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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1944
Page
10
Transaction lists show varied trading moves with percentages next to many well known names including Sears Kimberly Clark and United States Steel. The column notes fluctuating prices across PN equities and utilities reflecting a cautious session.
The report describes silence in the Aachen area then heavy artillery in a valley near the city. American dive bombers attacked at 12 30 p m causing multiple fires as observers noted smoke color and German shells beginning to fall east of the lines. Prisoners arrived at the front, including a man who aided Americans under a white flag seeking surrender.
Soviet forces close the Memel pocket trapping as many as 150000 German troops in Latvia and Lithuania. Do Bagramian’s units overrun Baltic beaches and push toward Memel from Palance and the Memel-Tilsit corridor. German forces are compressed into a triangle bounded by Memel, Lithuania, and the Niemen.
Allied forces report the raid left more than 20 luggers and other small craft sunk or damaged. Buildings and installations on shore were wrecked or burning. The communique says complete surprise was achieved in the attack. Allied flags rise over Thrace as Greek administration takes over though a Bulgarian army remains in Thrace after the Axis surrender.
Troops widened the Schelde beachhead to four miles and advanced three miles inland in a backdoor assault below the Schelde mouth. Berlin claimed the seaborne landing east of Breskens was reinforced. Fighting rages at the Leopold Canal bridgehead as Allied heavy bombardment hits Dunkerque. Patton's Third Army battles house to house near Maizieres Les Metz east of Luneville.
Defendant statements cited to counsel. juror impartiality affirmed. Cases listed include Morris in Buncombe error remanded. Sandlin v. Yancey reversed. Packard v. Smart Henderson affirmed. Pinnell v. Dowtin War ren affirmed. Moore v. Baker Halifax no error. State v. Allen Wilkes de novo. State v. Parker Johnston no error. State v. Stewart Harnett no. State v. Degraffenreidh Lee no. State v. Edwards Johnston no. In re Will of M L Wilson Mitchell affirmed. Gunter v. Dowdy Chatham affirmed. Watson v. Lee County demurrer sustained. State ex rel Underwood v. Watson Lee modified and affirmed.
New York October 11 leading stocks attracted moderate support and the market showed a preponderance of gains from fractions to about one point. Leaders included General Motors Chrysler U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward United Aircraft Douglas and Union Carbide. Rails remained steady with Santa Fe Southern Pacific and Chesapeake & Ohio posting the best action.
Sgt Everett B Williams 20 earns flexible gunnery school badge at Kingman Army Air Field near Kingman Arizona. Capt John L Wood of Denton garners second bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal after 17 months overseas leading C 47 Skytrains on D Day paratroop and supply missions into France and beyond while serving as operations officer.
Flying Magazine notes that while Hitler popularized the Stuka dive bomber, U S naval aviators developed the dive bombing technique in Haiti in 1919 and at Pensacola Naval Air Station in the mid 1920s.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and continued cool conditions today tonight and Thursday. Expect continued cool temperatures with light winds and no precipitation in the period.
In Orleans Sept 14 report German broadcasts claimed Gen Simpson’s troops held Belgian German frontier. The line’s northern flank is the 21st Army Group with Canadian First and British Second Armies, the center by American First and American Third Armies, and the southern end by American Seventh and French First Armies. The Ninth Army’s secret posture remains unclear for potential exploitation of a breakthrough.
Victor Fabian of the Smaller War Plants Corporation reports 1943 to 1944 conversions in Chicago area firms with 500 or fewer workers. SWPC aided 423 prime contracts totaling 53 million dollars, including sleeping bag linings, ship parts, radio antennas, and tarpaulins for the armed forces, boosting employment and profits.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Burgett, 66, died after her clothing ignited while she was making a fire at her farm home near Roseboro in Sampson County. The fatal blaze occurred yesterday and she succumbed shortly after the accident.
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