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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1945
Page
3
A reader reflects on Truman, the impact of war on families especially war brides, and the need for local renewal. The piece condemns typos, praises civic planning, and urges High Point to invite capital, build housing, parks, a library, and an auditorium to move forward.
Milton M. Kinsey proposes a museum in St. Louis with full scale reproductions of aircraft that marked local aviation firsts. Pioneers claim first controlled flight, first parachute jump, and first U.S. air mail trip. Kinsey notes Lindbergh’s trans Atlantic flight and 1907 balloon race in the city’s early aviation history. Glenn Curtiss is cited for a 1909 mile+ flight and prize, with early 1911 air mail and 1912 parachute tests linked to Jefferson Barracks.
Auto-Lite Battery Corporation develops a submerged storage battery that operates under several feet of salt water to aid landing vehicles from barges. It enables quick vehicle transfer when shore discharge is required, a capability aimed at avoiding stalling civilian cars.
The page blends a dense 1945 radio schedule listing programs by time and network with two public notices. One updates a building zone amendment hearing for August 23 1945 in High Point and the other outlines a public sale by executor Willis J Anderson of Florence M Andersons estate including four land tracts and a residence on Prospect Street with specific payment terms.
In Okinawa a stream of wounded marines arrives at the first aid station. A Texas Marine with a severed forearm asks to go back to his unit after a patch. An Ohio Marine smiles through a leg wound as a corpsman tends him. A doctor calms fears and orders rest.
The Hague area uses former Dutch nazi party members awaiting treason trials to clear mines and debris. A camp at Duin dorp will house 40 000 collaborators to rebuild after widespread V-2 bomb damage. They will also help dispose of 1 500 tons of German explosives.
A corpsman pressures a Marine to remove the end as the corpsman notes danger of infection. The exchange shows urgent medical caution and procedural heat in the field.
AP Newsfeature describes Yugoslavia's early postwar planning as peace looms. It notes UNRRA aid, confiscation of collaborationists, government control of industry, and drive to reopen factories while expanding cooperative farming and rebuilding transport networks as winter tests the nation.
A World War II dispatch profiles Staff Sgt. Ed Ryder and Marine Edward Walton noting cost of engagements on Peleliu and Okinawa. Walton reportedly led two Japanese and eliminated three more with a hand grenade. He was wounded in both battles.
The High Point Civil Service Commission set August 22 1945 at 7 30 P M in City Hall Council Chamber for policemen exams with salaries from 135 to 160 monthly. Applications due by 5 00 P M August 20 1945 at the Civil Service Office 808 Security Bank Building.
Sgt. Jamin M. Thomas returned home as Patton's Third Army pressed forward in high terrain. An exchange with air support described infantry entering at 1 000 feet and 3 000 feet, signaling urgent action and readiness.
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