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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1945
Page
1
A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch notes a shift in Japanese behavior as bathhouse theft rises, endangering the traditional public dress practices. The piece describes bathhouses as social clubs where men relax and conduct unwritten rules, with theft threatening a longtime habit and social order.
Artillery and mortars thunder near Shanhaikwan as Nationalist forces push toward Manchuria. Reds’ Eighth Route Army holds Chinwangtao area with U S Marines protecting the port. Reports say heavy fighting spreads inland and south toward Tientsin while a platoon was said annihilated near Pehtaiho junction.
Washington novel legislation proposes FHA backed 90 percent loans for homes under 6500 with a 48 month rent plan. Monthly rent would equal one percent of sale price and cover mortgage, a builder service charge, and a credit toward a 10 percent down payment, with title held by the builder until payments complete. After 48 months, tenant gains title.
Senator John Thomas Republican of Idaho died in a Washington hospital after an extended illness. He was 71 and had served since 1940 with brief interruptions. Born in Kansas, Thomas had moved to Idaho in 1909 and held national service beginning January 1940. Former Senator D Worth Clark announced the death at Thomas home, noting the time of death about 3 15 p.m. He had recently been in a Washington hospital.
Complete unofficial tabulations from Tuesday's elections show Democrat E Leland Taylor defeated Republican Roy W Easley for mayor of Louisville by a margin of 205 votes.
Marine correspondent recalls Armistice Day in Nagasaki. front lines along 30 miles, caves and tunnels, camouflaged towers, blockhouses and pillboxes showed why invasion would have been the bloodiest. Iwo Jima cited for fierce resistance and vast casualties.
General Thorpe said Japan aimed to foment Asiatic nationalism to split Allied unity, citing a Tokyo war school and a plan to cultivate leaders in Indonesia and India. He warned such efforts would persist after a brief occupation as education reshapes thinking, while plan to publish more war crime suspects was announced. American reinforcements were unloading at Yokohama and over 1,500 veterans of the Americal division prepared to return home.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia says the housing shortage must be solved by the federal government. In a letter to National Housing Administrator John Blandford he criticizes slow material releases and inaction by Congress and federal agencies. He cites stalled postwar housing efforts and rejects Blandford’s call for local programs.
George E. Allen urged President Truman to appoint a liquidation director to shut down as many as 126,937 emergency agencies by June 30, 1946. An 80 page White House report calls for an orderly wartime to peacetime transition and continued vital services under liquidation plans.
The Soviet Union informs Enver Hoxha of diplomatic ties with Albania. The United States and Britain offer recognition only if Albania guarantees free elections, with a constituent assembly ballot set for December 2. Greek press criticizes Britain and Hoxha, accusing recognition of betrayal and warning of British envoy bowing to him.
Berlin dispatch reports American forces in Europe sent home 65 million of 107 million dollars drawn in September. General Smith noted profits from Berlin watches to Russians sparked a postwar money harvest, limited by new rules on converting occupation marks to dollars. He cautioned gains from gambling or sales must be provable as legitimate and the burden of proof rests on the individual.
A federal court in Miami acquitted Daniel H. Hawthorn a 45 year old Galveston Texas merchant marine chief engineer who killed a negro messboy at sea after nearly nine months imprisonment Hawthorn proclaimed he would celebrate his freedom with plans to have some time off ruling ends the case and frees him from further punishment
Secretary Schwellenbach urged renewed labor management talks to seal wage terms with U S Steel and CIO steelworkers. The labor conference was in recess until Tuesday as peace moves in basic industries continued.
London reports a British American joint committee will address Jewish immigration to Palestine and displaced European Jews. Bevin to outline policy in upcoming talks with Truman. trusteeship possibility may boost migration. Authorities note thousands of refugees in German occupation zones seek relocation. Arab League cautions no Palestine decision without prior consultation.
The Indonesian committee asked President Truman to terminate lend-lease and grant passage to key republic ports. Indonesian seamen in New York and Los Angeles walked out in protest of Dutch actions in the Netherlands East Indies amid reports of heavy casualties from British air, sea, and land attacks on Soerabaja.
President Truman said the United States seeks a foreign policy driven by the people rather than any party. He spoke after a White House state dinner with Prime Minister Attlee and Canadian PM Mackenzie King during the opening of talks on atomic bomb future and a world peace program. The dinner preceded heads of three nations continuing discussions aimed at a living UN and global participation.
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