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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1945
Page
2
Restrictions on dealer deliveries of anthracite and coke before September 1 will be lifted August 15 allowing households and industrial plants to obtain 80 percent wartime quotas. The Solid Fuels Administration announced the action. The Cascade mountains are described as 600 miles long and about a mile high.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek warned Communist military forces to avoid independent action and stay at current positions awaiting further orders. Hollington Tong said the message was delivered Saturday and that there will be no civil war in China. The Communist order to disarm Japanese and puppet troops was deemed illegal and provocateur, prompting questions about a potential civil conflict.
Two inland Honshu airfields Kiryu and Nagano were attacked with early estimates showing many planes destroyed or damaged on the ground. Returning pilots said no aerial opposition, and one group flew over three fields under anti air fire. Far East squadrons pressed daily assaults on Japan as 800 sorties were counted despite rainy weather. Radio dispatches cited over 1000 pilots in action. Nimitz and Halsey held a tense alert after the two day lull ended with the morning wide scale strike.
Master Sergeant Frederic Hensel, the only American soldier to lose both arms and legs in this war, receives more than $60,000 in donations. Michigan Illinois and Kentucky contributors fund his Percy Jones hospital care and a dream of owning a chicken farm as he nears additional surgeries following his Okinawa wound.
Augusta Ga August 13 The class B South Atlantic league will resume baseball next year Dr. E M Wilder president of the eight club circuit announced Members of the league are Atlanta Savannah Columbus and Augusta Ga Jacksonville Fla and Columbia Charleston Greenville S C
The piece notes the Kwantung army of about 750 000 in Manchuria and 650 000 in northern China. It discusses potential outcomes if war continues, including prisoner use for labor, and highlights Russian advances toward the Yellow Sea as Moscow reports new operations in the region.
The defense accuses the court of bias after Petain era documents were seized and witnesses denied. Prosecutor Mornet presses for the death penalty as jurors prepare to deliberate, with a verdict expected late Tuesday night after hours of argument.
Soviet forces under Meretskov push 22 miles in Manchuria after capturing Hunchun 37 miles north of Yuki, with Tumen rail links threatened. Malinovsky’s units cross the Khingen range in western Manchuria, advancing 50 to 106 miles in a day in areas west of Tuchuan. A tobacco barn suggested as a model for a sweet potato curing unit, per county agent.
Dr. G Ray Jordan former pastor of Wetley Memorial then First Methodist Charlotte accepts professorship of homiletics at Emory University Candler School of Theology He will finish the Eastern North Carolina conference year Native of Kinston He holds Duke Yale and Union Theological training and has written many religious books and articles President White calls him a distinguished preacher in the church and country
Japanese broadcasts claim halted Soviet drive in Korea while air forces hit Russian motorized units from Outer Mongolia. Meretskov’s forces again move on Harbin and Ninan, isolating Botan airfield as Russians push toward Rashin and Seishin. Japanese defenders struggle to hold lines as coastal ports fall. Mold prevention note follows military span.
Little change in temperature today tonight and Tuesday with considerable cloudiness and scattered showers across the region.
The navy reports a new amphibious warfare trick that lays anti submarine and anti torpedo nets during invasion. It cites miles of protective netting near Okinawa and a fast net cargo fleet to assemble and deploy nets, aiming to thwart Japanese submarine threats and protect invasion fleets.
A critique of atomic weapons arguing war becomes mass extermination without front lines. civilians must fund and fuel the effort while soldiers feel helpless against a device that makes chivalry and valor obsolete. The piece warns the atom may erase civilization itself.
President Truman envisions rapid civilian goods production, wage supports, and tax reforms to sustain purchasing power after war. John W. Snyder leads mobilization efforts, while plans include clearing plants of unsuitable machinery, redirecting workers, and financing through taxes amid debt. Burma gains crown colony status. a record peanut crop is forecast.
The article advocates growing leafy greens like kale collards turnip greens and mustard for high food value and fresh flavor. Kale is the hardiest and can be planted anytime this month with protection to winter produce. Plant about half an inch deep in a fertilized seed bed using 5-7-5 fertilizer and space 3 to 4 inches apart for strong root systems.
Ross announced at a White House news conference that no word from Japan had arrived and that allied terms had only just been delivered. Tokyo air force strikes targeted Yokohama docks as task force 38 planes hammered Japanese coastal positions, with no further exchanges on surrender terms expected.
Fifty five California pheasants arrive on Guam after a 57 hour journey from Sacramento. The birds flew 31 hours in the air and only five of the original sixty died en route. The shipment was arranged with the California state division of fish and game for Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s headquarters.
Washington officials pressed plans for surrender terms with Tokyo moving slowly. President Truman and Secretary Byrnes worked around the clock as Japanese talks shifted from Potsdam terms to an emperor with retained prerogatives.
In 1774 George Washington served as a delegate to the Continental Congress marking the start of his national political career.
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