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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1945
Page
2
Advisory Board Named for Youth Center on Hamilton Street
An advisory board for the Youth Center on Hamilton Street was appointed by H A Mills, chair of the city parks and recreation commission, and approved by the commission. The session also approved plans to open city pools and laygrounds. Members include Marion Riggs, Mrs Louis Voor, Melvin Hayes, Curtis Smithdeal, M L Patrick, Brooks Reitzel, and Mrs Kenneth Redman.
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Hamilton Street
H. A. Millis
City Parks and Recreation Commission
Maron Riggs
Louis Voor
Melvin_ Hayes
Curtis Smithdeal
M. L. Patrick
Brooks Reitzel
Kenneth Redman
Card of thanks from the Harrell family
The Harrell family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of their husband and father and for the beautiful floral offerings.
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Harrell
729 Banks Sign To Give Small Businesses Aid
Washington May 24 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation said 729 banks have signed up for its share-the-loan program to finance small business firms. Henry Wallace called the RFC plan a step in the right direction and noted it will cover part of the needs in the small business field. Banks are showing keen interest with 20 to 45 signing daily under a blanket participation agreement guaranteeing up to 75 percent of each loan.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commerce
Henry Wallace
RFC
Wallace
New Bishop Elected for East Carolina Diocese
The Rev. Thomas Wright D D of San Antonio was elected bishop of the Episcopal diocese of East Carolina, succeeding the retiring Right Rev. Thomas C. Darst who stepped down May 1 due to ill health.
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New Bern
Thomas Wright
D. D
San Antonio
Episcopal Diocese of
East Carolina
Thomas C. Darst
West cabinet shakeup advances via June 30 court action
President Truman announced a broad cabinet reshuffle with four western appointees and new resignations including Wickard and Wickard’s replacement. Harold Ickes is retiring from Interior, Morgenthau remains at Treasury, and Clark and Schwellenbach join Justice and Labor roles subject to Senate approval.
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U. S. Court of Claims Bench
Jones
Johnson
Mississippi
Truman
Chan
Bresigna
Clark
Miss and Wickard
War Foods
Treasury
Morgenthau
Mr. Truman
R. Soetinius, Jr
Wickard
Harold L. Ickes
Justice Department
Capitol
Schwellenbach
Miss Perkins
Senate
Washington
Conference work on Dumbarton Oaks plan continues
Within the conference technical committees press toward a world organization. A Canadian amendment on international peace and security was adopted while five permanent council seats remain a flashpoint. Small nations seek veto limits. Americans fear a blocking vote that could derail the charter. Regional defense systems and trusteeships move to other committees with broad support.
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World Organization
Yalta
Council
Russia
United States
Japan
Varner Freed From German POW Camp
Lt. B R Varner has been liberated from a German prison camp and reports he is well and safe. He was shot down July 8 1944 over Austria and had been a prisoner of war since then. His wife Mrs Lucille Varner received the Air Medal and one Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious aerial achievement in April.
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B. R. Varner
Varner
Austria
Lucille Varner
Rochelle Varner
Near
President seeks flexible war to peace executive reorganization plan
President Truman urges Congress to renew and expand powers under the first war powers act to reshape the executive branch. He warns automatic reversion after the war could restore unwanted agencies and calls for authority to coordinate consolidate and abolish agencies and avoid duplication.
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Congress
Finance Corporation
Truman
Executive Branch
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Federal Security Agency
Federal Works Agency
Federal Loan Agency
Department of Agriculture
Fiscal Service
Treasury Department
Rate Rulings Spur Southern Wage Boost Hopes
The ICC handed down rulings last Saturday to unify freight classifications east of the Rockies and end regional charges. A temporary 10 percent rise in eastern class rates and equivalent cuts for southern and western rates are to take effect August 30. Southern advocates say higher rates will lift wages as new manufacturing moves in. Farmer and family, including son Jerry, reside in Farmer with Mrs. Melvin Nixson living nearby.
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ICC
Rocky Mountains
Mrs. Julia Mae Wright Dies at Home in Thomasville
Julia Mae Wright, 56, wife of John Franklin Wright, died at 510 Dillon Street Thomasville after a brief illness. Born April 9, 1899 in Davidson County, she was the daughter of J R Bailey and Faye Bailey and married to J Wright on September 17, 1916. Survivors include her husband two sons Fred William and Vernon Eugene Wright of the home two daughters Mrs E R Lovell of Thomasville and Faye Jean Wright of the home four sisters Mrs L W Walton Mrs Noble e and Mrs W M Smith of Thomasville and Mrs Oscar Crawford of High Point and one grandchild Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Thomasville
Julia Mae Mahi
John Franklin Right
Dillon Street
Davidson County
J. R. Bailey
Faye Bailey
J. Wright
Fred William
Wright
Vernon Eugene
E. R. Lovell
Faye Jean Wright
L. W. Walton
Noble - Ee
W. M. Smith
Oscar Crawford
High Point
Allied forces dismantle German high command and plan occupation
Allied actions have eroded the German leadership as Eisenhower orders screening of prisoners for return to work in occupied zones. The new policy aims to remove war criminals while rebuilding administration, leaving Germans to serve in local offices under American and British supervision. The Soviet response remains unclear as the Wehrmacht dissolution shifts military aims toward political tasks.
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Pate Ae
Eisenhower
Germany
Reich
Cucanien
Gener
Kreis
Wehrmacht
Rogers Named Assistant to Graham on State Board
W. H. Rogers Jr., assistant motor vehicles commissioner, was selected as assistant to Chairman A. H. Graham of the state highway and public works commission with a salary of 400 to 450 dollars monthly. The commission authorized the position at a closed meeting by a unanimous vote. Rogers had not been formally notified, and Graham defended his closed-door policy, saying press access would be limited to public hearings.
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Raleigh
W. H. Rogers, Jr
A. H. Graham
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Rogers
Graham
Commission
Industrial Growth to Boost Southern Communities
Workers gain higher pay as established concerns expand, pushing more money into local economies. Industrial growth in the south is expected to create many more highly skilled jobs with bigger salaries.
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Ofnly Ak L
Fires burn wide area as winds push flames on Guam
Reports from Guam show high winds driving fires across a widening zone. Charles Holder of Santa Monica, California, aboard the City of Santa Monica bomber, confirmed the Joker in the sky over Tokyo and the aircraft miles out on its return trip. Staff Sgt. Max Sopa of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, said the fires burned the place hard.
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Guam
Charles Holder
Santa Monic
Calif
Santa Monica
Joker
Tokyo
Max Sopa
Bellefonte
Tokyo Suffered Massive Fire Raid Over Five Hours
New Tokyo air assault described by Japanese sources as the most powerful single operation of the war. More than 550 air forts dropped eight million pounds of bombs on city factories and war facilities. Fires were said to be mostly extinguished by about 7 a.m. local time after a midnight start.
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Guam
Tokyo
An Imperial
Incendiary raids hit Tokyo area near Imperial Palace
Tokyo radio reported fires in civilian dwellings and small factories as incendiaries struck from the Tama river to a runoff south of the Imperial palace. An arbor near the Akasaka detached palace and a compound establishment were burned. officials claimed up to 27 attackers shot down and about 300 damaged in the raid.
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Tama River
Imperial Palace
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Im Palace
Akasaka
Hitler attacks Christianity in German youth, Nie moeller cited
In a 1942 note, Dr. William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, described Hitler telling church leaders that Christianity was dying and promising no interference if they stayed quiet. He cited Nie moeller as opposing force, noting camps filled with Christians as Hitler sought to destroy faith.
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William Temple
Canterbury
London
Hitler
Martin Niemoeller
Niemeller
G. Bromley Oxnam
Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ to Meet German Leader in Exile
A columnist notes a Niemoëller led effort by the Churches of Christ in who met the German in exile after imprisonment. The pastor warns of Nazi indoctrination and calls for long term education reform in the United States to guide German youth.
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Churches of Christ
Niemoeller
Germany
Beca
United States
Wet
382nd Regiment Breaches Defenses in Philippines Engagement
In a Manila theater report, the 382nd Regiment claims success killing 150 enemy troops as U S forces press along hills guarding a fortress. Maj Archibald Y Arnolds Seventh vision expands control 1200 yards south of baru as rocket-assisted advances aid the push. The overall operation targets supply roads and enemy lines amid slow cleanup in the Philippines and related Australian and British moves in nearby fronts. The 35th Regiment led by Col Ley R Larson pushes toward the Cagayan valley mouth at Santa village.
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Statue of Liberty
Shrui
Archibald Y. Arnold
Baru
Manila
Philippines
Romeo
Tarakan
Wewak
Newea
Bougainville
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