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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and cooler today with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the east. Tonight through Wednesday expect fair to partly cloudy skies with moderate temperatures. Extended forecast across Georgia and the Carolinas shows generally fair conditions with limited precipitation after Thursday and warmer conditions Friday to Sunday.
Okinawa residents are baffled by U S Marines packing cans seen as a comic sideshow in newly captured villages. Marines hand out ration cans while villagers struggle to access contents. Officials advise cooking vegetables with skins on to conserve value and avoid waste.
Dearborn Michigan Ford Motor Company begins 1946 car production with first car rolling off the final assembly line in the Rouge plant. Design upgrades for Mercury and Lincoln are announced. Civilians with essential transportation needs tied to war production will need the full output of Dearborn and branch plants for months, possibly years, before nonpriority buyers see cars. The Rouge plant employment is down 30 percent from wartime peak and 20 percent below prewar levels.
Wartime shifts at the Ford Rouge complex bring heavy challenges in relocating over 20,000 machines from press shop and other units. The 1.8 million square foot press shop now near full automobile production after converting from aircraft engine and jetison fuel tank work, with thousands employed in these reconfigurations.
Senator Green says there is growing hope that the United Nations charter will be ratified unanimously. Hearings on the pact begin next Monday with Ward R. Stettinius Jr. first witness. The committee aims to report to the Senate by July 23 and a ratification target of August 15 is envisioned.
Ford Motor Co outlines reconversion challenges as wartime facilities shift to peacetime output. Press work and machine tasks for bomb components give way to planning automobile production to fit vacated contracts and space. Production of Pratt & Whitney engines ends in September freeing floor space across multiple plants.
Four young performers filled minor parts while Maureen Cannon stepped into a lead role with five days notice. The group joins this season’s Cinderella crop to impress on Broadway.
Washington reports private oil experts dispute Harold Ickes on wartime oil scarcity arguing the United States sits on large untapped and emerging reserves. Venezuela South America and gas or coal based sources offer alternative supplies while political clashes between the House and Senate over raises and policy heighten tensions.
Philadelphia reports show 30 people bitten by relatives or neighbors each of the past two years. Vital statistics note a rise in animal attacks on humans in 1944 compared with 1943. The item ends with a note on household laundry blueing.
Washington July 3 The House leadership says tradition may end the FEPC deadlock delaying funds for 16 war agencies. If the Senate insists on FEPC funding the matter could stall the $771 million war agencies bill. A rules committee action could allow a floor vote without FEPC money. FEPC supporters plan to seek an amendment to revive FEPC financing.
A vintage ad promotes Tromone as a life boost for middle aged men. It claims vitamins and hormones can restore zest, mood, and pleasure lost with age, urging readers to follow label directions and buy from Mann Drug druggists nationwide.
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