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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1945
Page
8
London reports a treasury view that Britain faced a large deficit in the first half of the fiscal year with expenditures outweighing receipts by about 5.55 billion dollars. Officials warn no early tax cuts, noting wartime spending remains high due to occupation costs and factory layoffs.
In Oak Ridge on October 1, Secretary of War Patterson praised the atomic bomb as the key instrument that hastened victory and saved American lives. Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves spoke on a mastered timetable for deploying the weapon, noting unprecedented national project scale and speed.
The report cites net amounts of 1 792 712 000 and 125 472 000 as totals. It notes a $118 468 000 drop in excess profits tax receipts but still reports a positive result of 858 732 000.
Greensboro gears up for a double speed program at the Greensboro Fair running October 7 and 14 under Nunis Speedways led by Sam Nunis of Houston. Top dirt track stars including Jose Chitwood, Bob Sall, Bill Holland, and Jerry Goss are signed, with more than twenty top drivers expected each meet.
About 400 boarders remain on strike seeking a 30 percent wage hike while more than 800 other workers, including finishers and clerks, have lost jobs or filed unemployment claims. Union officials push a stay out and wait stance as Lloyd Klewert and other mediators visit without progress. No negotiations are set beyond the upcoming Wednesday.
Furniture manufacturers proceed with a June market in the town despite operating handicaps. The personnel records branch plans moving to St Louis and some staff have left town. The army has not notified owners of the Exhibition building about vacating. Labor and lumber are scarce. Floods from weeks earlier delay lumber deliveries by six weeks.
Arthur Cleveland Ray a four year Army veteran joins the police department and the anticipated return of several veterans to both departments will restore near pre war strength per Ell K Ingram director of public safety.
The Chest Rally Industrial divisions announce a kick-off meeting Tuesday afternoon with Pr J G Greer as speaker and T Sgt Carmen Gagliardi performing a song.
With speeding up discharges, local selective service boards note a sharp rise in veterans reporting weekly. Board four logged 36 names this week, listing Clarence Gaddis through Howard McDonald. Board five followed with 38 names, including William Otis Smith through John Calvin Blankenship.
The silver star was awarded posthumously to T Sgt Carleton L Sells of Winston Salem Rt 6 for gallantry in action in Germany. Certificates of merit were awarded to Cpl Kermit C Doss of Archdale and S Sgt Fred C Roach of 402 Smith Street for meritorious service in the European theatre. Pte Ralph F Wagner of 801 Lindsay Street received a certificate of commendable service in the Alaskan theatre. Beverly Howard, president of Hawthorne Flying Service, won the $5000 award of the National Aeronautics Association.
A Sales Management survey shows High Point’s yearly retail and wholesale trade volume nearly doubling from 1939 to 1944. Last year’s buying power was $46,418,000 or $1,160 per capita, with retail at $22,790,000 and wholesale at $22,500,000. Dairymen meeting decide to keep every other day milk delivery.
The city issued a strict enforcement of existing noise ordinances and a rising docket of speeding cases. Police Chief Loudermilk notes some absurd examples while a few residents oppose limiting train whistles in the cut, yielding widespread public debate and mixed support.
A Saturday rumor claims gasoline rationing will return immediately due to oil worker strikes causing shortages elsewhere. Local ration board says dealers may cut supplies and ration among consumers if scarcity hits the area. Deputy collector F L Atkinson joins the internal revenue staff.
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