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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
8
MOSCOW March 29 Sherman tanks help Russian forces advance in the mud of Bessarabia and southwest Russia. A front-line Russian officer noted many Shermans in use and praised their performance in deep mud, though T 34 tanks remain more numerous. He said Russians strip tanks of map cases cookers and use space for ammunition.
London March 29 Anthony Eden said Britain is not being dictated by the United States in foreign policy. He told Laborite Shinwell there is no suggestion of outside influence and that Britain will determine its own approach in Europe despite U S concerns.
Floyd Campbell 34 died in a local hospital after a short illness. A 19 year Adams Millis Corporation foreman inspector and resident since 1922 he was born in Rowan county November 17 1889. Survived by wife Maggie adopted daughter Mary Nell and several relatives. Funeral arrangements pending relatives’ arrival. There are about 3 000 species of mosquitoes.
A fragmentary line discusses absolute cooperation between parties, insisting no subordination and a preference against any suggestion of such a notion being shared publicly. The context and speakers are unclear from the snippet.
US Army nurse 2nd Lt Genevieve Clarke and signal corps Lt Thomas G. Rose wed Monday night in a sandbagged tent on the Sicily front while under enemy fire. The 19 month romance began at Camp Pickett Virginia and they married after Rose's first overseas stint and a reunion in Italy. The ceremony drew 30 witnesses and the bride cut a 25 pound cake with a trench knife.
London reports that under a British white paper 75 000 Jewish immigrants were to be admitted by month end but only about 50 000 entered due to wartime barriers. Transport issues and closed frontiers will keep quotas tight until the war ends, while violence shows the aim of peace remains unmet.
Washington March 29 Major General Lewis B Hershey selective service director agreed to leave local draft boards with farm deferment responsibility after talks with Senator Russell and farm leaders He also scrapped the unit deferment system favored for agricultural workers Texas reportedly has the most woodland area among states in the report but the focus was on deferment policy.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 64 390 000 dollars for the Office of War Information for the fiscal year starting July 1. He said the funds are needed for operations in liberated areas, faster tempo of patrols in enemy territory, and for activities tied to military operations not yet foreseen.
North Carolina expects rain with scattered thunderstorms and cool to moderately cool conditions today and tonight. Rain should end in the west early tonight and in the east by Thursday forenoon, then clearing and cooler, with the east remained colder. South Carolina reports rain with scattered thundershowers and cool to moderately cool conditions today, easing tonight to mostly cloudy and cooler with southeast portion milder. Thursday should bring clearing and notably cooler air, especially in the southeast.
W E Hayworth 57 died of a heart attack at a West Palm Beach Florida resort. He operated Bill's Place on Thomasville road for years. Born January 28 1887 he was the son of Henry and Lavinia Hayworth and husband of Emma Redman who survives. He had siblings in Haw River Greensboro and Jamestown. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
The rationing board today urged all applicants who filed cations before the 25th to appear at the board quickly to receive tire certificates. Secretary J. F. Jones said 100 grade one and 100 grade three tires are available now and backlogged applicants must come in promptly.
The War Today cautions against overestimating air power and notes Anzio’s beachhead attack was promoted as a three-ring circus but functioned as a side-show. It aimed to divert Nazi troops from Cassino, yet failed to produce the expected withdrawal.
Soviet dispatches report a major push from the steppe toward Odessa with 9 000 square miles of territory overrun and Slobodka and Voronkov captured. Officers claim encirclement of Kovel near Warsaw as German resupply by air is noted but not detailed in the Russian communique.
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