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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1938
Page
2
Partly cloudy and much colder in North Carolina with increasing clouds on Monday and likely rain Monday night. coastal areas slightly older. In South Carolina a generally fair day turns cloudy with possible rain this afternoon or tonight.
The report centers on Eden and cabinet tensions over a possible Anglo Italian agreement amid postwar Europe. Morrison condemns any humiliating deal with Mussolini and urges Eden to resign if he aids fascist aims. Eden attended one of Chamberlain's meetings with Italian ambassador Grandi amid secrecy.
The article notes a continuing push for greater territory as Hitler’s propaganda seeks to unite all Germans. A Czechoslovakian broadcast decision is cited as evidence of tensions, with Bohemia depicted as a historic piece of a broader German claim.
New York reports the formation of the Society for Legalization of Euthanasia led by Dr Charles Francis Potter. The group seeks state and federal laws to allow physicians to end suffering with death delivering drugs or other methods, citing cases of mercy killings and physician practices as motivation.
Dr. Potter leads a national push for euthanasia and assisted death, citing patient agony and a demand for relief. Polls show majority support in the middle Atlantic and western regions, with bills planned in about a dozen states. The effort faces strong church, legal, and medical opposition despite international collaboration.
The piece argues Nazi aims target German minorities across Silesia and Bohemia with autonomy as a stepping stone, linking potential Anschluss moves to Bohemia and Danzig and warning of 1944 timing while noting Austria’s political shifts and posturing.
Caldwell Stokes, Negro, faces lottery charges after a courtroom incident where a book of tickets slid from his pocket. He has been arrested three times in the past month, and he will spend hours at city hall next week.
Dr G Ray Jordan pastor of Centenary Methodist church Winston-Salem urged 200 delegates at the South Carolina Methodist student conference to keep religion visible as what happens elsewhere can influence the world. He warned that nations have de emphasized faith and said the trend could recur here. The three day session, presided over by L D Gillespie and others, will close tomorrow.
Secretary Hull defended foreign policy principles before a national farm group discussing defense, armament limits, and economic appeasement. He highlighted concessions from 16 trade pacts on agricultural items and cited 1937 trade gains while warning against Smoot Hawley tariff policies.
Robert M. Ortiz succeeds conservative Agustin P. Justo as Argentina’s president in a ceremony highlighted by six United States army flying fortress bombers. The aircraft arrived in a 5,200 mile goodwill flight from Miami with 49 crew members, drawing thousands. Foreign ambassadors and ministers attend as the inauguration unfolds.
The Borah O Mahoney licensing bill removes small business regulation. Changes include courts handling license revocation, exemption for firms under 100000 assets, stronger anti trust provisions, and removal of extra congressional stabilizing board. Large corporations remain reportable to the trade commission.
Chinese forces blew the longest steel bridge in China to stop a Japanese crossing the Yellow river. Central China crossings north of Chengchow were closed or destroyed as defenses reinforced near Chengchow. Japanese advances targeted Lunghai corridor bottlenecks and Shansi highlands while claiming to seize key passes and Suchow on the eastern coast.
The Christian Endeavor Society of Rankin Memorial M P church will meet this evening at 6 15 at the church Miss Myra and P M Caudle are the selected leaders of this program and the public is invited to be in attendance.
The German airline Luft Hansa carried 140000 passengers in the first six months, an increase of 28000 over the previous period.
The 52 year old Ortiz a business man lawyer and cabinet minister of finance was elected by the conservative coalition backing Justo. He is expected to pursue moderate nationalist policies and a controlled economy during his six year term with General Pedro Aurelio De Goes Monteiro and Jose Espalter cited in the report.
Garvin Bodenheimer was held for grand jury on a manslaughter charge in the auto crash that killed H. C. W. Berrier near Mil last night. Witnesses said Bodenheimer drove the car which overturned on a curve. Berrier died later at Thomasville hospital. Bodenheimer was bonded at 2500 dollars and charged with drunkenness and a liquor law violation. Funeral services for a Midway farmer are set for Sunday at 3 PM from the Way Church.
Army air strength covers 788 miles using 288 aircraft, yielding an implied total distance of 10 509 miles per plane.
Two rooms available for filling. Apply to Charlie in Texas. O11 listing indicates rental offer with contact via Glenda.
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