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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1940

Page

5

Pershing Urges Negotiated Peace Not Unconditional Surrender

General John J. Pershing argues in an interview that if the Allies had accepted a negotiated peace in 1918 Europe might not have faced further war. He notes armistice terms were too rigid and allowed Germany to march home portrayed as victims.

Ucson, Ariz Eral John J. Pershing Europe Eneral Pershing Supreme War Weil Lansing Pershing Marshall Ferdinand Foch Raymond Poincare

Tax Deductions For Motorcars Under Income Tax Rules

The article explains that purchasing a car cannot be deducted from income. For business use depreciation applies, and for business or pleasure you may claim maintenance and operation costs including gasoline, oil, repairs, garage rent, plus depreciation. Deductions also cover registration fees, personal property tax, municipal taxes, interest on car loans, uninsured losses from business use, damages to others if business use, and insurance on business vehicles.

Church bus helps kids reach Sunday School in Raleigh

In Raleigh a church operates an 18 passenger bus each Sunday to collect children for Sunday School. Health officer Dr Carl Reynolds leads a coalition of ten North Carolina groups to push a program to improve the states nutrition. Cooperating groups include DPI Duffie University Medicine Rockefeller Foundation welfare agriculture extension NC Medical Society and UNC along with the State Board of Health.

Bob Thompson Raleigh United States Colored First Baptist Church Carl V. Reynolds North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Duffe University School of Medicine Rockefeller Foundation Department of Public Welfare Department of Agriculture State College Extension Division North Carolina Medical Society North Carolina College For Women University of North Carolina State Board of Health

Restore Strength With S.S.S. Product Claims

The article promotes a tonic for rapid recovery after illness and stress. It urges bed rest until temperature normalizes and emphasizes building body strength to prevent relapse. It asserts widespread testimonial use and urges immediate start before meals with claims of restoring appearance.

Grady Attacks Economic Royalists in Rocky Mount Speech

Paul Grady the Kenly gubernatorial candidate delivered a fiery address in Rocky Mount denouncing what he termed Economic Royalists and Barons of Predatory Wealth as seeking to barter democracy. He criticized collusion with political prostitutes and warned against selling American democracy short.

Paul Grady Kenly William Jennings Bryan Grady Rocky Mount

Charity case hold up shocks Indianapolis station staff

An armed robber targeted two 15 year old attendants at a filling station demanding money. One teen handed over 47 dollars while Wayne Messer smith offered 88 dollars from his pockets. The bandit took company funds but refused 38 75 from the youth. Fire Chief explains delays due to misread dialed calls. Welsh language ban in English courts noted under Henry Will historic decree.

Indianapolis Wayne Messersmith

Vague warnings echoing political manipulation fears

The passage argues that the public should awake to insidious campaigns to shift power from government to a small circle of self-serving politicians controlled by organized business interests. It likens the idea to the Cross of Gold era while noting Bryan would avoid finitive splits like gradually remove.

Bryan

Fire losses by county from non-coop fire agencies

Last year burned acres and losses across Alamance through Tyrrell counties show 166 fires and 174,973 acres scorched with total damages exceeding 150,000 dollars. New Hanover led with 48 fires and 5,806 acres, Pamlico 35 fires and 55,000 acres, while several counties posted smaller totals.

Alamance Cabarrus Camden Catawba Chowan Cleveland Currituck Gates New Hanover Pamlico Pasquotanks Rockingham Rowan Tyrrell

Sham Battle and Shows Occupy Siegfried Line Troops

German soldiers on the Siegfried Line train with mock battles and entertainments to stay in practice while front-line hostilities wind down. The article details stages, radio programs, glee clubs, book drives, and nutritional focuses including vitamin rich rations and an American quick freezing system for preserving vitamins.

Tous P. Lochner Berlin Siegfried Line Siegfried Front Radio Corporation Alfred Rosenberg Hitler Rosenberg Napoleon

Headin for trouble at Laughlin Tin Plant rescue

A Wheel ing mother rushed to the Laughlin Tin Plant of Carnegie-Illinois Steel when her two year old daughter got her head stuck in a tin pot. Mechanics freed the child after about thirty minutes with the pot removed safely.

Martins Ferry Wheeling W. Va Laughlin Carnegie - Illinois Steel Corporation

Fireman Denies Firing Home in Tacoma Slaying

John Ord, a Tacoma fireman, was jailed without charge as investigators probe conflicting stories about the wedding night murder of Hale Nosler and the shooting of Myra Nosler. Doctors said Mrs Nosler, 39, survived after an operation for abdominal wounds.

Tacoma Wash John Ord Hale Snosler Myra Nosler Clyde Knowles Ord Nosler Knowles

Flora MacDonald College elects new trustees and notes growth

Flora MacDonald College announces L. J. White of Mebane and C. B. Clark of Clarkton elected to the board's executive committee, replacing J. Harvey White and Mrs. F. B. Johnson. Rev. R. H. Poole of Elizabethtown also joins. President Bedinger reports 344 students, largest enrollment, and a balanced budget. Alumnae contributions reach 5000 toward the Dr. C. G. Wardell fund.

Red Springs L. J. White Mebane Clark Clarkton Flora MacDonald College J. Harvey White Graham F. B. Johnson Clinton R. H. Poole Elizabethtown H. G. Bedinger Alumnae Association C. G. Wardell

Bashful Boys Week Promoted In Skiatook Courting Plan

In Skiatook Oklahoma Mayor Roy Spafford proclaimed bashful boys week to favor courting by girls. Some boys regret the plan as several dates were set up and later broken, with a leap year dance approaching. Miss Catherine Goins explains she plans three dates and will break two of them too late for other escorts.

Skiatook Okla Roy Spafford Spafford Catherine Goins

Detroit Commander to Speak at North Carolina Legion Convention

Raymond J. Kelly of Detroit Michigan national commander will be principal speaker at the North Carolina American Legion post officers convention in Rocky Mount March 9 to 11.

Kelly Legion Rocky Mount Raymond J. Kelly Detroit Mich North Carolina American Legion Post

Neutral States Seek Mutual Support to Avert War

At a weekend conference in Copenhagen the foreign ministers of Denmark Sweden and Norway pledged mutual support in negotiations with belligerents and urged peaceful settlement of the Finnish Soviet war preserving Finland’s independence. They condemned violations of international law in naval warfare and vowed to keep neutral territory inviolable while stressing peace efforts despite embitterment from prolonged conflict. Swedish Prime Minister Hansson meanwhile warned Swedes to defend essential interests if forced, while reaffirming neutrality in the Russian Finnish crisis and noting growing aid to Finland within non intervention limits.

Copenhagen Denmark Sweden Norway Finland Germany Great Britain Peter Munch Malvdan Koht Christian Gunther Hansson Per Albin Hansson Stockholm

High School Agricultural Building Nears Completion

Buildings near completion in Pilot Mountain with the new agricultural structure and gymnasium expected to be finished soon.

Pilot Mountain

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