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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1945
Page
1
Berlin dispatch reports Marshal Zhukov believes Adolf Hitler may have escaped Berlin with Eva Braun two days before the city fell. Zhukov offered no corpses or conclusive evidence of Hitler's fate, saying he could have departed with his bride during the chaotic retreat.
Madrid dispatch reports denial that Adolf Hitler is in Spain as Col Gen Nikolai Bezarin suggested. Allies note 45 Germans possibly staying in Spain with efforts to locate unprotected Germania. few foreigners claim Hitler could be in Madrid but no sighting has been confirmed.
Soviet commander Bezarin says Russians have not found Hitler’s body and suggests he may have fled to Spain or elsewhere. Zhukov notes Hitler’s possible presence in Europe while Allies press for confirmation. Russians report locating several bodies at the Reich Chancellery with matching clothes. Continues on Page Three.
Kirsten Flagstad, famed soprano, says she will not sing in Norway again and hopes to move to the United States where she has friends. She denies wartime collaboration charges and notes misunderstandings with Norwegians. Her husband Henry Johansen, a lumber merchant, is detained on a profiteering charge related to Vidkun Quisling's party.
Civilians face tight meat, egg, poultry and sugar stocks as war demands reduce availability. Eggs are scarce nationwide, poultry is hard to find in many areas, and sugar shortages grow worse amid bad weather cutting production. Drought in Argentina and Uruguay worsens meat outlook while Europe’s prospects stay weak. An optimistic note comes from N E Dodd who sees favorable pasture and canning prospects in the western states and Pacific Northwest, with cattle slaughter reaching a near record as markets expand.
The OPA halted canned milk deliveries to many businesses to preserve civilian allocation for infants and invalids. Institutions and industrial users may not charge ration points for canned milk, affecting restaurants in plant feeding sites prisons candy makers and others. Hospitals and child feeding establishments remain exempt as do loggers ships and isolated feeding sites.
General Omar N. Bradley returned to Randolph county Missouri to a huge homecoming in Moberly. He urged continued war effort until victory and warned against complacency, saying future wars could be worse and urging pursuit of new machinery to prevent another conflict. Bradley, born in Clark Missouri, addressed tens of thousands from Tannehill park. He lauded the American army as the finest in equipment, training and brains.
About 350 000 to 400 000 southern textile workers will get at least a five cent an hour raise across 321 mills approved by the War Labor Board. The move follows a February 20 industry wage pattern and aims to modernize pay and add a paid vacation option while maintaining wartime gains. Notable mills include Oakdale Cotton Mills James town Roberta Mfg Co Whiteparks Mills Concord Cannon Mills Kannapolis China Grove Dacotah Cotton and more.
Prime Minister Churchill pledged a national insurance program, extensive public health services, and early tax reductions as part of Conservative policy. He vowed strong action against Japan and to settle Europe’s problems if re-elected, urging perseverance toward peace and a foundation of concord among Britain the United States and Soviet Russia.
Daladier testifies before judges accusing Marshal Petain of sabotaging France’s defense since 1934 and of issuing a premature order to cease fire against Germany. He notes Petain opposed defense measures during the Doumergue era in the mid-1930s.
Army and Navy leaders prepare a final two week push for peacetime draft legislation with General Marshall Admiral King and other top officials slated to testify next week before the House postwar committee. If Eisenhower wishes to speak June 18 the hearings may extend the schedule.
A Kansan scholar warns that delaying action against Franco risks global consequences. He recalls that sheltering Franco could shelter Hitler or Laval, urging strong diplomatic and military pressure to remove Franco if war proves necessary. The Spain issue affects Arab colonies and the evolving Arab League, demanding timely Allied response.
Australian Foreign Minister Herbert V. Evatt said the fight is on as the United Nations conference nears a showdown over big five veto rights in the security council. Evatt leads small nations in opposing broad veto power, while Russia and China align with other dissenters amid speeches and negotiations.
A Czech Slovak investigative committee reported that 176 men were killed in Lidice and more than 235 women were sent to concentration camps. Children under 14 were taken away, with only five women found alive. The report debunked Nazi claims of hidden arms and noted Lidice’s destruction began October 6, 1942.
Gen. George S. Patton Jr and Gen. James H. Doolittle returned to Los Angeles after Europe amid a crowd estimated from 750000 to over a million. The heroes rode in open command cars through a 20 mile downtown procession ending in a Memorial Coliseum pageant attended by cheering residents.
Navy planes raided five Japanese industrial plants and repair bases on Honshu in daylight. The strikes aimed at Kanoya and Sakishima, part of a second consecutive day of precision raids on enemy war plants.
Allied carrier planes hammered southern Japan with hits on Kanoya airfield and the Sakishima group while Okinawa casualties rose to 67 703. Halsey’s fleet continued rapid strikes with McCain’s forces, and Suzuki sought dictatorial powers as Tokyo faced a critical crisis amid a reported Borneo invasion.
The White House confirms a major reshuffle in the Navy Department civilian leadership. President Truman accepts Ralph A. Bard’s resignation as under secretary and names Artemus L. Gates as his successor and John L. Sullivan as assistant secretary for air. Gates and Sullivan will face Senate confirmation Monday. Bard has served nearly 40 years and had requested relief by V E day, with a final letter noting a younger man can carry on.
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