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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1940
Page
1
British warnings urged Narvik residents to evacuate by 3 p.m. as bombardment loomed after German air raids on Namsos and Andalsnes. Sweden protested Nazi flights over its territory while Swedish forces prepared for possible wider war alongside British French and Norwegian units.
Emil Rieve head of the Textile Workers Union urged liberalizing Social Security to aid workers displaced by new machinery and methods. He told the temporary national economic committee that productivity rose while textile man hours fell 20.4 percent 1919 to 1939, creating ghost mills and broader national job displacement.
In a closed House subcommittee session the $975 million WPA appropriation faced charges of misused funds. Allegations included excessive travel and admin costs, private-property work, and improper certs for WPA labor. WPA officials Harrington and Somervell testified as hearings extend months.
New York at Philadelphia game postponed due to wet grounds. Washington at Boston postponed because of snow and wet surfaces. Boston at Brooklyn moved for wet grounds and cold weather. Philadelphia at New York also delayed by cold and wet conditions.
Captain Robert M Losey American military attaché in Stockholm was killed in a German bombing raid at Dombas Norway. He had gone to Norway to move Americans from the war zone and was 31, born in Andrews Iowa, a West Point graduate from 1929, last served at Mather Field California.
An unofficial report from London states that during a raid on Aalborg airfield near Norway, British bombers destroyed several enemy aircraft and started fires. Ground defenses, searchlights, and anti aircraft fire were active as the raid targeted the airfield facilities and nearby roadways.
A severe north easterstorm battered eastern New England causing widespread damage to homes and shore roads amid heavy snowfall. Five month old girl’s body washed ashore at Nantasket Beach as the schooner Nancy shifted ashore by a quarter mile. Strong winds halted shipping and reduced visibility. weather officials warned of no imminent flood danger despite rising river levels.
The U S legation in Budapest warns American citizens in Hungary to decide on leaving while escape routes exist and consider how war expansion could affect travel. About 490 Americans are in Hungary, many Hungarian born naturalized returning residents. Citizens are asked to inform the legation of their plans and reasons if staying.
James H. Cromwell United States minister to Canada will resign within a month to seek the Democratic nomination for Senator from New Jersey. He said he must resign after Cordell Hull indicated the envoy would leave to contest the New Jersey primary on May 21. Cromwell, appointed January 4, laments missing a planned Dominion tour with his wife.
London reports synchronized RAF raids on Aalborg and Stavanger to disrupt the Nazi air ferry service moving German troops into Norway. Stavanger airfield bombed and machine gunned. Aalborg damaged heavily. one RAF aircraft missing. Allied forces engage along eastern Norway near Lake Mjesen as morale and arms rise.
A German warplane was shot down in a duel with three French fighters and crashed at Nardmont near Neufchateau in Luxemburg province Belgium. The pilot died in the wreckage while the two remaining crew members were interned. propaganda pamphlets from the plane were confiscated by Belgian authorities.
George Nicoll Barnes 81 a member of David Lloyd George's World War cabinet in 1917 signer of the Treaty of Versailles and founder of the British Labour party died today in unspecified location.
Berlin reports a prolonged air attack on two Norwegian ports used by Allied troops. Namsos and Andalsnes were set ablaze as British forces reportedly fled in panic. Germany claimed gains northeast and south of Trondheim, nine Allied planes shot down, two British submarines lost, and Narvik bombardment without landing troops.
The Supreme Court ruled unlawful Alabama 1923 picketing laws and 1928 Shasta County ordinance for restricting peaceful protests. Justice Murphy delivered the opinions, stating the statutes limited discussion. Justice McReynolds dissented. The Thornhill and Carlson cases were central with AFL and CIO challenging enforcement.
New York April 22 George Scalise 43 ex convict undertaker and AFL chief of the Building Service Employees International Union was arrested for allegedly extorting 100000 from 20 hotels and 11 window cleaning firms. He called himself a victim of political aspirations as detectives seized 25000 a year in a mid town hotel room.
Winston Salem April 2 Governor Hoey urged citizens at a Probation Association luncheon to cooperate with a new local cooperation program to aid released prisoners. He noted 1,500 to 1,800 monthly are discharged and often lack resources or friends, leading to renewed crime. He stressed assisting releasees to stay straight.
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