North Carolina Weather Shows Showers Then Clearing
The forecast calls for showers today and tonight with clearing in the west. Friday will be partly cloudy and slightly warmer across the region.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
2
The forecast calls for showers today and tonight with clearing in the west. Friday will be partly cloudy and slightly warmer across the region.
The text describes nations wary of ceding full military control to a security council with little voice for belligerents and calls for external approval before forces act. Britain proposes international trusteeships over former enemy lands, clashing with US plans for strategic bases and exclusive island control as key disputed issues emerge.
A bomber mission led by 4st Lt Alex C Bonner of Washington NC pivoted after a failed initial target. With eight Superfortresses in formation and constant interphone updates, the lead crew directed a visual bomb run over the site 20 minutes after takeoff.
Room representatives of Wm. Penn high school will meet Sunday May 6 at 5 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Lola Smith 209 Vail street to discuss matters affecting the colored community.
The missionary circle of the First Baptist church will meet Thursday evening in the church dining room for business of importance. All members are asked to be present. Rev. W. H. Hail of Mt Olive Baptist church will preach at Emmanuel Baptist church Friday night. The public is invited. Rev. S. M. Frazier and his choir will render services at the First Baptist church at 3 30 p m. The public is invited.
Representatives from all churches will meet at the First Baptist Church on Monday May 7 at 8 30 p m. The gathering will discuss handling invitations issued by White churches to join in the quarterly W S C S spiritual life meeting.
The Grand Jubilee Singers of Winston Salem will present a program at Mars Hill Holiness Church Sunday night at 8 p.m. Local gospel group performance announced for the community event.
Mt Vernon Baptist church Willing Workers meet tonight May 3 at 7 45 P M at 1607 Graves street Mrs C B Ganyard host guest speaker Mrs Willie Elliot Hosanna Tents No 236 meet May 4 7 30 A M Fellows Hall Annie Houston leader Guiding Stars May 6 at leader Mrs Caroline Marek home Jehovah Gospel singers to perform at St Matthew CME May 6 at 5 P M Elks Choir auditions May 3 8 15 P M at radio station Personal notices include Roger Gill visiting wife Anna Barringer Gill and Mrs Vinnie Quarton at 233 Reed street
The Italian surrender brings Tyrol Vorarlberg and Salz burg under Allied terms. Innsbruck and Salzburg fall with the front nearing Berchtesgaden. HQ reports capture of Weichs Rundstedt Freiherr Von Sperrle and 18 generals as 93,797 Germans surrender Monday, totaling 2,801,915 since D-Day.
Elsie Robinson argues that strict etiquette often masks violence and rudeness. She condemns social immunity for unethical behavior and urges frank disagreement and briefer politeness when deserved, calling for courage to confront miscreants.
In rapid advances across southern and central Europe, the Third Army holds the Inn and crosses the Danube, Braunau (Hitler's birthplace) is occupied, and Patton’s 90th Division pushes toward Pilsen and Skoda works. Eisenhower presses a three army offensive toward Rome while Kesselring resists near the front. The Seventh Army nears Innsbruck, and the French First Army nears Italy’s northern frontier as British and Russian forces connect along the Elbe. Allied gains free thousands of POWs and displaced persons, with Lubeck secured limiting German sea escape routes.
About 45 Rotarians from surrounding towns attended a one day sectional Rotary meeting in Thomasville hosted by the local club. The event in the 188th district aimed to reduce travel and train incoming presidents and secretaries. Rotary director Dunn Thomas Hood spoke on The Next 40 Years of Rotary, with a dinner for delegates and members. Attending clubs included Winston-Salem Lexington Salisbury Statesville Asheboro Mocksville and more.
Reported concentrations of German forces are cut off around Libau and Ventspils and along the North Sea coast. Denmark groups totaling 120,000 under Lin Demann face isolation, while Crete holdings, Elbe pockets, and French port garrisons draw even larger detentions as Russians press near major junctions.
Dr F C Anscombe, history professor at Salem, told a Rotary Club luncheon at the Sheraton that Russia now asserts power with three times the area of the United States and a large share of the world’s population. He said Russia is a mosaic of nations with diverse languages and cultures and will not adopt Western life or economic systems. He noted Baltic states’ seizure for sea access and argued Moscow will pursue sea outlets as it follows a defined course, including a railroad demand.
Mrs Inez Young 72 died suddenly at her daughter Mrs Clyde Bolling s home in High Point while visiting from Deep River community She was born in Stokes county November 23 1872 and survived by two sons two daughters twenty two grandchildren and six great grandchildren She was a Trinity Baptist member Funeral plans uncertain with body staying at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville until arrangements are complete
A late network correction shifts programs on the Eastern War Time grid. Highlights include Just Plain Bill, Captain Midnight repeats, Jack Armstrong serials, Dinah Shore, Abbott & Costello, and news blocks with Walter Kiernan and Fred Waring.
Local volunteer office lists students and adults from Oak Hill Junior High and other schools who volunteered for the canning sugar registration effort this Wednesday. Names include Carolyn Hiatt Judy Brooks Elizabeth Hampton Betty Anne Brown Iris Curley J. P. Hinkle Wilma Price Barbara Collier Jacksie Lee Brady Jackie Williams Libby Dozier Margaret Smith Donald Mackintosh and many others.
SUPERS airdrome and Lingkas town on an oil depot island near northeast Borneo fall to advancing Allied forces. On Mindanao, American troops near Davao after six mile advance to the western edge of Davao City, the last major Japanese holdout in the area. MacArthur reports Japanese surprise and no organized resistance as Australian, American, Dutch and Australian air and naval units attack oil storage tanks for days.
The article references Germany's defeat and moral debate over surrender and honor. It mentions Nazi commanders, Allied forces, and diverse nationalities including Americans Britons Indians Jews New Zealanders Yugoslavs French and Brazilians. It also notes Florida's land and water area.
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