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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1945
Page
2
Partly cloudy to cloudy today and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the east. Moderate temperatures rise and fall with cooler air moving into the west and central portions tonight and into Sunday.
Winston-Salem hosts a state Amvet conference where the first regular state officers of the American Veterans of World War Two will be elected this week. Elmo W. Keel national commander of Washington D C will address the session as about 35 delegates from seven Amvet posts attend per State Commander J C Powell.
Diplomats report that Russia seeks the Dodecanese to block access to the Aegean while the Big Five foreign ministers weigh a peace plan. A communique calls for war enemies of Italy to submit peace proposals in writing as Mediterranean influence shifts. Britain and the United States favor returning Italian colonies under international supervision, with the Dodecanese likely to Greece due to Greek majority.
The Westinghouse Iic Corporation and East Pittsburgh Poon mill furlough 47 000 workers amid a wage dispute as CIO Unit Electrical workers plan a drive to enroll striking white collar staff. Union leaders and war labor board failed to settle. Affects B F Goodrich Akron painters and other scattered strikes across the east and south.
A Japanese farmer received 8000 yen as prisoners were freed, and Boyle the bull was symbolically released from years of bondage. Marines surrounded him as he accepted the American version of Kara-kiri and the bull became part of the Marines.
Washington reports Republicans from both chambers met to discuss postwar policy. Leaders will fight next week over unemployment relief and national planning, while Truman’s Pearl Harbor inquiry moves forward with six Democrats and four Republicans on the committee led by Alben Barkley. Democratic voices push for full employment and continued wartime powers, with debates over appointing minority-party figures to government posts.
Mrs. C. W. Allen, 55, died suddenly at her Climax home at 6 30 Saturday morning after years of declining health. Born January 23, 1890 in Stokes County to Walter and Callie Hunt, she moved from Guilford County six years ago and was a Bethel Methodist church member. Survived by husband, four sons including Cpl Wade Allen and Charles Allen, two sisters, three brothers, and her father Walter Hunt. Funeral by Rev. G. D. Ferree and Rev. R. A. Hunt with interment in the church cemetery. body at Koonce funeral home until Sunday 10 o'clock.
The annual financial statement for StateMe Home Insurance Company shows capital paid in cash 51500 000.00, total admitted assets 147,045,439.90 and net surplus 68,910,481.44 as of December 31 1944. It lists premiums written 91,146,003.70 in force 140,387,776.00 and notes liabilities including unpaid losses and taxes. District certification by North Carolina Commissioner WM Hodges confirms accuracy and filing with the department.
Storm STORM hovered offshore as Miami braced for a brutal blow. Norton warned the core would pass between Key Largo and Key West with winds over 100 mph. Warnings stretched from the Keys to Naples as residents evacuated and Miami resembled an empty frontier town.
A. W. DeCamp, operator of the High Point Bonded Warehouse, has purchased the warehouse at 425 South Hamilton Street for about 25000 from Rodney Snow. The three story metal building fronts 200 feet on Hamilton and offers railroad frontage. It will be used for commercial storage of furniture and other items with further improvements planned.
President Truman and Mrs. Truman flew from Washington on the C-54 Cow to Independence. They visited their old white frame home at 219 Delaware Street for supper and met with Mayor Sermons as crowds cheered along the streets. The President sought a low key homecoming, avoiding fanfare and signaling possible further action on the Supreme Court vacancy.
Capt. James V. Morgan, husband of Mrs. Dorothy Bowden Morgan of 709 Scott Street, is home on a 30 day furlough with his wife and small son. After leave he reports to Charleston West Virginia for reassignment. Morgan has served three years and spent 23 months in North Africa with the A T C.
Pvt. Charles S. Ferguson spends a 10 day furlough with his parents at 1312 street after basic training at Camp Wheeler. He will report to Fort Mead for further training. His brother Pfc. Lawrence L. Ferguson serves with a quartermaster's unit in France.
James Reynods Scarce, 25, of 1107th Street High Point North Carolina advanced to ship fitter first class USNR. He has served in an LVT repair unit since November and plans to return to civilian welding after the war.
S/Sgt. Robert B. Stanley has received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in operations against the enemy in the United Kingdom France Belgium and Germany. He is the son of L H Stanley and the late Mrs Stanley of 1109 Tipton Street. His wife and daughter reside on Route 1.
Pfc Hammond A Strother husband of Dorothy Strother of High Point North Carolina belongs to the 611th ordinance ammunition company awarded a meritorious service plaque. He landed on D Day Lingayen Gulf helped organize an ammunition dump aiding unloading and forward supply. He trained at Aberdeen Maryland entered service 1943 arrived overseas 1944 served in New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago and Luzon campaigns.
Among 21 Marines who retook Wake Island from the Japanese were Sgt Clyde Mangum Jr of High Point North Carolina and Col Walter L J Bayer. Brig Gen Lawson H M Sanderson of the Fourth Marine Air Wing traveled aboard the destroyer escort USS Levy to accept the surrender.
Pfc. Willie M. James husband of Ruth James West Russell Street reports to Baer Field Indiana troop carrier command air base for redeployment and reassignment. He went overseas in October 1943 and served in England and France. Before joining the Army he worked for Myrtle Desk Company.
A total of 1 086 surplus army vehicles will be auctioned by the U S Department of Commerce at Fort Bragg on Tuesday September 18. The assortment ranges from one half ton to five ton capacity and includes 185 Simplex motor bikes. The sale is open to all automotive equipment dealers in the United States and will use the bid method of sale.
Wm. T. Kemp of the 90th Field Hospital receives a unit plaque for superior performance and devotion to duty during difficult missions in Mindanao Philippines from April 27 to June 30 1945.
Tokyo reports 13 U S divisions totaling about 175 000 men will be landed in Japan late September and in October General MacArthur announces units and schedules. Key arrivals include 77th infantry at Otaru and Aomori 24th at Kochi 41st at Kure and Hiroshima 96th at an undetermined port Fifth Marine Division at Sasebo 32nd at Fukoka and second Marines at Nagasaki with multiple corps and regiments slated for Osaka Nagoya Yokohama and Sasebo schedule changes noted.
A fragmentary passage notes a unit evacuating casualties by air and rendering superior service to the sick and wounded. It mentions Kemp, a resident of 1100 Campbell Street, High Point, North Carolina, in relation to the award citation.
Lt Col Phillip Bae of 515 Parkway High Point is noted among thousands of enlisted men nurses and officers serving in central India in the India Burma theater. His work with Station hospitals aids American soldiers in the harsh heat and disease environs of the region.
George Kelly Brown torpedoman's mate third class USNR sails in the Pacific with the 7th fleet PT unit. He is the son of Mr and Mrs S C Brown of High Point North Carolina and resides at 228 West Russell Street.
Jack W. Brown of 322 Montheu Ave High Point is honorably discharged after service in the Army Air Forces. He entered at Fort Bragg and served at Harlingen Texas as aerial gunner and instructor. His awards include the Air Medal seven oak leaf clusters the ETO ribbon five battle stars a presidential citation and the good conduct medal.
Sgt. Calvin C Blackwelder has completed four months in the European theater and arrived at the San Antonio district AAF personnel distribution command for processing and reassignment. His awards include the European theater ribbon with two battle stars. He was recently released from a German POW camp.
Private Ralph Swain enlisted in December 1944 and joined the 27th Infantry Division nicknamed the Tokyo Express under Major General George W. Griner. Assigned to the Fighting Irish regiment, he serves among veterans of Saipan Okinawa and Makin with parents Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Swain of High Point.
The piece recalls the wartime role of the Committee on Medical Research under Dr. Vannevar Bush, its 496 contracts with 120 institutions, and 2670 staff including 553 physicians. It cites penicillin development, DDT, blood plasma work, and weapon-related medical advances later used in civilian life, warning of scientific personnel deficits and urging federal support.
Damaged leaf dragged down middle belt and border belt averages as fair to low grades rose $1 to $2 per hundred in places while higher grades held steadier. Eastern markets saw mostly common to good leaf with some red smoking leaf gains. total Thursday sales reached about 9.87 million pounds at roughly $43 per hundred, a peak volume for the season.
Washington report shows layoff impacts across planes ships and ordnance sectors. Only about one in thirty discharged aircraft workers can expect new work in civil aviation by February. Radio and radar plants face fewer reconversion problems with a bright outlook.
The navy reported submarines berthed at Key West naval base were dispatched to sea to escape a hurricane from the Bahamas. Battle lines tightened at dockside as ships sought safety on the ocean floor, to be surfaced after the storm passes.
Commissioner of Insurance certifies the Hudson Insurance Company of New York N Y filed an abstract of its December 1 1944 condition. The statement lists assets liabilities premiums and losses with total liabilities and capital details and mentions officers Secretary John Dyer President Co A Nottingham Treasurer Ratchford and offices in Raleigh North Carolina.
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