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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1945
Page
6
North Carolina forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with continued heat through today and tonight into Sunday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible.
The 18th air cargo resupply squadron suffers dangerous drops over ruined strips with six inches of water, yet pilots land safely. Captain Norman Murray says most crew are first-timers, but none of their planes have been lost to enemy action.
CIO union chief C V Wheeler charges government and operations of Goodyear Tire and Rubber at Akron threaten democracy as 16 700 workers refuse to return to five plants. He warns of a broad strike response if occupational deferments are canceled. War and Navy departments urge production to support air war against Japan.
Washington reports a budget squeeze as four major supply bills totaling about 43.9 billion dollars face stalled Senate action or conference holds. The army supply bill for the 1946 fiscal year funds War Department activities, while three other measures cover labor federal security agency funds, lend lease deficiencys, and home front war programs. The House has acted on the labor federal security bill and awaits Senate concurrence.
Senators discussed funding and potential official authorization of annual summer gatherings. Lt. W G Epes USNR shared experiences from a southwest Pacific aircraft carrier. Bishop R E Gribben of Asheville followed with remarks from the Episcopal Church of western North Carolina.
In Hendersonville on June 30 the final session of a week-long meeting heard Bishop Robert F. Gribbin of the Western North Carolina Episcopal Diocese describe senators as "ministers of God." He said civil authority derives from God and must serve divine purposes, urging officials to act in line with God's will.
British bombers crippled German experimental stations killing hundreds of rocket experts. Allies then shattered the Reich’s war potential with a sweeping air campaign. Japanese reports claim Okinawa air operations precede a decisive homeland battle, but sea and air blockades tighten around Japan.
Eight troopers and an army captain led a rescue and supervised an emergency landing strip for Cpl. Margaret Hastings of Oswego New York one of three rescued from a May 13 crash that killed 20 Army personnel on the Orange mountain wall amid a remote valley likened to Shangri la. Hastings and Lt John B Mce Collom of Trenton Missouri and Sat Kenneth Decker of Kelso Washington survived. Hastings refused to rule over tribeswomen and asked only for a shower and a wave.
Funeral services for Richard Fuel Goolsby 85 were held at the home of his daughter Mrs. L J Marshall in Archdale Friday afternoon led by Rev W R Kelley of Main Street Methodist church. The service featured a duet by Mrs John York and Mrs J R Boone, with several pallbearers present. Interment followed in the family plot at Oakwood cemetery. Mr Goolsby of 703 Grimes Street died Wednesday night after a long illness in a local hospital.
After combined Fifth, 13th and RAAF strikes, Balikpapan’s warehouse district endured 281 tons of bombs in one night, part of 2,500 tons dropped in two weeks. Fires glow atop the town as sabotage on oil wells continues at Seria and Miri while Australian salvage teams operate. Australians hold 125 miles of north Borneo coastline and Sarawak. Tarakan oil wells now supply fuel to allied storage tanks two months after D-day.
Japanese forces fought a rearguard action with few troops as main units moved toward Kweilin. The first phase of Japan's long term strategy in China began with the abandonment of Yungning and relinquishment of a trans continental link isolating about 200000 troops in southeast Asia.
Air force veterans at the Fort Logan convalescent hospital machine shop convert condemned bomber parts into household articles. The effort repurposes salvage items while workers joke about propellers and wing flaps.
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