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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1939
Page
2
A federal grand jury indicted 35 individuals eight tile manufacturers three contractors associations two AFL locals and tile jobbers alleging a Detroit area tile trade monopoly. The indictment, under anti trust laws, marks the first federal action of its kind in the region.
In Sanford on December 5 a funeral curiosity interrupts a poetry talk at Mrs. B. T. Ingram's home. Two young girls with grocery baskets enter, declaring they came to see the corpse, shocking guests as the scene unfolds.
Police and hospital officials pursue the escaped Mrs. Judd. Fears of self harm rise as a note hints at death by own action. Dr. William C. Judd stays with relatives in California while authorities chase clues and monitor the hospital atticdale for signs she did not wander far.
Authoritative sources note that neither nation views itself as taking sides. Diplomatic correspondence records that Germany and Russia agreed to renew traditional mutual trust and that the Reich would not intervene as Russia supports historic vital interests.
An indictment alleges a conspiracy to oust 60 independent tile contractors by cutting tile and labor supply. Detroit Tile Contractors Association and two allied groups are listed as the sole channels for obtaining tile in the Detroit area.
The ad promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural way to prevent constipation by adding bulk to the diet. It urges daily consumption with plenty of water, claiming it helps regularity month after month without medicine and notes Kellogg's Battle Creek origin with wide grocery availability.
Mostly cloudy conditions with light rain in extreme north tonight. Central and southeast portions warm up slightly. Wednesday to be fair and warmer in the northwest. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras moderate to fresh west shifting to southwest, fair south and east north tonight and Wednesday with occasional light rain in the north. From Hatteras to Jacksonville winds moderate southwest with overcast tonight and Wednesday.
A Stockholm report says 25 of 50 Italian fighters delivered to Finland are ready for action and an Italian instructor trains Finnish pilots. The piece notes Italian readiness against a Soviet Baltic threat and warns against clashes with Germany. In Rome, the German ambassador’s visit and Mussolini era ties loom as Finnish demonstrations echo in Milan and Stockholm.
The text notes Scandinavian efforts toward peace negotiations for Finland with the League of Nations as a base for Sweden and Denmark to join an Oslo conference. It mentions unofficial Nordic groups raising funds to support a volunteer corps and questions about volunteers leaving their countries.
Rev. S. M. Frazier pastor of Friendship Baptist Church will preach at Brooks Memorial Methodist Church Wednesday evening at 8 o clock. He will be accompanied by his choir and congregation.
The Piedmont District Teachers Association will hold its third annual session at Jordan Sellers High School in Burlington on Saturday starting at 10 a m. Presiding will be S B Buford principal William Penn High School president and Dr L E Boyd of Leakesville vice president.
The Bennett College for Women Department of Physical Education presents a unique program at William Penn High School on Thursday night December 14 at 8 o'clock. Thirty two girls with twelve dancers and twenty singers perform a story of America's music from its beginnings to the present, highlighting Negro music.
Coast Guard boat stopped the 54-foot Lekola near Wilmington and seized it for further orders. Captain L F Tuten said the vessel carried only food, and its German captain Edward Kerling of New York protested a prior detention. A letter to the German consul was found aboard.
Secretary Ickes as head of the National Power Policy Committee urged private electric utilities to speed future building by one or two years to aid national defense and rising industrial power demand. He noted possible RCC aid for financing and pressed accelerating construction despite financing hurdles. The piece also mentions Dominican banana planting and Jamaica taxi drivers concerned about war effects on tourism.
Washington observers say Roosevelt would run again only if a major international crisis emerged next summer. They believe his priority is past achievements, and he may hand the White House to a successor unless a genuine global emergency spurs a resurgence.
The Freight Rate Committee of the Southern Governors Conference and allied groups meet in Asheville at the George Vanderbilt Hotel to plan reductions in class freight rates. Governor Hoey leads the Governors’ Committee with Cooper and Cone. Dunlap chairs utilities group, Creighton chairs Traffic League. Plans include joint legal effort and coordinating actions.
As a result of the war the number of relief rolls in Belgium rose from 188,729 to 285,018 in three weeks.
Widespread power outages in Dublin drive a surge in demand for entertainment options. In Sweden relief rolls show under four thousand people receiving aid, reflecting tight social support networks amid postwar shortages.
Reports say Russia plans to resign before a League of Nations session on Finland's accusation of aggression. Moscow rejects the invitation, citing no state of war with Finland, while Sweden seeks mediation and Britain and France face a test of their leadership in South America and the League.
New York stocks at two o clock in the afternoon show activity across major issues. Market participants await further cues as trading continues with varied gains and losses among leading industrials rails and utilities.
A Leningrad military communique reports Red Army progress 16 miles south of Petsamo as part of the Finland campaign. Forces struck 30 miles into the Karelian Isthmus north of Leningrad and pushed north of Lake Ladoga on Finland’s southeast border. Helsinki says about 1,500 Russian troops captured north of Lake Ladoga.
Presses F D R reviews November 16 1933 pledges in Roosevelt Litvinov correspondence to see if they were a travesty and whether American recognition of Soviet Russia should be withdrawn. Matthew Woll AFL urges severing diplomatic relations citing sinister uses of American pawns against constitutional America.
The Southeastern Motor Lines of Bristol Virginia bought an intrastate franchise from Boone Transfer Company and will operate as a freight carrier in northwestern North Carolina. Stanley Winborne of the state utilities commission announced the sale. Service areas include West Jefferson Jefferson Boone North Wilkesboro and extending to Winston Salem.
Lona Glidewell of the North Carolina Department of Labor cited Angelos Katsis of Raleigh owner of the De Luxe Diner to appear in Municipal Court. He faces charges under two clauses of 1937 state labor laws on employee work hours and bookkeeping methods.
Maj John T Armstrong of the highway patrol orders immediate enforcement of new petroleum carrier regulations. Patrolmen may arrest for any speed margin violation as trucks must not exceed 45 mph. A telegraphic clock will stamp departure times for on road speed checks at Wilmington or Fayetteville.
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