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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1945
Page
2
Considerable cloudiness early today then clear to cloudy with few widely scattered showers today and Wednesday. Temperatures remain moderate. Period ending Aug 18: normal to partly above normal temperatures Thursday through Saturday with light precipitation in scattered thunderstorms.
Aug 14 report from Salisbury notes Lt. Col. Wallace Lowe Tatum, 46, a well known physician prior to the war, died October 1 in a military hospital in Frankfurt Germany. His wife Mrs Pauline Tatum was informed by the War Department. Tatum led the Carolinas district Civitan clubs in 1929 and served as president of the Fourth Corps Area Council of the National Reserve Officers Association.
Lt. M. G. Emler owner of Quality Ice Cream in Logansport Indiana says new floating cold storage cement barges released by the navy provide ice cream and frozen foods to small boats. Barge 1 produced about nine hundred gallons daily with dehydrated mix in six flavors for vessels lacking freezing gear. Boats periodically gather there while others anchor and shuttle small boats to the barge.
General Spaatz led heavy air onslaughts as 430 B 29s from the Marianas and 176 fighters from Iwo Jima attacked southern Honshu. Each plane carried about seven and a half tons of bombs. The rush to complete planes pushed participation higher than reported, with a record 820 planes on August 12.
The author argues Japan will lose its empire and military might, with islands occupied and foreign rule imposed. He warns of potential samurai-style self-sacrifice by military and government leaders under a strict code of honor, while noting this is a speculative possibility in the unfolding drama.
J Dave Woodside founder and operator of the Nockton Manufacturing company at Biltmore died at his home in Biltmore last night. He was a Greenville County, South Carolina native and had worked with his brothers John T Edward and Robert I Woodside in textiles before moving to New York to represent a chain of southern cotton mills.
In Tokyo style bonfire erupts on Market Street drawing flames thirty feet high as fire trucks crawl through a crowded crowd. A flag bedecked jeep leads a half hour parade while revelers cheer and vehicles cruise the district. In Chicago the Randolpheee store crowds swell as celebrants swarm streets and a false fire alarm delays emergency crews.
Charleston awoke to the news of Japan's surrender as residents celebrated with car horns and cowbells. Extra editions of the Gazette and Daily Mail rushed to streets, and by 2:30 a.m. crowds gathered around the Capitol to mark the momentous surrender announcement.
In Honolulu on August 14 the harbor lit up with flashes, searchlights, tracer bullets, rockets, and flares in a 20 minute celebration after radio Tokyo announced an imperial message accepting the Potsdam declaration.
NBC war correspondent Merrill Mueller from Manila reported that Tokyo says Japan will accept the Potsdam declaration. He noted Americans and Filipinos celebrated by tossing Japanese currency into the air, while General MacArthur's headquarters had no official end news.
Greensboro College announces changes in its faculty including Dr Dorothy H Heironimus of Richmond Indiana named assistant professor of Romance Languages and several instructors joining the staff. New hires include Mrs Lucile Horne Miss Ouida Fay Paul Miss Cole Lucille C Cox and Mrs Zelda C Pemberton succeeding departing staff and new roles at the college.
Officials described the relay chain for coded messages from Washington to Bern and Tokyo. The RCA system could send 50 to 60 words a minute with multiple operators, and Swiss and Japanese offices decoded and relayed the message through Swiss legations and state departments, taking about seven hours to reach Tokyo and about ten hours for acknowledgment after Bern began transmission.
Tokyo broadcasts warned citizens of an unprecedented transmission to be aired Wednesday noon Tokyo time. Domei started with the scene of the imperial decision but held the item. A separate message from the emperor expressed concern over the calamity caused by the United States. The Bern based French agency noted the document is very long, delaying translation and decoding. Washington expected to receive the message hours later.
Japanese entrenched in mountain passes fight fiercely with heavy resistance at Mu tangiang where a three day battle for control of the junction of the Chinese eastern railroad and the Seishin Kiamusze line continues. Russian forces under Marshal Malinovsky advance toward the Darien Shihchan railroad in northern Manchuria reporting within forty seven miles of Tapan, a major junction. Capture of this hub remains the objective.
House Military Committee Chairman May seeks immediate stop to inductions once Japan falls and desires early release of drafted men. He plans to push legislation next month to end all draft calls and urges a presidential or congressional action declaring hostilities over for selective service.
A wartime journal describes the arduous Pacific deployment path to General MacArthur's headquarters. It covers the harsh entrance exams, health lectures, and bureaucratic steps at a West Coast embarkation airfield. A cynical supply sergeant and crew tell new troops what to expect, including gear and personal limits.
Gov. Earl Warren said he will name a successor to the late Sen. Wm. Johnson at a Los Angeles press conference today He stated he will run for governor again next year but will not seek the senate seat. Warren plans talks in Washington with President Truman on employment policy and will return to California Saturday. He also aims to meet Sacramento leaders on calling a postwar special session. He refused to resign to allow appointment to Johnsons unfinished term saying his job is at home and he will continue as wartime governor.
Rev Howard Hartzell rector of St Marys Episcopal Church announced a thanksgiving service will be held at 5 pm at the church in connection with President Trumans formal proclamation on Japans surrender. There will be no 8 pm service that day.
Tomorrow August 15 is the final day for accepting donated books for the USS High Point Victory library. Residents who have not yet turned in their books are urged to do so tomorrow at the specified collection point.
Chinese high command reported pursuing Japanese units as Chinese troops retreating northward from Fencheng. About 20 000 Japanese soldiers fall back toward Nanchang area while Chiang Kai shek’s forces press on across fronts.
The report says Washington would inform President Truman immediately and Ross notes the long vigil nears its end as unofficial Nipponese broadcasts imply Japan has exhausted its resistance. It cites the atomic bomb and Russian declaration as decisive factors and mentions John Washington as George Washington's great grandfather who emigrated from England to America.
The text notes the Federal Reserve system was inaugurated in 1914. It then mentions strategic military considerations whereby Russians would leave tens of thousands of Japanese troops in northern Manchuria without rail communication, potentially speeding their entrapment.
The sub district council of the Youth Fellowship at High Point Methodist churches meets tonight at South Main Street Methodist church. The gathering starts at 8 o clock and each church should send at least one representative. Important business matters will be discussed.
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