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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1945
Page
2
Delegates pressed for action on Argentina over the weekend at the United Nations while Russia faced potential overrule on Poland and with limited certainty about future moves. The steering committee term is noted as a preparatory body for the coming deliberations.
The fifth plenary session of the conference convened at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time with Britain's Anthony Eden as president under a rotating compromise. This week four major commissions will organize to finalize the Dumbarton Oaks plan and advance production of the conference's agenda.
Mussolini died shouting No No as a firing squad executed him. Eyewitnesses recount that the bullet struck from the back in accordance with a tradition for dishonored figures. Graziani was captured by American and partisan guards in a hotel. Mussolini and his cabinet left Milan for Como on April 25. The body dump square had seen 15 Partisans executed a year earlier.
French forces entered Fried richshafen and captured Lindau as Allied lines surged toward Munich where the Seventh Army wrestled control of the former beer hall site linked to Hitler's failed 1923 coup. Prisoner tallies rose with 1.29 million taken in April and 2.62 million since D day.
U S forces push to seize two southern Okinawa air fields as 27th and 7th divisions advance north and east. American casualties total 11 413 with 1 847 killed through Friday as Japanese air waves attack from Kyushu to Shimonoseki. Naval aviation targets cargo ships and a tavern ship near Honshu and Ryukyus.
The Graham budget commission, authorized by a 1945 statute, currently pays 7500 dollars annually. Five new commissioners were appointed: Merrill Evans of Ahoskie, first district. Dr Henry W Jordan of Cedar Falls, sixth district. Ben E Douglas of Charlotte, seventh district. J Raymond Smith of Mount Airy, eighth district. John A Goode of Asheville, tenth district. Reappointed were John Clark of Greenville, second district. Dr Guy V Gooding of Kenansville, third district. John Hackney of Wilson, fourth district. George W.
More than 90,000 rural boys and girls in North Carolina will observe 4-H club Sunday on May 6. In many churches the club members will take part in special exercises devoted to the ideals of the organization. State Club Leader L. R. Harrill of N. Y. State college said today.
Raleigh and other towns spent 706 948 on building constructions in March with 268 350 for nonresidential work and 258 708 on additions and repairs. Edenton led smaller towns with 23 850, while New Bern reports cancellation of a May temple ceremonial due to travel limits and a May diocesan convention will elect a new Eastern Carolina bishop succeeding Thomas Campbell Darst who resigns for health reasons.
On arrival in America each released German soldier receives a 21 day furlough. Afterward he reports to a redistribution center where he may be discharged, reassigned to a U S post, or sent to another war theatre. None will return to Europe, headquarters states.
Kane of Roxboro in the fifth district and T Max Watson of Forest City in the ninth district will take office tomorrow for four years. Those not reappointed include Carroll Wilson in the first district McCrary Charles A Cannon of Concord seventh district Virgil D Guire of Lenoir eighth district and Percy B Ferebee of Andrews tenth district.
The column notes Hitler’s failing health after alleged injuries from last year’s bomb attempt and suggests his death or collapse could hasten surrender. It discusses Himmler’s fear and strategic aims in surrender talks, including potential risks of alliance rupture and a possible push to rally Nazis.
The OPA district officer James M. Robinson announces a fixed home canning sugar limit of 15 pounds per person and 120 pounds per family due to sugar stock shortages. The North Carolina Garden Club plans its annual meeting here with restricted attendance for officials and delegates amid postwar planning.
The British press reports armistice moves are progressing swiftly with possible May Day victory news. Analysts expect Stalin to announce Berlin’s capture before Nazis surrender, while Churchill may speak in Commons. Moscow hints blackout will be lifted as Nazi resistance nears end.
Ralph C. Crocker former golf pro and veteran pilot was appointed manager of Hawthorne Flying Service at the Greensboro High Point airport. He previously led Hawthorne Airmotive at Egeburg South Carolina municipal airport where he helped grow flying interest and stored 28 privately owned airplanes. Crocker served two years in the Army Air Forces and is 35, a Toledo Ohio native and former Inverness Country Club golf pro.
Local police investigate a weekend break-in at the Tate Furniture plant. A superintendent reports two 100 pound bags of pearl glue valued at 64 dollars were stolen, with glue taken from the cabinet room upstairs and carried out the back entrance.
John Warren of Archdale died in Harriman Tennessee during the night at age 44. He is survived by his wife a son a daughter and two sisters. Mrs Warren and the two sisters travel to High Point. The body arrives this afternoon at six. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at 3 30 from the Pentecostal Holiness church with Reverends C P Lindsay and C F Noble officiating.
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