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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1945
Page
4
The writer debates Hirohito remaining emperor under allied oversight and the pace of demobilization. They consider tenacity of occupation forces, postwar conscription, and veteran returns, praising General MacArthur as surrender observer and noting his potential dramatic public role.
The article notes how presidents and top officials like Harry S. Truman Henry Morgenthau Fred M. Vinson J A Krug and Hugo Black kept ties to football baseball and tennis. It highlights wartime figures who once starred in sports and how their pastimes intertwined with national service and policy during the war era.
By Jack Stinnett notes the shift from sports to public service as wartime manpower tightens. Paul McNutt as war manpower chief orders players to return to primary work, while Navy Secretary Forrestal and congressional leaders discuss a broader wartime roles, with Barkley Chandler Holmes and Sundstrom connected to sports fame and political careers.
Col Hatcher moves to top highway safety post creating two brothers under him in Shelby and Raleigh. Officials note breach of unwritten rule against two relatives in one department but justify due to his qualifications. Also mentions U S Senator Clyde R Hoey listed among 14 senators eligible for marriage with satire on his attire and Raleigh Hotel residence.
Lynn Nisbet reports weights and measures officials visit Pennsylvania and New York this week to inspect square milk bottle prototypes. The aim is to decide where to stamp quantity on the bottle and when to approve the design. Separately, North Carolinians consumed 739,421 beer barrels in the last fiscal year, yielding over nine million dollars in taxes with the federal government collecting about six million.
This article analyzes Japanese morale under Allied pressure, comparing Bushido and Puritan crises, noting the lure of surrender versus last stands and the role of religion, tribalism, and emperor beliefs in shaping potential capitulation or continued resistance.
Albert Leman discusses wartime psychology claiming Japanese social order centers on loyalty to a master and face saving. He argues the atomic bomb could persuade Japan to surrender and accept occupation, likening a modern Kamikaze to divine omens guiding obedience to the perceived superior race.
The writer flags a groundbreaking pamphlet by Dr. Virgil Jordan urging economic independence and critiquing government propaganda. It argues for free expression, condemns political manipulation, and promotes reading the work to understand wartime policy and its impact on families.
By George Sokolsky argues the war yields a moral catastrophe with freedom of speech and press eroding across Europe and globally. He claims voluntary censorship in the United States and warns that totalitarian ideas, under banners of full employment and national income, spread as Hitler’s influence grows. He urges readers to consult Dr Jordan's pamphlet and decide for themselves.
A playful theater of word definitions and mixed up phrases fills a Walter Winchell page as guest columnists take the stage. The glossary style lists humorous misdirections and faux meanings from punchy terms to oddball phrases reflecting a bustling 1940s newsroom vibe.
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