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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1944
Page
2
AP Newsfeatures sketches by Howell Dodd depict America's first Paris visitors after liberation, greeted with cheers and meals yet subjected to sniper fire. The scenes capture the tension and relief of a city reentering normal life amid wartime danger.
The Italian front reports Allied advances along the Adriatic and Po valleys. The Brazilian expeditionary force nears Pisa and La Spezia, while Leese's Eighth Army routs forces south of the Marecchio river and eyes Ravenna and Milan as German positions falter under shelling and air attack.
The noon heat in Los Angeles hit 105 degrees, the year's high, surpassing the 104 degree mark recorded on September 8, 1944. The article also notes the U.S. Marines adopting the nickname Devil Dog in World War I and cites 1930 home ownership data at 48.6 percent.
Senator Ferguson Michigan calls for immediate publication of findings by the army and navy boards investigating Pearl Harbor. He says reports near completion and could be issued within two weeks, well before the November election. He notes boards took sworn statements from personnel and have returned from Pearl Harbor.
Australian Minister Sir Owen Dixon and Lady Dixon paid a farewell call on President Franklin D Roosevelt before returning to Australia. Sir Owen will resume his judgeship on the Australian high court and Alan Watt will head the Australian legation thereafter. Also notes US forests grow about nine billion cubic feet annually.
Allied forces report intensified attacks in the Arnhem sector as British units rout SS troops at Veghel and caprice holds along the channel coast. Reinforcements from Poland arrive while air support remains hampered by weather as German resistance stiffens east of Aachen and near Stolberg.
Hamilton Fish Armstrong editor of Foreign Affairs was named special assistant to Ambassador John G. Winant in London with ministerial rank. He will leave for London to relieve Winant on the European advisory commission and has long held European assignments and State Department consulting roles.
German forces launched a brief flying bomb salvo tonight across Southern England. No immediate casualty or damage figures were released. Two robots crossed the east coast and landed in rural areas.
Harry Chandler founder and publisher of the Los Angeles Times died at age 80 after suffering a heart attack. He led the paper through decades of growth and change in the city’s journalism landscape.
Governor Dewey spoke to 90 000 in Memorial Coliseum praising the National Labor Relations Act. He continued with labor talks in Los Angeles and Oklahoma City and planned Albany visits as he pursues votes in the Middle West and Down East.
Paris report says Renault and an executive were jailed in Fresnes for 1940 43 sales of war materials to the German army. Renault, 77, claimed he was unaware of factory conversions and stated he was in America at war onset studying tank manufacture. He said Weygand ordered measures to keep workers and machines from Germany.
Washington reports UNRRA calls for 1 000 000 pounds of used clothing from churches parishes and synagogues to aid liberated areas in Europe. The drive seeks garments due to military and civilian needs making new clothing scarce for wartime relief and distribution through the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
The Post Office announced limited mail service between the United States and Paris will resume tomorrow. Postcards with no illustrations only will be accepted. Messages must be personal and may be written in English or French.
Mexico readies its bold Sept 15 11 p m to Sept 16 celebration with fireworks torchlight processions and a national address by President Manuel Avila Camacho in Zocalo Square. The event marks Hidalgo y Costilla calling for rebellion in 1810 and links to Good Neighbor policy backing democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
Prewar Hungary appears set for Soviet entry as radio reports claim Red Army forces crossed borders toward Budapest. In the Baltic, Russians press to block German escapes from Estonia toward Riga while minesweepers clear paths for the Baltic Fleet. In Poland and Transylvania, Soviet and Romanian units advance toward Cluj Targu-Mures and Reghin as German defenses falter.
Allied forces press the German front from the Rhine to the Baltic as German garrisons in Brittany Belgium and Holland collapse. A Russian push in the Baltic erodes Nazi resistance while western Holland traps about 100000 enemy troops. Rumors of declining civilian morale reach into the Reich as Allied probes continue. Florida's Everglades cover nearly 5000 square miles.
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