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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1945
Page
1
The article notes Soviet willingness to show a conciliatory attitude to aid the conference’s aims. It stresses that the five permanent members retain veto power, while Stalin directs delegation to favor security and reduce nationalist obstacles. Continued discussion is implied.
In Dutch New Guinea a wartime plane crash left 24 aboard in a remote valley. Rescue attempts were underway for 30 year old WAC corporal Margaret Hastings and two Army air men as Filipino paratroopers worked to establish a landing site. The dead included Lt. Lawrence F. Holding and S/Sgt. Hilliard Norris. Survivors, in good spirits, communicated by parachuted walkie talkie while food and medical supplies were dropped.
Chief Justice Stacy denied a petition for notice to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not be granted in Dr. Leon R. Meadows case. He ruled the facts alleged lacked merit and urgency to stay criminal proceedings, so Meadows faces continuation of a second trial in a special term of the superior court.
Lacy Alexander McDaniel, 34, a Guilford County man, was executed in the state gas chamber for the rape of a white Guilford County woman. He entered the chamber at 10 01 a m and was pronounced dead ten minutes later after denying the crime. He told Chaplain Watts he attacked the woman but did not rape her saying it was lust or something he did not understand.
Chinese high command reports bitter fighting as troops reach the northern suburbs of Liuchow in Kwangsi province. Officials say Liuchow remains in Japanese hands but fall seems imminent. Chinese offensive isolates Japanese units in Burma, Thailand, Indo China and Malaya, altering north south communications.
At the United Nations conference in San Francisco on June 8, Russia reversed its veto stance allowing discussion of any case in the council. Stalin, Hopkins, and Stettinius helped push a unanimity formula to speed charter finalization. Gro myko conveyed Moscow's reversal to officials before a plenary reveal.
Italian premier Iva noe Bonomi resigns as government head following a request from the council of ministers. He agrees to stay in office until the committee of liberation selects a successor, though the panel remains deadlocked on a decision.
Witness Maurer outlined Chicago and Southern Air Lines plans to run Memphis to Washington New York via Greensboro High Point and Winston Salem serving key textile regions and linking with Chattanooga and Carolinas Virginia cities. He argued the route would create first time direct usable service among Memphis Chattanooga and major Carolinas Virginia centers and spur regional economic growth despite indirect competition from Eastern and American Airlines.
Washington reports war casualties total 1,012,049 for Army and Navy, up 9,162 in a week. Army 895,834 with 185,670 killed, 556,844 wounded, 46,747 missing, 106,573 prisoners. Navy 116,215 with 44,503 killed, 56,767 wounded, 10,705 missing, 4,240 prisoners.
The Senate Finance Committee removed from the reciprocal trade extension bill the power to cut tariffs by 50 percent, voting 10-9. Chairman George aimed to restore the authority in upcoming Senate action. The panel also rejected six amendments including congressional review of trade deals and a two-year instead of three-year extension.
Washington reports that about 3,000,000 B-card drivers will exceed current ceilings and qualify for 650 miles a month starting June 11. The OPA sets regional tops 325 in the east, 475 midwest, 400 far west with new limits. Eligible motorists should apply by mail. everyone may receive a 50 percent A-ration increase on June 22. B-6 and C-6 coupons expire June 30 and may be exchanged for new stamps.
The national flag code committee protested to President Truman against reproducing the Iwo Jima flag raising on a postage stamp. Chairman Gridley Adams warned the image would be licked behind its back and smeared by canceling machines, exposing the flag to contamination.
Governor Cherry recommended George B. Patton of Franklin Macon county as general counsel for the state highway and public works commission. If confirmed Patton would replace Charles Ross and would take office July 1. Patton is a former assistant attorney general and ex mayor of Franklin.
In Cairo on June 8 the Arab League Council warned France it will meet force with force in the Levant. The communique demands immediate evacuation of French troops from Syria and Lebanon, blaming Paris for recent casualties and asserting French presence violates sovereignty and jeopardizes war efforts against Japan.
United States and Japanese forces clash as two Okinawa sectors brace for hand-to-hand fighting and flamethrower use. Japanese positions along Oroku peninsula and Yaeju Dake heights hold with heavy machine gun fire as Tokyo warns of intensified Superforts raids and potential attacks on mainland targets.
President Truman announced plans for a summit with Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill within 40 days to discuss world affairs. He rejected France’s bid for a broader big five meeting on the Middle East while stressing the Levant issue could be settled at a lower level.
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