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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy conditions with showers along the coast this afternoon. Cooler air moves in from the east, with the west remaining cool today. Tonight will stay fair and cool. Saturday looks fair and a bit warmer.
Miss Coralli¢ Thoma was guest soloist at the American Business club meeting in the Sherman hotel Wednesday evening with Mae Kirkman at piano. Thoma sang several songs and an encore while Kirkman performed Moonlight Sonata. Members called the concert unique and thoroughly enjoyable.
Manila dispatch reports U S forces strike at Tokuyama naval fuel station and surrounding coal yards and synthetic fuel plant, destroying storage tanks and rendering the complex inoperative. In the Philippines, U S units close on Luzon and Mindanao japs, with forces pinning enemy troops near dam and at Sayre highway as advances narrow gaps between divisions.
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Thomasville May 18 A 45 year old Denton route one resident Jotth F Hill was killed when his 1942 Ford sedan was struck by a southbound freight train at the railroad crossing near the Jewel cotton mill The car traveled about 200 feet after impact and was demolished Hill died instantly His survivors include two sisters Mrs Ila Hill Denton and Mrs J V Luther Thomasville The funeral is set for Center Methodist church Saturday at five o clock with viewing from four to five.
President Truman welcomed Rene Pleven’s proposal to send two or more French divisions to Japan and said Allied efforts may coordinate with planned operations. M. Bidault and Henri Bonnet accompanied Pleven as discussions proceed ahead of a Big Three meeting. The Dominican Republic is ruled by Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina.
Firemen answered three minor fires last night. A basement fire at Mrs Rose Roscoe 1011 Rotary Drive proved of little consequence. A blaze at Sheroff Ice and Coal Co 236 West Russell Street was controlled quickly. A small fire due to faulty wiring struck Harris Jarrell 101 Lindsay Street and was put out on arrival of firefighters.
The scene unfolds as Mrs Zinke dictated a will leaving everything to her son Sgt R M Zinke of Mitchell Field L L who was due to arrive today She died shortly after in a hospital Prosecutor Robert Taylor vows to pursue the manslaughter case against Munn though final disposition remains uncertain Munn held on 5000 bond An autopsy was ordered as the investigation by the F B I and local authorities continues The driver from Miami Dry W M Hudson Munn said he knew Mrs Zinke about a year and a half and described the circumstances surrounding the death
The piece notes Allied bombings including a May 10 raid that targeted Japan’s largest oil storage on Hogshu island. It argues Japan faces harsher defeats than Germany, mentions Okinawa near the mainland, and questions whether Russia will join the war. It criticizes Tokyo’s propaganda and states Moscow’s intentions are unclear while urging strong home front effort. It also claims King George I of Greece has no Greek blood.
In Raleigh officials debated selecting a general superintendent and outlined plans to enlarge facilities at four state mental institutions. A recreational center at the Raleigh unit was approved, with similar facilities urged for Caswell, Morganton, and Goldsboro. Bids for 15000 dollars of nurses' home furniture were approved, half funded by federal sources. May 22 set for bids on reconstructing wards R S and T at Raleigh hospital, previously criticized by lawmakers. A project to build homes for employees at the four institutions received approval.
The article notes Fritz considered by immigration authorities as an American citizen. his 1938 return from Germany labeled an alien. It details his later conviction making him deportable, with wife Kuhn and son Walter interned at Crystal City and sent to Germany on February 15 1944 aboard the Gripsholm.
On May 14 near Japan, navy planes heavily bombed the Kumamoto air craft assembly plant in Kyushu. Hellcat and Corsair pilots claimed about half of 62 enemy aircraft shot down over Kyushu, as a power plant south of Kumamoto burned and the Tachi arai machine works, already damaged, was targeted by carrier launched bombers.
S/Sgt. Ellis P. Sturgis of Kokomo Indiana camouflaged a supply jeep and slept nearby. He woke to find a sleeping German soldier beneath his camouflaged net gunfire followed when the Nazi woke and fell. The sergeant quips that the Nazi snored and fired.
S/Sgt Gasper J Casciano, Buffalo NY gunner, recalls a 30 ton B 17 named That's My Baby. He says they never took a scratch in that plane while other aircraft got into trouble during overseas missions at RAF Redistribution Station No 1 in Atlantic City. The piece also mentions the French slang chic linked to chicane from Louis XIV era.
Paris dispatch details a plan by Otto Skorzeny to kidnap and assassinate Gen. Eisenhower using a battalion of English speaking German desperadoes dressed in American uniforms trained near Berlin. Net of deception included forged routes to reach supreme headquarters.
Thomasville observer reports Ray Von Cranford age 37 of 123 Council Street died in a local hospital after months of illness. Born October 31 1907 in Thomasville he married Clara Hix on October 31 1928. Surviving family includes his father stepmother two daughters and multiple Cranford relatives in this city and High Point. Funeral arrangements pending at Russell Funeral Home.
Chinese forces withdrew from Foochow as Japanese reinforcements from Lienkong and Mamoi entered surrounding areas. Street fighting continued across the former treaty port as debris and casualties mounted. The city lies across the Formosa Strait from northern Formosa, a region of strategic concern for possible American landings.
John Paul the magician and Pinky Tracy the comedian entertained a country club audience. A guest who confused the performers asked Tracy to tear a ten dollar bill and the comic returned the torn pieces saying he could not repair them.
A thwarted plan to kill Dwight D. Eisenhower collapsed when the conspirator Skorzeny and his party failed to appear. It is believed he learned the plot was not progressing and abandoned the scheme.
U S Army General Krueger emphasizes that frontline infantry receive first access to essentials like beer and cigarettes. In a tour of Pacific fronts, he praises infantrymen for digging caves, spanning rivers, and keeping communications amid bombardment, rain, and mosquitoes while under constant fire.
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