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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1944
Page
6
The forecast for North Carolina calls for partly cloudy skies with continued warm temperatures through Saturday and Sunday. No significant precipitation expected, with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the 60s. The pattern may bring brief warm spells and light winds across most regions.
Information bureau reports 20 000 Germans and Romanians killed in the final three day assault that toppled Sevastopol last Tuesday and more than 50 000 killed in the overall campaign begun April 8. It says 61 687 Axis troops were captured and vast military supplies were seized. Soviet communique notes Red Army at lower Dnestr bridgehead attacked by numerically superior forces and calls for air support.
Berlin announces that allied bombings and incursions into occupied western territories are to be considered preliminary steps toward invasion. The Transocean agency notes that the term invasion is now used publicly for the first time in the German command’s communiqué, describing May incursions as the first swallows of invasion.
Berlin reported Italian battle front sees several changes of hands as both sides pour fresh forces into violent fighting from the gulf to Cassino. Allies use tanks on a large scale backed by artillery and planes while a commentator hints at a possible new west coast amphibious landing near Anzio or the Fifth Army front. Five divisions are said to be held in reserve.
Perry Myers reports it is hard to buy riding horses at 200 dollars as women purchase horses to replace girdles.
The column argues the Big Three demand unconditional surrender from Germany and Japan to destroy Nazism and militarism, return stolen territories, and render both powers militarily impotent. It warns the peace may be harsh or lenient but will be dictated by victors, not the vanquished. It stresses sacrifice of Allied soldiers and the danger of a synthetic peace.
Pvt. William R. Sampson 20 of St Paul Minnesota drowned when he fell from a crash boat at Lake Murray near Columbia Army Air Base. He served as a deckhand and was the son of Mrs Margaret Zene of 34 Lynton Place St Paul. Search for his body continued. Coffee grounds make excellent fertilizer for gardens.
A CIO United Automobile Workers booklet urges defeating senators and House members opposed to federal poll tax legislation seen as a voting prerequisite. Senators Eastland and Smith react, boasting of support and challenging the CIO. The piece claims 10 million southern workers are disfranchised by poll taxes and cites low vote shares for Glass, Smith, and Eastland amid labor voter shortages.
A French destroyer La Combattante scattered a concentration of German E-boats in the English Channel about 25 miles southeast of the Isle of Wight after a morning engagement. One E-boat was sunk and another damaged. the destroyer suffered no losses and rescued survivors. British light naval forces off the French coast attacked a small German convoy, setting fire to two vessels and damaging two others. all British ships returned safely with minor casualties and superficial damage.
Southeast Asia command says casualties on the Japanese north of the Imphal plain while Allied efforts to clear ridges over Kohima, about 60 miles north of Imphal, are described as mainly successful. Allied planes repeatedly attack Japanese positions. Japan responds with increased air activity.
Washington reports that the United States and Britain have a system for governing conquered German lands but have yet to secure a joint plan with Russia for the occupation. The top Allied issue is agreeing on rules for armistice terms after unconditional surrender and the details of military occupation.
The War Department released officer promotion details listing North Carolina personnel. J. E. Vick Jr. advances from Captain to Major in CE with a Salisbury address. Bernice Jordan Stone moves from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant in AUS. Horace Mann Emerson rises from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant with Wilmington and Greensboro addresses.
Five soldiers risked their lives to rescue five unconscious airmen from a burning aircraft near Pope Field. All rear occupants were saved, but the pilot died from burns.
Public School No 20 in Flushing New York started an after school dancing class to keep children of business parents occupied one afternoon weekly. Higher grade pupils learn the Lindy hop rhumba boogie woogie and fox trot with 82 pupils registered.
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