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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1944
Page
1
Allied assaults pushed Nazi forces back along a 50 mile front to the sea as British field officers said the 15th Army was half destroyed in the West Holland offensive. British and Canadian troops reached the Maas near water barriers south of Rotterdam with 65,000 Germans killed captured or wounded retreating 25 to 15 miles.
American infantry, driven back to the Hurtgen Forest edge, retook Vosse Nach and pushed into the center of Schmidt after a German artillery onslaught. Aerial firebombing ignited forests and wounded tanks, but German forces still held Schmidt.
British and Canadian troops reported a serious setback for Field Marshal von Model’s 15th Army as Allied forces captured 25,000 prisoners in the Antwerp north push. The campaign freed 1,200 square miles of Dutch land and 570,000 Dutch people, with dredges and mines clearing the west Schelde approach to Antwerp. All of south bank of the Maas remained in Allied hands from north of S Hertogenbosch to the sea, aside from small pockets four miles long and two miles wide.
The Red Army assault on Budapest is a pivotal move that could hasten Hitler’s end. The Danube capital, a key railway, milling, and grain hub, sits close to Vienna, and its fall may spark Austrian resistance and wider upheaval in Germany.
American 96th division and units of the 10th Corps engage entrenched Japanese forces near Dagami on Leyte as 155 mm howitzers pound Ormoc approaches. Two days of bitter fighting end with a halted Japanese counterattack and hundreds of enemy dead.
Tonight on the political front NBC and all networks air Democratic and Republican sponsored spots. Highlights include Dorothy Thompson from New York at 8:00, Gov. Thomas from New York at 9:30, Roosevelt and others from Hollywood and New York at 10:00, Gov. Dewey from Albany at 11:00, Rep. Dawson from Minnesota at 11:15, and a 12:00 fifteen minute Democratic program.
Chiang Kai Shek says prospects for close and effective Chinese American military political and economic cooperation are excellent. He credits President Roosevelt’s explanation of Stilwell’s recall as adequate and adds no further comment.
Ella C. Wright of Kalama Washington becomes the first enlisted WAC to win the Legion of Merit for exceptional meritorious conduct as a telephone operator in North Africa and Italy from February 1943 to October 1944. She supervised the switchboard at Allied headquarters. Previously worked for Pacific Telephone at Longview.
A classified report from November 6 describes the Seventh Army rescue of the “lost battalion” in the St Die area. The 141st regiment of the 36th division was relieved by the 442nd regiment, with Private Walter Wattan praising the Americans in a rare joint effort. A 48 man patrol returned with only six survivors after seven days in isolation.
In Panauan Leyte P I Nov 6 Filipino children begin lessons in liberate territory as the first school reopened. Students recite God Bless America under a Filipino woman teacher while facing damaged desks. Textbooks are scarce after two years of Japanese occupation and no American references were allowed.
Chinese high command reported Japanese forces advancing toward Liuchow in Kwangsi province were checked about 45 miles from their objective. Contact with Yungfu was cut as fighting continued around Linchow and Mosun with heavy casualties reported for attackers near Kweilin.
Allied air power drives the largest bombing campaign of the war into its third day. Over 1,800 American bombers and fighters hit Hamburg refineries and Ruhr targets while 700 escort fighters supported. British Mosquitoes struck Stuttgart rail city as vigil continues. Stalin warns of near catastrophe but lauds Allied joint victory and calls for a strong postwar United Nations.
Washington reports 29 Superfortresses conducted a daylight raid on Singapore and air bases in Sumatra. The bombing, described as the longest daylight strike by these aircraft, caused direct hits on a drydock control house and a Japanese ship, with results labeled good to excellent.
Election eve finds four of five polls showing Franklin D. Roosevelt leading Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Final Gallup puts Roosevelt at 51.5 percent, Dewey 48.5, with pivotal states yet to decide. Fortune gives Roosevelt 93.6 percent of the popular vote.
Instructions for voting a straight ticket and selecting presidential electors. If torn or defaced the ballot must be returned for a replacement.
Russian infantry forces join vanguards in a push toward Budapest as German and Hungarian defenders retreat. Moscow reports 1000 prisoners daily amid a looming Danube crossing, with Soviet advances threatening northern and eastern suburbs.
Weather forecasts vary by region for election day with 40 million voters. The Atlantic seaboard and Gulf States stay clear and cold, while the upper Mississippi valley to Indiana see rain and snow from Colorado to Montana.
Gen Count Calvi de Bergolo son in law of King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy escaped from German custody in northern Italy. He was trusted with Rome defense in September 1943 after Badoglio government left the capital.
At the International Civil Aviation Conference Latin American reps from 19 republics push a world authority limited to technical matters and bilateral air rights negotiations. They oppose economic control and do not seek innocent passage rights, while favoring equal voice for each country and possible US compromise.
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