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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1943
Page
2
North Carolina sees partly cloudy to cloudy mild conditions with a touch of cooler air in the western counties. South Carolina remains mostly cloudy and mild with a cooler push in the west Sunday afternoon. Georgia reports partly cloudy skies and a slight drop in temperatures.
Heavy Allied raids pounded Berlin Frankfurt am Main and Bremen in a three quarter hour night strike and a daylight attack by about one thousand planes. The drop likely set a 24 hour record surpassing 4 000 tons, with 32 bombers lost, twelve more than the previous night.
The article describes a nine day jungle campaign clearing Japanese from Huon Peninsula and near Sattelberg in New Guinea. Australian forces push along jungle paths behind 26 ton tanks threatening encirclement while capturing villages and stockpiled weapons. Japanese dead litter the 2400 foot plateau as Australians pursue northward.
Russian forces drive through the Gomel region with 80 towns and hamlets cleared and Gomel taken. A Berezina bulge forms between Kalinkovichi and Zhlobin as troops move toward Bobruisk, flanking the Orsha Mogilev line. Multiple columns push north between the Dnieper and Sozh rivers toward Chernyakhov and Velsk.
Radio grid lists programs across networks with names like Wake Up America Lutheran Hour and Washington and Rationing. Notable items include Upton Close's Commentary, The Fireside Party, NBC Symphony Toscanini, Jack Benny and Mary, and The Shadow drama. Local times adjusted for Eastern War Time, with redirections for late network corrections.
Free booklet from Panates 2-Vitamins claims to restore gray hair color due to vitamin deficiency. It promises an internal, safe method to feed color to hair roots and offers a sensational free trial and no charge booklet from Panate Company, Dept A-292 in Chicago Illinois.
The poem centers on Hiawatha, a figure described as a 16th century Mohawk chief, though presented within the poem as Algonquin.
Central Press reports on the Lockheed P-38 Lightning a dual-engine fighter with five nose guns heavy firepower. It covers long-range missions from Pearl Harbor to Germany, with a top speed above 400 mph, 40 000 ft ceiling, and a distinctive twin tail.
The Gilberts campaign may signal costlier fights ahead in the Central Pacific. Secretary Knox says Japanese must be driven from mandated islands. reefs and coral formations around Tarawa caused heavy Marine casualties. Col Merritt Edson calls the battle the toughest in Marine history, hinting at the brutal conditions faced by assault troops. Separately, Harry F. MacLean of Merrickville, Ontario, gifted about 15,000 in cash to hospital patients, including a 2,000 check for an infant.
New York, Nov 27 Rear Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk discusses the Allied amphibious command in Sicily and the coming invasions. He emphasizes the joint sea and land roles, the importance of the beachhead and supply, and cautions that future invasions may not be as fortunate as Sicily.
Thirty Duke University and Trinity College alumni from High Point will meet Tuesday night at 6 30 at the Sheraton Hotel for a dinner gathering. Local attendees should notify Charles Kearns by Monday noon to enable reservations. A separate Greensboro High Point alumni meeting will occur due to gasoline shortages and a campus activities film will be shown.
Reuters dispatch from Atlantic City New Jersey says European members of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration regard rumors of a German armistice as credible. U N relief officials are meeting in Atlantic City to discuss the matter.
A brief obituary poem by Mr and Mrs J M ae Sophia N G honors Azel Davis a beloved child who died leaving sorrow in the family. The verse expresses faith in the child’s peaceful rest with the Saviour and comfort that it is their loss but God’s gain.
Washington November 27 Lieut General George S Patton Jr faces Senate Military Committee scrutiny before approval of promotion to permanent major general Officials cite possible withdrawal of nominating papers amid reports of patton scoldings in Sicily and concern over conduct The committee plans a slow handling of Eisenhowers recommendation while awaiting the war departments reply and any further incidents involving other generals
Harold H. Tittman, American charge d affaires at the Vatican, remained in Vatican City as a prisoner observer of World War II defenses. He knowingly forfeited Rome access, living near the papal residence while reporters and officials await Allied entry into Rome.
Fragmentary lines attribute new phrases to Sas Caedmon. The text mentions poetic phrases and notes a measurement analogy that ten inches of snow equals one inch of rain in water content.
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