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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1944
Page
8
In this May 15 1944 item from The Enterprise High Point cadet nurses are shown practicing drill and swing techniques as part of their training amid wartime staffing needs. Training scenes emphasize discipline and teamwork.
Jimmy Neal, 25, of Charlotte, died in a local hospital from injuries suffered in a highway collision Saturday night. He passed away on May 15 as a result of the crash. He is survived by relatives in the area.
Continued page one report notes RAF raids on Cologne with link to coast invasion equipment concerns and concurrent strikes on France and the Low Countries. American Marauders and Havoc light bombers hit a Northern French railyard and Creil airfield near Paris, supported by Lightnings and Spitfires in the seventeenth medium bomber sweep of the month.
German high command says forces pulled back several kilometers south of Cassino on the Eighth army sector in Italy. No further details given about casualty figures or exact location.
Don Juan, claimant to the Spanish throne, predicted Franco's collapse with Allied victory over Germany and demanded Franco's resignation and restoration of the monarchy. The letter, dated February 14, was written from Lausanne, Switzerland, where he is in exile.
Lt Col Gerald Dix of Sullivan Indiana and Lt Ray Morris of Birmingham Alabama used collision tactics to destroy German Messerschmitt 410s over Germany. Both pilots reported shooting down additional enemy planes on Saturday.
Chicago May 15 Sid ney Hillman president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America urged labor to back a Roosevelt friendly Congress. He said political consciousness and organization by labor and liberal elements could win November support for the wartime and postwar policies. Hillman chaired the CIO political action committee at the union’s 14th biennial convention.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the order suspending railroad freight rate increases remains in effect until January 1, 1945. Trucking interests urged earlier collection of higher rates, but the commission found added revenue from April 1943 increases unnecessary under current conditions and said current revenue meets transportation policy objectives.
Ten days of strikes hammer Schouten islands near Geeylink bay and Noemfoor island. Dauntless dive bombers with rocket guns and Airacobra fighters sink 40 barges near Rabaul, first use of rocket guns by this type. Pacific headquarters says Army Navy and Marine bombers and fighters harass isolated Japanese troops in the eastern Marshalls and at Nauru.
Chinese forces led by Gen Wei Li Huang crossed the Salween in three nights and pushed against Japanese positions in Yunnan and Honan. The drive aimed to open a corridor via the Ledo and Burma Roads and break the blockade. Chinese counterattacks retook Suiping and encircled forces near Chumatien, signaling a major shift in the northern railway front.
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee unanimously recommends confirmation of James V. Forrestal as Secretary of the Navy to succeed the late Frank Knox. Forrestal is greeted with applause and an ovation when he appears before the committee, which acted before his arrival in a reversal of the usual questioning sequence.
Portland stories note Henry J Kaiser shipyards employ over 200000 workers with Totem James Andrew Shaw, aged decades, as the longest in service. Totem, now at the Vancouver yard, has worked for Kaiser outfits across years. Also mentions the gibbon ape and woodpecker variety counts.
Weather forecast for North Carolina calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions today tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures stay quite warm.
British commentator Veritas argues Germany cannot defend its perimeter against allied advances with Soviet forces and western troops converging. He notes German manpower limits and the looming risk of collapse, while predicting a desperate Nazi push to stall the invasion in the west before eastern losses mount.
The article notes a Soviet offensive planned to open in tandem with the Allied invasion of Europe following Teheran decisions by Stalin Roosevelt and Churchill. It reflects Moscow expectations of synchronized timing and actions between the USSR and Western Allies.
Funeral services for A P Samuels of 710 East Commerce Street were held at the First Evangelical and Reformed church. The Rev Hoy Fesperman and Rev George H Wallace presided. Interment followed at Floral Garden cemetery. Pallbearers included J D Atkins S D Clapp G B Bowden R A York Barney Nickels J R Summers F W Gibheart and D H Lynch. Flowers were in charge of the Mary Hoy class and guild. Music featured performances by several soloists with accompaniment by O K Mc Carter.
Kathleen McMarthy of Philadelphia received a Mother’s Day card and a $50 gift from her son William 24 an aviation cadet in training at Waco Texas. Ten minutes later a telephone call from his commanding officer informed her he was killed in a plane crash.
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