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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1945
Page
1
The narrator recalls an early dawn patrol from a Western Pacific carrier mission against Japan. Planes launched by catapult before first light and pilots briefed on targets while facing uncertainties about enemy air power. The crew balances aggression with caution as they prepare to strike Tokyo and monitor Japanese reconnaissance activity.
Seven Allied armies push toward central Germany while Hitler reportedly summons gauleiters to Berchtesgaden to weigh surrender versus continued resistance. He aims to hole up in fortified areas and use starvation as a weapon, but the Big Three plan to feed the defeated and prevent chaos as Europe nears upheaval.
Kansas lawmakers circulate a resolution urging President to appoint Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower as the fighting men’s representative at the peace table. Rep Myron E. Gil proposes the measure in the state house, aiming to place Ike in a pivotal post after the war.
Argentina declared a state of war with the Axis, announced by Presidential Secretary Coronel Gregorio Taube after a cabinet meeting. The move follows a week of deliberations aimed at meeting Inter-American conference requirements and rejoining the American nations.
Guam March 27 The Japanese imperial communique announced U S forces established beachheads Sunday on the Kerama islands off Okinawa in the Ryukyus The report noted landings but Adm Chester W Nimitz headquarters had not confirmed the claim American air and sea bombardments by B 29s B 24s and fleet units were reported as damaging blows to Japan The dispatch lists shore bombardments on Okinawa A large Marianas based B 29 fleet raided homeland airfields and planes from the Philippines continued attacks on Formosa near Okinawa
German raiders attacked a British Eighth Army position north of Faenza using searchlights but were repulsed. Fourteen raiders were captured, two killed and five wounded. The assault was the strongest in weeks and followed patrol skirmishes on both the Fifth Army fronts.
London report notes Paris radio claim that Field Marshal Von Rundstedt has been taken from his estate and placed under arrest. Tass also relayed the claim. The radio says he is under guard by Muehlmann the hangman of generals. Kesselring is said to have succeeded him on the western front.
London dispatch reports the Third Ukrainian army advancing to the Rada river within 20 to 23 miles of the Austrian border and 60 to 65 miles from Vienna. Simultaneously the First Ukrainian army invades Czechoslovakia reaching Troppau and Ostrava as battles intensify along the Danube.
Rep. Reed proposes rapid tax cuts as Germany and Japan wind down. Remove excess profits tax from 95 to 60 percent immediately after Germany collapses and end it when Japan folds. Also a 20 percent horizontal cut in individual income taxes to take effect at the end of the Japanese war. Reed says relief to American business is imperative for postwar prosperity.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr defends American armor in a public letter to Lt. Gen. C. Handy. He argues American tanks outclass German Panther and Tiger tanks and notes Third Army losses since August show tanks still superior. He cites that most Third Army tank casualties came from dug in anti tank guns, not enemy tanks.
Washington March 27 The south claims a first round victory as the Supreme Court agrees to hear Georgia's suit charging 20 railroads with conspiring to fix discriminatory freight rates. Senator Maybank and Representatives Rogers and Priest hail the ruling while Gov Ellis Arnall of Georgia praises the decision as a long step toward ending biased rates. The court's decision, by a 5 4 vote, upholds Arnall's jurisdictional argument to seek injunctive relief but not damages.
London reports a radio sign that a new Japan organization named the association of the 20 years war has formed under former minister Hachiro Arita. High officials and leading figures sponsor the group and pledge to continue the war against Anglo Americans for the next twenty years.
In London on March 27 Prime Minister Churchill avoided answering if Germany sought peace in recent months. He said such matters would first go to inter allied talks and that the House would be informed only after discussions with Russia and the United States, noting the crown holds executive power. Laborite Evelyn Walkden raised the question.
American forces from the First and Third Armies surged across the Reich toward Berlin with rapid gains through Weilburg and surrounding areas. German defenses collapsed, thousands of captives fled, while reports placed Third Army near Wuerzburg Lohr and fighter lines shifting along Duisburg Essen Duesseldorf and Oberhausen as a 19 mile bridgehead formed north of Mannheim.
President Roosevelt asks cabinet officers and ambassadors to remain at their posts during the San Francisco peace conference beginning April 25. White House officials stress the move aims to avoid travel strain and hotel crowding for visiting dignitaries, with a compact delegation and advisers nearby. The plan is not addressed to Congress.
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