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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1940
Page
2
A wartime style remark claims Dutch resistance to an attack from behind and cites martial law as a means to anchor government authority. London applauds a mouse escaping a lion in the Zoo, signaling odd commentary on restraint and danger.
About 25 walnut lumber and veneer executives from Chicago Cincinnati Kansas City Louisville and other Midwest cities toured High Point and Thomasville furniture plants as part of the American Walnut Manufacturing Association meeting in Sedgefield Winston Salem officials said the tour coincides with a golf tournament and dinner at Sedgefield Inn with 75 to 100 Virginia Carolina area manufacturers expected. Burdett Green discussed advertising and marketing while J C Rodnhaffer outlined the 25 year history of Penrod Jarden Clark Co. The event marks the association’s first Southern meeting and highlights the region as a major consumer of chin veneer for cabinet loops industry products.
A majority of the Smith committee would create a new National Labor Board and separate its judicial and administrative functions. The plan aims to force a year of valid operation for a labor contract and moves to petition for a labor board election. The timing depends on administration wishes.
Occasional rain this afternoon and tonight in North and South Carolina and Virginia showers tonight and Saturday. Cooler in western mountains and southwest Virginia, with partly cloudy to overcast skies and winds shifting from south to northeast in the north. In coastal areas winds from southeast to southwest with showers and rain through Saturday.
The 9 100 ton class ship was torpedoed north of the Shetlands. The submarine commander returned to port reporting the cruiser destroyed by an internal explosion after impact. Hitler proclaims amnesty for certain professionals ahead of his 51st birthday observance. The decree, dated April 6 and published yesterday, links to the Sept 1 start of the war with Poland. Nationwide anniversary celebrations proceed quietly amid war.
The struggle for air superiority over Norway continues between Nazi and Royal Air Force forces with Royal Navy support seen as key. British press claim the German fleet is crippled and airlift of troops is limited, while calls grow for swifter Allied action along the coast.
Yugoslavia police raids continue on Stojadinovic followers and Germans in frontier regions suspected of Nazi fifth column activity. About 50 Germans were arrested in northern Yugoslavia near the German frontier for probing bridges and rail routes. Budapest reports say Germany may be sending thousands of Germans to destabilize southeastern Europe as nations tighten controls and plan expulsions after Norway.
At Salisbury April 19 ministers wives attending the annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Western North Carolina Conference elected Mrs. W. L. Hutchins of Waynesville to succeed as head. Mrs. C. C. Herbert of Concord was named vice president and Mrs. J. T. Bowman of Waynesville treasurer while Mrs. O. M. Litaker of Charlotte remained secretary. The group will join the new women's society for Christian education after unification of the three Methodist branches. A provisional conference named three delegates to the provisional jurisdictional conference in Asheville May 24. Delegates are Mrs. P. N. Peacock Salisbury, Mrs. W. C. Hammer Asheboro, and Mrs. W. A. Newell. Nominations were made for membership on the general board and presidents of the women’s missionary groups in all three branches: Mrs. C. C. Weaver Charlotte, Mrs. R. N. Andrews Greensboro, and Mrs. R. C. Kennedy Besemer City.
A Raleigh NC educator condemns an overdose of freedom in modern schooling. He advocates studying the past to avoid drastic change while preserving democratic liberty. The event features Judge D C MacRae and civic leaders, with officers elected and panel discussion on curriculum needs.
The article argues against free rein for key government members and warns Norway must not repeat the Dardanelles fiasco. It cites calls for not treating the Norwegian front as a sideshow and asserts that German forces would meet a full Allied response, stressing vigilance and resolve.
North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey urged the state’s 26 Democratic delegates to support Cordell Hull at the Chicago convention predicting Hull’s nomination on the first ballot. Hoey said Roosevelt would indicate support for Hull and praised Hull as best qualified to direct foreign policy, noting Hull’s familiarity with international affairs. He dismissed a move to instruct delegates to back Hoey, saying no good purpose would be served.
The North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers approved over 600 votes endorsing a teachers retirement system and a twelfth year to the state school schedule. They urged higher teacher salaries, sick leave, adult education, school bus load limits, immunization, and expanded federal aid to education, plus community use of school buildings and safety measures.
Frank L. Judish, high school vocational education director, spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon at the Elwood Hotel. He traced guidance from 1917 to federal aid under the Smith-Hughes and George Dean Acts, noting salary aid and equipment needs. Walter Hester was welcomed as a new Enterprise ad department member. International convention delegates and alternates were named, with several visitors from High Point and Winston-Salem attending.
President avoids naming individuals in a press conference while Capitol conversations name Senators Barkley Kentucky Byrnes South Carolina Pepper Florida and Lee Oklahoma as potential keynoters for the Democratic National Convention.
In Toronto the District Labor Council, by 122 to 58, voted to expel all delegates who are members of the Communist party from its floor, marking a sharp partisan move within the labor group.
Berlin April 19 Goebbels in a radio address on Hitler's birthday condemned British efforts to split Hitler from the German people as the war's stupid phase Unity exists between the Fuehrer and the Reich he said The German people laugh at such plots claiming Hitlerism is not the main issue while the Reich's survival depends on victory The nation will parade behind Hitler with soldiers in Norway U boats farmers and workers in a united show of support. A Melbourne notice warns bees inside a mailbox.
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