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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy and continued warmth expected in North Carolina on Sunday. Monday sees increasing cloudiness with scattered showers and cooler air in the mountain region.
In a tight trading session on October 20, investment grade bonds held firm while several issues saw minor gains. Industrials and utilities stayed steady, with Illinois Central 3 1/2s up to 100 and International Hydro Electric 6s up 1 1/4, while Lehigh Valley 4 1/2s fell to 55 and New Haven 1 1/2s 1956 lost to 63.
Reports say fast tracked trials may begin within weeks with about 1,000 defendants and class 3 cases opening first. Officials caution against kangaroo courts while noting many fugitives may be captured or dead.
Sheriff Story died at 11 20 am from buckshot wounds after a hunting incident near a swamp. John Taylor admitted firing three times as they approached opposite sides of a stream. Hodgins said three shells were found 61 yards away and he deemed the shooting accidental. The inquest was ordered at the scene.
A Ku Klux Klan leader defended white robed demonstrations and cross burnings as intimidation and a fight against communism. He said permission from landowners is acceptable for carryouts near Stone Mountain and other areas, while denying prejudice toward Jews or Negroes.
Senators urge a single defense department as the war powers consider demobilization and universal postwar training. They cite costs and efficiency, with Patterson Marshall Arnold backing unification while the Navy resists merging the war and navy departments. Forrestal to testify as hearings resume.
John Carter Vincent of the state department told a forum the United States would assist in peaceful settlement efforts in French Indo China and the Dutch East Indies. He stressed noninterference with sovereignty but readiness to help if asked to reach peaceful agreements in disturbed areas.
Eastern and middle belt flue cured tobacco markets reported the best sales week of the season with prices rising by about $1 per hundred on average. Four day sales weeks earlier in September shifted back to five days. total four day week sales reached 32 840 656 pounds at $42.72 per hundred.
Four facts note two engine transport before crash with no prior trouble reported. Sheriff Johnson states the plane hit a knoll a few hundred feet high and plunged into a gulch. The craft exploded, scattering wreckage over 200 yards and starting fires in wet brush. General Godfrey, a 36 year Army veteran born in Milford, directed B 29 base construction in the CBI theater from 1943 to 1945 and commanded Geiger Field before.
George outlined a $25 000 exemption from the excess profits tax on 1945 incomes to aid more than 31,000 small corporations with a tax due March 15. He warned of floor fights as lawmakers consider extending veteran tax relief and waiving interest on officers' wartime tax obligations while enacting new concessions.
The Continental Denver Modification Center in Denver Colorado housed a secret radar project titled Mickey the device used by the Army Air Forces to bomb Japan when clouds blocked targets. The radar system, built over two years, filled a vault with racks and a rotating antenna and displayed targets on a bright screen during demonstrations.
Across Michigan and beyond, unions press wage demands as leaders announce a 13 cent hourly increase pending a panel review. Strikes halt gas and electricity supply to millions, shut down hotels, and idle plant workforces from Kenosha to Houston amid arbitration talks and national wage decisions.
Congress weighs compulsory peacetime training as a national policy with options from home based ROTC and national guard training to year long army or navy programs. Opinions split, some see reduced need for large forces post atomic bomb, others warn readiness requires rapid deployment capabilities. A decision may wait until next year amid election considerations and evolving strategic thinking. A Rocky Mountain arsenal display shows mapped military assets.
The report outlines I G Farben’s vast assets totaling billions of reichsmarks and its role as the world’s largest chemical producer. It details 2000 cartel agreements, wartime acquisitions, and global market control across dyestuffs, explosives, and chemicals. It notes U S zone plant shares, key officials, and plans to outlaw cartels after war.
Rebels seize Caracas arsenal prompting claims of air and armored support from abroad. Barquisimeto reportedly falls to insurrectionists while Tachira Merida and Lara loyalists resist. US embassy reports a bullet-impacted building with no injuries among Americans.
Vassar College spans about 1000 acres with 40 buildings and a library housing over 200000 volumes.
Prof. Guy B. Phillips named acting head of the UNC Chapel Hill education department while Dr. W. Carson Ryan serves in China as an educational child care consultant for the United China Relief committee. Phillips, long with the department, will focus on reconversion and GI Bill expansion as he relinquishes some duties.
Ancient Chinese practices involved planting hollyhocks to attract bees and bolster honey production. The strategy leveraged bee preference for the flower to improve pollination and yield.
President Edelmiro Farrell elevates Gen. Juan Pistarini to vice presidency and fills four cabinet posts with Peron sympathizers Col. Bartolome Descalzo interior minister Col. Amaro Avalos finance minister Jose Astigue ta justice and education minister Pedro Marotta agriculture minister. War Minister Gen. Sosa Mena names Gen. Felippe Mercante secretary of labor social welfare.
Detroit industry chiefs say a 30 percent wage rise without higher selling prices would force General Motors to cut output or shut down. The figures come as unions threaten a strike if pay gains are not matched by pricing power.
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