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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
2
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures today and tonight with warmer conditions Friday. Scattered thundershowers are expected Friday afternoon in the west and central areas and in the mountains tonight.
Preliminary 1945 census figures for Vance Randolph and Lenoir counties show farm counts shifting. Lenoir rises to 3,849 farms in 1945 from 3,519 in 1940 and 3,387 in 1935, Randolph falls from 4,888 in 1935 to 4,230 in 1940 and 3,361 in 1945, and Vance declines from 2,562 in 1935 to 2,179 in 1940 and 1,882 in 1945.
The United States seeks to present a memorandum at the session urging that the Yalta pact against unilateral action in the Balkans be observed. Unlike the Italian dispute, the Balkan issue lacks new territorial or reparations complications, though armed forces and boundary questions remain. The council reports substantial progress on the Italian Yugoslav boundary and will finalize a drawing of the line, with Trieste to become an international port while each nation retains control over its language and people.
The piece argues Nazi and fascist youth indoctrination shaped generations for aggression. It claims Hitler and Mussolini used long term schemes to mold young people into fanatic followers. It notes Nazi Germany trained the young to view marriage as secondary and praises positive instruction to influence future actions. It mentions Japan in context of a decade-long aim. Francis Scott Key is referenced with the Star Spangled Banner dating.
J P Martin chairman of the Greensboro High Point airport authority announced a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 30 Members from High Point include Charles Kearns and Robert Amos.
Eastern North Carolina rivers neared flood stage for three days with Cape Fear, Tar, Neuse and Tar rivers rising. Fayetteville faced isolation as floods swelled, two youths drowned in Cape Fear, while roads remained intermittently open from Raleigh to Fayetteville and surrounding areas.
Military staff said Japan's food and shelter shortage would peak in three to four months. They noted Douglas MacArthur's plan to reduce occupation troops to about 200,000 after that period and discussed Acheson's statements on US control of postwar policy. A war crimes suspect, Lily Abegg also known as Sybille Abe, was detained by the U.S. Eighth Army linked to Tokyo radio propaganda.
General Marshall told Congress that postwar military plans can wait until mid next year while discharge rates are set. He projected 450000 soldiers out in September and 550000 in October, then 700000 to 800000 monthly releases. He noted Eisenhower and MacArthur protested lowering the 85 point discharge score to 80, fearing loss of key leadership personnel.
Washington assigns leadership to ease Detroit labor troubles as the U S Labor Conciliation Service and the CIO UAW watch the reconversion crisis. Observers question Warren's Detroit trip to push a solution and the timing of strike votes against Ford Chrysler and General Motors. A reopened 4500 Penney Hayes Wheel strike adds urgency to mediators efforts.
Senator Ed Johnson told the Greeley Rotary Club that veterans will solve their own problems and help build a better country. He argued veterans should return to business and independence rather than seek special favors, noting their new community outlook. Captain John Ericsson, inventor of the Monitor, was cited.
Lt. Robert B. Hopgood of Wickford Rhode Island piloted an American Catalina flying boat in a north Atlantic engagement that destroyed a large Nazi submarine then aided in rescuing 52 survivors. The crew bombed the U boat as it surfaced, the sub later sank, and 52 Germans were taken to safety by a British destroyer after signals with the Icelandic vessel.
Tests of army and navy aircraft radio and electronic devices are conducted in stratochambers at the Philco Philadelphia plant. A full aircraft system weighing 300 pounds can be tested for a world flight in 90 minutes under simulated climates from 158 F heat to minus 70 F cold. Humidity cycles from desert dryness to tropical downpour allow engineers to reproduce snowstorms severe frost and heat waves.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Ann Padgett who died at her Rutherfordton home will be held Thursday at 11 AM from the Cord Church near Forest City. She is survived by daughters Mrs J W Johnson of Steele Street and Mrs T Bennison of High Point Rt 4.
Military discharge figures and unit designations appear for several ships and stations. The Nathan Towson and Francis Harrington list small detachments, while the Lake Charles Victory and Pleiades carry large groups including high score personnel and repatriated prisoners. Other vessels note mixed troops, undesignated units, and specific regiments within the 99th Infantry Division and related postal and engineer detachments.
Pipin the Short, king of the Franks, ended the Eastern Empire's supremacy in Italy. He seized temporal authority over Rome and the States of the Church, asserting control over the city and church territories.
Crew seizes a German flashlight as proof of the encounter and air base club displays a German badge tied to U boat commanders.
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