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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1939
Page
1
Paul de Kruif launches a campaign for a non controversial national health law to provide federal aid for preventive and curative care without federalization of medicine. He envisions a unified agency with a national doctors council and state health offices to ensure medical care for all in need.
Four ships, two British and two neutrals, were sunk by mines or torpedoes in a day of intensified sea warfare. The Henning Oldendorf was captured by a British warship, boosting captured Nazi ships to 19 and total tonnage to 91,622. The flotilla toll underlines Britain’s call for ex-sailors and ex-marines up to 46 for wartime service.
Senator McNary charged that depreciation of British pound French franc and Canadian dollar since 1938 cuts import prices, removing tariffs and leveling labor with underpaid workers abroad. He urged Secretary Hull to reopen or cancel existing trade pacts as the June 12 expiry nears.
Washington reports say President Roosevelt favors clearing routine business and adjourning by May while Republican leaders resist. House Minority Leader Martin of Massachusetts warns Congress must address major domestic issues during an election year. The dispute centers on whether to push major items aside for a quick session.
The Carolinas Virginia Purchasing Agents Association elected R. C. Haberkern of Winston-Salem president. Haberkern, purchasing head at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., succeeds C. W. Coker of Hartsville who becomes national director. Wert Faulkner of Glasgow Virginia is vice-president and R. V. Spangler of Charlotte is secretary-treasurer.
Swedish reports from Helsinki said Finnish warplanes bombed Kronstadt, the Russian port 20 miles west of Leningrad. There was no indication of damage.
Sheriff Campbell announced a woman detained as Winnie Ruth Judd is a Chicago resident. He said Chicago officers reported her husband sent her by train to Memphis where she failed to transfer, and her mother-in-law is expected to pick her up.
Washington dispatch reports early returns show strong support for continuing strict marketing quotas on the 1940 cotton crop. With 10 states counted, 253,335 votes favored quotas to 17,566 against, signaling a favorable outcome for the control program.
Sweden appointed Lieut General Gerhard Phoernell to command all defense forces to manage reserves called up since the European war began. He declared loyalty and solidarity for Sweden at a time of neutrality while frontier and sea mine protections were extended and pilots required in the Gulf of Bothnia.
Thomas E. Dewey advancing a balanced federal budget as a Republican plank at the Gridiron Club dinner in New York. He told reporters the next president can balance the budget and that a Democrat cannot clean up the current administration’s mess.
Nicholas Dozenberg described as a founder of the Communist party and a key witness in the espionage inquiry was arrested in Bend Oregon. He was born in Riga in 1885 and naturalized in 1911. papers showed Harlow Browder used them to obtain a passport to travel to Russia.
The League of Nations opened the Finland case against Russia with opinions leaning toward expulsion. Argentina and Latin American nations pressed for action, calling it Russia or Latin America, while France and Britain warned Finland to seek only what the League can deliver. Italy and Peru planned withdrawal notices, complicating the council’s deliberations.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line said its London office has told that the 6646 ton liner Azuma Maru is safe in the North Atlantic. The ship had radioed an SOS from Scottish waters after being unheard since yesterday and expected to reach Cristobal in the Canal Zone by December 20.
Russian artillery and tanks assaulted a strongly held Finnish sector on the Karelia front but failed to break through. Finns rush to strengthen defenses along the Mannerheim Line, while new Russian thrusts are anticipated and tanks are captured or destroyed. Finnish airmen report night bombing of enemy camps in snow.
Moscow said the Red Army made advances up to 50 miles in Finland, breaking through along the Taipale line and pushing in the Ukhata Porososevo and Petrosavodsk sectors, with gains continuing beyond the Mannerheim Line. Finnish reports said Soviet progress halted on the Karelian Isthmus.
National Woman's Party members plan a campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment during the next Congress. A conference in Washington will be held Friday and Saturday to organize the effort.
Chippewa Falls police link Donald T. Cameron to a six fatal event including a $40,000 kidnapping plot, a quadruple house fire with slayings, the death of Marshal Brenden, a $20 robbery, and attempted loan pirate actions at Eau Claire. The note demanding $40,000 and marked money targets a boy.
Reports from Kirkenes Norway claim avalanches triggered by Finnish dynamite charges sent steep hillsides into Arctic fjords near Petsamo and Liinahamari, creating waves that swamped Red Army landing craft and drowned between 600 and 800 Russians. Surviving attackers were reportedly captured.
Dispatches say Finnish ski troops repulsed attackers on a two mile northern front while reports from Rome claim a Paldiski raid linked to Russia. Helsinki denies earlier claims as snow fell over the capital and Britain and Italy aid Finland with air crews and gas masks.
Dr. W. C. Welch of Port Arthur was arrested on kidnaping charges in the abduction of Irwin Mingle, 11, taken from his home by an armed man who bound the parents and demanded 15000 dollars. The boy escaped and alerted neighbors as FBI agents and police investigated with Welch denying the charges.
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