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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1945
Page
1
The Dublin meeting on world peace frames the path to preventing atomic weapon misuse. Justice Owen Roberts and others differ on scrapping the United Nations, favoring a step by step union with nations that already protect individual liberty.
Gen George C Marshall urged a unified postwar army and navy arguing the navy kept congress and the army out of postwar plans He warned separate commands would race for appropriations and undermine a strong force to deter aggression and impress foreign leaders in peacetime
Huge hidden Japanese fortunes in diamonds and precious metals were seized by American occupation forces while stamping out narcotics. Allied headquarters froze narcotics stocks in Japan and Korea and banned narcotics plants, aiming to cut over 90 percent of traffic. More than 30 million dollars in diamonds, most government owned, were found in quart thermos bottles in a safety box as gold and silver bullion moved under armed escort toward the Bank of Japan. Silver bars totaling 103 tons, worth about two million dollars, were stored in a farmer’s barn near Kasugai, with another million found earlier near Haratsuka. Toyohiko Kagawa urged MacArthur to use seized valuables to bring food relief. The diamonds total 131000 karats and were deposited in Mitsui vaults in the name of a government agency.
In Charlotte the solid fuels administration revoked temporary controls, allowing mines and retailers to resume pre strike distribution. M. L. Burtless said Washington ordered the end of emergency measures as miners plan to return by Monday, boosting supply in the Carolinas and Southeast and easing textile plant pressures.
Four year old Frederick Knowles Dashiell Sr. from Chapel Hill tops a photo contest as the "most likely to succeed" among sons of Third division Marines. His father Sgt Dick Dashiell vows Freddy must prove worthy to earn the prize a metal wristwatch band from the American Red Cross. The family, with mother Vivian Grisette of Valdese, N C., resides in North Carolina.
A walkout by Michigan utility workers began today risking power for over two million residents in industrial lower counties. At the Milwaukee plant near Saginaw, boiler and turbine operators stayed away, yet the facility operated at reduced capacity with remaining staff.
Associated Press reports CIO workers walked out at 8 a.m. in Michigan affecting 2,000,000 people while power mostly remained steady for industry and homes. Six thousand state troops and 400 state police were placed on standby as the stoppage began. By 10 a.m. routine loads continued with only brief interruptions, and the affected area spanned virtually all industrial southern Michigan except Detroit which has alternative power sources.
CIO state utility workers council members began a walkout at 8 am EST around the Zilwaukee plant. The suspension halted power to homes and industries in Michigan while hospitals police and fire departments would retain essential service. Nationwide unemployment from stoppages neared 460000 with 216000 coal miners among those on strike. John L. Lewis ordered miners to return to work Monday amid broader labor unrest including AFL longshoremen in New York harbor.
The international war crimes tribunal filed a 35000-word indictment charging 24 Nazi leaders and six party and military groups with crimes against humanity. Maj. Gen. I T Nititchenko presided as the court opened in Berlin with the four Allied powers present. The indictment text was embargoed until 3 p.m. EST.
The Indonesian national council rejected the Dutch proposal for partnership in the colony. Vice president Dr. Mohamed Hatta warned that years of bloodshed would follow if the Dutch ruled by armed force. He spoke after outbreaks left 15 dead among Netherlanders and Christian Indonesians.
Berlin reports 34 defendants named in war crimes indictments with key figures including Wilhelm Speer Martin Bormann Hans Frank Goering Ribbentrop Kaltenbrunner Rosenberg von Papen Speer Schirach and others identified as Nazi leaders officials and industrials facing charges in the postwar proceedings.
For 36 years four Salem women have played bridge together in Salem Virginia. One notes the remarkable fact that they are still speaking to one another and the group continues as a long running card game among friends.
President Truman confronts a likely House defeat over keeping United States employment service offices under federal control. Despite strong support, allies concede failure to stop an appropriations panel move to transfer USES to the states, with a showdown expected tomorrow as southern Democrats back the amendment.
A nation wide strike by 500000 workers aligned with Col Juan Peron nearly halts Argentina industry and trade. The Argentine fleet sailed from Puerto Belgrano as Peron s political comeback reshapes government, with Adm Hector Vernengo Lima ousted.
Raleigh reports the council of state raised the state highway speed limit from 35 to 50 miles per hour effective November 1. The move follows a recommendation by Governor Cherry.
A four power indictment names 24 Nazi leaders and six organizations over a 1921 plan to conquer lands and wage a deliberate war. It details mass murder, torture, and atrocities including Auschwitz and Majdanek, and cites American prisoners harmed in 1944 45. The document, led by Justice Jackson, will guide Mallernberg trial preparations.
President Truman urged a free election for the Japanese people to decide their emperor. He described ongoing consultations with all interested governments to break the London stalemate and to organize an allied advisory body on Japanese occupation. Russia declined, seeking Big Four control before any conference.
WPB official Col. J Hale Steinman warned at Inland Daily Press association meeting that newsprint will be tighter after January 1 when government control ends. He said the first six months of 1946 will be the most difficult and urged voluntary restrictions to prevent a disaster while publishers transition to a free economy.
The Senate Finance Committee voted to keep the 3 percent normal income tax while cutting individual taxes by 2.085 billion annually and repealing the excess profits tax for corporations next January 1, yielding a total potential revenue cut of 4.64 billion. It rejected some House changes and set up to study atomic energy legislation, with a focus on a nine‑member civilian commission to direct atomic development. President Truman's postwar military policy plans were also discussed, including a proposed one‑year training requirement for all fit men.
Tokyo report says Hirohito's palace, except for a wing with kitchens and banquets, was burned to the ground during the war. Brig. Gen. Elliot R. Thorpe says sparks from other Tokyo fires caused the loss, not Allied firebombing. He toured the area, the first military inspection of the palace precinct, after Japan requested guards for imperial households.
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