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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1944
Page
8
In a West dealer no vulnerable hand, Josephine Culbertson analyzes a bad takeout double after North South reach 2NT. South complains of weak third hand opening and questions game chances while North remains silent. The lesson warns that third position does not guarantee a strong hand and describes why South should pass.
Considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions in the west and north, with milder, partly cloudy weather in the south and east. Occasional light rain is possible in the northeast area today. Thursday outlook is partly cloudy and mild.
The article reviews Al Smith's career from New York Assembly to governor battles with Whitman and Miller. It notes his 1928 presidential bid, the bitter campaign, the Solid South shift, and his post politics roles while detailing his Catholic faith, Tammany Hall ties, and feuds with Hearst and McAdoo.
Senator Truman backs constitutional change to permit a majority Senate House vote on an international peace organization treaty. Mrs. Roosevelt notes voters will judge her husband by his record. Bricker plans a late-week tour across several states before heading to the West Coast.
President Roosevelt told reporters at a news conference that he has no public speeches scheduled after Thursday. The remark followed a string of appearances across multiple states including Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Allied troops pressed along a rugged front in Italy as the British held Borghi and the Americans advanced east of Highway 65 toward Boschi, about 15 air miles south of Bologna, with sparse patrols probing enemy positions and heavy fighting in the Arno valley region.
A second Moscow trip by Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk failed to win over the Lublin National Liberation Committee. Mikolajczyk engineered the replacement of Gen Sosnkowski with Lt Gen Komorowski, worsening divisions over Warsaw rebellion leadership. British ambassador Kerr Kerr faces London leave, signaling stalled Polish question and coordinated US British policy on the issue.
Former Navy secretary Daniel s defends university trustees amid Chapel Hill and Raleigh unit reactions after North Carolina loses first two games. He argues against overemphasis on a $12 000 coach and calls for broader support, noting State College's half million textile foundation as a model for funding football.
M V. G. Carter of the Salvation Army has joined the High Point traffic division in charge of school safety patrols for boys and girls. Chief John A. Lowdermilk announced Carter will also handle additional duties while maintaining his Salvation Army major rank. Carter previously led local Salvation Army efforts and led a three year tenure before taking leave for USO work in Anniston, Alabama. He and Mrs. Carter with four children moved to High Point.
Allied reports from New Guinea say four engined Liberators raided Akpapan on Borneo in the longest Southwest Pacific mass attack. Over 60 bombers, 30 Zeros battled one hour, most returning with damage as 74 tons of bombs hit the Panansari refinery and power facilities. Japanese broadcasts claim Filipinos will not fight invasion.
North of Nijmegen Drouhboys and Overloon clashes cut down about half of the German assault force. U S Seventh Army takes three villages northeast of Epinal as Allied progress expands toward Belfort. Aachen front sees limited penetration with new German resistance and renewed clashes near Hurtgen and Anglemont while weather hinders aerial support. Grandvilliers Devicmont Lepanges and Epinal frontier gains liberate northeastern Vosges region.
Allied Mosquito raids against Germany and Holland continue with over 1,000 American daylight bombers striking southern Germany while RAF heavies target Dutch islands. Last night’s attacks push total trains hit to 116 over three nights, and the Ruhr area is reported isolated by waterway after the Rur-Emms Canal was wrecked by British bombs on Sept 13.
Tokyo reports list seven identified dead men including Kanichi Hagihara Sorokuro Morina Tasaburo Fuji Arimura Shizu Akasawa Ryo Mori and Sei ko Mikamoto. No death details given. Admiral Suetsugu calls forthcoming Philippines battle decisive for Japan's access to southern resources and war outcome.
Henry Noah 35 of Lexington route 2 died Tuesday after a brief illness at his home. He was the son of Frank and Ollie Hughes Noah and is survived by two sisters Mrs. Ella Hunt of Lexington route and Mrs. Charles Hill of Thomasville. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from Clarksbury Methodist Church with interment in the family cemetery.
A forum on the United War Fund will be held at the American Federation of Labor hall on East Washington street tonight at 8 o clock. Guest speakers include H N Williard F Mendenhall and Horace Haworth. All A F L delegates urged to attend to learn details of the Fund and its activities.
Frank McFadden, a Negro resident of 505 Gordy Street, was placed under an $8000 bond today on a charge of aiding and abetting in a hit and run driving. The arrest followed an automobile accident in which McFadden's car, driven by another man whose name police have not divulged, left the scene after striking another car. The driver is still at large. McFadden was a passenger and left the scene too, police said.
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