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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
2
Allied air offensive concentrates on communications networks from Chang in Hunan westward to the Salween river front in Yun and south into Thailand and Indo-China. One plane was lost during the operations.
Greensboro attorney Major L. P. McLendon told 100 High Point Junior Chamber members at Emerywood that no group has more privileges than labor under Congress through the Wagner Act, but without responsibility the labor movement will lose public respect. He urged acceptance of collective bargaining rights while criticizing strikes that break contracts and warned of national security needs, including universal military training.
Churchill told Parliament the Big Three are united on a more effective basis and outlined Allied gains in Europe and Asia. He cited D-Day landings, American air power, and Japanese setbacks in India, while warning a renewed offensive could follow the monsoon.
North to Savignano forces of the 7th Army report capture of Querceta six miles south of Messa and Vallecchia after heavy artillery and stubborn resistance. In the Adriatic sector Allied commanders say air and sea operations press the invasion of Albania and Dalmatian coast against German defenses, with landings tied to a wider frontline along the Dalmatian coast and mounting Nazi resistance acknowledged by Berlin.
Allied fronts report intensified fighting around Metz with Lt General Patton’s troops pushing toward Fort Driani on the Moselle west bank. German counterattacks near Gravelotte Céincourt Bezange and Dieuze are repulsed as US forces press toward the Siegfried Line and Aachen.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey tours rail stops en route to Albany, pledging to root out federal “bureaucratic regulations” and purge New Dealers from top to bottom if Republicans win in November. He notes seven major addresses and 21 brief talks as crowds grow across the route.
In Oakland California autopsy will be conducted on Aimee Semple McPherson a 53 year old world famous evangelist who died after being found gasping for breath by her son Rolf. Death previously attributed to heart attack occurred yesterday in a hotel room. McPherson known as Sister Aimee had just ridden to an Oakland auditorium in a horse drawn buggy for a show and was to speak again but a memorial service was held instead by about 300 attendees.
The German war bulletin reports red activity near the iron gate west of Orsova on the Danube. Soviet forces reportedly pushed south from Orsova while enemy units crossing the Danube were smashed, amid unclear confirmation of Tito partisan incursions.
C Thornton named chief clerk by OPA board. seven subordinates protested. Board chairman and four executive members are dismissed, all board and panel members resign in protest. Thornton to return to Spencer post as conferences seek resolution with L E Hague J J Kilroy guiding local leaders and former members. Bernhardt expected to return to Salisbury to help reconstitute administration. Walter Woodson Sr. leads civilian defense and nominating committee planning a meet upon Bernhardt’s arrival.
Governor Broughton proclaims October 18 as Newspaper Week in North Carolina and urges the press to emphasize the cause of a free press and a free world across the state in this observance.
Allied forces press along the coast lanes with railways and forts, producing one of the month’s busiest air days. German air force, though outnumbered, mounted several assaults at heavy cost, destroying about 90 fighters with over 60 lost in the air, and suffering 44 heavy bombers and 16 fighters down.
In a surprise sweep, Allied aircraft strafed Japanese buildings and damaged shipping near Dutch Celebes. Additional raids sank two small freighter transports and a 3,000 ton vessel in the same vicinity, intensifying the disruption of Japanese supply lines.
A home cook offers guidance for preparing Swiss steak cut 1 to 2 inches thick with salt pepper and flour, browning in bacon drippings, adding onion, and finishing with tomatoes for tenderness. A novel potato dish uses a bacon drippings flavored liquid with hot water to coat and bake sliced potatoes at 300 degrees for one to one and a half hours.
Browning onions and meat, adding tomatoes to build a hearty pot roast. Side dishes include browned potatoes, singer bean salad, baking powder biscuits with assorted fruit for dessert, aiming to entice a hearty appetite.
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