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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and hot today with scattered thundershowers in the west this afternoon. Central portions see showers Saturday with the period extended to next Wednesday. Temperatures remain slightly above normal across all regions as storms continue from west to east.
Raleigh reports Gov Cherry reappoints Edwin Maurice Gill as revenue commissioner. Gill, from Laurinburg, first appointed in 1942 by Gov J. Broughton, previously parole commissioner from 1933 to 1942, private secretary to Gov O. Max Gard, and a lawyer. He chaired parole and prison groups and served as Scotland county representative in 1929. salary $6,600 yearly.
Capt David H Blair arrived in High Point for a three day stay with his four aunts Ada Martha Emma and Elva Blair after serving overseas since 1943. He spent time in England at the U S embassy military intelligence office and met old Paris friends. He praised English cooperation rationing and hospitality and plans to travel to Washington with his wife where he is stationed and his mother resides.
Richard C. Oughton, manager of the B. F. Goodrich store at 209 North Main High Point, completes ten years with the company this month and is awarded a ten year service pin. He resides with Mrs. Oughton and their four year old daughter Charlotte at 1008 Barbee Street. a son James remains with family.
An old advertisement promotes a herbal kidney remedy claiming to relieve bladder irritation and night-time urination. It touts a non habit forming formula and urges readers to request a free prepaid sample from Kilmer & Co. Inc. Box 1 Stamford Conn. All druggists sell Swamp Root. Offer limited.
Chauns School of the Dance presented a full program last night in the Junior High auditorium. Twenty two numbers featured student dance and song with audience praise and Merit certificates awarded for completing 120 hours of instruction to a list of named students.
British investigators report that Joachim von Ribbentrop woke and admitted his identity in a modest room. He produced a poison container strapped to his body and died by his own action after being captured by Lt J B Adam, Sgt Major Holloway, and Sgt J S Gibson.
Maggie Hendrix 69 of 206 Hillcrest Drive Winston-Salem died at 3 10 am after several weeks illness. She was born in Forsyth County July 22 1875 to T rum and Lucinda Phillips and was a Primitive Baptist church member. Surviving are three sons R Glenn Hendrix B Francis Hendrix S Sgt John Hendrix in Germany and two daughters C A King and S C Glascoe plus twelve grandchildren. Funeral at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church Sunday at 11 with Elder V V Williard and Elder J A Fagge. Interment in Mechanicsville Cemetery. The body lies at Sechrest Funeral Home until 11 am Saturday then to the home of son R Glenn Hendrix until the service.
A 3 cent postage stamp honoring the U S Marines triumph at Iwo Jima goes on sale in Washington on July 11. The purple rotary print measures 0 84 by 1 44 inches and depicts the raising of the U S flag atop Mt Suribachi. First day covers may be requested by sending up to 10 addressed envelopes to the Washington Postmaster with payment. personal checks are not accepted.
The article notes beer served as the chief drink at breakfast in medieval daily life. It discusses social norms and daily routines where ale filled a central role alongside bread and porridge during morning meals.
Lumberton June 15 Funeral services for Mrs Zula Atkinson Britt 57 wife of Willis B Britt former Robeson sailor and deputy sheriff of Long Branch community Lumberton will be at 4 30 this afternoon at Low Branch Baptist church Burial will be in Britt cemetery Survivors include her husband two daughters Mrs J T Barlow Jamaica Long Island N Y and Dorothy Britt Wilmington a son Lawrence P Britt High Point two grandchildren four brothers John Cross Atkinson and George Atkinson Proctorville Percy Atkinson Columbia S C and Dad Atkinson Chadbourn
Fred N. Tate, 77, noted furniture manufacturer and civic religious leader, died at his Emerywood home Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services were held Thursday at 4:30 pm from his late residence, with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Attending were active hearers Amos Kearns, T. O. McManus, and others. floral tributes and church music accompanied the service.
William R. Perkins 69 of Rock Lawn farm Bedford county long time attorney for Duke interests and senior partner in Perkins Daniel and Perkins in New York died at Virginia Baptist hospital at 2 15 a m Funeral services set for Saturday at 4 pm at Court Street Methodist with burial in Spring Hill cemetery Lynchburg
General Curtis Le May outlines plans to destroy Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Tokyo as B 29s intensify raids. He says July 1 marks a shift to massive bomb tonnage and claims substantial progress against Japanese industrial targets. Arnold and Le May pledge full scale attack on Japan using the Eighth Air Force and B 29s, with Doolittle expected to help deploy forces. A separate notice reports Security Upholstery of High Point incorporating in Raleigh with $10,000 authorized capital.
Seventeen naval personnel including two WAVEs were killed and a navy lieutenant seriously injured when a large transport plane exploded and crashed in a wooded area 16 miles northeast of Vicksburg Mississippi. The dead were moved to Baldwin funeral home in Jackson under Jackson Army Air Base supervision.
The Deep River home demonstration club formed after a Guilford county appointment, with Mrs. C. M. Borum presiding. Mrs. Lilian Kimrey explained club roles, officers were elected, and meetings set for the second Wednesday monthly. Mrs. H. H. White named president. others include Mrs. London Weston and Mrs. E. L. Ward.
General Eisenhower notes that enforcing the non-fraternization rule in the Reich hinges on German public mood. He cites a divided nation with many Germans denying war guilt while others acknowledge atrocities, shaping postwar conduct.
Maj. Clement R. Attlee disclosed that the Big Three will convene in Berlin. The former deputy prime minister, now Labour leader, made the statement in a letter to Prime Minister Churchill accepting the invitation to attend the conference in Berlin.
The text reviews Allied and German commanders, key battles, and weapons, noting Rundstedt Rommel and Hitler's solo planning in 1943. It cites Allied superiority with Pershing tanks, German rocket guns, and jet planes, and recalls strategic decisions from Normandy to North Africa. It also cites Eisenhower on wartime diplomacy and rationing shaping peaceful talks.
The BRUNEI port city with about 20 000 people figures in the narrative as U S forces press the Philippines campaign north of Manila. The 37th Infantry Division nears the Cagayan Valley, with conquest of the valley a final major Luzon objective. The Far Eastern Air Force supports, pounding Tagueton an enemy base northeast of the Borneo scene, dropping 403 tons on Luzon and ferrying 106 tons across the China Sea to Hong Kong and Saigon, French Indo China.
Firestone Tire and Rubber of Burlington North Carolina is not bound by a union contract held by its predecessor Fairchild engine airplane company. The fourth regional war labor board ruled Firestone did not become the legal successor to Fairchild upon starting a war plant in Burlington and thus bears no obligation to the CIO agreement with the United Automobile Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
New York June 15 AP The Milk Fund drive gains momentum as donations reach 1856.10 dollars with Aberdeen others contributing through the Junior Service League milk fund. Chair Katherine Raymond says supporters can push toward a 2500 dollar goal by sending checks to the post office box 1940.
Rep Knutson proposes summoning Brig. Gen Elliott Roosevelt and John Hartford before the Ways and Means Committee for a full explanation of reports that Hartford loaned Roosevelt's late son 200000 with only 4000 recovered and a 196000 bad debt claimed on 1942 income tax. Doughton said the 1942 return is under review by the IRS and may face further action. Hartford's attorney says the loan funded a Texas radio network and was settled for 4000. Roosevelt has not commented.
Greensboro figures and various directors selected standing committees: Game and inland fisheries Crouse chairman with Council, Bunn, Guion, Stafford, Rudisill, Wollett. General forestry Damtoft chairman with Ferebee, Council, Wollett, Allen. Mineral and water resources Breece chairman with Ferebee, Smith, Stafford, Guion, Wingset. Commerce and industry Council chairman with Breece, Allen, Smith. Commercial fisheries Hampton chairman with Breece, Horne, Wollett, Crouse. Advertising Horne chairman with Damtoft, Rudisill, Bunn, Hampton. An organization meeting was scheduled for this afternoon and the full board voted to hold four regular meetings yearly, with the first in July.
At Amsterdam New York on June 15 eight New York Central railroad section gang members were killed when struck by a Chicago to New York water level train. The accident occurred east of the station and details were scarce.
Danville pitcher Art Fowler earned his ninth win in an 11 inning 9-8 victory over leigh. The win helps the Leafs split the two game series with the Caps and boosts Fowler who tops the league in pitching. Durham Bulls beat Burlington 9-6 with Bob Vorell blasting a three run homer. Lefty Gouldin held Winston-Salem to four hits in a 4-2 Greensboro win. Johnny Allen debuted as Greensboro manager. Leaksville defeated Martinsville 5-3 as unearned runs sealed the win.
Sixty four marine Corsair fighters dive to 50 feet and unleash a massive fire raid on Okinawa destroying Japanese headquarters with 19220 gallons of jellied gasoline and 465 rockets. The action, the largest fire raid of the campaign, came on day 76 as nearly 700 Japanese surrendered or killed themselves, with most laborers and a core infantry force remaining in the garrison of about 85,000.
Miss E A Chandler a Bachelor of Science from London is named rat destruction officer at Douglas Isle of Man the first woman to hold the post in the city.
Local draft officials announced that 25 men from eastern Davidson county were sent to Fort Bragg for pre induction examination. The list includes Roscoe Martin Mendenhall Ray T Bowers Thurman Hill Crofts Clyde David Shaw Clement G Tate Walter Jennings Newsome William Clyde McLain and others.
Carolinas junior golf tournament begins next Monday in Greensboro with a large local qualifier. Sonny Travis of High Point led the Greensboro contingent with a low score while many players from Greensboro and nearby towns posted rounds ranging from the 30s to the 100s in yesterday's preliminary results.
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