04 Feb 1946
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1946
Page
1
Paris reports Gen. Charles De Gaulle has resigned as president and hinted at retirement. Observers say he plans to stay out until a new constitution is adopted next June, then return to lead the republic in a potential political coup.
New York reports two major aviation records. A Transcontinental and Western Air Constellation flew non stop from Burbank to LaGuardia in 7 hours 27 minutes 48 seconds carrying 45 passengers and seven crew, with speeds around 345 350 mph. Pan American Airways Constellation set a 12 hours 5 minutes transatlantic record from LaGuardia to Hurt Ireland via Gander and Shannon carrying 30 passengers and 10 crew at 308 mph over water.
The Supreme Court refused to stay Yahmashita's hanging in a 7 000 word opinion by Chief Justice Stone. Justices Murphy and Rutledge dissented. Yamashita, convicted by an American military commission in Manila for wartime atrocities, was the first Pacific War leader tried as a war criminal.
Moves to end the senate filibuster and modify the strike control bill emerged in Congress. Senator Barkley filed a cloture petition signed by 48 senators to limit debate on the fair employment practices commission. In the House Rep Case urged curbing strikes while Rep Martin noted strong sentiment for changes but no agreement. The House banking panel rejected a GOP bid to strip price controls and subsidies from a housing bill.
Senate Leader Barkley said President Truman is very well satisfied with a substitute for the full employment bill. The measure declares federal policy to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing power, without the phrase full employment, and will be taken up in the House midweek.
Davenport and five co defendants go on trial at Pitt county superior court on felony conspiracy to defraud charges. The loan operation allegedly extended through eastern North Carolina in 1944. Twelve others face lesser charges in this term after the felonies.
Woodrow Erwin an 18-year-old farmer and textile worker is held in Bladen county jail as he confesses to killing his wife Camille Louise Miller Erwin and her child whose bodies were found buried in a shallow grave near Elizabeth town Sheriff H Manly Clark said the killings followed a Thursday argument in which Erwin struck his wife then tied a cord around her neck and dragged the bodies across a field to a tobacco bed before burying them
Government report says Avanhelos Manganas led an attack on Diodio in the southern Peloponnese killing three and taking 17 as hostages. A $2,000 reward is offered for Manganas, linked to a prior Kalaamai raid on Jan 20 with hostages taken and deaths.
Tokyo faces housing shortage after war as Army takes over last foreign-style hotel for occupaton officials. Bombed-out capital with population one third of prewar, thousands of rooms gone, junior officers billeted in various buildings. Army says no new housing in Tokyo, casting doubt on promised family relocation next year.
Geoffrey Baker, deputy price administrator, told the National American Wholesale Grocers' convention that widespread lifting of controls will not occur in six months and the OPA foresees three stages in the next 18 months. Stage one covers January through June 1946 with labor and material shortages.
A 3500 tugboat workers strike in New York Harbor began with backing from 35000 ILA members. Longshoremen vow to block ships operated by strikers, while some railroad tugs and oil company boats keep operating. The dispute seeks higher wages and shorter hours, part of a wider national labor stoppage totaling about 1.45 million idle workers.
Japanese censorship chief Teiji Ikeda testified that Lt Gen Masa Haru Homma was viewed as a desk general not a field commander. Ikeda said Homma never inspected Bataan battlements or personnel after Japan's victory. Homma may testify on Tuesday in his war crimes trial.
Italian Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani conferred with Secretary of State Byrnes for 45 minutes in Washington on February 4. He declined to reveal whether the talks touched on the forthcoming Allied peace treaty with Italy, saying the call was routine.
Naval Capt. L. F. Safford testified that a conspiracy suspicion exists regarding Gen. Marshall and Adm. Stark destroying public records to cover up a mistake before Pearl Harbor. He cited an intercepted Japanese message and questioned who could have sent a warning based on December 4 information.
Certificates filed in Raleigh list Carolina ip ice Company of Lexington to deal on electrical appliances with $100,000 authorized capital and $300 subscribed by Frank P. Buck G. C. Smith and E. G. Sides. Heavenly Gospel Singers of High Point formed as non stock. Incorporators include Robert Alston Carson Alston William Alston of High Point and others.
The Argentina brought 451 British brides and 175 children to New York after a nine day Atlantic crossing. Women from England Ireland Scotland Wales and Malta sail to 44 states led by New York and California among others.
Roanoke, Va. rescue crews started the ascent up Green Ridge to retrieve the bodies of three men killed when an army B 25 bomber crashed last night. The plane, en route from Rome New York to Knoxville Tennessee, developed motor trouble near Roanoke and burned on impact about 6 p.m. Military authorities announced the victims identities but had not yet confirmed them.
An interview with four year old Claire Fielder who arrived on the Brides Ship from England to join her US navy father in Chicago She says in New York on February 4 1945 her plan is to go to Chicago and kill rabbits and tigers she has never seen a real rabbit only in a book
In Salisbury on February 4 the superior court ordered President W. J. Trent of Livingston Negro College and four executive committee members to show cause why they should not be restrained from closing the college. The hearing also covers why they should not be restrained from dismissing a seven student committee that protested the dining hall menu. The college closed its doors after student protests began January 21 and invites readmission applications for February 10. The college is operated by the A.M.E. Zion church.
President Truman held a hurried White House meeting with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach and CIO President Philip Murray to press for a settlement in the steel strike deadlock. Bowles was slated to meet the president later seeking a price rise to offset wage increases as officials signaled cautious optimism.
The U S Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 to strike down the Post Office Department’s attempt to bar Esquire magazine and its pinup ladies from second class mail. Justice Douglas delivered the decision with Justice Jackson not participating and warned against limiting publications based on official views. Congress gave no power to set standards for literature or art in dissemination.
Edwin W. Pauley told the Senate naval committee that Interior Secretary Ickes misunderstood him about not trying to block an oil suit with campaign contributions. Pauley denied soliciting contingent funds as Democratic national committee treasurer and said he sought aid from various cabinet officers. He also denied Petrol Oil Corporation hired California legislators for political push poses.
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