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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
2
Pattiy reports continued warm and cloudy conditions in North Carolina today and tonight. Friday will be mostly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers over the north and west portions.
Foreign Secretary Eden signals possible tripartite talks in London once firing stops and order is restored. Attlee urges de-escalation while Syria accuses France of overreach in Damascus and Aleppo after French troops advance. Eden notes Damascus bombardment as civilians evacuate under shelling.
The United States sent a note to Paris urging France to review its Syria Lebanon policy to help resolve the regional controversy. Acting Secretary Joseph C. Grew said Ambassador Jefferson Caffery delivered the note to the French provisional government in Paris last Monday. The State Department release says France was pressing for concessions with a threat of force, creating a negative impression abroad.
British Foreign Secretary Eden told the Commons that the Damascus situation had grown grave with 300 or more killed amid fighting between French and Syrians and large fires in the capital. He said Britain acted only when its responsibility became serious.
Seaman 2c Alfred Allen Swaim, son of Mr and Mrs C L Swaim Rt 5, has graduated from the naval air technical training center at Norman Oklahoma and is ready for transfer to a naval unit afloat or another shore station for further instruction. He entered service in August 1944 and formerly worked as an optician in High Point.
Secretary of State Stettinius works to keep Levant issues from delaying the conference. Arab delegates protest French Syria Lebanon policy as Senegalese reinforcements arrive. The U S supports independence while Washington handles the dispute. Big Five await Moscow word on veto voting for security council hearings.
Advance reports say Fifth Marine Regiment patrolled 100 to 200 yards east of the castle without finding material opposition as reinforcements reach the town’s northeast. Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce’s 77th Infantry faced stiff resistance while Japanese efforts to slow the Yank advance through mud were described as strong and fanatical. Naha, Okinawa’s capital, remained largely in American hands with a small isolated Japanese pocket on the south shore of Naha harbor as General Shepherd spoke.
Officials say civilian buying power remains elevated and shoppers concentrate on food markets as wartime autos radios and appliances are scarce. Prospects for full production use loom while postwar job changes and savings may keep demand high despite possible income declines. Per capita supply matches 1935 39 levels.
The article notes Persia 1921 to 1941 under autocracy, Russian and British pressure waning, German economic influence growing via agricultural acts and machinery sales, and Persia fearing renewed domination unless Allied agreement precludes it. It highlights Persia counting on American disinterest to aid, and mentions Liberty ships with distillation systems to convert sea water to drinkable water.
The piece blends Memorial Day reflections on sacrifice and American home life with observations on a meat shortage and grocery shortages. It notes Wordsworths view, community faith, and the enduring home as the heart of America amid changing times. The short market scene recalls boiled ham scarcity and the odd bacon find in a local shop.
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Chinese forces reported clearing the Yungning area on the southern bank of the Yung river and counting over 100 enemy dead in a single village. Total casualties in retaking Yungning reached 435 as population and commerce resumed. In Fukien a large coastal pocket collapsed with Japanese withdrawal toward Siapu, while Ningteh near Foochow saw further Chinese advances and substantial materiel captures.
Reports say an agreement in principle exists between the central government and northern communists to wage a united war against the Japanese invader. Soong effectively acts as Chiang Kai-shek’s right hand, handling premiership duties, and Wong Weh-Hao is named vice premier replacing H. H. Kung, also Soong’s brother in law.
R E Hurst 73 of 209 Parrish place died suddenly at Watts hospital at 5 20 Sunday morning Funeral services were held at First Baptist church Tuesday at 4 p m with Rev J Winston Pearce and Rev Charles Smith officiating He was born July 14 1871 in Wake county and came to Durham over 50 years ago He was a grocer merchant and served on the county board of commissioners for 12 years and two terms on the city council Surviving are his widow Rosa Merricks Bartholomew two daughters five sons a brother and 15 grandchildren
Pvt Wendell L Cole has returned to Camp Gordon Johnston Florida after a 14 day furlough spent with his wife and small son at their home. He serves with the 1103rd army marine ship repair company.
Pvt. Donald F. Davis spent an emergency furlough at home and is now a patient at the naval hospital in Pensacola Florida recovering from wounds received on Iwo Jima. The report notes that about 60 percent of U S cargo in 1944 was shipped for the armed services.
Two cabinet nominations move today to the Senate for confirmation in hearings. Assistant Attorney General Clark of Texas seeks the post to succeed General Francis Biddle. New Mexico Representative Clinton P. Anderson is considered for secretary of agriculture. Support is cautious and no firm endorsements cited.
Charles B Caudle of Wadesboro named senior enforcement attorney for the Charlotte OPA district covering 46 western North Carolina counties He succeeds Kidd who recently left to serve in the navy Caudle was educated at Wake Forest.
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