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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
13
Japanese desperation and American resolve drive a fierce air clash as B 29s raid Kyushu aircraft plants. Observers say Japanese aim to halt production losses with strong defense, while U S forces report heavy anti aircraft fire and several bombers lost in a major engagement.
Reports of scarce cigarette supplies prompt black market activity in major cities. Officials in New York and Chicago investigate dealers and fly-by-night operators amid shortages and higher prices to civilian buyers. The New York region covers New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland and the District of Columbia.
A wartime policy report outlines the Poland Russia dispute with the United States urging a self governed settlement by Poland and the exile government. President Roosevelt dodges calls for intervention, stressing Poland and Russia must decide their boundaries and future jointly.
OPA officials in Chicago note rising black market activity as cigars and cigarettes flow through stores and peddlers. Reports cite 35 to 40 cent cigarette packs and 20 to 25 cent specials, with shortages blamed on armed forces and Allied exports.
A Bermondsey pony named Sally wandered into the Fleet Saloon after closing time and exited with a drink. Police confront the animal as she proves adept at pub-hopping, challenging officers to decide if a pony can be arrested for drinking.
American troops of the 2nd Infantry erect a spruce log church amid winter camps near the Siegfried Line. Protestant and Catholic services run on alternating days as Lt. Col. Olinto Barsanti and Pfc. Ernest C. Newman lead the effort to transform a mud-soaked bivouac into a simple chapel with a cross, altar, and French flowers beside Nazi pillboxes.
Pfc. Angelo J. Corredino of Michigan trained Flirty Gertie, a fox terrier mascot, to wake him for chow at reveille. For four days the dog reliably woke him, but today she slept in beside him as the first sergeant woke Corredino to reveal the canine’s loyalty to rest.
A former carpenter named bd led the completion of a chapel half a mile from the front lines. Capt. Sinfield dedicated the church with Maj. Gen. Walter N. Robertson as guest of honor as bombers roared overhead and distant gunfire sounded. The chaplain urged the congregation to let the church stand as a monument to American ideals.
A night time mystery on a main road sparked a spy scare as locals reported a glowing road scene. Investigators traced the eerie luminescence to luminous toadstools growing along the verge.
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