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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1944
Page
8
The forecast shows cloudy conditions in Carolina with showers and moderate temperatures tonight. In western areas showers ease by afternoon with clearing, while eastern portions stay cloudy and mild then clear later in the night.
The State Board of Education considers an about 80 million dollar two year request to cover a nine month term, raises for teachers, and bonuses. The proposal, the largest in state history, will undergo hearings before the advisory budget commission after finance committee review. Dr. Harcourt Morgan of the TVA will speak at NC State College on October 5-6 about industry and agriculture relations in peacetime and war. Southern Railway plans a 30 thousand dollar remodeling of Durham Union Station as soon as material priorities permit. North Carolina retailers anticipate an 20 percent manpower boost for the holiday season from November 1944 to January 1945, easing restrictions for the period.
Funeral service for Charlie H Morris of Trinity route 1 was held Thursday at 2 pm at Pleasant Grove Methodist church. Rev Donnie and W D Williamson led. Pallbearers were Coy Loflin Reed Hunt Ray Mc Mose Harris and E C Loflin. Music by Opal Arnold Reva Snider and J Snider with Mrs David Snider on piano. Interment in family plot at church cemetery.
In a large offensive Russian troops with about 30000 men pressed toward Szeged Hungary and near Belgrade Yugoslav partisans reported reaching Belgrade outskirts. Moscow listed 30 localities seized by Petrovs Fourth Ukraine army including Lupkow pass area on the Polish border.
In a misplayed contract by Josephine Culbertson, South loses a laydown contract after miscounting to nine. West’s spade opening and East’s defensive return cripple declarer. the heart finesse proves unnecessary.
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In Savannah on September 29 the U S Addie Daniels, named for the wife of former secretary of the navy Josephus Daniels, was being fitted for service as part of the naval bridge of ships. Daniels, 82, cried as a crowd gathered. President Roosevelt sent a telegram praising the naming and maritime tribute to Mrs Daniels.
President Roosevelt states that lend-lease should continue in any necessary amounts to defeat Germany and Japan and that FEA must adjust operations to ensure victory. He emphasizes preventing Germany from threatening future generations and ties aid to overall war effort.
Southeastern Asia Command reports the Fifth Indian division moving toward Tiddim in Burma, near Japanese bases used for the ill fated India invasion. Japanese rearguards retreat as Indian troops close on the “chocolate staircase” road into the city, aided by air support along the Chin hills corridor.
Pathological tests on the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson’s stomach begin today in Oakland to determine her cause of death after an autopsy failed to decide. An inquest is tentatively set for October 6. Plans include viewing at Angeles Temple and services for Sp taokandi Sevenshameyee.
In the Cologne area Allied 10 inch guns duelled German batteries as German forces near Hertogenbosch and push toward Antwerp Turnhout canal, while Montgomery's 21st Army Group expands westward from Holland salients threatening exposure of about 200 Germans.
Fortress and liberators, escorted daily by about 700 fighters, have been over Germany since Monday. A new campaign launched with 2 000 sorties aims to smash railroad centers and war plants feeding the German army.
In Savannah a ship slid into the river as Patsy Downey and Patricia Bagley Daniels stood among attendees. Sgt Anthony Jones from New Orleans knocked out Leon Stokes of New York while Downey out pointed Oscar Suggs of Newport, R I. Daniels, a Vassar student and granddaughter of Mrs Daniels, smashed a champagne bottle on the prow. Daniels’ granddaughter served as maid of honor.
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