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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1945
Page
2
Extended forecast shows continued warm temperatures through Monday with scattered showers and thunder. South Georgia expected to see showers, with a gradual warming trend into the period ending July 24.
Cleveland bouts saw Jimmy Doyle and Bill Eddy win on points. Milwaukee card featured Izzy Jannazzo and Gene Simmons Koed. Fall River hits highlighted Fredy Cabral and Johnny Farr on points and TKOs. Miami card had Jack Larrimore outpoint Billy Moore. Yokohama note closes with city population.
The text discusses September 1939 readiness for armored divisions, improvement of hotchkiss fighter tanks, and plans for a fourth division in spring 1940. It notes delays from 1935 factory starts, allied British divisions, German panzer attacks, and internal resistance from generals opposing independent tank battalions and shaping public opinion.
An assassination attempt by von Stauffenberg failed in Berlin when an explosion killed six officers and injured others. Hitler narrowly survived due to a desk and a clumsy coincidence, while conspirators fled and Gen. Stuelpnagle intensified rounds of arrests in Paris. Von Stauffenberg fled to Berlin but was captured as the plot collapsed.
Advertising fragment touts Joseph Aspirin as a fast reliable remedy. It emphasizes consistent action and readiness, claiming the product is always on hand for immediate use and dependable relief.
Governor Cherry announced the state medical care commission with a $50 000 expense appropriation and a contingency half million dollars for indigent hospital care over two years. James H. Clark of Elizabethtown chairs the panel with Clarence Poe of Raleigh as vice chair.
The piece argues for cautious Allied action toward Japan and a clear decision on the fate of Hirohito, noting surrender priorities over punishment. It discusses potential Russian entry, Manchuria targets, and the strategic advantage of bombing from Soviet bases with Chinese Soviet supply routes in mind.
In Burma, Allied air freight far outnumbers Japanese attempts. June air tonnage for British forces reached 23 739 tons, while Japan failed in two major tries to air drop supplies for their troops. The RAF now primarily handles Burma air supply as land and sea routes expand.
Disputes at Schenley distillery in Pennsylvania end with 2,200 workers ready to resume. In South Bend Indiana CIO United Automotive Workers vote to return to Torrington bearing plant ending a June 11 walkout. Stokes Rubber plant in Trenton New Jersey sees about 700 strikers back to work. Cleveland and St Louis report new walkouts affecting open hearth furnaces and steel output. public Steel plant shutdowns threaten 4,000 jobs. CIO Steelworkers say pit crew demand driven the strike without union sanction.
Hodge's headquarters reports 140,000 Japanese defenders on Okinawa at landing, with 90,000 garrison troops and 50,000 Okinawan conscripts. Over 100,000 Japanese and Okinawan troops were killed. about 10,000 slain or captured since island’s securing on June 22. Col. Cecil W. Nist notes 97 percent resisted surrender during fighting, while 26 percent surrendered after June 16.
Allied troops in the Dutch East Indies push Japanese from the Balikpapan area as they sweep through oil fields and refinery centers. Light naval units attack shore positions while air activity extends to Bandjermasin on the southern coast.
Dr. Frank P. Graham president of the University of North Carolina told an Alabama audience that the federal government alone can create balance in educational opportunity for all children. He called the current crisis in public education a crisis in American democracy and urged federal aid bills for education hospitals and rural health centers. He spoke at Alabama Polytechnic Institute during a session of the summer institute of the state congress of teachers.
A Gulf storm hovering below southwest Louisiana showed little movement over six hours, remaining about 180 miles south of Lake Charles, according to the United States Weather Bureau.
President Truman addressed infantrymen from the second armored division vowing no conquest and seeking peace and prosperity for the world. He joined Gen. Eisenhower Patton Stimpson Bradley and others in Potsdam as postwar plans, shipping policy, and UN questions loom over the conference.
A North Carolina anecdote recalls Judge W. P. Bynum of High Point and a female bootlegger who hired him. He argued she faced hardship and motherhood, swayed the jury, who returned verdict Not guilty, elevating the young lawyer to fame as Talk More Bynum.
London reports that at least 42,000 British wives and fiancés of Canadian servicemen will migrate to Canada by next June. Lt. Col. Victor Gill of Toronto heads the wives bureau and provides the estimate.
Pvt. William R. McDaniel of the Timberwolf 104th infantry returns home on furlough. He fought in northern France Holland Roer Rhine and central Germany campaigns and earned the combat infantryman badge. His Old Faithful battalion won a presidential citation for Lundenburg and captured parts of the 1219th German regiment near Kostelburg. Company L aided motorized patrols toward Russia.
Washington reports a Detroit wholesale dealer letter warned men are buying ladies' panties due to a shortage of men's shorts. Senator Ferguson quoted the note noting growing demand and predicting tougher times for winter apparel.
Five cut off from rail communications with the rest of Japan. Kagoshima docks and oil storage facilities were hit. MacArthur’s Thunderbolts sank a 10 000 ton Japanese freighter with twelve 500 pound bombs. Navy search planes and Liberators sunk 11 ships and damaged five coastal cargo vessels. Fleet air wings one and 18 struck off the Korean east coast and opposite Honshu. Also a note on Smeaton rediscovering cement making in the 18th century.
Six southern governors including Chauncy Sparks of Alabama and Robert Kerr of Oklahoma said the interstate commerce commission freight rate equalization order is already spurring industrial development in the region. They reported definite indications of northern and eastern industry expanding southward, noting a pickup in interest in industrial unity amid the ICC decision.
Chinese forces advanced from Yangso toward Liuchow and Kweilin area as Allied units report a siege on the Liuchow Kweilin line. Chinese say troops moved up the Liuchow Kweilin railroad corridor near Yankso and Ungfu, with positions 30 miles northwest of Yankso and near Kweilin.
Three Holstein Friesians Kearsarge Rag Apple Abby Lily and Katie set national records for C Lelade & Slayton. Warner O. (INS) reports their fame stems from exceptional milk production and showcase at recognizable breed events.
A new remedy Neutracid debuts in drugstores claiming fast relief from excess stomach acid. Advertises dissolving one teal spoonful in hot water after distress and urges readers to obtain a package from Mann Drug Stores and other druggists.
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