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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1945
Page
4
The editorial endorses a Democratic mayor and city council slate chosen by a harmony committee and approved by precinct committeemen. It lauds nine nominees eight with city government experience, noting most initially planned not to run but joined the ticket as a civic sacrifice. The piece urges voters to trust in such capable citizens.
The piece urges immediate action for the United National Clothing Collection. It stresses servicable garments for Allied distress and warns that delays risk missing the drive. Holland is highlighted as a country in dire need, stripped of clothes and shoes by Germans. It frames giving as partnership with fighting allies.
The bill seeks to move dead service members from graves worldwide to be reburied in native soil. It would establish World War II cemeteries with 75000 and 50000 graves in Raleigh and Charlotte. Families must decide by majority consent, weighing whether to leave remains at battle sites or bring them home.
Speculation swirls over who will lead the state board of education and the unified board of control for hospitals. Reg Harris may retain chairmanship of education. candidates for hospital chair include W. G. Clark, Thomas O'Berry, or doctors Goode and Palmer. Decisions expected within four weeks.
Lynn Nisbet reports new hospital board to be sworn in at the governor’s office next Monday. They will elect a chairman and business manager, with R. M. Rothgeb likely to continue as business manager for the six year term.
Judge Webb calls the Thomasboro preacher’s letters the strangest case in 25 years as he notes the man’s urge for publicity. The preacher wrote extortionary letters to himself and alerted the FBI, a scheme reporters could likely unravel.
A Massachusetts mother writes to state officials asking for details about 2d Lt. Roy R. Creasman, co pilot with her son on a bomber reported missing in February. Max Abernethy at the secretary of state’s office seeks any family information to pass to the New England mother.
Florence Allen notes the court collected nearly $4,000 through alimony bonds and minor trust funds in the past year, while only about $3,000 came from court costs. She says money passes through the court and is not kept by it, requiring substantial work. S/Sgt. Shelton Warner praises the Hi-Points feature in the Enterprise in a letter from France.
Ed Ellison withdraws as a Democratic candidate for city council yet remains the only filed candidate on that ticket. Oscar H. Doggett leaves the Democratic party to run for mayor on the Republican line and promises a full platform statement soon. D. D. Arden hails the Democratic slate as the strongest in years, praising nine veterans on the council and thanking Byron Haworth for the slate.
Washington insiders warn that V E Day ends do not end the home front struggle. Officials scramble to keep price controls and manpower rules in place while reconversion remains slow. Naval and Army cutbacks predicted, with ongoing war production shifts and cautious optimism among policymakers.
Washington gossip ties James F Byrnes resignation to anger over Roosevelt vice presidency denial and Yalta trip. Senators heard he was angry again a week before the announcement but saw no outward sign as Byrnes kept his poker face.
Paul Mallon notes Byrnes stayed on to V E day amid anger at moving toward socialism and radicalism. He cites Byrnes's failure to clear plans with Sidney and his resignation as a result of political friction and a growing list of power holders shifting away from the administration view.
A flurry of showbiz notes with Joe Louis and Ida James wedding talk plus Hoover heading overseas. Reports on Edna Russell and Ward Moore, Dorothy Thompson, Toscanini illness, Mae West therapies, Peggy Fear divorce plan, and other Broadway figures and high society maneuvers.
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