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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
2
Mostly cloudy and warmer with showers and thunderstorms today. Tonight and Friday will be partly cloudy and continue warm with afternoon thunder showers.
U S Panamint off northern Honshu reports Japanese at Ominato acknowledging receipt of surrender instructions from Vice Admiral Fletcher. Japanese representatives are to board Panamint tomorrow and be met by the destroyer Bearss. Admiralities chief discusses minefields and transfer of the base without damage.
Greensboro official Caesar Cone spoke to the Rotary Club on Guilford county aviation prospects and airport costs. He noted war driven aviation shifts, predicted near full radar backed schedule reliability, and said private flying will not rapidly develop. Navy Ensign Richard Hartley and locals attended.
In hot humid weather, shin scissors stay rust free when wrapped in waxed paper to protect them from moisture and corrosion.
John D Findlay announced licenses for hunters will be available soon through wardens clerks of the court and other agents by next Monday or Tuesday due to shortages and a scarcity of labor.
The war department reports 922 587 army casualties and 147 865 navy casualties. Last week showed a drop from the previous week with 274 fewer total, while breakdowns show killed and wounded in the army and navy, with thousands returned to duty and prisoners exchanged or returned to control.
Reports state the first Australian division of 15 000 infantry heads toward Korea with British and Chinese participation unclear. MacArthur policy would let Japan govern under Allied direction while occupation forces ensure Potsdam terms. US units move into central Tokyo as Koreans in Keijo rise against Japanese rule. Police reinforcements from the former secret police are added in Tokyo and Yokohama with limited arming.
President Truman urged Congress to fund foreign relief and farm price stabilization. He proposed transferring 500 million in lend-lease to agriculture and spending 1.9 billion for UN relief operations. Officials Warren and Smith supported reorganizing agencies to curb inefficiency amid postwar challenges.
Police were alerted to a disturbing incident in Summerville where a small boy was found tied hand and foot by other youths and robbed of his scooter. The report hints at youth crime beginning at a tender age.
A veteran columnist argues for sustained Western military readiness to deter threats while pushing democracy in Asia. He urges removing militant elements in Japan and warns against an emergent Asiatic bloc hostile to the West, stressing that true peace requires both demilitarization and political reform across the region.
Ku russo states Nomura was unaware of Pearl Harbor plans and argues Tojo sought peace while Tokyo set the attack in motion. He says the Japanese leadership had many cover options and that Pearl Harbor could have been called off if peace had held. He laments lost reputation and family.
Communities pursue living memorials to World War I with parks, gardens and flower beds. Columbus headquarters reports 100 daily inquiries as experts like Charles H. Perkins propose practical sites such as intersections and railroad stations for fragrant blooms and reading spaces.
Italian women gained the vote and are forming new groups such as Noi Donne. A six month old movement unites women from diverse backgrounds for charity and education, aiming to raise wages to male levels and push toward full emancipation as clubs and interests multiply nationwide.
Marines recruiting team led by John Bullock and S Sergeant Leamon B Hewett will be in High Point through September 15 to enlist men and boys aged 17 to 25 regardless of draft status. Interviews will be in Room 217 of the Post Office building as the corps sustains its peacetime quota.
Joyner corrected a statement to the elections board about indictments or presentments in Graham county tied to the Fontana Dam precinct and similar cases in Polk and Davidson counties. He said the state board had no information or reports of such indictments at the time.
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