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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1940
Page
2
The city reports a seven month budget surplus of 71009.68 driven by revenue overestimates and savings in expenses. Tax collections lead the gain with 402892 in taxes, surpassing forecast by 75282, while street assessments lag with 148351 collected, 27336 below expectation.
Funeral services for Fred D. Jordan 53 former local resident who died after a monthlong illness were conducted at Sechrest Funeral Home chapel by Dr. O C Williamson and Rev Paul Garber. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery with pallbearers Clarence Burns Thomas Burns Harry Burns John A Hendricks Paul R Raper L C Right. Flowers were sent by friends and a trio plus solo performed Abide With Me and Sunrise Tomorrow. A large attendance gathered in Durham before the services.
C E Morris father of F H Morris of 212 Lindsay Street died at his Lochloosa Florida home at age over eighty after months of ill health and a serious decline last week. F H Morris stayed at his side all week. Funeral service set for Sunday afternoon with arrangements pending.
Firefighters responded to four calls yesterday and today including two field fires in vacant lots on Hamilton and East Russell streets. A small basement fire at 703 Carr Street and an automobile blaze at 1306 Sherrod Street were extinguished with the origin of the latter unknown.
J. W. Hill long time head of the division freight office of the Southern Railway System in Greensboro has been moved to High Point to serve as district freight agent. He and Mrs. Hill will relocate about March 15 and take residence at Oakwood Court.
City officials report 260 000 expected from assessments in the year. Utility collections lag due to late January billings and snow hindered meter readings. Penalties total 18839 for seven months and taxes collected reach 65.7 percent of the levy as of January 31 with a 9.6 percent gain from 1939.
Cloudy conditions spread across North Carolina with warmer interior and possible mountain snow. Friday night into Saturday brings rain with sleet in the interior and east warmth rising. northeast to east winds along the coast, while northern offshore areas see diminishing northwest winds shifting to northeast or east.
The piece reports clashes over national leadership and opposition to the New Deal, accusing it of sabotaging the judiciary and extending presidential terms. It notes Julius Hamilton ridiculing the Democratic committee's Chicago convention timing, and discusses whether the 1936 Democratic National Convention should be in Chicago or Philadelphia with divided opinions on timing.
October events show Gainard failed to report to the American consul at Tromsoe and did not sail from Murmansk while the Deutschland seized the City of Flint en route to Manchester. Officials dismissed calls for an investigation as unsupportive and noted Norwegian authorities later released the ship to its American crew.
Chicago February 16 summary shows butter at 689 715 unsettled with prices unchanged. Eggs at 9 831 firm with fresh graded extra firsts local 23% cars 23% firsts local 22% cars 22% and other prices unchanged.
Colored community church announces Sunday School at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 am Rev Mr Melton and choir attend the South and North Carolina Rally at 8 pm followed by 6 30 prayer meeting then 7 30 sermon by Pastor Rev D D Masion.
Two local truck drivers Au brey Byrd and Fred Pope are detained by High Point police for questioning by FBI agents related to a Galax Virginia girl. Gloria Lane 14 identified them as those who picked her up and traveled through Virginia West Virginia and into North Carolina.
Representatives criticize a harbor works plan for Guam as a step toward fortification and distant defense, arguing it risks future entrenchment 6,000 miles from the U S. A GOP meeting shifts attention away from Capitol Hill activity amid labor law questions.
Diplomatic circles weigh Sweden's neutrality as Finland presses for relief amid Russian pressure. Aftonbladet reports Finland may accept Western military aid within a day or so, following unsuccessful direct appeals to Sweden. Britain and France are already aiding Finland, possibly with regular troops.
London reports Britain downplays the chance of quick Western troop deployment to aid Finland against Russia. Officials cite political and technical hurdles to moving sizable active units to the Finnish front immediately as most trained troops are in France or training conscripts including 23 year olds registering tomorrow.
The heavy St Valentine’s Day blizzard caused more than 60 deaths as 5,000 workers in New York cleared streets and 2,259 pieces of equipment operated. Upstate New York schools reopened and New England gradually returned to normal with continuing cold and more snow forecast.
Municipal Court under Judge D C MacRae disposed cases on traffic and highway violations. Defendants faced reckless driving speeding and other charges with dismissals suspensions and fines including James Jameson McMaster Conn Titman Spears Hillard Davis Harrison Beverly Brown Hayes Brown Pilson Saulters Jr. and others.
Remarks argue for publicity of organizations with international ties and tighter immigration and deportation laws to curb un-American influence. The speaker questions timing for Allied aid to Finland during the Mannerheim Line crisis while noting wartime supply and manpower concerns. A stray note mentions cats kept on fox farms as foster mothers to young foxes.
The near eastern war buildup recalls the February 1915 Dardanelles venture. Churchill devised the blockade plan to cut Europe from Asia and aid Russia, but the campaign failed, with Anzacs among the fallen and withdrawal in January 1916. A wartime anecdote recalls a near miss as Turkish forces prepared to retreat.
Finnish communique reports repulsed attacks northeast of Lake Ladoga and heavy Russian losses. Ishtmus fighting continues with 500 Russian planes in raids. Viipuri Dappeenranta Riihimaki bombed. Eight enemy planes downed. Summa village near Viipuri remains a focal point as Russians advance toward Kamara station while Finns retreat and abandon arms. Authorities note no update from Finnish general HQ.
Lexington attorney J Lee Wilson, Davidson County representative in 1939, announced as a candidate for the Democratic nomination to the state senate from the eighteenth district. The district includes Montgomery Richmond and Scotland with a Davidson Scotland deal to nominate the senators. Wilson is Wake Forest alumnus and former solicitor of the local court before his 1938 House election.
The communique states Soviet aviation raided enemy troops and military objectives and six enemy airplanes were shot down. In other sectors, scouts and infantry clashes were reported while civilians were not described beyond broad air activity. A Finnish appeal urges support to resist aggression and defend liberty. Military info notes no sudden Finnish defense collapse, but battle intensity remains high.
E E Mendenhall Jr a High Point real estate man denied any ambition to be Guilford County GOP chair and said he had heard of no movement to back him. Greensboro leaders responded with inquiries about motives behind the report and the county convention plans while party figures name possible nominees to the county board of elections.
Thomasville news reports Mrs. R. M. Cooksey named chairman of a local Red Cross relief committee. She calls a meeting next week for women knitters to supply sweaters for Finnish soldiers, with a weekly briefing and a set quota of sweaters in various sizes.
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