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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1945
Page
3
Dr Ellen Winston state commissioner of public welfare will tour the Piedmont region delivering talks to civic clubs in Reidsville Yanceyville Burlington Rockingham Statesville Charlotte and Concord this week. She will give the commencement address at Samarcand Manor Eagle Springs on Friday.
A group of liberated Dutch troops train at Camp Lejeune in preparation for combat with the Royal Netherlands Marines to join a United Nations fighting force after completing their training.
The Charlotte News reports CBS will sell WBT Charlotte to Jefferson Standard Life Insurance of Greensboro for about 1.5 million dollars. CBS to dispose of the 50 000 watt station after FCC order with 18 bidders. final CBS board action pending.
Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle praises the personnel of the continent's only repair depot at an VIII Air Force Station in France. Sergeant J Lelon Brown of High Point NC, a vehicle mechanic for a quartermaster trucking company, is married to Blanche and father to Denise of Millinocket Maine. Brown previously worked for Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford before entering service.
Herbert M. Causey of High Point North Carolina serves in the 329th field artillery battalion on the Fifth Army front in Italy. The unit uses harassing zone fires to block German routes, aiding moves toward newly prepared positions near Pea Valley. The division has aided crossing the Gustav line and Gothic line breakthrough efforts. Also noted is K W Harris of Park Street visiting family after 30 months overseas with the Fifth Marine Corps and return to the U S stationed at Norfolk Naval Air Station.
Captain Woodrow J. Schrander of the 78th Lightning division receives the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement. He served in campaigns including the Siegfried Line Roer dams Rhine Remagen bridgehead and the Ruhr pocket and is married to Mrs. Virginia Schrander of 500 Mint Street High Point North Carolina.
Harold Wilson Safield son of Mr and Mrs A E Sappenfield 1002 Lindsay Street High Point North Carolina received silver aerial gunner wings and was promoted to corporal after completing the flexible gunnery course for radio men at Yuma Army Air Field recently. He previously trained at the Radio Rators and Mechanics School Sioux Falls South Dakota and is a graduate of High Point High School.
Harvey E. Coltrane seaman 1/c has returned to Boston after a visit with his wife the former Miss Helen Brewer and his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Coltrane of 305 Osborne street. His wife accompanied him back to make their home in Boston.
PFC William Griffith, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Griffith of 1207 Hardover Street, returns to the United States on a 30 day furlough after over eight months overseas. He was wounded in Belgium in January and treated in an English hospital before being sent home. He bears the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Good Conduct Ribbon, European Theater medal with two battle stars, and the Combat Infantry badge. He will report to a Georgia hospital for re assignment.
S/Sgt. James I. Rhew, 20, arrived at a redistribution station in Miami Beach for reassignment after 23 missions over Europe as an armorer-gunner. He earned the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and is married to Doris Yarbrough Rhew of High Point. He is the son of Edd and Mrs. Rhew of Burlington and has 24 months in the Army.
Henry C. Sechrest of Madison Wisconsin has enrolled in the RAF training commands continuation flying training program at Truax Field announced by the post commander. Former Moody Field Georgia where he won his wings the officer will fly an advanced AT-6 training aircraft.
The report mentions Corporal Ralpha returning to Texas with his parents. It notes he helped on the journey and fed his sisters Mrs. J Fulton and Mrs. C A Bishop along the way. Australia is cited as the world's largest wool producer.
From 1940 through 1944 the United States government sold 184 billion dollars of new securities to fund wartime effort. The figure reflects a massive mobilization of financial resources during World War II.
Superintendent Iles F Carroll urges local schools to keep operation on V E Day and the following day. He asks for the day to be observed as a day of prayer to honor those who died and to promote peace. The note cites President Roosevelt’s passing and the desire for reverent commemoration. There are about 2,000,000 retail stores in the United States.
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