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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1944
Page
1
The Pacific Fleet reported Wake Island blasted in the second bombing raid this month. Admiral Chester Nimitz said 115 tons were unloaded in a series reaching from Wake to Ponape and Ant Island, with anti aircraft fire intense as crews returned safely.
Authorities report death sentences for nine British police officials in Jerusalem Jaffa and Haifa after explosions damaged police and disrupted transport. Several others wounded as offenses include carrying firearms bombs and interference with water and electrical services. Penalties set and later reduced to 1940.
In the Mediterranean a German submarine fought five main batteries of American destroyers for about twenty minutes before smoke masked the action. The submarine then sank stern first, as another destroyer joined the pursuit and opened fire. The engagement ended with the patrolling ships reporting the attack thwarted and the submarine downed.
American and Chinese forces pushed deeper into North Burma, seizing Shaduzup and driving toward the Mogaung valley while isolating Japanese units in the Mo gaung pocket. Merrill's Marauders and the Chinese 38th division intensified the push as tanks appeared on both sides amid heavy combat near Imphal and Myitkyina.
A massive explosion in the Katherine Coal Company No 4 mine in West Virginia trapped miners underground. Fifteen were reported dead, later corrected to sixteen as rescue teams prepared to seal the mine and battle deadly gases.
Allied and German forces clash in Cassino as New Zealand troops and German parachutists fight fiercely around the town. Artillery shells threaten the area while a battle rages in the ruined streets and tunnels. Rafters report heavy air action over Rimini Ancona and Leghorn with dogfights above northern Italy.
London dispatch reports in the Sun that German troops are being sent to the northeast and eastern frontiers of Czechoslovakia to occupy Carpathian passes. As the Russian army nears Ruthenia, guerrillas in Slovakia and Ruthenia are said to attack German communications through these passes.
Battle reports say three fresh German tanks sit in the Continental Hotel lobby at Cassino while snipers fire from its windows overlooking Highway Six and Monastery Hill. New Zealanders attacked, briefly pushing within 30 yards of the hotel before Germans retook the building and moved more tanks inside.
American destroyers shelled Pityilu island in the Admiralties as U S forces push to reduce remaining Japanese defenses in the island group guarding the northern approach to the Bis to the Sea. The bombardment hit buildings launches a fuel dump and anti aircraft positions. A five inch Japanese naval gun captured earlier was put into service by the Americans.
A Vichy dispatch from Madrid reports German forces began destroying the famous Casino of Nice on the Riviera. The plan to demolish the large building on Avenue De La Victoire was announced nearly a year ago but delayed due to various reasons.
Allied military government officials report 26 deaths as lava and ash from Mount Vesuvius continue to plume. The crater surged with smoke after a 12 hour lull while Professor Imbro of the Royal Italian Observatory cautioned the eruption remains abnormal.
Royal Air Force heavy bombers crossed the English Channel in a massive night raid on Berlin and other Nazi targets. The Berlin assault followed a similar Friday operation that inflicted heavy losses, with over 2 800 tons dropped on the German capital since November. RAF targets included Kiel Leipzig and Weimar as U S Marauders and Thunderbolt fighters supported raids into northern France.
Prime Minister Churchill is expected to deliver a broadcast at 9 p m London time 4 p m Eastern War Time. The speech aims to rally British and American resolve for the invasion and outline the United Nations basics. The British Broadcasting Company will carry the address across networks in the United States regardless of air raid status.
A Yugoslav partisan communique claims German forces in the Bielina sector north of Sarajevo were halted and a counter-attack by the 16th and 37th partisan divisions is underway. It reports partisans attacking German troops toward Hungary in Slavonia with heavy losses, a train blown on the Bosanski Novi line, and over 250 Germans killed in mountain battles.
Raleigh March 25 Governor Broughton pledged use of his power to protect East Carolina Teachers College students from intimidation after reports that students at a recent meeting faced censure or threats. He said officials must not restrict student rights to petition and promised prompt consideration of the students’ resolution. The college board set an April 4 meeting to consider a resolution authorizing the president to fire faculty to restore morale and harmony.
Soviet forces advanced along the Dniester River crossing toward Czernowitz area, forcing a Nazi retreat. Russians reported major gains across Bessarabia and Ukraine, severing railway lines, overrunning a rail escape corridor near Odessa, and capturing Prосkurov while inflicting heavy German losses.
Maj. Voislav Lukatchevic said Mihailovic has 30 000 troops armed and ready in Serbia to strike on Allied signal to clear a path for invasion. He noted 150 000 more men could be mobilized if equipped, while Tito’s forces received main Allied support.
London report says 60 000 Yorkshire miners may return to work Monday with 25 000 more in Doncaster area. J A Hall, president of the Yorkshire mine workers association, praises a wage differential agreement and confirms no deductions from miners minimum wage for home heating coal.
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