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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1945
Page
2
A fragment from High Point, North Carolina notes the Etna AC entry, signaling a local sports or club activity. The brief fragment mentions Etna AC in connection with High Point, leaving specifics unclear.
Partly cloudy and hot weather with little temperature change today and tonight. Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms expected Thursday across the region.
The Colored News notes a Girl Reserve Day Camp to be held Monday August 6 at the Mary YWCA from 2 to 5 pm with Miss Fannie Mae Baldwin directing and assistants listed. A camp committee meeting is slated for 8 pm at the YWCA and the YWCA house committee will meet Thursday at 8 pm. members are urged to attend.
The nation sees about 60,000 idle workers after rubber strike fallout and Wright Aeronautical in New Jersey. About 15,000 have returned as disputes settle. Major walkouts hit Wood-Ridge Paterson East Paterson NJ over a steward's discharge. Savannah machinists, 400, idled 7,500 AV-1 ship builds. GM Cincinnati violet plant, 7,500 idle over transfer. St Louis AFL butchers, 1,900 on strike amid wage talks.
Sen. Lucas argues the military agreement must win simple majority from both houses. Sen. Hatch challenges Dulles claim of a two thirds ratification. Wheeler warns of a real fight and cites Connally support, while officials fear another treaty debate. Lucas says Congress has constitutional authority to raise armies and must approve.
In a broadcast from the scene Admiral Halsey described a large ongoing carrier strike against Nippon as a new phase of naval warfare and the final plunge into the heart of Japan. He mocked Nippon’s intelligence and joked about wheels on ships to chase them inland after coastal combat.
Reports from Guam note nearly 100 Mustang fighters attacked Iwo Jima airfields and rails near Nagoya but met light opposition. Tokyo claimed seven attackers shot down by anti aircraft fire. Australians press on in Bougainville and New Guinea amid heavy combat with Japanese forces. US Marines, New Zealand dive bombers and Allied fighters conducted extensive sorties in the region.
Daladier told the court that Petain opposed the uprising and tried to rally French resistance with American planes in Casablanca. He lamented Petain’s orders to resist allies and cited war material figures from 1936 to 1940, noting France was not disarmed and German output was not greater.
The World notes Russian stance on Japan may differ from typical aid, while Moscow signals a Stalin Soong meeting as opening for unprecedented Sino Soviet understanding. Tokyo warns the public that the talks bode Nippon no good, though officials caution speculation.
Mr and Mrs Sam F Ridge have returned to Miami Florida where he is stationed with the navy after two weeks with his parents at 1338 Silk street. Kieth D Tietsort in Italy promoted from corporal to sergeant after meritorious service with the 325th P-51 group. He entered service in 1943 and later earned praise from Col Vidal. His wife Pauline Tietsort lives at 307 Park street. Cpl Douglas Bartenfield assigned to the 99th bombardment group 348th squadron of the 15th air force, with four months overseas as a waist gunner.
Virgil Daniel Hawks finished naval air technical training at Norman Oklahoma and graduated as seaman first class on July 12. He will transfer to a naval unit afloat or another shore station for further instruction. He is the son of Mrs. Roney Jones High Point Route 3. Hawks previously worked at Clover Brand Dairies and studied at UNC and the University of South Carolina. He enlisted in the naval air training March 8 this year.
Harold B. Grimes, medical technician in the army, has been awarded the good conduct medal for service in the European theater. He served in the Holland Belgium and Germany campaigns and is the son of Mr and Mrs Guy D Grimes of Thomasville road.
Mr and Mrs Sam Ridge have returned to Miami Florida where he is stationed with the navy after spending a two week leave with his parents Mr and Mrs W P Ridge of 1338 Silk street.
SGT Ernest H. Lanning stationed at Camp Butner spends two weeks there before new duty in the United States after 10 months in the European theater as section leader. He holds the European theater ribbon with two campaign stars, good conduct ribbon, and the Combat Infantryman Badge. T-Sgt Robert F. Hill returns to a redeployment base in Sioux Falls after a 30 day furlough. He served a year in England and the European theater with 30 missions aboard a liberator bomber and earns the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters, good conduct ribbon, and three battle stars. Hill married during furlough to Annilee Dinkins, who resides with her parents at 1234 Redding Street.
An electronic billiard style demonstration shows how very high frequency radio waves bounce off skyscrapers bridges and power lines to create reflectors. Bendix Radio engineers in Baltimore reveal VHF waves, free from atmospheric noise, can aid postwar aircraft marine railroad and other communications systems.
The St Louis National League team is off to a poor start this season in defending its home run crown. The world champions are missing Walter Cooper Stan Musial and Danny Litwhiler in the circuit clouting department.
The piece blames sugar scarcity on Roosevelt era policy and price controls, arguing federal actions reduced domestic production while Cuba and Puerto Rico left land fallow. It notes Truman era pressure may extend shortages into 1947 and 1948, with beet and cane growers seeking higher returns and subsidies shaping prices.
Actress Gertrude Lawrence urged a nationwide appeal to send radios to sick and wounded soldiers at Camp Edwards. More than 1,100 sets were donated and received within a week, greatly boosting access to radio programs for patients and staff.
English mason Joseph Aspdin created Portland cement and first marketed the product in 1924, establishing a durable building material later used worldwide.
State department released 2000 pages of 1930 foreign relations documents showing American policy work with Wall Street financiers to back Hitler and the Nazi rise. Berlin reports cited substantial financial support from large industrial interests, with debates in Washington over a large German loan and its use for debts. Germany sought peace but pressed for military equality, while German leaders pressed disarmament by others.
Seabees salvage invasion wreckage on Iwo Jima beaches using heavy lifters to clear pontoons and metal docks. Marines From Minooka Illinois and Hutchinson Minnesota assist as workers cut and move debris to repurpose for shower tanks and ship repairs amid the ash covered ruins. Clarence Connolly from Iowa and Phil Yater from New York aid the lifting work as torch lines flare.
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