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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with mild conditions during the day. Scientific analysis notes that 49 of the 90 chemical elements found on Earth are present in the sun.
E. E. Twiddy, jeweler at 1141 North Main Street, reported a break in during the night. Three watches and several rings were stolen after a thief broke the adjacent office glass and entered through the back.
The governor favors Dr Rozzelle for East Central Technical College president amid past embezzlement indictment and campus schism. A prominent official says Rozzelle fits the need for character and courage, while the state weighs the college’s leadership. Also noted is a rise in demand for pulpwood, saw logs, and mill workers.
Soldiers in a French camp await departure to the ship with mixed thoughts on future work and food. German prisoners and disillusioned guards mark the scene while a group of officers sings Auld Lang Syne under oak leaves, sensing the end of fellowship born in shared danger.
French leader Charles de Gaulle urged an international conference to settle Arab issues but Britain and others showed limited response amid tense Syrian events. Damascus reports describe evacuations and curfews as French forces and Bedouin groups risk clashes near Deraa and Hama. Syria's acting premier says deputies and ministers were targeted and that relations with France are severed until a normal diplomatic path returns.
American forces push toward Mindanao trapping remaining Japanese with units from the 40th division in central Mindanao and the 37th division advancing near Santa Fe Luzon. MacArthur reports 6,550 Japanese killed and 503 prisoners this week against about 225 American dead and 657 wounded. Overall Japanese losses near 480. American casualties around 50,000. Air and sea operations from the Philippines to New Guinea continue.
Grew argues for compulsory military training, warning Japan’s attack could recur. He urges a year of training for young men in the army and navy to fulfill obligations to the world security organization and prepare for perilous years ahead.
Mr and Mrs Steve Daniel Brown of High Point Rt 1 clarified to friends over the weekend that they were not the couple reported as tried in municipal court for drunkenness. He stressed there are two Steve Browns living in High Point and another man and wife were the ones arrested and tried.
Chinese high command reports steady Japanese withdrawals as Chinese troops threaten Liu chow and Shanyang bases. U S 14th air force supports operations by targeting Liuchow supply depots while American units in China include Mars task force with the 475th Infantry and 124th Dismounted Cavalry.
A wartime American effort intensifies public broadcasts and leaflets urging Japan to surrender without extermination. Captain Ellis Zacharias, a former naval language officer, recalls peacetime ties with Japan and warns against Koiso promises to defend Guam, Tinian, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Japanese skies.
The U S court of appeals ruled that Postmaster General Walker had no right to revoke Esquire Magazine's second class mailing privileges.
Grew argued that a strong policy requires force behind it and that aggressors strike when opponents appear unprepared. He urged universal military training as a powerful spur for youth into education and benefits for schools nationwide. The proposal faces a postwar panel and the House military committee before a floor vote.
Representatives of advisory committees on postwar planning submitted a 34 page report to the city council committee on postwar planning and industrial development at city hall this morning. A Kirkman presided and will submit the document to the full council tomorrow morning.
Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arnold’s Seventh Infantry Division pushed two miles through mud to seize Chinen peninsula forming Okinawa’s southern fleet anchorage. Japanese resistance included mortars and machine guns on the north shore, with rocket boats and air attacks aiding the assault as carrier planes and land-based aircraft traded blows over Okinawa and Kyushu. Adm. Halsey returned to sea duty to head the Third Fleet and launch strikes on Kyushu air fields while warning Kamikaze tactics remain a threat but a nuisance to the operation.
The second trial of Dr. Leon R. Meadows for embezzlement and false pretense began in Pitt County Superior Court. Meadows had faced a prior mistrial after eight weeks as president of East Carolina Teachers College.
Dr. Virginia Ragsdale 74, longtime Guilford College professor of mathematics, died at Wesley Hospital in Greensboro after a year of declining health. A Jamestown native, she studied at Guilford and Pennsylvanian Mawr College, taught in New York and Baltimore, and retired from Woman’s College fifteen years ago. Survived by several nephews and siblings, funeral services are set Friday at 4:30 p.m. from her home with interment in Deep River cemetery.
W L Waugh a 70 year old High Point resident fought off two would be robbers with a knife when they accosted him near the Strickland Aircraft plant on Commerce Street Saturday night. One attacker, bleeding from knife wounds, fled as he and Waugh avoided a robbery. Waugh said he had groceries and declined whisky before heading home toward the police station.
Fifty men from local draft board No. 5 left for pre induction examination at Fort Bragg. About 40 percent were over thirty and had left jobs without board approval. Names are listed for the group with several transfers to boards and addresses. A resident sought by the board is James Winfred Hester. A poultry range shelter claim from H C Gauger is included.
Greensboro obituary notes the sudden death of Rev W A Barber pastor of Bessemer Methodist church after a heart attack at Long hospital. He helped found Barber Hall Printing later Hall Printing Company on South Hamilton street and served Calvary Methodist church before entering the ministry in 1922. Funeral at Bessemer Methodist with burial at Guilford Memorial park. Survived by wife Allene Burton a daughter Mary and two sons W A Jr and Marvin W plus seven sisters.
James Jarrell twenty two, of 302 Lindsay, suffered minor facial bruising after a collision at Park and Kearns. John Bennett twenty two, of 601 Street, was arrested for reckless driving following the Park Street southbound crash at the intersection with Kearns Street involving Jarrell driving for Blue Taxi. Market text notes unrelated agricultural recommendations about land plaster and oyster shells.
A fragmented OCR line lists residents including D. Lewis of High Point, Mrs. E Patterson of Point, Mrs. R. Smith of Highoint, Mrs. J. Perkins of High Point, Mrs. L im of High Point, and Mrs. Ohio, indicating a local notice with scattered names.
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