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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1939
Page
2
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday in North Carolina with light showers in the north central area and near the coast this afternoon or early tonight. Cooler Wednesday, especially in the south and extreme west portions tonight.
Graham H. Andrews a real estate man and banker won Raleigh’s mayoral race defeating incumbent George A. Iseley in the primary yesterday The vote count was 6168 to 3066 making Andrews the city’s new leader under the state’s new election law
The Turtle, an early American submarine built by David Bushnell of Saybrook Connecticut, was the first war submarine used in 1776. It attempted to sink the English ship The Eagle with a depth charge but failed to pierce its copper hull, causing the charge to detonate harmlessly. Tomorrow Edward Whittemore, 88 years young.
Guilford County records show transfers across High Point and Greensboro townships. Transfers include B A Jackson to D C Cameron on Tuttle and Worth lands, Ada L Clapp to W L Fogleman, Mary G Weatherly on Oak Ridge Road, and City of Greensboro to R L Alexander on Latham Park. Multiple tracts listed on Sunset Avenue Pine Street Ball Street and East Avondale Street.
The book How to Increase Church Attendance from Fleming H Revell features quotes from Dean P E Lindley of High Point College in Human Nature and the Church. Rev Vaughn Dabney and Roger W Babson lead a commission with essays on church attendance and theological education.
Raleigh April 18 One variety communites are expected to boost ailing king cotton in North Carolina. J A Shanklin NC State College cotton specialist said today. Through a communitys adoption of a single variety cotton could be produced more economically and price would be higher for even running lots of better cotton. There is still a wide open field for better lint despite improvement in cotton in the last decade.
A relief inquiry hearings sesh turned into a sharp clash as Alliance officials questioned about political beliefs past jobs and club memberships. Rep Woodrum objected to witnessing lectures while the committee pressed for answers and kept the statement on the record despite calls it a fishing expedition with no stated goals.
The women of Mt Zion Baptist Church gave a surprise shower for Mrs A S Townsend at the parsonage on Hulda Street. Rev and Mrs Townsend left for Charlotte to conduct a two week revival. He will preach at Mt Zion this Sunday. Florence high school to stage That Young Generation one act play. A dance group led by Miss Mary H Gannaway performs on the program with a small admission fee. Mt Vernon Baptist Church Pastors Aid Club hosts an 8 pm entertainment in the church dining hall Friday. Card of thanks expresses sympathy for the Kearns family.
Despite rain a large crowd viewed the Emerywood Court Apartments. Koonts and White said showing hours extend today and tomorrow from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. FHA representative John D. Harvis of Atlanta praised the project. Sixty units, three to five rooms each, feature electric appliances, cross ventilation, two entrances, and built in cabinets from local furnishings firms.
Washington April 18 Mrs Catherine Reed testified she refused to seek dismissal of the false pretense case against Mrs Rosa Lyn Randle accused of taking 500 dollars to cure a mental ailment. Government says Randle offered to relieve Reed's son Rufus. Reed declined to cause others a bitter experience.
Paris April 18 Premier Daladier told his cabinet the international crisis demands France strengthen defenses. He and Foreign Minister Bonnet analyzed the situation and noted progress toward a British Soviet Russian defense pact. Decrees expanded arms control and imports of military supplies and increased colonial radio propaganda and governance.
Civic groups met to form a permanent committee for the rat extermination drive with Herbert Lovett as chair and Henry Jones Walter Yow and C M Fox as members. Other items include church and school meetings and notices on ill residents and a sermon plan for a May 14 commencement.
In Mosul four youths face murder charges after the British consul G. Be Monck-Mason was killed in riots following King Ghazi’s death. Two youths under 18 were commuted to 15 years hard labor, while four others received eight to ten year sentences for participation.
On Duke University's campus a sealed metal container will be opened in 2089 to reveal relics and documents recording the university's first 100 years. P Frank Hanes will present the box during centennial events and note the box should not be opened for a century.
Mussolini hosts Hungarian Premier Count Teleky and Foreign Minister Count Csaky in Rome as Axis plans deepen. Italy announces a ten year 25 million dollar annual army fund to support 1.2 million troops. Ciano, Goering’s presence signals high level talks amid Roosevelt plan fallout.
E. 8. Durham of Kernersville elected president of the North Carolina State College Student Government at a meeting yesterday in Raleigh. H. B. Means of Concord became vice president after losing to Durham. J. B. Hines of Winston-Salem voted outstanding senior athlete and serves as football guard.
U S Meteorologist J L Kendall of Louisville predicts a flood crest six to seven feet above flood stage by Thursday with limited damage feared. Rains cause landslides in Eastern Kentucky while White and Wabash Rivers flood adjoining Indiana farmland. Refugees aided by state and federal agencies as streams spill over banks. Telecommunication lines damaged and Weston City Hospital evacuated in West Virginia.
The Prime Minister lauded Roosevelt while Poland held to negotiated changes for Danzig under the postwar settlement. Poland insists any status change require negotiation, not unilateral action, as Britain and France discuss aiding Poland to preserve independence. Reports say talks aim to bring the Soviet Union into a Stop Hitler alliance with Romanian concerns over Russian troop movements.
Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Cafencea meets German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Berlin for talks ahead of a planned noon presentation to Hitler. Rumors of Danzig Free City deal denied. Birthday plans for Fuehrer noted.
The report tallies deaths and injuries across Oklahoma Louisiana Texas Alabama Missouri Mississippi and Arkansas from a tornado outbreak. Louisiana and Texas each record multiple fatalities and high injury counts with scattered casualties in Arkansas and other states, while recovery remains uncertain for several injured.
Japan exported 2,883,114 pounds of cellophane paper last year, down 41 percent from 1937 due to the China war. The decline reflects wartime disruptions to international commerce and manufacturing.
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