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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1945
Page
2
Patchy clouds pass early with continued warmth across the region. Tonight and Tuesday bring scattered afternoon and evening intervals of sun and clouds with mild temperatures.
World Today notes observers abroad debate Russia's entry and Japan's fate as Berlin conference plans discuss alliances. Truman signals unconditional surrender stance to Congress, warning of Germany style destruction if Japan resists. The piece mentions Burma's Buddhist population amid global war concerns.
President Truman sails from Newport News to Europe for the Potsdam meeting with Churchill and Stalin. Western allies face food and fuel control in Berlin's sectors and consider withdrawal if a practical supply plan fails. Estimates show civilians in American and British zones totaling about 1.65 million, with Berlin ration levels described as around 2000 calories daily.
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The report lists multiple divisions and dates for August through December but does not indicate whether units will deploy to the Pacific, remain in U.S. reserve, or be disbanded. Several armored, infantry, and airborne units are noted with movement dates and upcoming turn statuses.
Pact argues for a security council dominated by United States Great Britain Russia France and China plus two small nations. The five powers would must approve actions to settle disputes while the council could use force but stability also requires security in homes and jobs.
Allied troops including Australians cooperate with rean regulars to track fugitive enemy remnants. Air supply is crucial with about 60 large flying boxcars delivering daily. In Mindanao Maj. Gen. Woodruff's 24th Infantry Division probes forests and jungles north west of Davao to root out the former Japanese 100th Division.
Navy interceptors believed capable of over 409 miles per hour were described as part of Jima's Seventh Fighter Command while Fifth Air Force planes hammered Kyushu. MacArthur reported Far East air force bombers and fighters targeted enemy communications and supplies centers in Formosa and along the China invasion coast during ongoing operations. Tokyo radio claimed several American submarines and minelayers attempted to blockade Japanese harbors as raiding planes operated.
The Allies used a long gasoline pipeline laid across the English Channel and into Europe, delivering about 120 million gallons by VE Day. Initiated in 1942, the Pluto line stretched from Swansea to the Continent, with special ships, mobile pumping, and graded pipe lengths enabling rapid fuel flow to Cherbourg, Boulogne, and onward to Antwerp, Eindhoven, and Frankfurt.
The Dome News Agency claims seven subs sunk in Japanese waters since June start and says air action against subs continues. Tokyo reports Iwo Jima air raids targeting Honshu Kyushu zones with Liberators Thunderbolts Mustangs and fighters hitting Osaka Kyoto Kobe and other central Honshu targets.
The War Department reported Bertucci has two courts martial on his service record. A January 1944 summary court martial in England punished him for leaving his station with two months restricted to the company area. A January this year special court martial at Camp McLean Texas sentenced him to three months confinement at hard labor. Sgt Charles M Ivey in Luzon.
William Red Hill Jr., 32, operated a souvenir shop and rode a barrel through Niagara Falls to honor his father, despite Niagara parks commission police efforts to stop him. He completed a seven mile two hour trip, with a bruised left arm as his only injury, and hinted it would be his last ride. His brothers fetched the barrel from the whirlpool and helped to shore before he continued to Queenstown.
Navy control burdens Goodyear amid labor disputes with 1,100 Donnelley Chicago printers striking over union shop rules. New York City newspaper deliverers defy WLB orders to return. UAW CIO and AFL workers across Michigan New Jersey Pennsylvania and Indiana face plant and yard walkouts affecting Mack Manufacturing Anchor-Hocking Keor and other firms, with 4100 miners idle in eastern Pennsylvania and extensive damage from a composing room strike.
The high command reports Chinese forces recaptured Tanchuk on July 1 and earlier towns Liuchow and Suichwan, with enemy retreat toward Luchai along the Kweilin highway. The announcement notes Tanchuk lies on the West River about 100 miles southeast of Liuchow, marking the fourth abandoned American base recovered by Chinese control.
Chinese units reported heavy casualties among Jama rine raiders retreating inland after an attack launched from Amoy. The coast below Amoy is said to be cleared as Chinese forces advance from Lai and Kweih northward.
A certificate of incorporation was filed today in Raleigh naming Royal Motor Repair Company of High Point as a 100 000 capital firm with subscribed stock 300. H F Rice Wade Royals and Mattie Workman Royals of High Point are listed. The first motorist fined for speeding paid 10 dollars for driving at ten miles an hour.
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