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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1945
Page
4
The Enterprise denounces secrecy in North Carolina state government and the Public Works Commission led by Chairman A. Sandy Graham. It condemns secret salary and hiring actions, argues for open meetings, and warns executive sessions should be rare and justified.
Residents discuss a 60 day furlough for a serviceman in Germany, reassure no alarm over a poultry freezing order and ample chicken supply, and note six to seven local softball teams preparing for the season. Lt C M Mendenhall Jr reflects on V E Day from the Pacific.
Cpl Richard F Cater writes of pursuing Jap soldiers in the Philippines with prisoners taken and a stretchered enemy. He notes jungle fighting is hard to follow and that natives report sightings. Sgt John Hendrix, writing from Germany after V E Day, says things are quiet now and reflects on the war’s end.
The piece approves Mr Hopkins as a emissary to Moscow to converse with Marshal Stalin on matters between the Soviet government and the United States. It asserts Hopkins embodies trust and fit to advance cordial relations before a potential three way meeting.
Reporters covering the highway public works commission clash with Chair Gra over a closed door policy at Capitol Square. Graham says minutes remain open and will be analyzed for the press, while reporters demand access to news on millions of taxpayer dollars.
Lynn Nisbet notes the highway commission met at ten with no public details shared at eleven the chair hinted news would come after adjournment but gave no time. Reporters were excluded as the panel discussed hires and spending while press access remained limited.
The Raleigh News and Observer notes a long friendship between Governor Cherry and Max Abernethy deputy secretary of State. It praises Abernethy as an efficient public servant and suggests he be considered for a higher post when opportunities arise in Thad Eure's department.
Washington notes recount Steve Early’s move from Roosevelt’s press chief to a Pullman Company publicist role. After 12 years shaping press and radio access, he accepts the offer as a gesture toward meaningful work, saying the duties fit his publicist strengths and there are few other options since Roosevelt’s death. Newsroom staff observers wish him well.
Observers question the claim that no personnel changes are planned as President Pitman vows a VA overhaul. They expect shifts among top executives and wonder who might be forced out or reassigned as reform unfolds.
The article outlines four Chinese authorities Chiang Kai-shek’s Chungking regime, the Japanese controlled North China and Manchukuo under Pu Yi, and the Yenan Communist leadership. It notes Chinese populations abroad influence Southeast Asia and Burma and traces a century of anti foreign movements from the Opium War to 1925.
The piece outlines how nationalist China treats foreign powers as potential triggers for reclaiming lost territory. It notes China’s wars with Japan since 1931 over Manchuria, the broad anti foreign sentiment among masses, and the enduring demand that territory and administrative integrity be restored. It contrasts U S and British recognition of Chiang Kai-shek with Russia’s variable stance and cites prevalent Chinese fear of Russia alongside Japan after years of conflict.
A montage of wartime anecdotes features Harry Hopkins meeting Churchill and quips about Truman, Ike, Eden, and Jap-American tensions. The piece mocks press coteries, critiques Frank Franks abuses, and notes rising unemployed veterans while defending journalistic defiance.
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