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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
1
The report depicts Soviet mobile equipment shattered and abandoned across a broad area near Suomussalmi as Finns inspect wreckage after fierce combat during the 44th Division engagement. The scene shows white-clad Finns surveying the debris in a grim postbattle view.
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Chamberlain rejected Labour MP Herbert Morrison’s proposal to create an economic dictator in the war cabinet. He warned such a minister would usurp the prime minister’s role and order all departments, reducing the premier’s tasks. A white paper would later outline terms of a financial agreement with the railways.
Washington February 1 1941 department authorities quoted by Senate Foreign Relations Committee members held that a non military loan to Finland would not violate international law. Counsel R Walton Moore and Solicitor Green H Hackworth testified and the committee seemed likely to vote a capital increase for the Export Import Bank by 50 million to 100 million dollars to enable a new loan to Finland and possibly raise credits for China in its struggles continuing.
Bulletin reports German sources say the Altmark, escort to the battle ship Graf Spee, broke British blockade and carried 300 British seamen to Germany. Paris dispatchs claim French patrols penetrated Germany, taking prisoners and gathering troop-displacement data.
Secretary Hall announced that American Ambassador William C. Bullitt was summoned back from Paris for consultation. Bullitt will leave Saturday and stay briefly in Washington. No special significance attached to the summons and it was not known if he would fly over.
Senator Vandenberg proposes abolishing the tariff commission and creating a six member board to coordinate foreign commercial and financial activities of government agencies. The plan aims to control imports to protect the domestic economy and promote exports through bar agreements and other methods. He calls it a realistic approach to expanding foreign trade and notes bilateral treaties could be pursued with Senate ratification.
A mother father and five children died in a fire that swept a Freeport Allegheny River cottage. Fire Chief William Shields identified the victims as Omar Brown 44 a West Penn Power lineman his wife and their five children ages seven to sixteen all trapped on the second floor.
Adela Rogers St. Johns, famed writer, briefly acted as a taxi driver in Manhattan and Long Island City. Patrolman Harper Kitching stopped her after a chase, charging her with driving while intoxicated, driving without a license, and posing a red light.
Japan’s army and navy asked Parliament for a seven year arms program totaling about 671 million dollars to replenish and rehabilitate equipment. The request comes as War Minister Gen Shunroku Hata says Russia has committed illegal acts and Japan will not relax its watch along the border.
Reuters dispatch from Salonika reports light widespread damage as the Mount Olympus area shakes. Several houses collapsed in the rugged east central Greek region overlooking the Gulf of Salonika. Mount Olympus rises to 9 793 feet.
Dispatches from Faenza Florence and Siena report yesterday’s tremors with Siena recording a severe quake at 11 32 a m causing panic in streets. Light damages reported with no casualties. Telegraph notes shocks felt in Katara Greece per British Exchange Telegraph Agency.
President Kyosti Kallio in a final war Diet session urged negotiations for honorable peace while warning Finland will not yield to imperialistic aims. He thanked foreign aid, called for civilian air defense support, and cited Sweden as a partner whose volunteers aid Finland. He blamed the Soviet invasion for breaking agreements and wrecking prospects for peace.
Representative W. O. Burgin of the Eighth North Carolina district announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for re election. Burgin, a former mayor of Thomasville and state senator, serves on the House Foreign Relations Committee after a contested congressional race with C. B. Deane.
A Turkish freighter with 2,300 Jewish emigrants from Austria and former Czecho Slovakia departed Salina Rumania for Palestine. The group included lawyers artists actors and doctors who had waited three months in squalid conditions before securing passage despite lacking entry permits.
The Mid-Winter Southern Furniture and Bug Market enters its final weekend with mixed results as attendance lags after a record opening. Buyers show excellent activity despite snow and cold, and exhibitors remain optimistic about sales volume close to prior shows. About 120 buyers registered at noon, and talks of adding three to four floors to the Southern Exposition building to expand space.
In Clinton a 40 year old Black woman Feola Bunting reported that an explosive made partly from a water bucket and stove lid was hurled through her window. She sustained injuries as the State Bureau of Investigation opened an inquiry.
Raleigh February 1 H M Nichols was appointed transportation director of the State Utilities Commission succeeding Dr H Noah who resigned to join a Burlington trucking firm as traffic manager.
Ida Isabella Poteat an 81 year old art teacher at Meredith College died after an operation at Rex Hospital. Founders Day events were cancelled and Dr Frank P Graham to deliver the keynote. She belonged to a renowned Baptist family with links to Wake Forest Furman and Luke University.
London reports the sinking of the 4,450 ton British steamer Bancrest once known as Ambassador and the 1,524 ton Swedish freighter Sylvia due to torpedo and bomb attacks. The announcement notes the losses occurred today, indicating ongoing hostilities.
Helsinki dispatch reports Finnish forces repelled two new Soviet drives in Salla and Petsamo areas above the Arctic circle. In Lake Ladoga region Finns tightened pincers, reported heavy Russian losses and forced a failed island crossing. Two Russian planes were downed, civilians killed in air raids, and Finnish general staff said defenses hold with no immediate Soviet breakthrough.
AUBURN N Y Feb 1 Captain Ivan P lay shackled and in a tweed coat left Auburn Prison after five years for bigamy. He was taken to the county jail for three days before deportation to Jugoslavia. The ex officer avoided questions about his missing bride Colonia Tulverson a New York corporate lawyer.
The body of Franklin Gray about 30 was found near a wrecked car near Asheville. William C. Mitcham Jr., Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce secretary, was hospitalized with injuries believed from the same crash. Officers said Mitcham and Gray, once UNC students, left Hendersonville after socializing with friends and were found linked to a deadly collision at a bridge approach with a highway sign post.
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