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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1945
Page
1
Soldiers describe the dull, dreary staging areas near Rouen as they prepare to leave for Le Havre and the voyage home. Morale droops, routines drag, and the vast camps melt back into the forest as troops await transport. Anxious for reception, many have spent years away on active duty and feel homesick yet hopeful for a country they hardly recall.
Washington reports it will cost about 24 billion dollars to operate the navy in the new fiscal year starting July 1. The War Finance Division urges maximum participation in the 7th War Loan drive as Navy spending runs about 30 billion annually, or 80 million a day. Director Ted R. Gable notes the army will deploy more men to the Pacific, underscoring the loan’s importance.
Chinese forces pressed within 28 miles of Liuchow the former U.S. air base and rail junction as Chiang Kai-shek’s troops closed to five miles west of Shaoyang in Hunan. The communique said the offensive continues and Tsinkong near Chinenkiang fell, underscoring rapid advance.
Washington June 4. B 29 Superforts, first struck Japan a year ago, could mass into 1000 plane fleets as Col Albert L Warner of the army public relations bureau predicts. He told the army hour that from a small group a year ago the raid strength grew to over 500 bombers and will likely double. He said payloads per plane will rise and strike frequency will increase.
The World Today cautions that Okinawa’s battle foreshadows heavy costs and warns that Japan still commands seven battleships, about a dozen carriers, and several cruisers. It notes three Japanese naval groups near Singapore, Formosa, and home waters and predicts air power will erode remaining forces after Okinawa.
In Manila a June 4 dispatch reports heavy fighting northwest of Davao Mindanao as Maj Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff's 24th Infantry Division presses into the 10,000-foot Mt Apo region. Guerrilla forces under Col Wendell Fertig evacuate Bayabas and sick prisoners. Col William Herbeck's unit seizes Alhambra Malig and Ula while Col Thomas Clifford moves west of Panacan. Across central Mindanao Maj Gen Clarence Starr leads the 31st Infantry against a strong Japanese force east of a river.
General Courtney Hodges dodged German breakthrough near Liege Belgium on December 18 1944 as three German columns neared his headquarters He redirected reserves and linked with Major General Ridgeway to hold the line The dispatch highlights Omar Bradley’s leadership and prospects for Bradley in the Pacific theater.
Acting Secretary Joseph C. Grew urged compulsory peacetime military training for American youths before the House postwar military committee. He testified as an advocate, saying training would prepare young men and influence potential enemies, as the two week hearing opened.
Lenoir Rhyne college awarded three honorary degrees at its 54th annual commencement in Hickory. Recipients included Dr. Jacob L. Morgan of Salisbury president of the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina Doctor of Laws. The Rev Wynne Colfer Bolick of Columbia organizer and pastor of the Lutheran church of the reformation Doctor of Divinity. The Rev William H Toedtman of Hickory pastor of Millers Lutheran church and president of the Concordia conference of the district Doctor of Divinity.
San Francisco reports Japanese propagandists through Domei and Comei agencies forecast death defying pilots manning stratosphere balloons to strike the American mainland. They claim hundreds of balloon bombs were released from Japan daily since March 10 and warn of large scale attacks once experiments finish. Balloons said to fly above 15 000 meters and take about 100 hours to reach the United States.
The Daily Mail reports Prime Minister Churchill will make a statement in the House of Commons this week clarifying Britain's position on Levant matters. Damascus dispatches note continued alertness to protect French interests as the Levant situation remains tense and ongoing.
A two way American surrender campaign by radio and half a million pamphlets daily from Saipan have been used to warn Tokyo that Germany and Italy fell to similar propaganda. The Office of War Information broadcasts stress that unconditional surrender does not mean enslavement or extermination of the Nip.
Big Five powers gather to iron out differences on the world security council veto. Eight conference committees work on charter details as Russia Britain China and France debate veto scope. Ambassadors report progress on 14 of 18 issues while thorny points remain over trusteeships defense provisions and the assembly’s discussable scope.
Joseph E. Davies will report to President Truman at a White House dinner tonight on his London mission. The former ambassador to Moscow has just returned from talks with Prime Minister Churchill and others seeking an early meeting of the big three.
Chairman Anderson of the House food committee proposes rigid three month food allotments for all agencies including the army and overseas shipments. He argues overall quotas will prevent civilian shortages and allow OPA to plan civilian supplies, noting Army overages under current quarterly allocations.
Raleigh dispatch reports Dr. C Excelle Rozzelle of High Point a Methodist minister and former Trinity College roommate of Governor Cherry is discussed as a potential successor to lead North Carolina Teachers College. The selection is not expected to be a political appointment and does not rest with the governor.
Lt. Harold W. Goad returned to Portsmouth with his wife Helen after being reported dead during World War II. He survived 18 months in a Japanese prison camp near Rangoon and plans a brief rest before a vacation with his wife. Helen, 23, had wed Ens. Robert A. MacDowell in December after her husband was presumed dead. Details of the second marriage await legal resolution.
Tokyo radio reports four new U S naval units around Okinawa and two invasion fleets as the campaign accelerates. Kamikaze attacks are claimed as fierce but with conservative results. Tokyo media warn the decisive battle nears climax amid heavy U S progress toward Hana on the Chinen peninsula.
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