02 Nov 1945
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1945
Page
1
Tokyo reports Allied control orders bar 15 Japanese industrial and financial empires from stock transfers to dissolve trusts. Brig. Gen. Thorpe says vigilance against reconquest threats remains priority over war crimes cases. Iwasaki family resignations from Mitsubishi noted amid pressure.
The nation wakes to veterans returning home while wartime fears ease as Kyushu operations were stalled by fortuitous circumstances. MacArthur and Nimitz were slated to strike Japan before winter, with plans to secure a hit by March, yet the campaign paused.
Raleigh reports unusually strong demand for all weed types of Virginia and North Carolina flue cured tobacco. Average prices held steady to higher with old belt averages around 45 to 46 dollars per hundred pounds, amid varied grades and mixed quality across Middle and Eastern belts.
Street fighting erupted in downtown Cairo as anti Zionist strikes began. Police fired into crowds, stones hit Jewish shops, windows broken, and looting occurred. Jewish department store set ablaze but fire brigade put it out. Tear gas used near Azahar Mosque and pamphlets blamed Britain for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Brevard College day in Western North Carolina Methodist Conference raises near 55 thousand dollars this year. The church financial program merges with the Methodist college advance to seek 2.275 million dollars for five Methodist colleges in the state by next June.
The government pressed to halt a spreading Greyhound bus strike that has tied up service in 19 eastern states. Four thousand drivers and garage workers walk out over wages, with a union official warning the dispute could become nationwide if not settled soon.
The national idle total rose from 243000 to 266000 as new strikes hit 19 CID textile plants in Maine New Hampshire and Connecticut affecting about 16500 workers. In the San Francisco Bay area AFL CIO machinists strike idled about 50000 across 60 plants with 30 percent wage demand.
President Truman seeks a 20 percent raise for federal civil service workers and raises for congressmen to 20000 a year and cabinet members to 25000. Arthur S. Fleming of the Civil Service Commission told the civil service committee these increases would conform to the president’s program.
The North Carolina attorney general ruled that corporal punishment may be used by a teacher or by a teacher who also acts as a bus driver for misbehavior on a school bus. The opinion, requested by T. T. Murphy, notes teachers have discretionary power and are not criminally responsible unless the punishment causes permanent injury.
Washington reports discuss a 20 percent civil service pay raise urged by the government. General Kenney seeks a combined army and navy merger. Harvard's James B Conant doubts the feasibility of outlawing the atomic bomb. A Senate House panel considers releasing Pearl Harbor information. Rivalries in government and White House debates frame today’s Capitol Hill scene.
David Mizrahi a South Pacific veteran sheltered his family in Pershing Square in a pup tent due to housing shortages. City ordinances forced them to depart by midnight with wife and 2 year old son Bobbie after a brief attempt to find an apartment since last March. He works as an upholsterer and had been living with relatives.
Chinese government troops landed at Hulutao and Yingkow in Manchuria, routing from American transports. Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces moved to reoccupy two ports as Russians reportedly prepare to withdraw. Hulutao lies northwest of Chinwangtao clashes. Yingkow is southwest of Mukden with rail links to the region.
Charlotte residents endured an unseasonably warm spell as temperatures reached 80.1 degrees on November 1, surpassing the 1919 record of 78.9 degrees for that date. The heat drew comparisons to summer warmth despite the calendar turning to November.
In Batavia a noon truce halted a night of fighting between Indonesian extremists and British Indian troops. RAF strafing eased fire, allowing Gurkha units to reoccupy areas. evacuation of about 1,500 Dutch nationals was completed or underway. Soekarno's orders under scrutiny as talks continue at Magelang with Dr. Soekarno aiding ceasefire efforts.
Four Superforts landed at National Airport after a 6 544 mile nonstop hop from Mizutani Hok kaido starting point. They flew 27 hours 29 minutes beating earlier B 29 attempts and distance records while missing a plan to reach Cuba or Puerto Rico. The feat was accomplished without prior announcement.
Western Union workers in all but three cities cancelled plans for a five hour protest from 1 to 6 p m today. Local 146 president Joseph J Lenahan said Detroit and Philadelphia and possibly Hartford planned the stoppage as part of a nationwide demonstration by about 40 000 employees.
Cotton manufacturers of North Carolina will gather in Charlotte November 9 for the 39th annual meeting of the North Carolina Manufacturers Association. Robert M. Hanes of Winston-Salem, president of Wachovia Bank, will deliver the principal address on the subject A banker looks at textiles.
In Manila on November 2, Chinese Filipino and Spanish witnesses cursed the Japanese and demanded the death of Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita. Prosecution staff and interpreters struggled to quiet a disruptive Chinese woman during the war crimes trial.
Allen L. Morrow 23 of Hamlet North Carolina was arrested in Los Angeles by Post Office Inspector C D Lowe on embezzlement charges totaling about seven thousand dollars. He allegedly confessed to taking cash from a package to the American Trust Co Charlotte from the Commercial State Bank of Hamlet on October 26.
Edward Mays alias Bill Mays a 55 year old Lee county man was executed today in the state's gas chamber for the murder of a 75 year old woman. He told prison chaplain Lawrence Watts he was ready to meet Jesus and he admitted guilt.
The OPA announced a 14 percent raise in price ceilings for metal toys including trains trucks and scooters. Metal toys will still cost less than wooden equivalents. Manufacturers expect to meet about 25 percent of normal Christmas demand, with price hikes applying up to $1 and higher increases on more expensive items.
Irving Linder building agent says a large heatine radiator was stolen after months of trying to sell it. He reported the loss to police.
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