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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and moderately warm today and tonight into Friday in North Carolina. Isolated afternoon thundershowers possible in extreme east today and extreme west Friday.
Continued from Page One the crackdown on political dissidents lists terms for several leaders. Kazimir Puzhak receives one and a half years as socialist party general secretary, Alexander Zwecziwersky one year eight months as journalist and National Democrats chairman, Czarnowski six months as Union Democrats chair, Stanislaw Merzuva four months as Peasant Party secretary, F A Urbanski four months as Workers Party vice chairman, J A Khratsinski four months as Workers Party chairman, and Z Stupulowski four months as a young Warsaw lawyer and Peasant Party member who pleaded innocent.
A committee backed an Australia–Bolivia driven plan to empower the proposed United Nations General Assembly to discuss any charter scope issue and issue recommendations. Victor Andrade credited Herbert Evatt with leadership as the chamber moves toward plenary sessions and charter sections approval. Secretary Stettinius said the charter would be signed Monday in a special room with UN flags and a round table.
Governor Cherry announced the state office of civilian defense will end as a full-time agency on June 30, matching the national OCD deadline. Director L McMillan will serve voluntarily for state needs, while local defense councils are urged to stay intact and continue war service. W Z Betts remains property officer handling excess federal naval allotments.
Pfc. James C. Marion of High Point North Carolina Rt. 2 earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service while serving with the 6th Armored Division in Europe. He is the son of Mrs. Daisy Ellen Marion of High Point Rt. 2.
A World War II era projection discusses staging areas for a climactic Japanese invasion, potential use of Okinawa as a jump off, and two major steps before Honshu. It compares Pacific operations to Normandy and Salerno Anzio, estimating a two to three year path ending in 1947.
Vital pockets are mopped up as Japanese fight to the last with dwindling ammo and supplies. U S troops use flamethrowers and demolition charges while Nipponese armor and mortars fire back. About 185 Nipese surrendered this week, with Bushido urging many to die fighting. Lt Harry Hartmann of Cairo Illinois, at the front, reports evidence of narcotics among some Nipponese.
New York dispatch says American Relief for Holland ships nearly six tons of protein hydrolysates to a Dutch seaport to treat 4500 starving Netherlanders. The powder or liquid mixes provide amino acids to malnourished bodies and may be given orally or by injection as buyers resume aid efforts.
A E M 3 c T W Moore is undergoing treatment at the U S Naval hospital in Key West Florida keeping his status in the care of naval medical staff.
A group including Carroll Agner Bennett Salmon Norris conspired in a whisky robbery of blind bootlegger Beck. Salmon and Norris abducted Becks home, a gun discharged during the attempted holdup, and Salmon later pleaded to second degree murder. The trial featured testimony about accomplices Carroll Gibson and others and prior crimes.
President Truman plans a quiet stay in the area with rest as his main goal after Hickey died yesterday afternoon during a 90 mile two and a half hour drive with the governor at the wheel. He will fly to San Francisco Monday to witness the signing of a peace charter and address the closing session. He will then travel to Kansas City for a home town celebration and another return to Kansas City on Thursday for another event.
Tilwell told a Manila press conference with MacArthur that Japanese morale did not crack, while General Joseph led organizing efforts that cut a road through northern Burma, restoring a ground route to China.
The remark asserts victory over the enemy on both Chinese mainland and the home islands before surrendering invaded possessions. It reflects a wartime stance emphasizing total defeat and territorial reclaim.
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