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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1944
Page
2
War Outlook Shapes German Defeat and Allied Momentum
The war report notes German reverses in Italy and a failing U boat campaign, with Allied air power and ground advances pressuring the Nazi regime. It cites Britain’s Churchill warns Turkey may join the war, and highlights the fading Nazi influence on the Balkans as Allied momentum grows. James M. Green, ex Air Corps, now joint property manager with Curtis Smithdeal, settles at 224 Shirley Ave. he is High Point born and formerly with Royal Textile in the southern U.S. states. Margaret Harris is his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tron
Germany
Africa
Russia
Italy
Atlantic
Berlin
Rome
Balkans
Romania
Danubian
Turkey
Churchill
James M
Jack) Green
Army Air Corps
Curtis Smithdeal
Green
Shirley Avenue
High Point
High Point College
Air Corps
Royal Textile Company
Boston
Mass
Hitler
Allied air blitz hits rail hubs in Rhineland and France
In a six pronged raid from Britain and Italy the Eighth Air Force reports 24 bombers and 7 missing, while 11 medium bombers and several fighters were lost. Allied fleets bombed Ludwigshafen Mannheim Karlsruhe and rail yards at Metz Strasbourg and Nimes as Italy based bombers struck Marseille and Avignon amid anti aircraft fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orso
U. S. Eighth Air Force
U. S
Britain
Mediterranean
Balkans
Budapest
France
Germany
Rhineland
Italy
Nimes
Avignon
Marseille
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Saarbrucken
Karlsruhe
Munich
Metz
Strasbourg
Westwall
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Hitler
Paris
anpellier-Frejorgues
Rhone Valley
Rhone
E Mal
Furniture Industry Faces Sharp 1944 Order Decline
The survey shows many firms canceling or refusing new orders and some sold out for 1944. April bookings are about one third below March and 12 percent under April 1943. January–April 1944 total orders are 11 percent below the same period in 1943. Shipments in April fall again from March, with unfilled orders down 12 percent from month start and 8 percent from a year ago.
North Carolina governor hopeful urges party unity and service
Gastonia lawyer legislator thanks Democrats and pledges honorable work ahead. He lauds the governor's office as dignified and the state's citizens who served before him, urging unceasing party activity and a era of good feeling after the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
North Carolina
Democrats of
High Point Township Election Totals and Precinct Results
Vote tallies across High Point Township show Hoey and Cherry leading in multiple races with precinct level splits. Totals include U S Senator Hoey 1927 Morrison 858 Newton 28 and Governor Cherry 1811 McDonald 1331 plus statewide offices and county positions across seven precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Township
U. S
Hoey
Morrison
Newton
Ritch
Simmons
Boyd
Cherry
McDonald
Ballentine
Halstead
Lyda
Crawford
Hunter
Johnson
Phipps
Penny
Wimbish
House of Representatives
Caveness
Crissman
Hutton
McAnally
MacClamroch
Mosley
Ready
Shaw
Shepherd
Younce
Byrd
Amos
Causey
Gett
Hall
Linville
Martin
Ragsdale
Stubbs
Hedrick
Jones
Medlin
Euro
Pou
Doggett
M Martin
Aces
Steee
Poll
Tate
House of Natives
Vy McAnally
Herd
Media
Phi
Senivene
Shepherd Ounce
Ames
Med
Lin
Pall
Ars Doggett
Hail
Ge S
Halli
de Martin
Chene Donald
Sentine
Covenent
Buro
Auden
Wimbist
Shepey
Ene
McClamrock
Shaw i
Ballentitfe
Eure
Pau
Shepard
Mediana
U.S
Lowence
Roberts
McClamroch
Ex Governor Contest Flares Over Fiscal Policy
The article describes a heated gubernatorial race between Cherry McDonald and John C. Stroupe with a focus on tax policy. McDonald calls for sales tax repeal and income tax reduction while Cherry favors tax cuts only if current war-time state revenue remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
John C. Stroupe
Hickory
Hoey
Morrison
Chery McDonald
Sta
Cherry
State Legion
McDonald
Union
Allied and Panzer Units Face Retreat Routes From Liri Valley
Allied forces and German panzer units struggle for positions along the Liri valley with French and British thrusts pressing from Ceprano Arce toward Highway 6. Retreat options include Highway 82 toward Avezzano, secondary roads to Rieti and Terni, and unsurfaced routes, risking heavy losses and gear stockpiles for fleeing troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panzer Grenadiers
Cori
Lepini Hills
15Th Panzer Grenadiers
Liri
334Th
305Th Infantry
90Th Panzer Grenadiers
Eighth Army
Ceprano
Arce
Avezzano
Frosinone
Ferentino
Rieti
Terni
Beauty shop opens at Fort Slocum for WACs
New Era New Rochelle New York reports De Camp General Hospital Fort Slocum has long been male dominated since the Civil War Now a beauty shop is opened for women Army Corps personnel WACs serving at the facility are the primary users
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
N. Y
INS
de Camp General Hospital
Fort Slocum
Jittery Doctor Delivers Baby in Car Near Hospital
In Walla Walla an infant was born in an automobile near a hospital. An eye ear nose and throat specialist delivered the baby after calls brought him. Mother and daughter doing nicely while the doctor remained jittery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla, Wash
INS
L. C. Hayes
Frog Jumping Becomes New York City Sensation
New York city youths embrace frog jumping as a growing sport sparked by a Warner Brothers publicity stunt for a Mark Twain film. Agencies like the Police Athletic League YMCA and Boys' Clubs of New York join in, turning the trend into a broader interest tied to Twain and his famed frog story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Warner Brothers
Mark Twain
Police Athletic League
YMCA
Boys’ Clubs
Ile
Twain
Calaveras County
California
Nazis Capture 2 American Japs In Italy
Honolulu dispatch reports Germany captured at least two Americans of Japanese ancestry serving with the 100th battalion in Italy. The 100th’s valor has been recognized by army authorities and Secretary of War Stimson. Private Hiroshi Hamanda, 25, of Honolulu, linked to the batch, was confirmed a prisoner after prior MIAs and a later Red Cross notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
INS
Italy
Ajas
Stimson
Washington
Japan
Rivate
Hiroshi Hamanda
Aja
Red Cross
Vallee Placed On Inactive List This Summer
Lt. Rudy Vallee coast guard band leader announced plans to join the coast guard’s inactive list this summer. He will complete a final tour with his band in support of the fifth war loan drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rudy Vallee
Coast Guard
Japs Blasted On 2 Islands By Americans
U S Pacific Fleet announces pre-dawn air strikes on Kurile islands Suma and Shumushu near Japan. Army and Marine planes bomb Marshall and Nipping positions on islands and at Ponape. A Marine fighter pilot survived a water landing near Wotje.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Japan
U. S
Ventura
Shumushu Island
Kuriles
Shumushu
Central Pacific
Ponape Island
Carolines
Army
Marine
Marshalls
Ame
Wotje A
Dunkirk Remembered As Britain Marks Four Year Withdrawal
Wartime Britain urged to stay disciplined and follow orders as veterans recall Dunkirk four years after the BEF evacuation. Crowds queued at transport hubs while the collision of fear and resolve underlined a home front strained by war work. Official totals note 1,000 ships involved and over 30,000 casualties or missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dunkerque
BEF
Flanders
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Gregg
United States
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