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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1945
Page
2
Mostly cloudy conditions with considerable fog and drizzle inland and scattered light showers along the coast. Tonight and Tuesday will be cooler with continued cool spells. temperatures rise Tuesday afternoon as warmer air moves in.
The article notes new appointees including Bevin of Britain and Wang Shih-Chieh of China alongside U S ministers. It discusses Soviet sensitivity to publicity showing U S power, mutual suspicion, and varied interpretations of democracy among major powers.
Rebels mass on Saigon outskirts as French troops disembark Wednesday. Estimated Annamese force about 20 000 men, three quarters armed, aiming to thwart reestablishment of French rule in Indochina.
The report outlines a proposed political council including non party members to guide peaceful reconstruction under Chi Kai-shek. It covers equal party status, traitor punishment, dismantling puppet troops, democratization steps, release of political prisoners, and reforms to secret police practices.
The document outlines seven standard wartime measures. It covers freight car regulations and the end of truck rationing by November 5, demobilization rates, and the increased burden on veterans programs. It also stresses scientific development as vital to postwar industry, agriculture, and employment.
A historical brief urges vigorous executive action to solve peacetime problems. It advocates full employment, tax reforms including repeal of the 3 percent normal tax and excess profits tax, and clear excise reductions beginning January 1. It stresses cooperation among management, labor, business, farmers, and all levels of government to expand peacetime production and stabilize markets.
The senate passed a watered down full employment bill and an unemployment compensation measure but Truman argues the $25 weekly pay would be a ceiling, not a guaranteed amount. He notes state laws will still determine benefits as a percentage of wage loss.
At Pearl Harbor time a figure scheduled to surrender yesterday and another who suffered a heart attack at home faced imminent imprisonment as suspected war criminals. Tojo, recovering in an American hospital, and Toga were named in reports, while Kiyoshi Miki died in prison and other Japanese prisoners remained jailed without explanation. Lt Gen Eichelberger planned inspections of occupation forces on Honshu with visits to Hokkaido after the 81st division lands at Sapporo.
The GOP asserts that President Roosevelt steered the $200,000 loan to Elliott Hartford and backed the settlement led by Jesse Jones, with Hartford saying he loaned to avoid the president's enmity and to avoid inciting the president's displeasure.
Witness at Belsen war crimes trial testifies that 80 000 Jews from Lodz ghetto were gassed or burned in a single night at the concentration camp. He describes crematoriums, gas chambers, trench killings, and postmortem handling of bodies under commandant Josef Kramer.
Oil workers at Union Oil plants in California and CIO locals in Pennsylvania join widespread tensions. Threats loom at Dayton Frigidaire and telephone workers amid proposed NLRB actions. Union talks center on a federation affiliate, while suspensions trigger a 6 am strike vote at Frigidaire plants with about 14 000 workers.
Greensboro reports a first national meeting of the order of the arrow an honor campers association since 1941 is tentatively set for Chapel Hill next spring or fall. H Lloyd Nelson national chief from Philadelphia announced the plan.
A dated crossword puzzle by Eugene Sheffer presents across and vertical clue lists with definitions and word lengths. The grid references common terms from ornamental stone to nautical garments and monthly time cues, concluding with themes of scoring and moral judgments.
A. K. Smith, 46, contractor of Lorton and permanent Charlotte resident, was killed on Route 1 seven miles south of Alexandria after being struck by three vehicles. He was first hit by a southbound car and hurled onto the hood of a northbound taxi driven by John Cannon, then run over by a third southbound car as the other two failed to stop.
The point bonus for used fats has been increased from two to four points per pound due to a serious shortage of industrial fats needed in soap and other manufacturing.
Steels and blue chip industrials pushed the market higher to new highs unseen in over eight years. Leaders included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Douglas Aircraft International Harvester Johns Manville Southern Pacific Allied Chemical American Can Anaconda and Standard Oil NJ. Rails coppers and mail orders were narrower. Bonds steady and commodities rose.
Chicago wheat and corn prices listed for No. 2 mixed and No. 2 yellow. Oats show No. 2 mixed heavy and No. 2 white heavy values. Barley and field seed prices per hundredweight and red clover and alsike figures also given.
A brisk October October delivery session saw print cloths broad cloths and standard textiles sold. Ceiling prices on these groups were raised by the Office of Price Administration with further sheetings released for fourth quarter. Wool goods demand remained strong but mill commitments were constrained by reconversion, and rayon goods trading was quiet.
Potatoes arrivals total 1313 for Friday Saturday and Sunday with gains in new stocks and moderate supplies. Idaho and Washington Russet Burbanks sell as U S No 1 at around 3 60 to 3 75 while Colorado red McClures fetch 2 75 to 2 85. North Dakota bliss and Wisconsin bliss listed with commercial prices near 1 75 to 1 85.
The fragment lists No. 1 grade washed corn at 2.60 to 2.70 with chips and U S No. 1 at 2.10 for commerce cobblers. This terse note preserves pricing and grade references without full context.
Salable hogs 3,000 to total 6,000. active and steady. Barrows and gilts 140 lbs up to 14.75. sows 14. Cattle salable 18,000 to 18,500. steers and heifers good and choice moderately active with steady to strong trends. Cows steady to 15 cents higher. bulls weak. stockers and feeders 15.00 down. best weighty steers around 18.00 ceiling. choice fed steers 15.50-17. yearling heifers up to 17.50. beef cows 11.00-13.00. sausage bulls 12.00.
Cotton futures opened higher with Oct, Dec and March contracts showing gains. Noon quotes ranged 50 to 90 cents above prior close as traders priced higher on the New York market.
Orthodox Jerusalem patriarch Archbishop Ophilus was shot and killed while strolling in fields in Upper Egypt, according to a Cairo dispatch. The incident occurred as he carried a rifle.
The first Big Inch natural gas line in Russia will run from Saratov in the Ural region to Moscow, over 500 miles, and will be equipped with American compressors. Cooper-Bessemer announced an Export Department order for 24 ten‑cylinder compressors for early delivery.
Clyde Robinson of Gastonia took the oath as North Carolina’s new penal director in Raleigh. Associate Justice E B Denny of the State Supreme Court administered the oath in the governor’s office. Robinson previously served as Gaston County sheriff. Honeycutt will remain with the penal department as disciplinarian after retirement.
In Bombay on October 1, British troops were ordered to reinforce Indian soldiers and police amid Hindu Muslim violence. Casualties rose to 31 killed and 152 injured as districts saw new clashes. An official said up to a battalion of British soldiers remained on standby for emergencies.
A man reports ten years with undigested food lump and stomach pain, headaches, and constipation. After taking INNER-AID with 12 herbs his symptoms eased by day two and bowels cleared, gases reduced, and energy returned. advertised as cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys. sold at local drug stores in High Point.
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