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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1944
Page
8
De Gaulle warns that France must settle quickly to maintain order and protect its international position. The government vows to prevent armed groups from occupying liberated areas and to ensure military and police control, while praising minor contributions to liberation and outlining a path to reintegrate forces into the regular army.
In a communique MacArthur states that 1,800 square miles are secured on Leyte and enemy garrisons remain isolated and helpless, while an unconfirmed Tokyo broadcast claims 40 transports and destroyers head toward Leyte as the battle is said to begin.
Red Army and Ukrainian units under Marshal Rodion Malinovsky push to sustain momentum in northeastern Hungary. Petrov’s troops link with Malinovsky’s forces in heavy fighting around Nyiregyhaza as Allied air and ground actions continue.
Allied advances in North Burma claimed nearly 2 000 square miles cleared and 100 miles of the Myitkyina Rangoon railroad as Japanese push toward Kweilin. Chinese high command reported intensified fights on outer defenses and Japanese strikes along the Hunan Kwangsi line toward Lingchwan, 13 miles north of Kweilin.
Two divorces were granted this morning in the superior court civil term. Judge H Hoyle Sink presided. Grounds were two years separation. Cases: Junior Brinson vs Lila Brinson and Elizabeth Fields Dean vs Joseph Byron Dean. A jury case was Hedrick and Hedrick vs Currants and Barnhart over land purchase and a deed of trust marked satisfied in full.
Reported losses fall on both sides with Japan claiming major carrier and battleship hits while American totals include several battleships cruisers and destroyers sunk or damaged. Submarine scouts tracked a northward warship movement near Singapore in October.
The London Express, via New York, speculates John L. Lewis might decide the election by turning miners and Pennsylvania to Dewey, while labor notes show isolationists rally as nationalists and question Roosevelt's defeat as victory.
Mrs. Anna Helen Cooke testified she took seven month old Nancy Allen to Pittsburgh to prevent her husband, a Southwest Pacific sailor, from learning the child had died at birth. Magistrate E J Connor set bail for trial. Police held Joseph Ritchie as a material witness after Mrs Mary Allen reported the disappearance.
Betting Commissioner James J. Carroll announced revised odds for the 1944 election from St. Louis on October 30. Roosevelt’s odds shortened to 3 to 1 and then 17 to 5, while Governor Dewey’s odds lengthened from 1 to 2 to 1 to 3. Bettors must stake $17 to win $5 on Roosevelt and $1 to win $3 on Dewey. Carroll released the first state by state list showing Roosevelt favored to win in 82.
The weather bulletin states continued mild conditions today and Tuesday with clear and cool tonight and scattered frost in interior areas. The outlook emphasizes cool interior nights with frost pockets across the region.
Major General Norman T. Kirk announced a critical shortage of Army nurses and a poor response to the call for 10,000 additional nurses to be recruited this year. He cited overseas hospital activations planned for November and a civilian nurse surplus of 209,000 with 112,000 students, urging 10,000 graduates to volunteer.
Allied columns push the thin German rearguards toward the Moerdijk bridge as Canadians and British fight to clear coastal pockets. German counterthrust limited, with some tanks knocked out. advances reach near Eindhoven while Roosendaal remains contested. Dr Kiek Ray Mosher, 62, NYU education dean, dies at home.
The report notes Dewey carrying 161 electoral votes while the president is projected to win 370, outlining the likely map of support across states and the shifting political landscape.
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