North Carolina Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and moderately warm today with tonight and Thursday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible across the region.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and moderately warm today with tonight and Thursday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible across the region.
The administrator filed a complaint charging General Foods Corporation and others with manipulations but noted it did not cover post May 1944 unlawful actions. He asserted the group, with tentacles reaching into Washington, profited greatly from government orders mandating rye flour for industrial alcohol distillers and rye use for UN relief work.
Political observers in Chungking say Premier Soong's Moscow trip could yield a mutual aid pact. Russia would supply Nationalist armies without direct military aid and China would grant Russia a warm water naval base in Liaotung and rail rights through Manchuria to Liaotung and Vladivostok.
Lydia Hohn aged 80 died at 8 this morning in the home of her daughter Mrs Louis S Davis Rt 1 Randleman after more than two years of poor health. She was born March 17 1865 in Randolph County to Lydia Martha Hendrix and was married to D M Hohn who died in 1933. Survived by three daughters Mrs Lizzie Roberts Washington DC and Mrs Louis S Davis and Mrs J Ernest Davis all of Randleman Rt 1 a brother D J Hendrix High Point Rt 1 two sisters Mrs L E Osborne Greensboro Rt 3 and Mrs Joe Robertson High Point Rt 3, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
JAPS of the 500 plane commanders reported to headquarters by radio after their bombing runs this morning. They described fires in four cities with general conflagration proportions. Flames were greatest at Tokushima on Shikoku at the inland sea entrance, followed by Kochi and Himeji. Denberries were introduced to North and South Carolina territory by Seaboard Railway agricultural agents.
House leaders stalled on FEPC funding with 11 agencies under threat. Ker Rayburn sent the bill back to appropriations, which then reported a new bill without FEPC funds and asked the rules committee to waive points of order, a request the committee refused. Cannon pledges rapid floor action amid elimination rumors targeting ten plus agencies including WIB WSA PSR DPA WAR Relocation and Petroleum Administration.
The piece describes a Labour vote drive led by Clement Attlee with Bevin and Morrison as key lieutenants, amid campaigns amid war and postwar policy debates. Churchill questions Labour's independence at the peace conference while foreign policy looms large alongside domestic issues. It notes rail to air fuel shifts for Pullman passengers and freight in 1939 as a theoretical aviation savings.
Americans spent Independence Day largely on the job or at commemorations as President Truman urged the nation to honor liberty and support war efforts. War bond rallies, veterans events, and parades filled cities while base ball, boxing, track, and swimming entertained troops from London to Berlin.
International tension rises as Soviet demand for a voice in Tangier restoration enters Berlin talks. Izvestia rejects exclusion, while UK and US discuss informally and France notes a possible indefinite suspension. War reparations for Germany loom as a key compatibility issue for Stalin and Churchill.
Thirty major U S oil fields each boasting more than 100 million barrels account for 9.35 billion barrels or 45 percent of the nation's over 20 billion barrel total reserves in this era reflecting concentration of output and potential impact on national energy supply.
The evening featured multiple boxing decisions and knockouts. Cowboy Shank won a split decision in Denver while Mario Ocha stopped Art Hartley in Pittsburgh. Bee Washington outpointed Vic Deilicurst in New York as other bouts produced wins for Jimmy Carollo, Tony Pellone, Bobby Polowitz er, and Frankie Leta with stops and decisions across Hartford Newark and surrounding venues.
Hedy Lamarr, wife of John Loder, says she will pause acting to devote five or six months to her newborn daughter born May 29 as she plans future freelance work. She may return with Marr Inc. and projects with Jack Chertok, prioritizing her children and home care.
Alfred Broccoli heir to the vegetable name is sued for divorce by Gloria Blondell sister of actress Joan Blondell. She alleges cruelty. Married in Las Vegas five years ago the couple separated last week. Broccoli is a cousin of Pat Di Cicco recently divorced from heiress Gloria Vanderbilt.
The state chapter of Disabled American Veterans convenes in Gastonia. H. W. Beihel of Gastonia presides as state commander at the annual convention.
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