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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy weather with a warm west and cooler east today and early tonight. Rain squalls and near hurricane force winds on the coast today diminishing tonight. Tuesday features partly cloudy skies with a warmer east portion and possible rain showers inland.
The speech stresses unity and national destiny as Britain faces a crucial election. Churchill notes parliament’s decade plus tenure ended by dissolution and cites the marketplace at Aylesbury as a nearby reference point while emphasizing the importance of voting.
An advertisement touts Bt Joseph Aspirin promising faster, stronger relief with aspirin tablets at a lower price. It urges consumers to demand Bt Joseph Aspirin when shopping for headache and fever relief.
The piece argues civilians may resist invasion as Japan mobilizes for total war. It cites General Arnold predicting 2,000,000 tons of bombs on the Mikado home islands and describes the looming aerial blockade. It compares German civilian impact with Japan's vulnerability and notes early results on axis penetration in the hemisphere.
Clayton says Argentina remains the hemisphere's last UN member with 104 spearheads still unreduced and four in elimination. Brazil has fully eliminated 48 spearheads, with 70 in process and none untouched. Spearheads are firms seen as centers of espionage or aggression. elimination means liquidation seizure or sale to non Nazi interests.
Two men captured after landing from a German submarine at Frenchman Bay Missouri on November 29 1944 had their death sentences commuted to life by President Truman. They were tried by a seven member military commission at Governors Island New York and sentenced to hang before the commutation.
The report details White House deliberations on whether James Byrnes remains secretary or shifts to another post amid hopes the United Nations project gains US leadership. It notes President Truman’s arrival in San Francisco for the closing sessions, with charter signing and Poland’s late signing. Delegates deem the conference a major success, praising the charter as superior to Dumbarton Oaks.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower returns to Washington after a week of receptions. He slips into the capital with little ceremony as a handful of greet ers meet his train.
Labor strife across cities threatens plant shutdowns as 71,000 idle nationwide and 38,000 CIO workers in Detroit plan to meet over reconversion work disputes with AFL. In Detroit 29,000 already idle, Packard and Chrysler sites hit. potential plant closures loom within days pending repairs and wage disputes.
Congress approves over 28 billion dollars for lend lease operations. The committee adds 1.975 billion in new funds plus 1.9821 billion unexpended balances from previous allocations. The total sums to about 3.9571 billion, nearly 418 million under estimates and 3.80547 billion below current year funds.
General Henry H. Arnold, head of the Army Air Forces, urged retaining a string of Pacific island bases to secure future U S security. He named the Marshalls Palau Volcano Islands Bonins Ryukyus Wake Marcus Canton Palmyra Christmas Am Samoa and said Iwo Jima saves bombers and proves the need for a Pacific bridge.
Wilmington police said Seda one was proceeding as winds and rains approached. At Carolina Beach 12 miles south of Wilmington, evacuation began at 7 am. Red Cross and state patrolmen warned beach residents.
The center of a tropical hurricane swerved 40 miles off Charleston and paralleled the Carolina coast. Winds reached 70 mph with negligible damage. Folly Beach residents evacuated while Norfolk warned of showers and above normal tides.
Reported American losses reach 223 dead and 589 wounded in Okinawa with Japanese forces pressurized in a 60 mile Cagayan corridor. Fifth Air Force planes blasted Hong Kong to Formosa targets, sinking and burning dozens of small craft along the coast. Australian Ninth Division advances along the Borneo coast toward Seria and Miri fields, with Seria still aflame as Japanese torches burn wells.
A basement fire at Senior High early Sunday burned a pile of waste paper and three doors. Firemen said only the fireproof structure limited damage as smoke filled the building. The janitor found no source of smoke. papers near the boiler room had burned for hours. The cause of ignition remains undetermined.
Crowley testified that aid will persist until the president and top military advisers determine it should end. He cited strategic value of Soviet access to lend-lease items and noted Russia's possible War entry could divert Japanese forces. He said European lend-lease was cut after Germany's defeat and may end for Belgium, Holland and France by year end. exports from the Ex-Im Bank could fill gaps. He projected the program could close within 30 days after Japan’s defeat, with a trickle to repatriate troops.
Funeral services for John Hen ry Pritchard 72 who died at 216 West Bay street from a heart attack were led at First Methodist church by Rev Wilson O Weldon and Dr S W Taylor. The choir sang a selection with solos by Bron son Matney and Mrs J H Allstead. Pallbearers were T Pickens A G Payne J H Walker F R Allman S P Montgomery and Ross Davis. Burial followed in Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery.
Alfred McDowell of Trinity route 1 died suddenly at home Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 oclock at Fairview Methodist church near Trinity with interment in Oakwood cemetery High Point following.
Douglass Lynn Marshall, one day old son of Mr and Mrs L P Marshall 502 Sunset Drive born Sunday at 7 45 AM in a local hospital Survived by his parents and a brother Interment was held in Blairs Virginia this afternoon
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