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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1945
Page
2
30 Day Horse Racing Meet Planned at Oaklawn Park
Blytheville report states a 30-day meet is set for Hot Springs Oaklawn Park from October 15 to November 15 under a commission plan. Chairman H Highfill says members favor renewing the Oaklawn Jockey Club franchise, which expired after ten years. A formal vote on the franchise will occur at a Little Rock commission meeting.
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Blytheville
Ark
Hot Springs
Oaklawn Park
H. Highfill
State Racing Commission
Oaklawn Jockey Club
Oaklawn
Little Rock
Goering’s Charms Met With Ovation In Berlin Hall
The War Today notes Hermann Goering enthralled a Berlin audience with humor as Adolf Hitler prepared to speak. The piece argues Goering’s people skills and role in forming the Reich’s war apparatus won’t shield him in Allied courts. It questions who would defend Hitlerism at trial.
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Reichsmarshal
Germany
Goering
Berlin
Hitler
Hermann
Fuehrer
Adolf
Reich
Luftwaffe
Romb
Mussolini
Allied
Elk's Club Mothers Day Service Planned on Broad Street
A public Mother’s Day service will be held at the Elks’ home on West Broad street Sunday at 3 PM. Rev. Wilson Weldon of First Methodist will deliver the address, with Guerney Briggs directing special music. The Elks observe this event with public figures each year in their lodge rooms.
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Elks
West Broad Street
Wilson Weldon
First Methodist Church
Guerney Briggs
Plan To Use Forced Labor Is Protected
An American proposal to try organizations as well as individuals for war crimes was viewed as opening a legal path for forced labor in rebuilding war devastated Europe. The plan, discussed by Britain Russia and France at the United Nations conference, would create an international tribunal to try major individuals and organizations accused of atrocities, with potential use of German labor in reconstruction.
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San Francisco
Europe
Britain
Russia
France
United Nation Conference
Moscow
Molotov
Truman
Samuel L. Rosenman
Stettinius
Opening lead swing in bridge deal from 1960s column
The article analyzes a bridge hand where the opening lead favored a swing of about points. It notes East’s weak position and West’s cautious play, suggesting how a different diamond and heart sequence could have yielded a much larger loss for the declarer.
Postwar Tax Breaks Sought by Senate House Committee
The joint Senate House committee with the treasury backed five exemptions for the 1946 tax year. They would raise the excess profits tax exemption to 25 000, apply the 10 percent postwar credit to 1944 and later liabilities, advance the maturity of postwar funds to 1946, speed refunds from carry backs and reduce amortization reductions for emergency facilities.
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Senate House Committee
Treasury
War Contract Termination Clinic Held
A 1:30 to 5 PM meeting at the Sheraton hotel ballroom gathered 25 local manufacturers and representatives from the air corps navy Philadelphia quartermaster depot to explain termination regulations for war contracts. Speakers outlined how contracts may be terminated to prevent losses of materials money or labor and the steps for dealing with losses when terminations take effect.
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Army and Navy
Sheraton Hotel
Air Corps
Navy
Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot
A. L
T. C. Walsh
E. R. McCracken
War Plants Corporation
Nazi leaders listed as war criminals by United Nations
LONDON May 11. Rudolf Hess Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goering are listed by the United Nations as war criminals with strong possibility Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz will face trial. An informant says 4 to 6 million Germans could be affected by proposed punitive measures.
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London
Rudolph Hess
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Goering
United Nations
Karlnitz
Hitler
Reich
Allied air mines cripple Japanese ports in Pacific push
Sixth and Saiki air fields on Kyushu and Nagoya port were mined by B-29s in the first large scale airborne mining blockade. Nearly a dozen missions carried about ten tons of mines each, with Gen Davies leading the Tinian based force. In Mindanao, Roscoe Woodruff’s 24th Division pressed toward Davao City against entrenched Japanese caves as 18,000 civilians reportedly fled. MacArthur credited a long blockade and sieges with sapping Japanese stocks while pilots sank or damaged nearly 1.89 million tons of shipping in four months.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya
Curtis F
21St Bomber Command
John H. Davies
Piedmont
Calif
Kushee ‘Strait
Yushu
Honshu
Davies
Manila
Roscoe Woodruff
Mindanao
Davao
Talomo
Davao City
Spok
Samar
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Wife Answers Divorce Action Of Husband
Mrs. Josephine Abernethy Turrentine answers her husband Walter Wm Turrentine’s divorce suit claiming the breakdown arose from his conduct. She alleges she seeks a divorce as well. R J Hodgin files for divorce from Mina Burton Hodgin on grounds of two years separation.
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Josephine Abernethy Turrentine
R. J. Hodgin
Mina Burton Hodgin
Plan To Ease Control Over Workers Is Outlined
The War Manpower Commission outlined a transitional post V-E Day program to ease controls on workers as rapidly as circumstances permit. Areas with adequate manpower may lift controls after consulting local committees, with full relaxation by July and a four-group reclassification. The plan includes blanket job referrals, adjusted or lifted ceilings, and a staged reduction of manpower rules by area.
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Washington
War Maner Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Japan
WMC
McNutt
Omer
Allied forces accept Nazi surrender ending war at sea
In a sweeping capitulation, Doenitz’s fleet containing destroyers torpedo boats minesweepers and armed ships surrenders and heads to British ports. Dunkerque and the Sark Jer ny and Guernsey islands remain occupied by German forces. Stalin Truman and Churchill exchange congratulatory messages on the unconditional surrender and pledge continued Allied cooperation.
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Karl Doenitz
Dunkerque
Channel
Sark
Jerny
Guernsey
France
United Kingdom
Holland
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Churchill
Nazi Germany
Former Resident Wounded In Germany
Sgt. Lester Moorefield, son of Mrs. Etta S. Moorefield of Greenville South Carolina and former High Point resident, is wounded in action in Germany and hospitalized there after 15 months overseas, according to a Red Cross message to his mother.
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Lester Moorefield
Etta S. Moorefield
Greenville, S. C
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root advertises kidney relief
Get relief from backaches and urinary discomfort with Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root a blend of herbs roots and vegetables said to promote urine flow and ease bladder irritation. Send name and address to Kilmer & Co. Stamford Conn for a free prepaid sample. offer limited. All druggists sell Swamp Root.
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Department B
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Swamp Root
Nations debate veto power and world assembly for security council
Nations discuss voice for troops and approval power over Security Council actions. New Zealand and Mexico back expansion and a world assembly with authority to approve or reject council actions, opposed by major powers. Debate continues on enlarging the council under Dumbarton Oaks as regional security disputes unfold.
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Mexico
New Zealand
Australia
World Assembly of Nations
Security Council
Dumbarton Oaks
Committee On the Council
Uni
Vandenbe Mich
Burma campaign closes as Rangoon falls to Allied forces
Calcutta dispatch reports Rangoon captured and Burma campaign nearing end. Mountbatten's southeast Asia command now eyes Singapore as next objective with paratroopers and amphibious troops reinforced by growing fleet. Possible landings could target Malay peninsula north of Singapore or Sumatra across the Malacca Strait.
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Calcutta
Rangoon
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Mountbatten
Malay Peninsula
Sumatra
Malacca Strait
Malaya
Funeral Rites for Mrs Agnes Moore
The funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Moore, who died Wednesday morning at her daughter’s home, Mrs. W. M. Everhart, Lexington route one, will be held Saturday at four o’clock from Bethesda Methodist church. Rev. A. C. Kennedy and Rev. C. O. Kennerly will conduct the service. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The body has been returned to Mrs. Everhart’s Bethesda home.
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Agnes Moore Thomasvile
Agnes Moore
W. M. Everhart
Lexington
Bethesda Methodist Church
A. C. Kennedy
C. O. Kennerly
Midway Methodist Church
Everhart
Bethesda
Frazier of Sumeral services for Eugene A Frazier
Funeral services for Eugene A. Frazier 54 were held at his Oakview home with Rev. Cecil Haworth and Rev. Wilson Weldon officiating. A quartet sang You A Song as pallbearers from nursing staff and friends processed. Interment followed at Guilford Memorial Cemetery.
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W. L. Cook
Rogers
L. Newton
Gene Jarrett
Jack Dunn
Guilford Memorial
City issues building and repair permits totaling 1830 dollars
The city building inspector issued permits valued at 1830 dollars for several projects. J W Lamet receives a permit for a new four apartment building at a thousand dollars. Wicca cafe at 118 East Washington is priced at forty dollars for painting. Mrs R J Reddick at 2200 Ewood Street adds two new rooms. Ethel Carver at 1013 Leonard Street applies for re roofing at one hundred ninety dollars. The note ends with an irrelevant remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lamet
Wicca Cafe
East Washington Street
R.J. Reddick
Ewood Street
Ethel Carver
Leonard Street
Inflation and cost factors cited in postwar price remarks
Bowles warns that inflation and price ceilings must reflect higher raw material and labor costs. He says ignoring increases would force manufacturers to bear burdens hindering full employment and rapid conversion. Arctic housing notes protection against winter cold.
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Bowles
Neutracid Suggested For Stomach Distress Relief
Sufferers of stomach pains heartburn and indigestion are advised to mix half a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of Neutracid and drink after meals. The remedy aims to counteract and neutralize excess stomach acid.
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