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High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1945
Page
2
7000 Planes Sweep Across Reich In Major Allied Blitz
Allied air forces conducted a massive coordinated attack across western front targets in Germany. The operation struck railway hubs towns and airfields with relentless bombardment turning many targets into blazing ruins. A reconnaissance pilot reported widespread fires as the German defenses were overwhelmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
Missouri
Western Air Command
Eisenhower
High Command
Inferno
Bombers Drop Tones of Fire on Middle East Oil Dumps
Supers the aerial giants last February 11 rained hundreds of tons of high explosives and incendiaries on oil and munition dumps just north of the city. The Superforts made their first attack on Rangoon last November 3. American Liberators and light bombers raided Hainan island off the China coast yesterday, Tokyo said.
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Rangoon
San Francisco
Hainan Island
China
Ra- Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Hainan
Postage Opens For Greece Letters Up To An Ounce
Post office officials announced that letters may be sent to Greece up to one ounce with five cent postage and cards at three cents. Mr Clark said the Treasury provides for personal support remittances to Greece once U.S. banks coordinate with Greek banks. Banks or the Federal Reserve district bank can supply information on remittances. Other financial communications are restricted to fact finding and information exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Greece
Clark
Treasury Department
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
War Today: German Armies Crippled as Allies Drive East
The War Today notes two German armies the First and Seventh suffer heavy casualties surpassing 100 000 and Germany struggles to defend the Rhine front. Soviets push in Hungary and Czechoslovakia while the Saarland is lost and Ruhr is bombed. Germany’s reserves dwindle and a prolonged southern stand seems hopeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Saar-Palatinate
Saar
Germany
Ruhr
Eisenhower
Saarland
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslo
Consumer minded OPA wins over producer driven WEA
War Food Administration notes a split between OPA and WEA over surplus fears. OPA is described as consumer minded while WEA is producer minded. The dispute was settled in favor of OPA by the office of economic stabilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
WRA
Fac
OPA
WEA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Man Arrested For Assault At Biltmore Hotel
Pfc Vito F Mercuria 30 year old soldier of ORD in Greensboro was arrested last night and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The incident occurred at the Biltmore hotel on Seeger street. He was released to military police in Greensboro on bond and returned to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vito F. Mercuria
O.R.D
Greensboro
Biltmore Hotel
H. Seeger
Prea
Mercuris
Bond
Ensign Haworth Reports For Training At Ottumwa NAS
Ensign Horace S. Haworth Jr. reported for duty at the Naval Air Station Ottumwa Iowa for primary training as a naval aviator. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Horace S Haworth of ale Drive and recently received his commission at Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace S. Haworth, Jr
Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
Towa
Ensign Haworth
Horace S. Haworth
Ale Drive
Columbia University
Hudson brothers in military service and hospital status
Pfc James J Hudson son of Mr and Mrs R H Hudson Free street Randleman NC and husband of Rose Hudson High Point is among combat casualties arriving for treatment at Camp Butner General Hospital Along with seven months in Europe he served with an infantry division in France His brother Pfc Charles Hudson also serves in the South Pacific
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C
James J. Hudson
R. H. Hudson
Free Street
Randleman
Rose Hudson
Ennis Street
High Point
Camp Butner
Pvt. Hudson
France
South Pacific
Pfc
Charles Hudson
Bronze Star Awarded to Swaim for Valor Aboard Destroyer
William H. Swaim Jr. of North Carolina receives the Bronze Star for meritorious service aboard a destroyer in the Southwest Pacific. Navy Cross awarded to Terrell A. Nisewaner. Swaim’s family home is listed in Thomasville. another officer’s POW status Update notes Lt. C B Farrington, missing since Nov 21, is now a prisoner in Germany per War Department.
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BRON
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Calif
Seatle
Southwest Pacific
Illiam H. Swaim, Jr
PhMi/c
USNR
Swaim
Terrell A. Nisewaner
USN
Navy Cross
Thomasville,n. C
William ‘H. ‘Swaim
Soner
C.B. Farrington
A.C. Farrington
Longstreet
Germany
War Department
two Campbell brothers meet in the South Pacific in Navy service
Gerald D Sechrest is promoted to gunner s mate second class in the U S Navy. He has spent eight months stationed in Cuba. Henry and Boyd Campbell, sons of Mr and Mrs R M Campbell of 417 Walnut street, recently met in the South Pacific for the first time in 27 months. Both are in the Navy and were stationed together briefly.
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Gerald D. Sechrest
U. S. Navy
Cuba
Navy
Henry and
Boyd Campbell
Henry
R. M. Campbell
Walnut Street
South Pacific
State Senate Plans A Summer Session
RALEIGH March 22 Senator Hugh G Mitchell of Ire dell county said the State Senate would hold a get together meeting this summer probably in August to discuss the general progress of North Carolina. Locations under consideration include Asheville Hendersonville Blowing Rock Morehead City Nag s Head Charlotte Wrightsville Beach and Greensboro. Lieutenant Governor L Y Ballentine named the arrangements committee with Mitchell as chairman and senators Guilford Jenkins Carlyle and Hodges among others.
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Raleigh
Hugh G. Mitchell
Iredell County
State Senate
North Carolina
Asheville
Hendersonville
Blowing Rock
Morehead City
Nag’s Head
Charlotte
Wrightsville Beach
Greensboro
L. Y. Ballentine
Mitchell
Penny F. Guilford
Jenkins
Bertie
Carlyle
Forsyth
Hodges
Buncombe
Churchill Leads Labour Delegation Amid Party Tensions
Churchill named Anthony Eden as head of the delegation with Clement Attlee Lord Cranborne and Lord Halifax among members. The brief suggests labor representation and includes a note on Clarence Birdseye’s 1927 cold plate process and a caution about freezing bananas.
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Shinwell
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Clement Attlee
Lord Cranborne
Lord Halifax
Washington
Clarence Birdseye
MacArthur reports Allied gains across islands in Pacific theater
General MacArthur said Virtually Jr. cleared interior and coast of the island with harassment limiting enemy to Iloilo area. On Luzon the 33rd and 6th Divisions pushed ridgelines eastward while heavy losses in the Shimbu line included 256 vehicles and many weapons. Cavite Province is virtually cleared and in Mindanao the 41st Division cleared Zamboanga harbor enabling airfield use.
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Cavite
Manila Bay
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Jens A. Doe
US Pacific Fleet reports decisive air and sea blows on Japan
From Guam March 22 the U S Pacific Fleet details devastating aerial strikes on the Japanese home islands. Five incendiary raids over Tokyo Kobe and Nagoya used 30 plus B-29s each, with long range P-51 Mustangs due to escort. A carrier attack on Kyushu and inland seas damaged Nipponese ships, suggesting the navy’s threat is reduced. Admiral Spruance says his count of 15 to 17 damaged ships may understate total damage.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Kobe
Nagoya
Europe
Philippine Sea
5Th Fleet
Kyushu
Adm
R. A. Spruance
Pacific
Spruance
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nurses Aide Class Starts Next Monday
Mrs. T. D. Tyson Jr announces the Red Cross Nurses Aides class will begin a week earlier than planned. The first classroom session is Monday at the Adams Memorial Y.W.C.A. The course will finish its classroom work Friday March 23 and then move to hospital training.
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T. D. Tyson, Jr
Red Cross
Adams Memorial Y.W.C
Sesson
Patton’s Third Army Pushes into Palatinate and Ruhr Front
Allied forces drive through Kaiserslautern and Gruenstadt in the Palatinate as Patton’s Third Army reports 11,335 prisoners with 11,000 more unprocessed. The Seventh Army reaches Otterburg while fighting along the Rhine near Worms and Kaiserslautern. The Saarland and Palatinate battles are described as a major German defeat with focus shifting toward the Ruhr and northern German plain.
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Wesel
Rhine
Ruhr
George S. Patton
Third
Bremen
Patton
Worms
Sixth Armored
Alexander M. Patch
Third Army
Kaiserslautern
Gruenstadt
Neustadt
Seventh Army
Otterburg
Lewis Hawkins
Palatinate
Moselle
Eisenhower
Patch
Saarland
Hesse
Valhalla
Coblenz
German
Karlsruhe
No Verdict At 1 P. M. In Meadows Case
Greenville March 22 A county superior court jury pressed on without a verdict in the embezzlement and false statement case against Dr Leon R Meadows former president of East Carolina Teachers College The jury asked to consider as a whole or on any count and the trial enters its third week with the state alleging diversion of college funds to Meadows personal use and his defense arguing expenditures were proper for the college’s needs
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Greenville
County Superior Court
Leon R. Meadows
East Carolina Teachers College
Meadows
Russians From Page One Fortified Danube City Evacuated
The report notes evacuation of Felsoe galla and nearby Tatabanya on the Danube south bank as German forces around Komaron near the Austrian border face danger. In East Prussia the Red Star cites a closing battle near Heiligenbeil with Marshal Vasilevsky's forces pressing the breach. Allied offensives in the west are described as gaining momentum while the eastern front quiets briefly.
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Page Oneergon
Danube
Budapest
Felsoegalla
Tatabanya
Komaron
Irischeschaff
East Prussia
Jarst
Alexander Vasilevsky
Heilgenbeil
Red Star
Heiligenbeil
Berlin
Breslau
Charlie M. Stout Dies in Randleman at 78
Charlie M. Stout 78 a longtime Randleman merchant died Wednesday afternoon at Randolph Hospital Asheboro after a short illness. Survived by son Ormie M. Stout daughter Mrs J E Brown five grandchildren two great grandchildren all of Randleman. Funeral services pending arrival of grandson Sgt James Brown from unspecified location.
Patch’s retreat stalled as Seventh Army advances press
From Gruenstadt to Pirmasens and toward the Rhine, large scale organized resistance has faded as the Seventh Army advances, with correspondent Lewis Hawkins noting the scene as 14,350 figures lag behind the push.
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Patch
Seventh Army
Gruenstadt
Pirmasens
Rhine
Lewis Hawkins
Russians Criticize Friendliness To Nazis
Izvestia denounces reports of friendly relations between Allied troops and Germans in the west and notes Hitlerite Germans serving in Allied created posts. Dispatches say Allied officials carefully form local governments but sometimes rely on Nazi personnel due to worker shortages. Severe penalties follow fraternizing with Germans.
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Moscow
Izvesta
Western Front
Bretton Woods talk on IMF risks and governance
The speaker urged caution about establishing an international monetary fund until participating nations have stable governments. He noted Bretton Woods attendees faced risks and possible losses for years, but cited potential benefits from a future international bank. A large number of local and out of town visitors attended the meeting.
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International Monetary Fund
Bretton Woods
Salute by Mrs Breckinridge at Generals Breckinridge launch
Mrs Dorothy T Breckinridge widow of the late Marine general delivers a sharp salute as the 20000 ton troopship Generals J C Breckinridge slides down the ways at Kearny New Jersey. The piece notes a wartime setting with troops and a humorous aside about captured enemy and allied actions.
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Kearny
N. J
J. C. Breckinridge
Dorothy T. Breckinridge
Plagstop
W. Va
Marines
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