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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1945
Page
2
The CPA suspended the priority ratings of about 100 clothing makers coast to coast in the low cost clothing program. The action aims to curb misused priorities while investigations and a hearing proceed.
General Thomas reported that by December 21, 176334 marines had been discharged since V J Day with 47608 ahead of schedule. He noted rapid returns of high point personnel from divisions in China and plans to deactivate several units as they ship home. The Marine Corps aims for a peacetime force of 100000 enlisted and 9000 officers by September 1946.
Indonesian peace preserva corps members were rounded up and gathered at police headquarters in Batavia. A British spokesman said the operation involved unrecognized government officials and leaders, with public utilities placed under allied supervision except railways. Batavia remained generally quiet, though Semarang faced opposition and sniper fire near Ijenzorg as searches continued.
Supporters fear an early vote could be fatal but seek publication of the Treasury Department case to sway doubtful votes. Spence calls the loan objectives good but questions attainment. He pledges full hearings to hear farm and labor groups and inform the public on potential world impact and fair trade. Britain as our biggest customer looms large.
The report details a marriage ceremony between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, signed documents by Hitler, Goebbels and Bormann, and a political testament denying war. It notes the couple's alleged deaths in Berlin and the fate of various Nazi officials, with discovery of the papers in a suitcase near Third Army HQ.
The army outlines a staged reception for evacuees with 400 priority one wives in hospitals first, then 9,500 priority two, 8,500 priority three home-bound orders, and 8,500 priority tours. Transportation includes passage and railway fare. fourteen men were sunk off the east coast by the enemy.
A 1945 King Features report summarizes Dr. Alvin P. Coburn's Navy study in which daily sulfadiazine to 600,000 personnel lowered monthly respiratory illness admissions from about 5–18 per 1000 to under 1 per 1000. It reduced carriers of hemolytic streptococcus, hindered measles and flu spread, and lowered rheumatic fever and meningitis cases, with mild drug reactions and some resistance noted.
Secretary of Commerce Wallace told Howard university delegates that Americans ready to work for a just peace support projects like the St Lawrence waterway and Missouri valley authority. He urged international atomic control to promote abundance and oppose private arsenals and unregulated materials.
Deputy Sheriff Bob Kennedy of Thomasville is reported improving from gunshot wounds after two days in a local hospital. The physician says he is somewhat stronger but still not out of danger.
Secretary Byrnes arrives in Washington after an 11 day Moscow conference with Bevin Molotov and Conant aboard the Williamsburg. He outlines future atomic power controls and governance for Japan China Korea Romania and Bulgaria while reporting constructive talks and improved relations.
War Labor Board proposed a 4 cents per hour raise for about 50 000 GE women in 50 plants and 60 Westinghouse plants to reduce wage disparity with men. A fund of two cents per hour per woman would be created to support further wage increases through collective bargaining with the companies and the union.
World Today reports a visit to select prisoners for questioning who deny direct ties to communism. Young and older detainees recount training by communists and claims about China, the central government, and the United States. General Liu conducts mass instruction and recites a patriotic pledge praising Chiang Kai-shek, the Kuomintang, and allied powers.
U A W cutters filed for a strike vote with the National Labor Relations Board. The CIO federation of glass, ceramic, and silica sand workers considered company proposals to end the dispute. The NLRB suspended strike voting for lack of funds, leaving about 600 union petitions in limbo including the AFL building and construction trades council of New York City. The council protested a department of labor wage adjustment that did not authorize a 15 percent raise agreed to by union and management.
President Truman ordered the Coast Guard to be transferred back to the Treasury Department on January 1. The service will shift toward peacetime duties such as coastal watch, aiding ships, iceberg spotting, and maintaining navigation aids after wartime missions including convoy protection and beachhead landings.
Funeral services for Dallas Bay Long 24 of 705 Highland avenue who died in Baltimore Maryland were conducted at the Primitive Baptist church Saturday at two o clock. Dr A B Conrad and elder J D Hopkins officiated. Interment followed in a Primitive Baptist cemetery with military honors. A firing squad performed the salute and Sgt Gordon Booth blew taps.
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Bell Hodges were held at her daughter Nancy Hodges Paul’s home at 1015 Sherrod Avenue. Rev Howards Episcopal minister Dan Allen of Lexington officiated. Interment was in Oakwood Memorial Park. The pallbearers included Griffith Miles N L Garner Dan D Arden Edgar Hartley L R Stewart and Dr J G Groome. A St Dunstans Choristers quartet directed by G M Nichols sang Abide With Me Crossing The Bar and No Shadows Yonder.
A diplomatic statement asserts Spain will defend its rights and seek peace, signaling potential counteraction to Pacific policy aims. It targets a French plan to sever ties with the Franco regime and notes prior universal recognition of Spain after its liberation, save for Russia and Mexico over wartime looting claims.
Reports say Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgway, deputy supreme commander in the Mediterranean, named Eisenhower's representative on the UN Military Staff Committee. He would attend a five power chiefs meeting possible in January as the UNO moves to activate the Security Council. Ridgway to depart for England around January 3.
A strong detachment of unarmed British harbor police answered an SOS and subdued rioting white and Chinese crew members aboard the American ship Anna Dickinson within an hour. The riot involved knives and axes and occurred after a call last night in London. Mines laid by Nazi submarines closed New York harbor entrance for a 30 hour period in November.
Senator Kilgore urges idle war plants be used to mass produce new houses and materials. He and Senator Mitchell introduced a bill to let the national housing agency lend up to 500 million dollars for veterans housing with homes not exceeding 5000 dollars each, plus technical aid to manufacturers.
After a prolonged mine disaster at the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company mine number one in Pineville ten men were rescued or accounted for. One man died shortly after rescue and several more remained hospitalized in critical or serious condition as crews endured flames and fumes.
The Producers' Council says private housing cannot exceed 425,900 units in 1946 due to shortages of millwork enamelled plumbing fixtures heating equipment and possibly cast iron soil pipe. Materials are being constrained by price and manpower or raw material shortages.
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