlin for the 27th straight night.
Amos M Amos son of Mr and Mrs T Amos 902 Forest Hill Drive High Point received silver wings as Flight Officer from Advanced Two Engine Pilot School Pecos Army Air Field Colonel Harold D Smith announced The former High Point resident completed twin engine training and was assigned to Pecos from Merced California Cannibalism in poultry flocks risks heavy losses when birds injure each other during pecking behavior prompt action.
Allied announces major carrier strikes near Kyushu as Mitscher leads a seaborne task force within 200 miles of Japan. Tokyo claims Kamikaze gains and losses while MacArthur reports heavy air blows around Formosa and Luzon front advances by American divisions.
Ensign W. G. Causey arrived home last Thursday night to spend a ten day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs W C Causey at 306 Centennial avenue. He has been in a naval hospital in Philadelphia for two weeks recovering from injuries suffered in a plane crash in New Jersey.
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