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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
4
The battle for Iwo Jima tests Marine resolve with an unofficial estimate of about 3,000 Marines killed and over 20,000 Japanese deaths. The island’s rugged defenses and seven decades of combat illustrate both extreme losses and strategic gains for the U S forces.
The General Assembly moved to raise the pure wine tax from 20 to 30 cents per gallon, establish state wine standards, tax sub standard wines at 1.20 dollars to push them out, restrict on premises sales to grade A cases, and place all wine under the State Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control. If enforcement falters, the wine industry may force self enforcement, or risk intensified future battles in 1947.
As the 1945 General Assembly session ends, Billy Arthur of Onslow is praised for overcoming a dwarf stature of just over three feet. He rose from initial pity to admiration at UNC and in journalism, becoming a respected legislator and witty, influential figure in North Carolina politics.
Mitchell county remains solidly Republican and no Democratic candidate ran for General Assembly while the omnibus board of education bill names three Democrats to run public schools. The House amended to substitute a Republican for one Democrat and the Senate Rose amendment reinstates the original three, delaying passage and sending the bill back to the House. Senate and House moved quickly on other business with a new calendar committee aiding speed.
Lynn Nisbet notes a six lawyer to one layman ratio on a powerful House committee led by Bill Horner. The breakdown shows key members from counties cities and towns and finance with John Kerr as sole appropriations rep who rarely attends. Observers say Speaker Richardson aims to direct bills at local revenue issues, while the calendar committee earned the nicknames axe and morgue for fast tracking and adverse floor reports.
Washington columnists attack a 265 page 1940 and 1910 fertility by age study calling it opaque and costly. Rep Brown blasts waste while Chairman Boren seeks explanations from Census and Budget as lawmakers scrutinize the newsprint use.
Jack Stinnett notes census officials seek congressional support and funds to finish the farm Chief census. He criticizes terminology such as Demographic variables and osculatory interpolations as obscuring meaning. The piece cites the wife of head of a private household and warns a second edition is doubtful.
The author argues against monopolies while recognizing some firms must be large for steel and chemical plants. He cites the scale of capital for new plants—tens to hundreds of millions—and notes the impact of Congress decisions on government owned facilities and the national economy. He discusses Henry Kaiser and critiques media coverage of him.
The piece discusses options for government owned plants after the war. Three paths are presented: government operation, closure, or leasing to private industry to preserve employment. Kaiser argues for private operation on lease or purchase terms, with equitable treatment of existing private investments and a path toward peacetime production, while avoiding the Surplusity Act’s complexity. The goal is clear policy enabling private financing and restored employment.
Washington editor says Morgen thau’s push for the new world bank and money fund is superior propaganda, with lobbyists and advertising experts shaping support. Critics warn the Bretton Woods agreements may be fiscally artificial, risking future losses, while Senate amendments loom and bankers plot counter moves.
The writer questions why Russia remains silent on proposed world finance measures while Britain and Keynes amplify their concerns. He speculates on Russia's gold mining costs and potential to buy into capitalism at fire sale prices, noting Russia's isolationist economy and possible impact on anti capitalism. He weighs whether the dollar and British involvement will offset Russia's position.
Items from the New York Washington Express touch on staff reshuffles and ambassadors return, campaign buttons in New York, possible secret marriage rumors, royal family movements, LaGuardia labor bids, postwar tax plans, industry fears, inflation concerns, and political dynamics involving Byrnes and Congress.
The excerpt mixes remarks by John L. Lewis amid Pearl Harbor events with Wall Street capital highs and political stances. It notes Wheeler and Halsey on surrender policy, warns of curfew enforcement, and recounts a Nazi prisoner camp dispute near an Oklahoma ordnance plant with tentative relocation being considered.
A collage of letters and excerpts critiques Nazi escapes and German POW policy. Major Howard W. Smith Jr comments on prisoner escapes tied to radio propaganda. Readers relay incidents of German POWs in the US, while references to Sheldon Glueck and World War I atrocities critique appeasement and leniency. Official German orders stress harsh treatment and nonidentical Geneva rations.
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