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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1945
Page
2
Forecasters report mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies across the coast with a slight temperature change. Extended outlook shows normal temperatures with slight trends and light to moderate precipitation mainly in eastern sections later in the period.
In Germany allied officers form mobile field interrogation units, nicknamed Mafia, to question prisoners on Luftwaffe and political actions. Notable cases include Goering’s dual interrogation, Brigadier Ferdinand Flury’s poison expertise, and General Fritz Bayerlein’s Ruhr surrender questioning.
Four permits issued by the city inspector cover painting and repainting at four residences. L. C. Chiles will paint a dwelling at 800 East Lexington Avenue for 250 dollars. J. W. Welch will repaint his residence at 1008 Holton Street for 150 dollars. J. H. Hicks will repaint his residence at 803 East Lexington Avenue for 135 dollars. E. E. Twiddy will paint his residence at 1124 Cedrow Avenue for 150 dollars.
The North Carolina case centers on Clarence Norris and accomplices as jurors hear that a gun fired during a larcenous plot killed a man during a scene of planned crime. Defense contends coercion and seeks leniency amid testimonies from Salmon and other defendants.
A 38.5 billion dollar Army supply measure moves to the House floor. Generals Marshall and Arnold testify plans for 1000 B-29s daily and 2.7 million tons of bombs in the Pacific next fiscal year. Committee approval shows reductions from earlier estimates and reallocations across current and new appropriations.
Civil Aeronautics Board examiners wrapped up a four week hearing in Greensboro on airline route applications mainly through the southeast. They will submit testimony to Washington and expect months before full board action and about nine months to a year before any airline could be certified. The session heard 26 applicants proposing service spanning the region.
In Washington on June 22 a proposal to strike the enacting clause of the OPA extension bill failed on a voice vote. Representative Hoffman of Michigan urged ending OPA and starting over, but his suggestion drew only scattered support as a roar of noes dismissed the measure.
Ernest F. E. Norris of Washington D C, president of the Southern Railway system, arrived in High Point in his private car for a brief visit. He conferred with several business leaders and friends during the day and planned to continue his trip later.
A 14 year old Archdale resident Sarah Ana White vanished Tuesday night while visiting High Point for a musical program. Her father J B Allen filed the report with local police. She is described as five feet four, dark hair, blue gray eyes, 125 pounds, recently moved from Pennsylvania and knows no one in High Point.
On Saipan’s bomber base the air-sea rescue room coordinates B 29 downed-crew saves over Japan. Capt. Murray and Lt. Pope lead a joint Army Navy team as Iwo Jima’s capture cuts flight fatalities and the number of crews in distress rises. 78 aviators saved in six weeks highlight the unit’s impact.
Justice Robert H. Jackson says military tribunal will determine punishments and that appeals go to history. He discusses whether the proceedings will be a mass or collective trial and notes heads of other governments could be asked to testify, but the aim is not to prosecute foreign leaders. He compares the case to American conspiracy trials and notes joint defendants are bound by shared acts.
The article notes conservative estimates of at least 3,500 Japanese casualties in the Inland Sea battles and a 13 to 1 kill ratio versus American forces. It cites Okinawa as the final phase with 3,058 Japanese killed, surrendering and leaving leaflets behind. Civilians faced mop up in a bedraggled scene as remaining pockets resisted.
Reports show the Amagasaki Sumitomo Kanzaki plant largely destroyed or damaged and Osaka facilities including the arsenal Mitsubishi refinery Fukuda aircraft plant Miraguchi gear works and others. Shizuoka Yokkaichi and Toyohashi each suffered over half their areas burned with Hamamatsu also heavily lost.
The report notes a Chinese counteroffensive southeast of Chunqing using thrusts from Liuchow and Kwei chow rail lines. A separate push from the southwest reached six miles southwest of Liuchow while Chinese forces retook the Anquan corridor and pressed toward Lungnan near Canton.
President Truman seeks blanket authority to reorganize all federal agencies but House rules delay action. Expenditure Committee may study a bill by Rep Nasco that would exempt over twenty departments from presidential control. Belief remains that a postwar reform law is needed, though no hurry.
The war production effort faced a wave of labor stoppages with about 70,000 workers idle nationwide. CIO glass workers in 10 cities led a major strike with 15,000 in reach, while Goodyear in Akron and Packard in Detroit saw significant actions. The War Labor Board urged end to walkouts as negotiations stalled.
Washington June 22 Hart, chairman of the re created House committee on un American activities, faced questions about resignation amid ill health and heavy duties. Colleagues said he may step down in weeks, potentially elevating Rep John Rankin to chairmanship, though Rankin could not hold two posts.
Raleigh reports John D. Findley will take over as game and inland fisheries commissioner on July 1 with a salary of $5,000 annually. His appointment was announced yesterday by R. Bruce.
In San Francisco the major powers align for peace under the UN charter which promises security if nations choose it. The speaker notes war still possible as no automatic enforcement exists and contrasts with local police who protect homes without firearms while civilian systems lag.
Findley, who served as assistant to Game Commissioner John D. Chalk from 1938, leaves as of May 1 this year.
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