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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
3
Considerable goudiness and mild temperatures with scattered showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and continued mild with more showers in the east. Extended forecast for the Carolinas shows near normal temperatures with rising trends and moderate rainfall at the period's start and end.
On June 19 about 500 soldiers from the 86th division among North and South Carolina units arrived at Fort Bragg after traveling from Europe. An army band welcomed them as troop trains came in from Camp Kilmer New Jersey, after they reached New York by ship on Sunday.
The final session with President Truman may shift dates as Russia presses limits on topics for debate. A subcommittee failed to reach Evatt’s compromise to permit any subject within the UN charter, delaying the assembly's plans to issue recommendations and decisions.
If you feel stiff and sore from hard work or exercise the advertisement promises quick relief by applying Sweet Relief External to painful muscles. Clip and bring to Mann's Cut Rate Drug Store for 25 cents off your first purchase.
The president and General Eisenhower exchanged light remarks as the president alighted from his automobile. The same eight man crew piloted the KC 54 with aides and secret service on board. The flight planned a great circle route across the Midwest and West, with weather favorable for the journey. Truman noted delegates may not finish the charter this week, with meetings extending into next week.
In the Okinawa theater General Tenth Army assumed command for the campaign. Units pushed southward amid heavy fire as the line stretched from Magusuko inland near Kawange and Makabe toward Medeera and Maouni. The 96th Infantry stood near Mede ra facing the coast while the 381st led advances across Yaeju plateau. Allied air and naval actions also targeted Balikpapan in western Borneo with reports of bombardment and ongoing invasions in Luzon and Mindanao as Japanese resistance waned.
Anna Mary Johnson of Pittsburgh recalls seeing President Lincoln wave to locals from a train platform. On her ninety ninth birthday she receives a plaque from the Pittsburgh council, becoming the leading oldest member of a newly formed society of Pittsburghers.
Guardian of L R Sykes estate to sell at public auction for cash on premises 1044 North Main Street High Point New York at 10:00 AM July 16 1945 items include desks chair filing cabinet settee piano and other personal effects Auction ordered by Clerk of the Superior Court Guilford County dated June 7 1945.
In a Moscow trial, 16 Polish underground government and Home Army members admit to rail and bridge sabotage and killings of Russian soldiers. Jan Jankowski notes such acts aided Germany and hindered the United Nations, especially Russia. Witness Lazorewitz and Kolonedo describe fire on a Russian car and 20 days of brigade duties to blow bridges and derail trains.
The High Point homicide trial continues with five more jurors to be chosen this afternoon while evidence presentation begins tomorrow. Defendants include Norris, Carroll, Agner, Thompson, Bennett, Salmon, Gibson, and others linked to the 1944 Beck shooting. The case centers on a liquor theft and a planned raid gone wrong.
PVT. TED February notes George Johnson of Chalybeate Springs North Carolina and Corp Clarence A Grimes of Aiken North Carolina visited Berchtesgaden home of Herr A Hitter despite Adolf. Grimes plans to visit his mother in Ellenton DC and finish business in Oklahoma City. A jug of pink champagne from Germany will welcome home. Pfc James F Pack of St Stephens South Carolina and T5 Rayford L Thorp of Lake City South Carolina are highlighted as morale builders and long serving army men.
The Brotherhood of Emmanuel Lutheran church will hold a meeting at the church tomorrow evening at 6 30 o clock with a supper in the dining room served afterward.
Chinese troops in Kiangsi Province strike west of Anyuan, driving the Japanese toward Lungnan as part of efforts to shore up South China defenses and the Hongkong Canton east flank. Speculation remains that Japan may abandon Amoy Swatow pockets and withdraw toward the Yellow River region.
The council discusses a possible surplus of $300,000 or more with ideas to place it in the capital reserve fund for postwar use, reduce taxes, or bolster the engineering department for postwar expansion including street improvements and water main projects.
An old age vitality advertisement promotes Tromone a medical product blending vitamins and hormones to restore energy vigor and sexual pleasure for middle aged men. It urges following the label directions and lists Mann Drug as a seller.
The article notes a 350 mile coastal strip from Foochow to Wenchow and Hlangchow within fighter range from Okinawa. It highlights air bases at For mos a Singshan Sanmen and Taichow and a critical inland highway link to Hangchow. The plan would allow delivery of war materiel and possibly reduce need for invasion.
A detailed pledge analysis by Unitec Chest staff shows 14 000 contributors. The report highlights donor generosity and suggests trends in giving patterns across the campaign.
The Junior Service League continues telephone solicitations as the milk fund nears its $2,500 goal, now $595.80 short. Donations total $1,904.20 with $1,851.10 previously acknowledged, from 14 114 contributors in a drive that raised $130,000 pledged from about 800 corporate and individual pledges and 13 000 employee contributors.
Funeral services for George D. Jennings 70 who died June 12 at a Richmond hospital were conducted in Gloucester Virginia with Rev. S Cardwell and Rev. J E White officiating. Burial was in a Gloucester cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs William A Brown and Miss Sara Jennings of Richmond and a son C H Jennings of High Point. The text notes the Letoria oat cultivar developed at State College’s Agricultural Experiment Station as winter hardy and rust resistant.
Advert says Kilmer's Swamp Root eases bladder irritation from excess acidity by promoting urine flow. It touts 16 herbal ingredients, promises non habit forming relief, and offers a free prepaid sample with name and address to Kilmer & Co in Stamford, Connecticut.
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