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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1945
Page
3
Repatriates from Japan arrive at Urage Camp near Tokyo Bay to a stark reception as occupation costs, housing shortages, and inflation loom. The article notes democratic freedoms such as trials, land access, and press rights, amid war guilt prosecutions looming in Yokohama and Manila.
A series of short global items reports Charles White in Carlsbad drilling 12 wells before hitting water on the 13th. Gordon Spedale in Hempstead speeds home after a baby theft call. police escort leads to the infant. In Tientsin officials solve antifreeze issue by using vodka in radiators. A nude Wave stenographer’s body found with a 12 inch knife in Chicago. Frannie the Scottie named mate for Fala after Westminster win. A San Diego cashier fends off a robber with a glass cage. Nürnberg records note Ribbentrop’s claim about U.S. submarines.
J Edgar Hoover asserts in FBI records a criminal army of six million individuals arrested and fingerprinted, equating to one in 23 Americans. Father Divine proclaims mastery of atomic energy and vows to subdue it to create inventions.
Educators warn a four year blackout on embryonic professionals in colleges and graduate schools could impact the nation for decades. The United States, sole Allied power not deferring technically trained students, faces a drain from pre medical and pre law drafts. Two educators fault the nation for returning servicemen educational support, citing millions who never completed schooling, while Ernest V. Hollis and Francis J. Brown propose state boards to supervise veterans education.
Ford Motor Company and United Automobile Workers discuss curbing wildcat strikes with fines and charity donations. CIO union proposes liability for instigators and fined followers, potentially replacing hourly wages with annual pay. GM strike expands while United Steel Workers threaten a January 14 walkout. John L. Lewis opposes Truman labor curbs. Congress debates a separate Army Air Forces amid merger talks.
A New York City Navy research and inventions show highlights Uranium 235 as atomic energy. An enlarged atom illustrates scientific scale while a 55 foot Rockefeller Center tree glows under ultraviolet lighting.
On Monday December 17 Pan American Aviation Day commemorates the 42nd anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight. On Tuesday December 18 a total lunar eclipse will be visible in the U.S. for the first time since 1942. Friday December 21 marks the start of winter and Forefathers Day recalling the Pilgrims landing in 1620.
The article outlines the wartime Lend Lease pattern between the United States and Britain, noting total shipments of 42.021 billion dollars with Britain as the largest recipient. It says Britain will repay 650 million dollars over 55 years and discusses a forthcoming 3.75 billion loan proposal to Britain amid Congressional debate.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. suffered a broken neck after a serious crash on a German autobahn near Mannheim. He was conscious but paralyzed from the neck down and rushed to an Army hospital at Heidelberg. His wife and Col. Roy G. Spurling joined him at bedside as doctors treated his head injuries.
United States Britain and Russia plan a Moscow meeting in pursuit of a unified approach to postwar issues. Topics include atomic energy controls, Allied Japan policies, Iran civil strife, China unification, and reviving European peace plans stalled in London. Leaders vow quarterly gatherings to align positions ahead of the United Nations.
Artemus L. Gates resigns as Undersecretary of the Navy effective December 31. A five year plan aims to electrify 3 500 miles of Russian railways. Dr Wilson M Compton becomes president of Washington State College with guests including Dr Karl Compton and Dr Arthur H Compton. The Finnish government grants composer Jean Sibelius an annual pension of 1680 dollars on his birthday.
The Honolulu Stars and Stripes editorially berates official double talk on demobilization and criticizes stories editorials and cartoons that favor athletes officials kinfolk. The five member board sets policy with Sgt Charles Avedon managing editor and others including Sgt Joseph Fisher news editor Sgt William Fleischman and Sgt Tom Gray.
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