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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1945
Page
4
High Point The Enterprise reports on wartime events and local updates for Saturday March 10 1945. Notable items include regional developments, military dispatches, and community notices relevant to residents and service members.
The Greensboro Daily News condemns Crissman s law library bill as a costly and discriminatory measure favoring High Point. It argues a library tax shifts costs to litigants, gives a judge tight control over library operations, and risks corruption and poor governance.
The piece argues the approaching income tax deadline highlights a need for a comprehensive revision of the tax system from local to federal levels. It rails against rising taxes and complex collection methods, warning of growing government dependence and questioning socialist-leaning outcomes.
Eugene Bost of Cabarrus moves to table a bill granting the Agriculture Board power to regulate marketing of inferior products and items like eyelet counts and button sizes. The State Board of Education ends its regular session as a new board will take over April 1, with Archie Graham and A S Brower rumored to be reappointed.
Lynn Nisbet notes approval of a bill to mark state owned cars with a three inch state seal but a committee favors allowing a replica of the state seal eight inches in diameter as sufficient. Governor’s car cited as illegally marked by some members. Also coverage of roadside dives, taxicab licensing push, and trucking franchise regulation with hints of future reports.
Washington reports Henry A. Wallace begins as Secretary of Commerce with a slow planned shakeup. Associate Justice Black administered the oath after a misstep about raising his right hand. Wallace intends tours across divisions to meet staff while avoiding drastic removals, unlike past tensions with Jesse Jones.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines testifies before the House Alions Committee and cites a plan to muster out about 200000 soldiers per month after Germany’s fall. Army officials quickly disavow the figure, while some insiders suggest the idea persists to end state.
The article argues that Philippine independence, set by act of Congress for 1946, will rely on U.S. rehabilitation aid after World War II. It credits Filipino effort and American tariffs for initial push but notes wartime needs and U.S. military role in retaking Manila.
The piece argues the Philippines remain a transitional commonwealth under the Tydings-McDuffie Act with Osmena as president and questions the viability of full statehood. It urges sober analysis of postwar policy, defense needs, and the fate of territories and seized lands, warning against influenced decisions shaped by sugar and fat interests.
Propaganda and sabotage fill the front as Allied forces advance in Europe. A Nazi locomotive engineer is protected in combat zones, while treason and executions rise in liberated areas. Goebbels portrays Allied brutality to frighten Germans, and Eisenhower’s troops use loudspeakers to maintain discipline.
A Yank sergeant reports sniper fire and a hardened frontline attitude. Field orders threaten punishment for lost muskets while improvised armor appears in the Rhine sector. Nazis reuse captured weapons from Poland to overrun arsenals, and a Polish Black Brigade officer in Manhattan recalls a captured Nazi car. A Polish cannon repaired overnight finally fires on German positions.
A collection of light anecdotes about Teddy Roosevelt FDR and other famed figures. Jokes span Roosevelt's heaven choir to Edison watches and Toscanini retorts, plus memories of Beethoven and Grant.
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