08 Apr 1939
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1939
Page
1
Frank Strafaci of Brooklyn trails Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point by three holes at the halfway point of their 36 hole North and South Amateur final. Strafaci shot 70 in the morning with Dunkelberger at 72 as both vie for the 839th annual title.
Brindisi Italy April 7 refugees from Albania said a pro Italian counter revolution has begun in Scutari in northern Albania against King Zog. They expect Prince John of Merita to be puppet chief unless Italy installs an outright Italian governor.
International at a glance reports Albanian capital Tirana falls to Italian troops as King Zog flees. Mussolini may extend control. Queen Geraldine and newborn exile by ambulance. Western capitals react with anxiety over Adriatic crisis and potential empire expansion.
Police search for a Newnan resident after an unidentified man allegedly cut and punched Lizzie Riley, a district resident from 1003 Leonard Street, during a Hoover Street cafe fight. She was taken to Burrus Memorial Hospital with severe facial and arm injuries. Eyewitnesses could not identify the assailant.
Queen Geraldine of Albania fled with her three days old son in a 160 mile car journey from Albania to Greece to seek safety. Hungarians praised her courage as clubs and cafes reflected on her daring act. Her prior life as Countess Geraldine Apponyi was noted along with a modest museum salary.
Prime Minister Chamberlain will return to London from Castle Forbes to confer on the Albanian crisis. Cabinet ministers held an emergency meeting and issued a cautious statement that the situation remains obscure. Opposition leaders pressed for an immediate recall, with Clem Attlee and Sir Archibald Sinclair urging action.
Berlin press and German diplomacy pressed Poland amid tensions tied to Poland's alliance talks with Britain. Joseph Beck left London after a defensive pact, while Ribbentrop lectured the Polish envoy in Berlin.
In Washington on April 8 senators pressed for a $150 million relief appropriation and sought a new presidential statement urging the higher amount. Pepper and allies fought to delay a vote while Democrats and Republicans largely backed the House threshold of $100 million amid pressure from the Workers Alliance of America and Roosevelt aides at Warm Springs.
King Zog of Albania reportedly fled Tirana with his premier and reached Florina in Greece where Queen Geraldine already sought refuge with their newborn son Skander. Rome reports say Geraldine and the infant head toward Salonika as Zog crosses the Greek border.
Lieutenant Robert L. Grantham, 31, of San Diego died when his coast guard plane crashed near Alpine Texas. Three enlisted men escaped by parachute during a storm and walked to Alpine to report the accident. Dinan of El Paso Paddon of Mobile and Hudder of Gloucester survived by jumping.
Christians around the globe prepared for Easter celebrations marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ. From Rome to New York, churches and landmarks held dawn services with music and ceremonies, while forecasts warned of varying weather and snow in parts of the US and Europe. The Vatican Easter message by Pope Pius XII was to be broadcast worldwide.
Secretary Perkins said AFL and CIO negotiators were decidedly closer, though no immediate settlement is in sight. She noted they are closer on one or two points but would not specify the details.
CHERBOURG France April 1 Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh sailed today for New York aboard the liner Aquitania The American airman avoided sight while embarking and rushed from Paris to a tender ahead of other passengers Journalists who questioned him heard only I am sorry and he declined to inspect a plaque commemorating his 1927 solo flight
The Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy and warmer Easter Day across North Carolina. Light rain was reported in much of the region, with showers from Norfolk to Raleigh, Charlotte, Columbia, and Charleston, not expected to last after tonight.
Tirana falls to Italian troops after a night of terror as King Zog flees toward Greece and Albanian defenses retreat. Hull and Roosevelt condemn the invasion as a threat to world peace and discuss possible embargoes while noting Italy may have violated the Kellogg pact and signaling broader European crisis risks.
Japanese warplanes demolished the residence and damaged other property of the Northern Presbyterian Mission at Hengyang in South Hunan. American residents escaped injury, including Raymond Kepler and wife, Lucinda Gernhardt, and Frank Newman.
Coast Guard rescuers brought 23 of 29 Temple Bar crew members ashore at Quillayute Washington after the freighter ran aground on rocks near the Quillayute Needle. The ship is a total loss. none of the crew was injured. The vessel sailed from Port Everglades March 14 for Yokohama with scrap iron for Japan.
County Attorney Gaston Hewes announced Steven E. Mefford 47 a veteran hospital patient was charged with murder in the Tuesday night killing of Clifton Winterstein 7 in Biloxi Mefford reportedly signed a statement admitting he strangled the boy impulsively He met the boy on government property and carried clippings about similar crimes in his pockets.
J C Rice Jr of Demopolis Alabama drowned when his car plunged through an open draw on the Raphael Semmes bridge in Jackson. The body was found in the car after coast guard crews raised it. official report cites failure of a traffic halting drawbar to close on the Jackson side.
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