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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1945
Page
5
A long casualty roster lists North Carolina service members wounded and missing in action in European and Pacific theaters. Entries include ranks from Pvt. to Lt. and cover towns such as Raleigh Gastonia Durham and Charlotte with many family designations and home streets.
The document lists liabilities totaling 5 931 960 78 and total liabilities and capital accounts at 5 931 860 78 with details on deposits subordinated obligations and bank capital. It names I H N Williard as president and includes a sworn statement certified by a notary on March 26 1945 Guilford County North Carolina.
Corporal Charles H. Smith, son of Mrs. Mabel Holton Smith of High Point North Carolina, has been promoted from Private First Class to Corporal. He served 18 months overseas in the South and Southwest Pacific as a medical technician in an airdrome unit of the 13th Air Forces. He trained at Atlantic City and Camp Stoneman and worked for Heritage Furniture Company in civilian life. He has received the Good Conduct Medal and Battle Star.
Pvt Zenes P Farrington of High Point North Carolina belongs to the 56th Medical Battalion which earned the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque from Colonel Myron P Rudolph Surgeon of the Seventh Army. The unit has fought in four beachhead operations French Morocco Sicily Anzio and Southern France. Technician Fifth Grade Clint W Hall of Thomasville North Carolina has been promoted from Private First Class and serves as a gunner in the 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in France. Hall previously trained at Fort Jackson and served in England North Africa and Italy campaigns before arriving in France in 1942.
Pfc. Robert Jenkins of High Point North Carolina earned the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary ground combat in France with the 42nd Rainbow Division. He attended High Point schools and entered service in August 1943. Brothers Pfe James L. Caddell and Seaman 1st Class Charles M. Caddell met after over two years at a B 24 base in England.
Don Whitehead reports on the First Infantry division's encounters with Col Becker, a feared yet admired commander of the Fifth Paratroop regiment. Soldiers recount his brutal discipline and odd humor, noting his tough leadership and repeated clashes with the First Division as they recall past Normandy days and later counterattacks. The piece closes with a note on the legal definition of “game preserve” in the United States.
Eastern War Time Monday list shows network corrections delaying changes. Highlights include news reports, comedies, dramas, serials, music programs, and special guests across NBC CBS and mutual networks with multiple repeats and time shifts.
Medical overview on dyspnea as an early sign of heart disease. Describes types such as orthopnea and cardiac asthma, links to heart failure, and treatment notes including rest, light diet, diuretics, digitalis, oxygen, sedatives, and upright sleeping position. Mention of impending discussion on Penicillin Lozenges.
A two week Civil court term for Davidson County will begin in Lexington on Monday April 9. Thirty two jurors have been summoned to report, including Arthur Lanier L Stoker James H Hilliard W M Fritts W L Smith and many other citizens.
The Voice of State Street a Sinatra styled system entertains crowds on Chicago’s busy shopping thoroughfare from Congress Street to Wacker Drive. A lamp post audio network reaches 250000 daily with music and speech messages to support Red Cross Infantile Paralysis and community war chest drives and sell war bonds.
In the fourth and fifth centuries the ecclesiastical title Pope was used by bishops as well as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The practice reflects evolving church leadership roles and authority in early Christianity.
The government urges housewives nationwide to conserve kitchen fats as war production accelerates and fat supplies lag behind demand.
An OCR fragment mentions a product called St Joseph Aspirin and references a claim about the worlds largest seller at 110 with a sizing line for 25c. The readable text is incomplete and lacks full context or clear event details.
Miss Fannie Crawford aged 56 dies at her home 211 Carmall street Sunday afternoon after a brief illness. Born in Montgomery County to Claude and Cynthia Crawford she had lived in Thomasville 15 years. Survived by brother William Crawford and two nephews. Funeral Friday at Hillsboro Methodist Church Randolph County with burial in the church cemetery.
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