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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1945
Page
6
Mostly cloudy with showers and scattered thunderstorms today and tonight and Sunday. Little temperature change, not as warm this afternoon.
The piece weighs Japan's defense, air fleet size, and coastal mines as factors in an Allied invasion. Rear Admiral Ramsey warns Japan could field about 9 000 war planes for homeland defense, with 4 000 available for invasion battles. Endo calls for air supremacy and unified aircraft production while coastal defenses grow and bombing impacts remain uncertain.
The report describes clashes between German prisoners and American guards over food and a threatened strike. Straub, defiant, claims he acted under orders as a German soldier. Gauss, acting as a German government intermediary in Washington, says he bears responsibility in Germany for the murder Strauss says he witnessed, while denying wrongdoing toward American authorities.
President Truman will fly from Antwerp to Brussels then depart in a C-54 for Potsdam for a first meeting with Churchill and Stalin. He reviews proposals and data from both sides, remains opposed to secret agreements, and plans to report on return. A France side trip is unlikely. London visit uncertain.
The municipal civil court term adjourned after a jury found both Atlantic States Motor Lines and Apex Transportation at fault in the December collision near Kings Mountain. Each party bears its own damages. Other Friday cases were continued for the term.
Allied forces continued heavy air and naval bombardment of northern Honshu steel works and coal facilities, supported by carrier planes from Ticonderoga task forces. Kamaiishi and other targets faced relentless strikesas Admiral Nimitz issued fourth daily communique amid ongoing attacks.
Three Pope residents told doctors Wednesday night they drank a denatured alcohol concoction. Baldwin reports Mrs. Pope is near death. Dr. Harvey says death was due to denatured alcohol. City physician Dr. Her ring and Dr. Lowdermilk provided details with possible similar unreported cases.
A Sunday morning service for deaf persons will be held at 11 o clock at the First Baptist church in Thomasville. W R Hackney of Charlotte will lead the service with Sunday school at 9 45 each week inviting deaf residents and nearby towns to participate.
In Moscow on July 14 a joint Soviet Chinese statement announced a mutual understanding on key questions in their two week discussions.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announces a program allowing non federally inspected plants to slaughter livestock with exemptions from quotas if they meet conditions. The aim is fuller use of slaughtering facilities and freer interstate meat movement while preventing black market sales and ensuring price ceilings and sanitary standards.
Chinese forces reinforced Caobang and drive east from Lieuchow toward Kweilin with gains reported as they press toward Hsiujenhsien 47 miles from the rail center. They claim 3000 plus Japanese casualties in a flank attack near Yunjiao Fukien coastal highway, six miles from Yunjiao, as a force that landed southwest of Amoy June 30 may presage total evacuation of Amoy.
SHAEF dissolved on eve of Potsdam as allied armies return to national control. Eisenhower becomes American commander of USFET in Europe and head of American representation on the European Control Council in Berlin. He returns to Frankfurt and pays tribute in a farewell order of the day praising the troops.
Crawford Long, a local Negro, was tried on two drunkenness charges before Judge Carl Wilson. One case resulted in a $25 fine plus court costs, the other in costs only. The total costs and fines neared $50. Others, John Tate, Joseph Bowman, John Cleveland Turner, and Lucille Hudson, were found guilty of violating prohibition and ordered to pay court costs. Dolat Leonard received a suspended six month sentence for reckless driving conditioned on future behavior and damages plus costs. Bond was set for notice.
The committee approved the 50 nation peace keeping charter on a 20 to 0 vote and sent it to the full Senate. Debate starts July 23 with expected vast support if no amendments are made. Officials anticipate rapid ratifications from other nations once the measure passes.
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Davis King 58 wife of Hector S King were held Friday at 11 am from Pine Hill Methodist Church near Denton. Rev A T Tuttle led the service with choir selections My Faith Looks Up To Thee and What A Friend We Have In Jesus. Flowers appeared from friends. pallbearers from Barber Furniture included L E Allen Carl Elliott Curtis McDonald C E Cagle J E Atkins and D E Burtner. Interment followed in the church cemetery. A M Macon Thomasville July 14 (special) Ashworth M Macon of Randolph County died in Lincoln County and his funeral was at Marlboro Friends Church with multiple pastors and pallbearers including Cletus Huss P C Thornburg Sr J H Aldridge Albert Gross W W Aldridge and W D Wood. Music by Rev Victor Murcheson and church choir. Flowers by grandchildren and nieces. Interment in the family plot at the church cemetery.
Officials see the first postwar Biz Three conference as aiming to establish a peace basis for Europe. The question mirrors Yalta: will Europe be settled by one power or jointly under big power leadership. Truman seeks concessions from Stalin on eastern and southeastern Europe while cooperation among Moscow London and Washington is urged to prevent future power conflicts.
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