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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1944
Page
2
Forces attacked Japanese positions along the Burma road from the West River front in south China to the Salween river front in Yunnan. Villages near Mangshin, an enemy strongpoint on the Burma road, and gun positions and installations were hit.
A historical note discusses a German belief that Sir Francis Drake introduced the potato to Europe in 1580 and that a statue in Offen stands related to the topic. The passage appears fragmentary and uncertain about details.
Dr Allen A Stockdale spoke to more than 550 Tomlinson furniture crafts shops employees on Soldiers of Production and urgent wartime effort. William A Tomlinson praised the companys war record listing 243 honor roll names and many relatives in service. A quartet sang America and God Bless America as Stockdale described loyal workers and long service, plus plans to sustain morale and productivity.
The text outlines domestic goals including building more than a million homes annually for ten years, new highways parks airports and clinics, a larger merchant marine, easier business taxes, capital and credit for small business, collective bargaining as the main pay mechanism, elimination of poll taxes, and expansion of TVA-style projects in Missouri Arkansas and the Columbia River basins. It frames these as Roosevelt pledges for future development.
Experts assess Japan's military strength and resources as Allied forces close in. Japan's army estimates exceed four million with millions more available, while production and supply lines face Allied pressure, shipping bottlenecks, and strategic bases near Asia. The article notes continued risk of heavy casualties and a potential long, hard fight ahead.
Views from the Philippine commonwealth say Roosevelt electors express approval of his liberal policy toward the Philippines. The message was aired on Leyte Island via Voice of Freedom and recorded by the FCC. The Times notes Democratic majorities boost Roosevelt's hold. Churchill calls for another Moscow trip after U.S. election results.
Managua November 9 government declares a two day holiday to celebrate the reelection of President Roosevelt in a festive response by the Nicaraguan authorities.
Funeral services are announced for Mrs. Ollie Ruth Noah of Thomasville who died suddenly Monday night and for John G. Crooks of Salisbury, 69, who died in a local hospital. Crooks, a Southern Railway retiree, had lived in Salisbury 50 years with a large family surviving. The article also notes a postwar shift in dairy industry toward production efficiency.
Raleigh reports the state supreme court rules women are ineligible for juries, granting new trials for John Emery Bill Emery and Leroy Turner in Polk County drug law cases. Chief Justice Stacy writes the opinion with Seawell and Devin dissenting. The ruling leaves no woman on juries until constitutional amendment or reversal.
Miss Mary W. Tilden of Jamestown returned to her research post at Duke University School of Medicine after two weeks in Duke Hospital. She works with Dr. W. A. Perlzweig on vitamins and plans to enter the medical school in 1945 after earning a B S two months ago.
The 19th Division crossed the Moselle north of Metz with another division establishing a bridgehead over a Moselle tributary. The Fifth Division moved across the Seille and took Cheminot while Patch’s Seventh Army advanced toward Nancy and St Die as German resistance waned amid air strikes on headquarters and posts. Captain Jake L. Abraham of Port Gibson, Mississippi, attacked a Metz front command post door with a bomb.
American and Japanese forces clash amid a fierce wind and rain storm near Limon in the Ormoc valley. Reports describe heavy fighting on ridge lines with unburied enemy dead, while both sides claim no clear victory. MacArthur notes heavy fighting. Yamashita promises tougher conditions. Aerial combat stalls due to the hurricane.
Guilford County transfers include J P Rowlett to George T Hendry Jr for lot 114 Hillsdale, Logan Porter Mirror Co to Hendry for lot 111 Hillsdale No 2, county for lot 113 Hillsdale Dev No 2, Bumgarner to Troy Bailey for Baker lots 214-217, city to T J Tipp for Burns plat lot 2, Ward to Grace Rumsey for lot 45 Pegram farm, Cooper to Frank Hudson for Albertson street lot, Collins to Lola Hedrick for Rotary street lot, Smoot to H F Rob inson for Eastview lot 26, Lane to Rob inson for Eastview lot 25, Ragan to High Point Mortgage for Alberta Snider and Bettie Corbit lots 6 and 9 Snider property.
Carren Dalton who organized the local Rotary club nearly three years ago addressed the group at its weekly meeting. He noted the club started with twenty members, eight are deceased, four remain active: Dalton, John Peacock, R. B. Terry, and W. Chase Ido. Dalton plans farm work in eastern North Carolina but will keep Rotary ties and attend other clubs when possible. Rotarian Grover Jones lauded Dalton’s early leadership as club president for two years. Rotarians of the month Frank Thacker and Yerry were guests, with Thacker serving as high school student body president and Braswell as football captain. Also attending were Paul Le Sensbach of Winston-Salem, E. Wilkins of Chicago, and Rev. J. P. H. McNatt of High Point.
Early returns show a Democratic margin over Republicans in the House with two seats in doubt as minor parties hold four and five vacancies. Democrats claim 19 Senate seats to bring total to 55, while Republicans gain 11 of 24 holdovers. Several governorships flip, including Ohio Massachusetts Missouri Idaho and Washington, with Indiana and North Dakota switches largely completed. Dewey accepts defeat with a narrow loss margin not seen in 28 years.
Lytle B. Howell died today from injuries after an automobile collision near the Wilkes Yadkin county line. Mrs C. E. Wilson was the other party involved in the earlier wreck.
An ad urges that a persistent cough may signal chronic bronchitis and warns untreated chest cold or acute bronchitis can worsen. It promotes Creomulsion as a non narcotic remedy that loosens phlegm to aid healing and offers a money back guarantee if it does not ease the cough.
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