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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon and tonight in North Carolina. Scattered thundershowers expected in the east this afternoon and in the north and west tonight. Thursday brings considerable cloudiness cooler in the north and west with more thundershowers. the southeast remains warm.
Students planning to attend Wm Penn High School must register Thursday morning from 9 to 12 and again 1 to 3 30 p m at the high school. Bring pencils or pens and pay book fees at registration. S E Burford announced. Union services at Beulah Tabernacle and Temple Memorial. prayer service Wednesday night at Temple Memorial. King and Queen contest at First Baptist church Thursday August 23 at 8 30 p m with kings Floyd Phipher Ira Simpson I H Harris Mack. Collegiate Club posting at the youth center Thursday evening urging member attendance.
In Germany on August 22 a forced landing occurred during a visit to Canadian troops. The report said Field Marshal Montgomery was rather badly shaken but all right and remains with his headquarters at the scene.
The article notes England’s postwar government under Prime Minister Attlee pursuing a cautious program of nationalization, targeting the Bank of England, coal mines, and transportation. It emphasizes a lasting shift toward moderate socialism while avoiding wholesale changes to Britain’s economic structure. It also considers divergent views among the Big Three on European political developments and the need for a hands-off approach to prevent Nazi or fascist resurgence.
A Tokyo broadcast cited by the Associated Press says a Japanese imperial envoy has departed for Saigon with surrender terms. It names Maj. Gen. Prince Harumito Kanin as the southern command envoy and notes Lt. Cols Asaka and Takeda carrying messages to China and Manchuria. Rangoon reports French forces, including Mazequis, poised to enter French Indochina under Gen. Rogers Blaizot.
Five second round games of the men's softball tournament will be on the card tonight at the stadium in Greensboro. Quarterfinals Thursday, semifinals Friday, and finals Saturday. Last night results included Wilmington 5 Canton 3. Charlotte 5 Flying Safety of Winston-Salem 3 in 10 innings. Greensboro 10 Belmont 8. Moore General Hospital 14 Burlington 3. Mooresville 2 Elkin 0. Allen Jay 1 Laurinburg Maximton 0. Winston-Salem 13 Badin 1.
Brownell warns that new deal adherents seek partisan gain while patriotism lures millions returning from service. He cites Wallgren’s notice to Republican veterans about state jobs and says Republicans will likely win control of Congress in 1946. He notes dissatisfaction with Truman era economy policies and promises a full investigation after the 1946 elections.
De Gaulle travels to Washington to press for France to be treated as a full partner by the United States. He arrives with his staff including Georges Bidault and General Alphonse Juin and asks for assurances France will not be relegated to a junior role. Topics likely include economic aid, German reparations, Germany’s western border, and Far East French interests.
Dispatches describe Sakhalin occupation breadth with suspected prisoner deaths on the island and bodies found in prisons. Soviet commandant Lt Col Znamensky appointed in Kramysze as Japanese officials are replaced. Isolated sniping around Harbin and pushing south toward Korea are noted amid Martinet confrontations.
A long list of units including engineer detachments ordnance and chemical depot companies air service groups medical supply platoons fighter squadrons signal battalions and quartermaster truck companies are noted as aboard vessels Greenville Dodge Wakefield Sea Fiddler and Cornelius Harnett with postings to Boston Newsport News and Newport News Virginia displaying complex transport and station details for the 3256th 453rd and related units.
General MacArthur orders reestablishment and maintenance of navigational aids, continued piloting service, and duties of naval personnel for port operations. Defense systems near Tokyo to be removed or rendered inoperative. all craft in Tokyo areas to be disarmed and immobilized with weapons in evacuation zones to be addressed.
Substituting for Hal Boyle, Robbin Coons recounts shots of humor and grit from a fleet air wing tent on Okinawa. Soldiers describe mud, sweet potatoes, and camaraderie while recalling missions, rescues, and changes in war-time air power.
Report from Japanese defense technician Sutezo Torii describes the first atomic explosion at Hiroshima. He notes simultaneous flash and pressure effects, slow overall energy release, widespread damage across the city, and a later black liquid shower that stained clothing.
Washington reports the government will allow white collar salary hikes if no price increases occur and bans on vacation trains will be lifted. Restrictions include no use to raise price ceilings or offset cuts and no added federal cost. Lumber controls will end by October 1 expanding home building supplies.
The department screened the 35th and ee divisions to remove men with 75 or more points and used a 37 year age limit for the 95th, but not the 86th, due to time constraints. Protests grew as the 95th and 86th divisions faced orders to go to Japan after Europe service, with the 95th at Camp Shelby Mississippi and the 86th on the west coast awaiting shipment.
Paratrooper Margaret McDade was found in a sewage disposal well after a Tuesday night victory celebration. Autopsy shows suffocation as the cause. Suspect Auld admitted his identity. he previously served in the China Burma India theater and had multiple prior jail sentences for petty larceny. County prosecutor Gene R. Mariano notes the case. Seven eights of occupied U.S. dwellings had electricity or gas lighting in 1944.
A wartime appeal denounces Japanese planes as marked for identification with red pennants for liaison missions. It notes General MacArthur currently bans all Japanese imperial army navy and civilian flights.
The eastern North Carolina bright belt showed persistent heavy sales with quality and prices near yesterday’s first sale. Goldsboro reported an official average of 43.47 cents per pound as 271,236 pounds were sold.
A market report notes activity returning with only one set of buyers present, contrasting with an earlier expectation of two buyers for the season. The development signals limited bidding and a slower pace in today’s trading.
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