08 Feb 1946
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1946
Page
1
Capt A D Kramer urged Pearl Harbor investigators to search navy files for a missing document described as a possible war tipoff message. Kramer, intelligence officer, distributed translations of intercepted Japanese messages to top officials before the Pearl Harbor attacks.
The plan faced congressional pushback with Rep. Edwin Hall proposing a temporary export ban on foodstuffs to protect American bread supplies. Alf Landon accused Roosevelt and Morgenthau of harmful policies toward Germany, calling the Potsdam decisions criminal. Officials privately signaled a plan to import at least 50,000 Mexican farm workers to aid the upcoming harvest.
In Brussels on February 8 the outlook for Belgium’s first general election since 1939 is uncertain. The 202-seat parliament balance, Catholic support for Leopold, and a ruling coalition’s fragility loom as key factors shaping the king’s future after the vote.
U S Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson said Washington will espouse Greece’s cause before the international military tribunal if no other nation does. The remark followed Soviet Prosecutor Rudenko’s broad indictment of Nazi atrocities in eastern Europe, where Greeks faced six months of Axis occupation despite brief resistance.
Pearl Harbor investigators heard copies of highly secret intercepted Japanese messages were given to Harry Hopkins in 1941 while he was a hospital patient. Naval Capt. A D Kramer testified he delivered the so called magic messages to Hopkins on orders from Admiral Stark who said Hopkins had been receiving the messages at the white house. Hopkins was Roosevelt’s confidante banking lend lease aid at the time.
Capt. L. F. Safford testified a filing jacket could have held an intercepted wind s message considered to mean war. Kramer outlined six other intercepted Japanese file groupings JM JN JO JP JQ JZ and a JD traffic misfile possibility. Cap. Welker later said he had no firsthand winds message information nor any such data through Kramer.
Cecil C. Garrett, High Point manufacturer who died January 30, left his estate valued over $100000 in trust to his widow Leola Scott Garrett and children Anne Scott Garrett Cecil C. Garrett Jr. and Eleanor Coble Garrett. Executors and co trustees named are Leola Garrett Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. and Rupert T. Pickens of High Point. filing occurred in Greensboro superior court.
In Ketchikan Alaska on February 8 the Yukon wreck rescue figures show 486 survivors and 11 unaccounted for. Northwest Medical Supply in Seattle reports penicillin stock exhausted for Seward Hospital survivor treatment due to exposure illnesses. Coast Guard ongoing checks. Alaska Steamship Company confirms alignment with its counts.
The Chilean confederation of labor called off a nationwide general strike today after four days of stoppage. A two nitrate unions exemption remains in effect and ongoing disruptions are expected to ease in the wake of the decision.
Adolf Berle Jr. announced to President Truman his resignation as U.S. ambassador to Brazil. He had served a little over a year since January 30, 1945, and will leave after the Dutra government is installed. Spruille Braden's move to assistant secretary of state is noted as a concurrent change.
Mrs. Robert L. Doughton wife of Doughton chair of the house ways and means committee died in a Washington hospital at age 76. She had a heart attack yesterday and was taken to the hospital. Surviving are four children Reba Doughton Claude Doughton Poe Doughton and Mabel Stephens plus a stepdaughter Emory Edwards.
New York February 8 Collier's magazine features Col Charles MacDonald recounting Charles Lindbergh as civilian observer who shot down a Japanese plane after it escaped four veteran American fighters. Lindbergh reportedly flew fifty missions as an observer with United Aircraft Corp. and the P-38s exhausted their ammo.
The Supreme Court will hear the AFL appeal challenging a Florida constitutional ban on closed shops, and an appeal from a contempt conviction against the Miami Herald and editor John D. B. Pennekamp. The Florida system upheld fines totaling 1250 dollars for editorials and a cartoon criticizing a Dade county circuit court.
Washington reports that the United States will boost its legal staff for investigating Japanese war crimes. Attorney General Tom Clark said a Nürnberg-like court is being prepared with nine judges ready within weeks, while congressmen press for additional reporters, investigators, interpreters, and trial attorneys to ensure proper proceedings.
The War Department announced President Truman will take no clemency action on Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita. MacArthur was notified and no reprieve will be sent to avoid the death sentence for atrocities in the Philippines. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction by a Manila tribunal.
The housing committee of the Burlington chamber of commerce endorsed plans to organize a local corporation to construct and market a large number of small homes.
President Truman reported to Congress that by Sept 30 UNRRA shipped 1,126,222 long tons of relief valued at 433,816,000 to war ravaged nations. The report notes 4,772 workers and 1,300,000 displaced in Europe, with U.S. contributions winding down in 1946 47 and Asia by March 1947.
President Truman supports Edwin C. Pauley for No 2 navy post prompting lawmakers to question whether Secretary Ickes may resign. Several legislators privately doubt Ickes can hold his job as Truman appears to back Pauley against the interior secretary in a year’s heated political dispute.
The senate banking committee backed George E. Alle 14 to 5 for a director seat at the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The former Democratic National Committee secretary awaits full senate confirmation as administration aides express confidence.
Ickes brushed aside reporters with I haven't anything to say. Following Thomas Pauley and Harold Ickes remarks, White House aides declined to be named and said they were asked to leave the room after the news conference.
The general death rate in North Carolina for 1945 was 7.6 per thousand, the lowest on record. Total deaths reached 28,950, down 610 from 1944, with the war peak in 1943 at 8.1 per thousand. The 1918 influenza epidemic produced the highest rate at 17.6.
President Truman canceled his Florida trip as government and labor officials push to end the 19 day steel strike. White House aides cited an immediate critical situation requiring his personal attention and noted Washington's unusual circumstances justify the action.
Kathleen Houston Ramsey 29 of London sails from the Queen Mary to America after learning her husband Corp. John Ramsey of Wilmette Illinois died suddenly. She travels with two children as she answers his father’s plea to visit the grandchildren. She coping with shock and seasickness while unsure what to do in the United States.
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