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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1945
Page
2
Wake Forest College reports more than 600000 raised toward a 7000000 enlargement. Director C J Jackson says the program funds ten new buildings at 2000000 and a 5000000 endowment addition. Gifts come mainly by mail with limited local drive in Durham and Wake Forest.
Lucius Murray a 30 year old Black resident of 7 Meredith Street is jailed after a deadly weapon assault on Ennis Smith. Smith avoided serious injury and signed the warrant.
Three hundred of the initial Iwo Jima casualties reached Camp Lejeune and were admitted to the naval hospital on the Marine Corps reservation. Captain Alva A. Shadday stated about 90 percent of these Marines and naval hospital corpsmen are expected to recover completely and return to duty.
Allied air forces conducted a broad bombing campaign targeting military installations and fuel dumps. Two Liberators destroyed a large ammunition depot at Kee Lung Formosa, with 171 tons of bombs dropped by over 75 additional aircraft along the China coast and Formosa west coast. Thirteenth Air Force units attacked targets in Borneo wrecking four barges and damaging freighters. The report notes the long reach of operations and widespread bombardment across multiple islands.
New Orleans report notes Louisiana flood disaster with 45000 homeless and over a million acres inundated. Red River floodwaters claim the Browns and their child as three bodies are found upriver near the Arkansas line. rescue efforts by coast guard, soldiers, and civilians continue to shore up levees and aid refugees.
American nations yesterday fully recognized General Edelmire T Farrell's government after a 13 month diplomatic chill. Britain and others joined the move based on a Mexico City resolution inviting Argentina to align policies with the Allies. The next step would be Buenos Aires seeking permission to join the United Nations and, if granted, to be transmitted to Russia and the other Allies.
Raleigh April 10 Nine prisoners sit on central prison death row including two 15 year olds Ernest Brooks Jr a Negro convicted of raping a white woman and Marvin L Matheson sentenced to death for murder Brooks is set to die May 25 while a date for Matheson has not been fixed.
A wartime reflection questions whether one life is worth more than another and cites a British captain and a lawyer to argue that judging relative value of lives is difficult. It notes the dread of sending loved ones and front-line soldiers to danger and asks who determines life worth.
In a rapid series of raids, British bombers hit Hamburg shelters while Kiel and Kiel yard targets suffered fires from night attacks. Allied fighter forces claim 357 German planes shot down over three days as American and British aircrews raid Plauen Stade Hamburg and Pertine targets, with minimal daylight losses.
Eyewitness notes at a camp describe German authorities seizing cross parcels from Americans and denying aid to others. Conditions worsen as detainees suffer dysentery and squalid housing in double deck barns with no sanitation, leaving observers appalled by emaciated living quarters. An estimate cites 3,000,000 bats in Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico.
Senate food investigators push back on suggestions the army should seize and run meat plants to boost civilian supplies. Chairman Thomas calls the plan moonshine while Wheeler doubts any army takeover has succeeded in industry. Mention of closed plants in Pueblo Phoenix and El Paso is noted as house members seek why operations halted.
A watch taken from a car driven by Harry C. Harrison ex marine charged with murder and arson in the death of Mrs John V Higham 71 on Easter Monday was found to contain human blood according to Detective Sergeant W G Maddrey citing Duke Hospital specialists the watch a favorite of Mrs Higham. Polio epidemic at Ft McClellan Alabama infects one third of units with twenty cases since March 22 three fatalities while US Spanish speakers number over two and a half million.
Mrs Ruth Neve executive secretary of the High Point united war fund and community chest announced a year round speaker's bureau to improve relations between chest agencies and supporters. The program took effect March 14 and will send agency representatives to industrial meetings to explain services and chest support. Harold C Bennett acts as relations chairman coordinating agency executives and scheduling talks for plants and clubs through the chest office at extension 4321.
A Soviet front dispatch says 1,700 Nazis surrendered during continuous night and day combat in Vienna as panic spread. Breslau remains besieged, Koenigsberg capitulated, and over 42,000 prisoners were taken in two days as Soviet forces advance on multiple fronts.
A historical note claims the Yanks of Italy held about 100 million in gold and that Germany looted at least 500 million from Yugoslav treasury. It states Germany spent much of its gold buying goods in Switzerland, Sweden, and Romania and using some for espionage. It cites US gold holdings at 20.417 billion and world total at 35 billion.
In 2000 B C an Egyptian temple served as a retreat for melancholics seeking recreation and solace, reflecting ancient practices in mental health and ritual life.
Ernie Pyle reports Okinawa resembles American landscapes more than Pacific outposts. Marines note wheat fields, cane, and huts amid poverty and filth among civilians. Civilians are terrified. some hide in caves during Love Day searches.
German forces push northeast and southeast of Hannover as the 84th division encounters ruined railroad hubs and highways. The Germans claim Verden fell while tanks move toward strategic lines guarding Berlin’s approaches.
The report notes coal extraction has expanded to 32 states across the United States with production activity reported in multiple regions. It highlights growing nationwide mining activity and regional distribution of mines.
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