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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1945
Page
2
Paramount Lease Renewal Considered by City Council
The city finance committee weighs renewing the Paramount theater lease with North Carolina Theaters, Inc. The five year term expires December 31 this year and current rent is 700 dollars monthly or 8,406 dollars yearly with various unspecified costs under discussion. It is unclear if the council will seek a rent increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Auditorium
North Carolina Theaters, Inc
Paramount Theater
July 1 Deadline For Slaughtering Permits
Farmers must register with the War Price and Rationing Board before July 1 to obtain slaughtering permits for 1945. J. E. Hartley, chairman of the local public relations panel, says even if slaughtering will occur in fall or winter a quota base must be established now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
J. E. Hartley
Hartley
Fuel Oil Users Urged To Place Applications Now
High Point fuel oil users are urged to submit applications for winter supply. War Price and Rationing Board chair Ed Mendenhall says blanks are mailed to last year’s users and must be returned promptly. After processing, coupons will be mailed. order first tank when coupons arrive to prevent cold homes and avoid overburdened transport. Apply at the local board if blank not received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ed Mendenhall
War Price and Rationing Board
Mendenhall
America
Non-parking Areas To Be Eliminated In Front Of Theaters
City council discusses removing two non parking zones on North Main in front of the Carolina and Rialto theaters. About half the block between Broad and Washington will be freed. bicycle racks will be provided in front of each theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina and
Rialto
North Main Street
W. L. Hunt Arday
Parks Juvenile Ordinance Amended Appoints Chairman and Vice Chairman
City council amended the parks and juvenile commission ordinance to provide for a chairman and a vice chairman. Appointments are expected within days. Current members appointed earlier this month include Hartley, Charles F. Carroll Jr., D T Yow, Paul Ingle, D C Mac Rae, Dale Montgomery, Rev J P H McNatt, and H A Millis. Rev McNatt was previously omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks and Juvenile Commission
Hartley
Charles F. Carroll
D. T. Yow
Paul Ingle
D. C. MacRae
Dale Montgomery
J.P. H. McNatt
H. A. Millis
Mr. McNatt
Tran’s double water front shaped by seas and land
Tran has two valuable water fronts one on the north shaped by the Cassea and the other south formed by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Paper was first made in England in 1492.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tran
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
England
Recruiter Seeks War Dept Typists in local visit
Mrs. Elizabeth McGriff, army service forces recruiter, arrived in H Point to recruit typists and stenographers for the war department in Washington. She will be at the local employment office tomorrow with no appointment needed. Successful candidates will take civil service exams, receive transport to Washington, guaranteed housing, 26 days annual leave and 15 days sick leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McGriff
Army Service Forces Recrui
H Point
War Department
Washington
Local Man Sees His Brother On Screen In Theater
Hayden Ratledge of this city went to a local theatre yesterday to watch the film Target Tokyo. His brother, Sgt. John W. Ratledge, appears on screen and had been in Grand Island Nebraska during filming and later joined the Pacific theater assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden Ratledge
Sgt
John W. Ratledge
Are Ratledge
Grand Is
Nebraska
Target
Tokyo
Pacific Theater
George Andrew Rader
Newton
Hoy L. Fesperman
Manila
Pacific
Rosabelle Elliott Rader
Washington, D. C
W. F. Rader
Philippines
India Crisis or Harmony Pact in Simla Talks
The Simla conference seeks a new interim government with Indians in cabinet posts while the viceroy keeps military control. Nehru’s release brightens prospects, Gandhi and Jinnah are pivotal in shaping attitudes toward the British plan for dominion status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
Stafford Cripps
Simla
England
all-India Congress
Cripps
Gandhi
Nehru
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Lord Wavell
Jinnah
Bonds Shortfall Persists in National Drive
Washington reports the $4 billion Series E bond quota remains over $1 billion short as the drive extends an additional week through July 7 after opening May 14. The campaign runs through the accounting period end.
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Washington
Funeral Rites For Alfred L. In Trinity Resident
Alfred L. a resident of Trinity Route 1 died suddenly Saturday afternoon. Funeral service Tuesday at 3 PM at Fairview et ist church with Rev. Mr. Vestal and Evangelist Charles E. McBride of High Point officiating. Pallbearers named. quartet provided music. Interment in Oakwood Memorial cemetery High Point.
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Thomasville
Alfred L
Trinity
Rt. 1
Beare
Fairview
Mr. Vestal
Charles E. McBride
High Point
Francis White
Howard Marsh
Dewey Nelson
Charles Hiatt, Jr
Leonard Scearce
Jim Slupe
Orvie Lily
Alvin Brown
Jordan Spencer
David Davis
E. W. Hutchins
Oakwood Memorial Cemetery
Soldier Rufus Herri awarded Bronze Star in Europe
Pfc. Rufus K. Herri, son of Mrs. Gladys Herring, receives the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in action. He served overseas for months and took part in several drives including the Ruhr pocket Siegfried Line Boer Dams Schmidt and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Rufus K. Herrison
Gladys Herring
T City
Pfc
Herring
Ruhr Pocket
Signing of United Nations Charter Marks San Francisco Conference
President Truman and William Stettinius oversee the final United Nations charter signing in San Francisco. Delegation chiefs from the United States, Russia, Britain, China, France and others speak on progress, urging that the charter's machinery depends on member states' use to preserve peace and security. Guatemala signs last at 7:20 p.m. PWT as work moves to post conference completion in Washington.
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Truman
Stettinius
Edward Stettinius
United States
San Francisco
Leo Pasvolsky
United Nations Organization
United Nations Preparatory Commission
London
Red and Gold Opera House
Washington
Guatemala
Mr. Truman
Russia
Britain
China
France
Mexico
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Czechoslovakia
South Africa
Postwar strike wave gains pace after V E Day
Labor figures show actual strikes held in check before V E Day but since then the rate has roughly doubled with about 86 000 workers staying away from work. A study finds strikes not aimed chiefly at government pay policy though wages matter. WLB cites union rivalry and wartime plant grievances as seeds of the current action. The sole bright note is Chicago where an 11 day truck driver walkout of about 6 000 workers appears to have ended.
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WLB
Chicago
Sgt Is Sentenced In Sugar Theft Case
Durham June 27 Clarence H. Moulton of Indianapolis and Camp Butner faced three years in prison and a dishonorable discharge after an army court martial found him guilty in the theft of 5,000 pounds of army sugar. The trial lasted two days with Capt John C Hernson as judge advocate and R P Reade as defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Clarence H. Moulton
Indianapolis
Ind
Camp Butner
United States Army
Moulton
John C. Hernson
R. P. Reade
Scheidt notes surplus equipment and new sub machine guns
He outlines surplus military gear being repurposed, describes compact affordable sub machine guns, and cites 95 million fingerprints available in Washington. He claims the FBI lab keeps pace with science and that cases once unsolved are now solved. Senators tour Champion Paper and Fiber Co. today and pass Pisgah National Forest. A dance is scheduled tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Senators
Champion Paper and Fiber Co
Canton
Pisgah National Forest
Allied forces strike Japan aviation fuel plants near Yokkaichi
The Marianas fleet bombed the Utsube aviation gasoline refinery near Yokkaichi, 18 miles southwest of Napor e. Fifty fortresses hit the refinery and other targets in a sweeping strike on Honshu, with 14 hours of prior bombing on aircraft plants. Icing and bad weather caused refueling stops at Iwo Jima as returning crews reported multiple bomb hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co Bee
Okinawa
Marianas
Japan
Atsube River
Yokkaichi
Napore
Tokugawa An Otake
Honshu
Utsube
Iwo Jima
Food shortages widen across regions as June tastes strain supply
Meat supplies faltered nationwide with Slovakia Greece Italy Poland and Yugoslavia set to double shipments through May end. Regions vary with shortages in beef pork and lamb. Philadelphia bakery production drops due to sugar cuts. Pacific coast and New England regions see major declines while butter remains adequate except east. Sugar shortage raises bakery curtailments.
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Slovakia
Greece
Italy
Poland
Yugoslavia
Philadelphia
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
New England
Southeastern
Truman Addresses UN Charter Aims At World Peace and Growth
President Truman praised the United Nations Charter as a strong instrument for peace and progress while warning fascist remnants may seek to divide the world. He urged expansion and improvement of the charter and removal of economic trade barriers to raise living standards globally. He commended delegates for their work and stressed leadership toward peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
United Nations
Humberto Sierra Knocks Out Bobby Jackson in Fifth Round
Humberto Sierra of Havanna Cuba rose from a knockdown in the fourth to deliver a technical knockout over Bobby Jackson of Los Angeles in the fifth round of a scheduled 10 round bout at the Olympic Auditorium. Jackson weighed 132 pounds and suffered a worsening eye cut by the end of the fourth. Sierra weighed 130 pounds.
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Los Angeles
Humberto Sierra
Havanna
Cuba
Bobby Jackson
Olympic Auditorium
Jackson
Sierra
Ervin Attacks Fair Employment Plan in House Debate
In Washington on June 27 Rep. Ervin of North Carolina charged that the FEPC would bring totalitarian government under the guise of helping minorities. He warned continued FEPC would eventually decide which employees should be promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ervin
D-Nc
House
Fair Employment Ctre Committee
FEPC
Red Cross Seeks Assistant Field Directors For War Effort
High Point chapter chairwoman Mrs. Horace S. Haworth announced an urgent need for assistant field directors to staff European and Pacific postings. Prospective workers, including trained social workers and recreation staff, can earn up to 325 dollars monthly with free living quarters. Interested individuals should contact the local chapter on College Street as the program continues for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Pacific
American Cross
Horace S. Haworth
High Point
Father Confessor
Santa Claus
Red Cross
Mrs. Haworth
American Material Taken From Britain
Brig. Gen. E. F. Koenig announced in London that U. S. military installations in Great Britain are being closed rapidly. He said American material totals about 350,000 tons now, down from 1,400,000 tons on March 15, as the British Isles drain of both personnel and equipment accelerates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Great Britain
Dispatch
British Isles
E. F. Koenig
Unite Kingdom
Koenig
Stutts Home After Freed From Germans
Sgt James Leroy Stutts returns home to 524 Ames Street for a 60 day leave after liberation from German captivity. He joined the service in 1943 and served as a turret gunner on a B 24, captured since August 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leroy Stutts
Ames Street
Miami Beach
Fla
Young Stutts
T. R. Stutts
Guam receives first Pacific forward area farm shipment
Maj. Gen. Henry L. Larsen announced a cargo distributed to Guam government farms to support hospitals with fresh milk meats and poultry. The shipment arrived on two Victory ships and is the first sent to a forward Pacific area, including 75 cows eight bulls six heifers 1 043 hogs 600 ducks and turkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Restocck
Guam Farms
Guam
INS
Henry L. Larsen
Pacific
Radio Schedule for Wednesday June 27 Eastern War Time
Radio listings detail programs across networks from 6:45 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. including serials news concerts and dramas. Names repeatedly appearing include Sparrow and the Hawk Keene Wicker Hop Harrigan Tom Mix Dick Tracy Superman House of Mystery and Jack Kirkwood's Radio Show with major anchors like Lowell Thomas Fulton Lewis Jr and Gabriel Heatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrell
Cbe
Keene Wicker
East
Hop Harrigan
Abe Tom Mix
Abe Quincy Howe
Cbs
Walter Kiernan
Terry
Abe-West
Chick Carter
Abe Jimmy Carroll
Cbea
Dick Tracy
Mbs-West
Sally Moore
Jack Armstrong
Abe
Three Suns
Pbde
Misery Queen
Dhs Basie Dancing Music Orchestra
Lone Ranger
Mbs
Kaltenborn
Mr. and
Mrs. North
Abe the Saint
Dbs
Don Gardiner
Abe Cecil Brown
Avner
Abe Curt Massey
Billie Burke
Dean Hersholt
Christian
Cbs Counter Spy
Abe Bert Wheeler
Barney Grant
Eddie Cantor
Abe Ray Noble
Orches
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Abe Arene el
Kyser
Milton Berle
Cbbe
Abe-Basie
Abe Newcreel
Splint Helps Army Dog In Haverford Rescue
Dr Otto Stader inventor of the Stader splint applied splints to a local unit’s entry dog in Haverford Pennsylvania after a front leg injury. The dog is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverford
INS
Otto Stader
Stader
Army Signal Corps
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Anne Shirley
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Orphan OF the
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Prc
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