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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
1
Prime Minister Chamberlain greets three English ships that returned from action and praises the attackers of the Graf Spee in a parliamentary address. The House heard his tribute to naval efforts and national resolve.
London report: Prime Minister Chamberlain announces that Britain's total casualties in the first three months of the war were about 2100. He notes 442 RAF fatalities and roughly 1630 naval losses, with no service-by-service breakdown given. The figure is contrasted with 12500 losses in the first two months of 1914.
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain praised a “gallant action” by three small British ships against a heavily armed German raider Graf Spee. He noted Exeter Achilles and Ajax pressed the pursuit as Graf Spee anchored off Montevideo after a night fight and described Finland’s army as the better fighter for its size.
London reports the British destroyer Duchess sank after colliding with an unidentified warship. Only one officer and 22 crew were saved. the vessel's commander was Lieut. Commander R. C. H. White. The incident follows prior naval disasters and amid Allied victories in the North Sea and South Atlantic.
Soviet forces reported to have forced Finns back in a night long assault east of Guvernorskoski in the Petsamo area. Finns delaying the advance, burning buildings and moving livestock as they fight to hold Salla and potential routes to the Swedish border. Reports claim massive Russian manpower and air power planned against Finland, with uncertain progress on bifurcating the front.
Berlin reports the Graf Spee engaged three British cruisers in the South Atlantic and sunk the Tairoa and Streens Hall. German sources deny an intended Montevideo internment, saying the voyage aimed to bury dead seamen and tend wounded, while British denial claims no gas use.
The 32 581 ton German liner Columbus left Vera Cruz in pre-dawn hours aiming for an Atlantic crossing and a German port beyond the Allied blockade. British warships patrolled the area and Columbus had papers showing Oslo as destination. crew recalled from shore leave and heavy provisioning reported.
Police seized two Negro bicyclists in Wilmington on December 14 and charged them with transporting untaxed whiskey. The incident reflects ongoing enforcement against illicit alcohol distribution in the area.
Gov E D Rivers hopes to tie the South freight rate case to the Gone With The Wind premiere in Atlanta as the southern governors map strategy for rate parity. He chairs the conference and aims to rally a majority of governors to attend the two day session despite conflicts with football schedules.
An explosion at a Zarnesti cellulose plant under military control near Bucharest killed eighty people and gravely injured two hundred. A overheated 1000 gallon kettle caused a fierce blaze aided by wind and chlorine fumes. Families of two directors and an engineer were among the dead. The government ordered guards over all oil fields.
Miss Hope Crews, the actress known for Aunt Pitty Pat in Gone With The Wind, was aboard the Dixie Limited when three cars derailed at Hall's Station, Georgia. She and other passengers were shaken but unharmed while on the way to the Atlanta world premiere.
The German pocket battleship Graf Spee, heavily damaged and with 36 dead, clings to Montevideo as two British cruisers guard offshore and the Exeter limps toward the harbor. Casualties aboard remain unofficial. The ship’s commander has a minor arm wound. neutrality and gas shell allegations spark dispute.
ThreePresbyterian College students from Clinton South Carolina were injured early today when their car wrecked near Piney River in Nelson County. Donald Draper of Wilkes Barre Pa suffered a nose fracture and lip cut Miss Frances Farrell of Wilkes Barre lost three teeth and Robert Wysor of College Park Md suffered from shock. Miss Farrells parents were en route to memorial hospital to take her home.
In Geneva on December 14 the League of Nations expelled the Soviet Union by unanimous vote for invading Finland. Four abstained, including Finland, while China Greece and Yugoslavia joined the majority. This marked the first expulsion in league history as adjournment followed the vote. France cited past aggressions in withholding its vote.
The North Carolina Supreme Court postponed oral appeal arguments in the High Point hydro case to the first week of February at counsel request. City Attorney Grover H. Jones cited voluminous briefs from Duke Power Company and Yadkin County and illness of special counsel Judge Roy L. Deal as reasons for the delay.
Eyewitnesses describe Exeter Achilles and Ajax using smoke screens and swift dashes to harass the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in Montevideo harbor. Despite lighter guns, the British cruisers closed to strike with eight and six inch shells, leaving the Graf Spee battered and anchored offshore.
Helsinki dispatch reports Finnish forces halted the Soviet advance on the Karelian Isthmus and fought off continued eastern front assaults. Finnish communique notes Russian losses include tanks, anti tank guns, field guns and machine guns, with local fighting zones. Russian tally claims 65–66 miles of progress on the eastern front and seven miles near Lake Ladoga, while air activity faced weather and bombings from Finnish planes.
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