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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1945
Page
2
Clear to partly cloudy in North Carolina with little temperature change. Occasional scattered thundershowers mainly in the eastern portion today, with weather easing tonight and through Thursday.
President Truman will be accompanied by Secretary of State James Byrnes and Admiral William Leahy to meet the king in Plymouth. They will depart from Potsdam and travel aboard the USS Augusta with the king sailing on the Renown for a sea rendezvous. The king will return to the Augusta and depart for Washington, not accompanied by the queen.
The Georgia Florida belt opened with leaf prices one to five cents above the 1944 level. The U S Department of Agriculture reports harvest two weeks ahead of the crop year with about 800000 pounds of good quality leaf waiting in Fairmont warehouses. Whiteville and Kingstree markets also opened with large leaf offerings and several warehouses planning multiple daily sales.
A wartime report states a single serious fire occurred on the Estero, a 1400 ton ammunition ship, with 1400 tons of explosives aboard. The vessel burst into flame on December 24, 1943, was towed from its berth, and sunk in water, causing damage only to the ship itself while the port claimed safety precautions were in place. The last ammunition ship to the government reportedly cost $17,000,000.
Army and navy divers salvage eight and a half million dollars in Philippines government silver sunk in Manila Bay in 1942. Crates deteriorated during three years underwater and broke open scattering coins and bars. Lt. Tore H. Anderson leads fifteen divers, with five to six months remaining.
The War Department officials plan to move 70 to 80 C-47 transports and 260 former airline pilots into commercial routes under Army contract. Railroad-experienced personnel will be released from European service for return to the United States. An extra 72,065 discharge-ready men in Europe will be withdrawn from railway units, with 6,000 more railroaders slated to move home between September and year end, eligibility uncertain.
In a heated session Weygand and Reynaud traded recriminations while Petain faced accusations of treason dating to July 11 1940. Witness Armand Du Chayla denied plotting with Franco as debates resumed and Reynaud read a statement alleging Petain and Weygand pursued ambitions over the nation.
A propaganda broadcast claims front line troops in Japan are sending comfort bags to civilians at home. The slogan Hold the sin mother is presented as the battle cry of Japanese soldiers, underscoring morale efforts during the collection drive.
Finland faces severe shortages ten months after the war with Russia. Officials warn of needed grain 325000 tons fat 8000 tons sugar 30000 tons coal 600000 tons, with rationing cutting daily calories. Debts rise, inflation grows, imports shrink, and government leans left amid elections and a cabinet with two communists.
The plan calls for reserve flexibility in meeting production problems reestablishing federal aid for day nurseries to keep women workers on the job increasing flexibility of the war manpower commission to permit patch hiring curtail interregional recruitment of labor and raise ceiling prices to help management utilize permissive wage increases.
London officials report soap has become a hidden sale item as a one-seventh ration cut takes effect after the war. The shortage follows a surge in demand before the measure was announced, causing a ready market for illicit soap under the counter.
Four day Crosley plant stoppage in Cincinnati idled 5000 workers with a return to jobs likely today. Nationwide strikes numbered 30 with only two larger than Crosley, plus a continuing offshore staff walkout. Braddock and Savannah saw settlements while others remained idle.
The column argues Winston Churchill will stay at the forefront of Britain’s political battle as leader of the loyal opposition in the House of Commons, noting he cannot hold a Commons seat and a peerage simultaneously. It praises his debating power and suggests Labour may welcome his criticism as a balance wheel.
In Kendal England a 13 year old boy James Howard was killed when struck by a lorry on June 13. The tragedy occurred as he wore clothing for a relief fund and both the youth and the lorry driver resided in houses numbered 13.
Read reports from Mondorf Luxembourg dated July 31 showing top Nazi leaders and their inner circle deteriorating morally and physically while awaiting war crimes trials. Goering Ley Streicher Frank Doenitz Ribbentrop and others display fear cynicism and hysteria as confinement erodes their authority and nerve.
In Kwangsi China withdrew toward Kweilin the major US air base in south central China as troops moved east from Liuchow to occupy a key highway junction at Pinglo. In Hunan 100 plus casualties hit Japanese positions near Sinning. Along Kiangsi Kaingsi Chinese clash with about 20 000 Japanese and 2 000 to 3 000 civilians retreating toward Nanchang. CALCUTTA Aug 1 British say 6000 Japanese killed in Burma Sittang river action as aircraft hit huts and machines guns and troops near Rangoon chase a fleeing Japanese.
Mrs. E. A. Rothrock aged 86 of Lexington died this afternoon at Washington Street unit High Point Memorial hospital. She was the mother of Mrs. John W. Hedrick of 825 North Main Street. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
NBC heard a BBC broadcast naming new Nazi captures in Bavaria including Fritz Reinhardt former secretary of state in the finance ministry and Emil von Rintelen former German ambassador.
The London Midland and Scottish railway announces a plan allowing its research staff to interchange with university teachers who would gain daily exposure to industrial operations.
RANDOLPH FORT ATKINSON FIELD reports on the G Project as about 50 000 troops await return via four routes from Casablanca to Miami. Routes include North Atlantic and South Atlantic paths with layovers at Dakar Natal and Belem.
The text notes that in certain communities marriages among natives are deeply tied to cattle, with many cattle assets attached to each bride.
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