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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1945
Page
1
The World Today notes Winston Churchill’s political defeat as Clem Ent Attlee forms a new government after voters repudiated the Conservative party. The Potsdam ultimatum to Japan remains a central issue, with Stalin’s stance and Allied plans to enforce surrender under debate.
Senate ratification of the United Nations charter could come by tomorrow night as Senator Tom Connally predicts only 13 more senators need to speak. The foreign relations chairman, on the San Francisco delegation, sees most speeches brief and notes the debate closure will enable the final ratification step barring a single obstruction delaying another day.
Washington July 27 Housewives face blue news as six canned and bottled foods rise in ration values for the five week period through September 1. Increases affect spinach asparagus applesauce apples apricots and grape juice. declines apply to orange grapefruit juice blends tomato ketchup and chili sauce.
In Paris July 27 Leon Blum former French premier accused Marshal Petain of treason saying the soldier showed actions worthy of a jungle sovereign. Petain stands trial for life on charges of intelligence with the enemy and plotting against France. diplomat Charles Roux testified Reynaud asked President Roosevelt for American fleet help as France collapsed in June 1940.
London reports Clem en R Attlee leads Britain's first labor government in 14 years with aim to finish the war with Japan. Potsdam talks may resume this weekend with Attlee likely to make major cabinet appointments before departure. Churchill and Eden unlikely to return to Potsdam. Labor holds 390 of 640 Commons seats and prepares for a five year term as MPs are sworn in August 1.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced a 39,680 ton cut in military sugar purchases to free supplies for civilians in eastern regions. The move does not increase total civilian allocations but redirects existing sugar to areas with acute shortages, with Atlantic and Gulf coast refiners processing the sugar for eastern distribution.
A Washington dispatch argues the Potsdam ultimatum content will not rest with Emperor Hirohito. It contends Japan's warlords, long in control, will decide whether to surrender or continue fighting, as Hirohito's role has diminished since 1912.
The Maine bodies of the 20th armored and 28th infantry divisions began shipment back to the United States from Le Havre. Advance units sailed July 14 with Army units arriving in Boston and various detachments listed, including artillery, ordnance, engineer, military police and aviation components under the 9th Army group.
POTSDAM July 27 The we of Prime Minister s government upset the timetable today but nothing from the American British and Chinese surrender ultimatum to Japan issued there Tuesday. The labor party victory which removed Churchill as one of the principals in the parley left the time of resumption of discussions up to labor leader Clement Attlee.
Secretary of War Stimson indicated in Frankfurt that the Big Three face difficulties in crafting a common approach to Germany. He noted that disagreements remained after leaving Potsdam and would likely persist upon his return to the United States.
As an observer Attlee attends the wartime conference with Truman Churchill and Stalin, already familiar with the agenda from nine meetings. The joint warning to Japan to topple warlords and seek peace or face annihilation was issued by Truman Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek, with Attlee pledging full support.
UNRRA director Herbert H. Lehman fully recovered from illness and plans to leave for Naples en route to London for a conference on Aug. 7. He will then visit Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland as part of the organization’s European tour.
Two men died in a Baltimore collision between a Snyder Brothers truck and a ten ton tractor trailer. Wren Lewis of Ottway North Carolina burned and unconscious after the crash. Brady Gillikin and Maxwell Wade, both of Ottway and Beaufort, were hospitalized with burns and injuries. Pfc. Vernon C. Gretsinger of Camp Pickett Virginia was killed.
Acting Secretary of War Patterson warns that nearly 50 000 workers at Wright Aeronautical Corp plants in New Jersey and Chrysler Dodges Chicago plant idleness could halt B 29 attacks on Japan. Production stood at a near standstill as strikes spread nationwide.
The War Labor Board ordered 20,000 Chrysler Dodge plant workers in Chicago to return immediately. The two plants make four-fifths of B-29 engines, and continued strikes could shorten the supply of engines for the war effort, delaying Japan attacks.
The demobilized personnel records branch of the adjutant general's office, based in the Southern Furniture Exposition building since 1942, will transfer from High Point to St Louis between October 15 and December 1. The 700 plus employees face relocation, with building manager Paul Casey anticipating possession after vacating. Plans already include a furniture exposition next July.
Manila reports Japanese forces are retreating along inland roads toward the Samarinda oil fields 60 miles north of Balikpapan as General MacArthur announces. Australian forces press the pursuit, small units encountered six miles north of Batochampar, while in New Guinea Australian air and ground units move into Maprik area as Nipponese are bypassed and pressured.
The North Pacific crisis centers on whether Japan will ignore the Potsdam ultimatum or face destruction. Reports from Domei cite cabinet discussions and a vague Allied proclamation, while some officials and diplomats weigh terms forcing surrender and disarmament across four home islands.
Valdosta Ga July 27 Continued heavy sales and steady to slightly higher prices appear likely on the Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco belt. USDA marketing service reports 15 610 pounds of untied bright leaf sold in the first two days of auctions on 19 markets. Season opened Tuesday. Gross Georgia sales Wednesday 6 761 806 at 41 38 per hundred and Florida 712 032 at 41 10. A general average of 41 35 was set the best on Wednesday. A season average through Wednesday 41 28 per hundred pounds. Rising $1 per hundred pounds for indium quality lugs cutters and green leaf offerings. Green lugs primings descript and other lower grades decreased $1 to $2.
A Franklin secretary and James Byrnes were connected to a driver who claimed ties to South China. The chauffeur, Warren E. Baker, lived near Byrnes in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and the matter was noted by President Truman.
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