22 May 1945
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1945
Page
1
The text discusses American military government in postwar Germany and the role of German police under occupation. It notes many policemen are older, the army conscripts most able bodied, and how civilians are managed by American MPs. It mentions danger from looters, werewolf rumors, and the uneasy overlap of civil and military authority.
Rep. Doughton argues to the House that granting President Truman wide authority to cut tariffs through reciprocal trade pacts tests America's willingness to engage globally. He cites Hawley Smoot as failed policy, urges extending powers to reopen world markets and balance surpluses with imports under reciprocal agreements.
White House indicated President Truman might visit San Francisco to address the closing sessions of the United Nations meeting. Secretary Charles G. Ross said he did not know if the trip would happen. Reporters noted the president had suggested remaining in Washington for the conference.
The House food committee urged a single administrator to coordinate sugar controls across agencies as civilian and war strained supply shrinks by about a million tons this year. Possible coordinators named include Earl Wilson and Joshua Bernhart. wives and households would receive five pounds per person for a four month period. The panel warned that allocations to liberated countries should be reexamined against current production and stockpiles, noting Britain’s higher prewar reserve and the U S lower stock.
Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley is to visit North Carolina the week of June 25. He will speak to the North Carolina senate in a Hendersonville special session, with other leaders and officials also slated to address. Definite dates for speeches are not set.
Washington May 22 Selective Service announced indefinite deferments for men over 29 in useful work. Officials forecast heavier calls for younger men. Major General Lewis B Hershey draft director said wartime European end requires liberalized occupational deferments for registrants 30 through 37.
Treasury officials praised banks for a record war bond drive through June 30. National war finance director Ted R. Gamble said about 34 million depositors will be solicited via banking connections to buy extra bonds. Major banks and savings institutions urged purchases from savings funds, not just current income, marking an unprecedented mobilization.
Washington reports confirm Japanese long range balloons have struck the western U S and Canada with sporadic explosive drops. No property damage recorded but unexploded devices may remain in wooded areas or buried under melting snow prompting a public safety campaign and warning to keep away from unfamiliar objects.
President Truman declares Britain, Canada and the United States are coordinating reconversion plans to allocate industrial capacity to the war against Japan. The 19th lend-lease report notes reductions in allied war production and continued aid as a military necessity until final victory, with future lend-lease to Russia not addressed.
Gen Walter Krueger commander of Sixth Army Luzon Philippines calls for maximum resources in the seventh war loan. He states all our might in men munitions and money will be needed in the Pacific and every American must back the attack on Japan.
War today notes the Allied push in the Pacific led by Okinawa battles. American forces press hard on Okinawa with Gen Buckner calling it a base for the death blow to Japan, while Japanese troops defend stubbornly and fight to the death.
Heinz Buchholz, a shorthand expert present at Rastenburg, recalls the July 20 1944 assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. Col Stauffenberg placed a black briefcase under the table. a kick nudged it, the device exploded, and Hitler survived though others suffered injuries and chaos ensued.
The War Department says about 22 000 American prisoners liberated in Germany will be home by month’s end with more of the 100 000 held by Germany to follow quickly. Repatriation is by air and sea as facilities allow. Col Albert L Warner notes some were freed in camps deep in Germany and others where Russians advanced.
Manila reports the heaviest air strikes yet on Formosa during four months of raids by Philippine based bombers. U S infantrymen around 500 encircled Japanese on Central Luzon and moved toward a Mindanao junction, held up by destroyed bridges.
Procurator-General Namisaki Nakano said the war's critical state is driving a trend toward peace agitation and called for arrests of anyone making speeches that could incite disorder. The admission was reported from San Francisco on May 22.
AP war desk reports from the 5th Air Force base that airmen returning from last Saturday's Formosa raid sunk six ships and 36 small craft and damaged 14 other vessels. Nine thousand tons of shipping have been hit since the first bomber struck from the Philippines on January 11. Two days after the Ipo dam seizure forces, Deene’s unit wiped out two thirds of a force troop. La man at MacArthur's head.
Infantrymen and Marines advanced on Shuri from three sides amid stiff Japanese resistance while Yonabaru fell to patrols. A fierce counterattack by about five hundred Japanese, some in American uniforms, struck the Fourth Marine Regiment on Sugar Loaf Hill, causing heavy casualties on both sides. Two hundred Japanese were found dead after the assault was repulsed and at least one hundred more were counted missing or wounded.
Rep. Mansfield warned in Washington that the Soviet Union will enter the war against Japan. He argued China may split into two states if unification fails, altering U.S. strategy toward beachheads on the China coast and a possible direct assault on Japan. He urged a four-power meeting of the United States, Russia, China, and Britain to avert a broader crisis.
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