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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1944
Page
8
The forecast calls for clear skies and cooler conditions tonight with Saturday remaining clear and mild. No precipitation is expected and temperatures will trend cooler than Friday.
Tokyo radio claimed 150 carrier planes in the morning and 290 in the afternoon struck the Manila sector, with 24 downed. The Mitsubishi-Halsey fleet, numbering around 10 ships and 12 medium craft, reportedly sunk or crippled in the Mindanao area as invasion forces mass for the Palau operation. Nimitz said Peleliu and nearby isles have seen heavy fighting and 6,000 Japanese killed, while 3,000 more press the west coast amid rugged terrain.
German forces struck under fog from Juvelize toward Juvrecourt meeting heavy American guns and tanks after a previous loss of 49 tanks in an earlier afternoon. The stalemate formed as American defenses repelled the assault with intensified artillery and armored support.
Reports say Arnhem force may have been liquidated while fighting continues across Holland. British troops push from Endhoven north and widen a 25 mile corridor toward Berlin as German armor losses mount east of Nancy and along the Rhine front. Lt. Gen. Beke captured. St Nazaire attacks announced by Germans.
James C. Russell age 67 of Denton died in Barnes Griffith clinic Asheboro after a five week illness. Survived by three daughters Miss Iva Russell Mrs W W Russell Mrs D L Hill Denton Asheboro one son Albert Russell Denton one sister Mrs Clay Smith Denton and seven grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday at 3:00 PM at Lineberry Methodist Church.
A morning fire damaged a single story dwelling at 1608 West Street valued at 8500. The home was occupied by M Williams and owned by Mendenhall and Thompson. No injuries were reported.
War savings bonds series EF will be cashed at local banks starting October 1 1944 instead of mailing to Federal Reserve Banks. High Point bankers led by H N Williard confirm all local banks qualified to redeem bonds over the counter. Treasury notes limited Reserve Banks capacity making delays unacceptable and expects fewer bonds to be cashed as banks handle redemptions like checks with signature verification.
Medium bombers attacked Ehrang Olstein and Pronsfeld rail centers and Creche forest near Boulogne as German garrisons retreated to the port. Weather slowed offensives from west and south while Mediterranean raids at Salonika lit fires visible for miles. Of 8350 Italian sorties, 10 planes were lost and a single German craft destroyed amid heavy air battles with 30 Messerschmitts and Focke Wulfs defeated outnumbered 20 to 1.
Thomasville Boy Scouts will hold a Court of Honor next Monday night at 8 to award summer camp honors and Court of Review prizes from last week. The annual District meeting of Scout officials will follow at Mills Home on Thursday night September 28, with all district leaders invited to attend a fish fry labeled the Scoutmasters Appreciation dinner.
Rimini reports Brazilian troops steadily pushing northward toward Pisa with U S forces. Pietrasanta captured nineteen miles north northwest of Pisa as Brazilians reach Mt. Prano six miles east of Pietrasanta. In Tacoma Roy Stephens freed himself from a cave in with a soup ladle after rescue attempts failed. Akron reports a rubber lip zipper seals liquids and gases for aircraft exposure suits.
Russian forces drive toward Tallinn and Riga while pushing near Arad and Oradea. The Baltic campaign deepens a salient as German defenses withdraw. Malinovsky moves in western Romania imperiling Hungary amid rising Red Army pressure across Transylvania. Moscow silent on Warsaw as bridgeheads form on the Vistula.
Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Ellington widow of W F Ellington will be held Sunday at 3 p m at Springfield Friends church with Rev R L Smith Rev T E Strickland and Rev O L Ruth officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Surviving are two sons E F Ellington High Point and L B Ellington Dutch Harbor Alaska. three daughters Mrs N E Russell Mrs Tom Winslow and Mrs Grace Underwood of this city. a brother G O Hayworth High Point. a sister Mrs Lizzie Younts Springfield community. 24 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. The body remains at Sechrest Funeral Home until Saturday afternoon.
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