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Cloudy and cool with occasional light rains today and tomorrow. Friday turns partly cloudy and cool.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
2
Family Tragedy After House Fire Involving Cecil Family
Firefighters answered a blaze at the Cecil home as Mr. Cecil and his family escaped through a window. Bobby Cecil suffered a leg injury, his father required seven to eight stitches, and Capt. Monroe cut his hand while entering through a window. The cause is under investigation with bathroom a likely origin. The home, owned by Mr. Cecil, was nearly destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Cecil
C. L. Monroe
Mr. Cecil
Striking Fore River Shipyard Workers Return to Work
In Quincy Massachusetts on October 12 a majority of 4000 to 5000 Bethlehem Steel Fore River yard workers ended a three day stoppage and went back to work after owners agreed to submit grievances to the board of conciliation and arbitration. The move followed an executive board decision by the independent Fore River workers union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Company
T “Hey
Independent
Union of
Fore River Workers
JAPS Drive Near Kweiping and Salween Front Actions
Japanese forces push toward Kweiping south of Juchen as fighting rages in the area. An enemy column moves to within 12 miles southeast of Kweiping before swinging to about nine miles south of the objective. On the Salween river, American air and ground forces strike Mangshih and damage the Burma road near Mangshih Ti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kweilin
Kweiping
Juchen
Nigh
Salween River
Cage
Mangshih
Burma Road
Yunnan
Burma
Ma Ih
WPB authorizes over twenty-six thousand light and heavy trucks
The War Production Board regional office said productions will include 26,179 light heavy and 6,425 heavy heavy trucks for commercial use in the first half of next year. Earlier, 19,980 light trucks were authorized for the first half of the coming year.
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Detroit
The
War Production Board
WPB
Stalin Praises U S Aid At Moscow Embassy Dinner
Premier Joseph Stalin lauded American wartime aid while hosting a landmark dinner at the British embassy in Moscow. He credited U S production with turning the tide of the war, noting joint Allied efforts with Britain and Russia. Churchill recalled 1942 days of crisis as Bulgarian troop withdrawal was announced.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
United States
Churchill
Russia
Britain
Stalin
Stalingrad
el Alamein
Red Army
Cluj
Transylvania
Krem
United Nations
Turkey
England
Suez
Anthony Eden
Molotov
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Archibald Clark Kerr
Polish Crisis Deepens Over Lublin Kremlin Rift
Polish leaders in exile and the Lublin faction grapple as talks unfold on constitutional changes and unity. Mikolajczyk faces pressure to form a merged government while many LondonPoland ministers may be dropped amid Polish archival tensions and Katyn controversy.
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Lublin Committee
Iian
I An Cone
Rem
Poland
Lublin
Rola Zymierski
Mikolajczyk
London
Mikolaiczyk
Tence
International Red Cross
Katyn Forest
Smolensk
Russia
Kremlin
Battle lines and pretenses from World War II page
Battle reports claim Memel encircled with 98 destroyed including 15 by German warships. Soviet attempts near Warsaw Narew and Vilkaviskis checked. Riga offensive renewed with divisions. East Prussia fighting near Tilsit. Saare island garrison squeezed on Sworbe peninsula. Hungarian counterattack backfiring as Tisza line shattered. Chrysler Dodge truck division to stay closed due to UAW production concerns.
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Lin
Memel
Warsaw
Rozan
Narew
Vilkaviskis
Fast Prussia
Red Army
Riga
Latvia
Tilsit
East Prussia
Berlin
Saare
Osel
Bay of Riga
Sworbe
Leraegs
Hungary
Kacuemes
Budapest
Tizla
Aachen under siege as Allied siege continues
Describes the battle for Aachen with US infantry facing light resistance in cleared zones while artillery and air strikes press the city. Civilians are uncertain, with estimates of 5 000 dead or displaced and some looting amid mostly gutted structures.
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Virginia
Connecticut
Aachen
Aachen Cathedral
Bombardment and air offensives on multiple fronts unfold
U S Ninth Airforce Thunderbolts and Lightnings bombed a city for five hours, aircrew reporting huge fires and a 110 story collapse from direct hits. RAF heavies breached Walcheren dike to free flood trapped German troops. Typhoons hit German barges on the Schelde as traffic increases. In New York, 25 000 Sinatra fans swarm Times Square traffic as police rush to Paramount.
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U. S
Schelde
Sinatra
New York
Times Square
Frank Sinatra
Paramount Theater
Aachen evacuees fly white flags amid German surrender attempts
The narrative describes Aachen residents evacuating and signaling surrender while some German soldiers chose to die resisting. Nazi officers allegedly used liquor to impair troops and even shot deserters at the front. The piece argues Hitler lacks full civilian and military backing, while Allied forces press the assault with the American First Army aiming to end the resistance.
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Aachen
Germany
Hitler
Himmler
Hangman
Gestapo
First Army
Sailor Craven Dies In Street Fight Strangulation
Bernard F Craven a 19 year old sailor in his 19 months service in Atlantic and European areas was killed today helping a friend in a street fight. Homicide Detective Harry Morris said the youth bridgework appeared to loosen during the affray causing strangulation.
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Philadelphia
Bernard F. Craven
Atlantic
Harry Morris
President Roosevelt to Speak at Italian American Labor Council
President Roosevelt will deliver a brief radio address to an Italian American labor council in New York tonight at 8 25 p m. He will then air a Columbus Day message to Western Hemisphere republics earlier in the day at 4 p m.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Allied push in German Rhine region and Holland actions
Reported heavy German casualties in the Haaren area north of Aachen as Allied counter attacks fail. American troops break through near Monschau and Hurtgen while fighting in Bardenberg and along the Monschau Duren road. Unclear Nazi plan in Holland with Rotterdam operations and possible redeployment to bolster the Reich defenses. Canadian troops engage near the Scheldt estuary and Zeeland region.
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Ne‘der Rhine
Haaren
Aachen
Bardenberg
Monschau-Duren
Hurtgen
Rotterdam
Holland
Bergen Op Zoom
East
Schelde
Arnhem
Reich
Flying bombs shot down as Germans raid London
The Air Ministry announced that several flying bombs were shot down last night during a renewed German attack on southern England. Fighter planes and anti-aircraft batteries claimed hits that destroyed a number of the winged missiles.
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London
Air Ministry
War Secretary Stimson cites update to army casualty report
Washington on October 12 1944 War Secretary Stimson missed his weekly army casualty report saying the current method is outdated and a revised system is being developed to meet requirements.
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Syste
Washington
Stimson
Army Casuala
Deadline Extended for Overseas Christmas Parcels
The post office extended the deadline for mailing Christmas parcels to military personnel overseas by one day to Monday October 16. The change, made as a public convenience, shifts from Sunday October 15 to avoid the weekend.
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Washington
Riment
Will of Mrs Pardee funds cancer research in Midland
The will of Mrs. James T. Pardee of Midland filed for probate allocates securities worth about $1,000,000 to research into cancer control and cure. The Pardee estate is valued around $6,000,000. Her husband Dr. Pardee, who died last January, helped found and served on the Dow Chemical Co. board.
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Cancer Control Midland
Midh
James T. Pardee
Midland
Pardee
Dr. Pardee
Dow Chemical Co
Guilford Man Paroled Among Six by Governor Broughton
Governor Broughton grants parole to six prisoners including James Watson a Guilford county inmate sentenced in January 1934 for second degree burglary to 20 to 25 years.
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Guilford
Raleigh
Broughton
James Watson
Guilford County
American private hanged in London for rape
Pvt. Madison Thomas of Krotz Springs Louisiana was hanged today in London after a U S Army Court Martial found him guilty of rape. The sentence was reviewed and confirmed by Gen Eisenhower.
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London
Madison Thomas
Krotz Springs
Eisenhower
Doughnuts From Bamboo Bakery Reach Remote Burma Outposts
Former Rockefeller Center chef now runs a Red Cross canteen on the Ledo road. He trained Gara native staff to bake doughnuts in a bamboo bakery. Parachute drops deliver fresh, crisp treats to far frontier outposts within hours.
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AIR Burma Front
Amer
Rockefeller Center
Rainbow Room
Red Cross
Ledo Road
Klassen
Gara
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