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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1946
Page
1
President Truman appealed for church support to back a broad program of social reforms and warned against lobby groups he said are greedy for gold. He urged religious groups to back employment equity, price controls, housing, health and social security, and to back atomic energy development under a moral code to rescue a sick world.
Richard Cushing reports from Mukden that a large aluminum plant was looted by Russians who left a broken Russian receipt and scattered aluminum ware including cans intended for the Japanese army. Chinese officials note repeated Soviet visits but a UNRRA sign later barred entry.
Chester Bowles, stabilization director, tells the National Farmers Union convention that the coming weeks are a Guadalcanal Okinawa and Stalingrad fight to maintain a stabilized economy. He cites 90 days of congressional decisions on price controls subsidies and agency funding as crucial to inflation control and future prosperity.
President Truman departed Columbus at 1 05 p m aboard the Sacred Cow en route to Washington after addressing the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. He told reporters he hurried back to keep an 8 o clock engagement at the White House, details not disclosed.
President Truman urged church leaders to couple the new atomic age with a strong moral code to guide its use for the common good. Speaking in Am erican after visiting Fulton he warned of new conflicts and urged renewal of religious faith to withstand the “greatest age in history.”
Norfolk report details a 36 year old woman identified as Mrs. Mary Lou Bolton found dead in a rooming house with about 10000 in cash and securities in her purse. Coroner’s investigator Leon Nowitzky noted a note asking for cremation in Cincinnati. A prior address was listed as North Hollywood California. An inquiry began after two empty medicine bottles were discovered in her room.
Washington March 6 Harold L Ickes for the senate naval committee said his memoranda on conversions with Edwin W Pauley are locked in a bank vault and could not be produced for examination The committee had ordered Ickes to produce the memoranda which he testified he made days after Pauley offered him the rawest proposition to raise democratic campaign funds in 1944 The former Secretary of the Interior said he did not receive notification until 6 45 p m yesterday to appear again as a witness on Pauley s nomination for undersecretary of the Navy and came without the notes
Governor Cherry signed a request for extradition of Loretta Frances Bozek a 19 year old nursemaid held by Washington DC on charges of abducting four year old Terry Taylor of Charlotte North Carolina. The papers go to the District of Columbia Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Washington March 6. The administration asked Congress for 2.051 billion dollars to fund subsidies for food and other materials in the fiscal year beginning July 1. Deputy to economic Stabilizer James F. Brownlee said halting subsidies could raise food costs by eight percent and overall living costs by about three percent. He argued subsidies are needed to curb inflation. The plan also funds incentive payments to boost production of rubber and petroleum. Meanwhile, over 100 Republicans and Democrats organized to seek price control law revisions led by Rep. Hartley to curb abuses and make OPA more effective. The current year’s subsidies total about 2.084 billion, with a slightly lower request for next year.
The Hyde Park home of Franklin D. Roosevelt will be formally dedicated as a national historic site on April 12, the first anniversary of his death. President Truman will attend and deliver the principal address, with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt also speaking. The 32 acre site includes the rose garden where Roosevelt is buried.
Edward Spike Howard a 58 year old former strong man and noted blood donor died today in Philadelphia. His family estimated he gave 1056 pints to the Red Cross, including wartime contributions. Howard once vaudeville performer recalled feats such as towing a 15 ton fire truck 100 feet with his teeth in 1922 at Madison Square Garden.
Tokyo reports a new Japanese constitution renouncing war and prohibiting armed forces, with General MacArthur approving. The emperor Hirohito is to become a symbol of state with limited functions, and sovereignty shifts to the people. The charter abolishes war as a sovereign right and sets up a newly elected house system with extensive individual rights.
Belfast reports the U S transit Henry Gibbons sailed for New York with 314 Irish brides and 140 children of American service members. Workers on the quay sang Land of Hope and Glory and Come Back to Erin as the ship departed.
Victor Beaver, living in a trailer in his father-in-law’s yard, learned he owns a six room fully furnished house in Anchorage after winning a $1 raffle ticket from the Anchorage Rotary Club while stationed in Alaska. He has two telegram offers, one for 5500 dollars and another for 6000 dollars, and will consider the decision for a few days.
CHUNGKING March 6. The Chinese government presses for withdrawal of Russian troops in Manchuria while Soviet authorities cite difficulties. Liu Chieh says China is keeping the United States informed on Sino Soviet negotiations and declined to elaborate. Russian moves and size of forces at Port Arthur were not conveyed. Soviet removal of plant machinery in Manchuria noted as a factor in China’s inability to regain sovereignty, with control of Dairen under the Sino Soviet treaty described as open port.
The World Today notes Switzerland’s long standing policy of neutrality complicates potential special UNO membership for neutrals. Switzerland seeks cooperation for peace and may accept modified membership, but it values neutrality above all. Positioned in central Europe, with 16,000 square miles, it sits at a crossroads among Germany, France and Italy, raising invasion fears during major power tensions.
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Switzerland's 22 cantons split by German, French and Italian speakers. Neutrality avoids internal strife and invasion risk, with Swiss leaders hoping the UN can respect their special status without a plebiscite. The 1515 defeat is cited as history shaping this stance.
Iranian Premier Ahmed Qavam Saltaneh extended his Moscow visit for fresh talks with Soviet officials on Iran’s crisis and the planned evacuation of Red Army troops under the British American Russian treaty. No clear agreement had been announced and Moscow sources said Britain had not received Russian explanations for delays.
Rep. McCormack charges Russia openly attacks religion to divide Western faiths. He calls for firmness in U S dealings with the Soviet Union, says outside the Soviet Union nations seek peace and Russia must cooperate or bear responsibility. He warns appeasement of Russia undermines international cooperation for permanent peace.
Heads of two major opera brotherhoods designated March 11 at 6 a.m. EST as the strike start, signaling a possible nationwide rail paralysis. The walkout follows failed arbitration talks and prompts government mediation attempts while rail management condemns the move as a violation of the rail labor act. A Detroit mediation team flies to Washington to brief Labor Secretary Schwellenbach on GM strike developments.
New York March 6. U S naval medical bulletin reports penicillin used to cure trench mouth quickly. In 400 cases there were no failures. Lozenges dissolved in the mouth deliver the drug. patients kept lozenges in place and sprayed initially. Mouths felt normal in 48 hours and pain eased after a day. All signs vanished within five days.
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