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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1940
Page
2
A speech warns Britain to avoid letting Germany repeat last time's mistakes. The speaker argues Germany lost due to starvation of its people and insists the peace conference will yield no mercy or justice from a ruthless adversary unless Britain changes. He stresses the need for constructive criticism and discourage emissaries with empty barns at the negotiating table.
The passage urges resting in bed until temperature normalizes and recovering strength quickly to handle work and stress. It promotes USS Tonic as a three-times-daily pre meal remedy, claiming broad consumer trust and rapid improvement within ten days, with testimonials of feeling and looking like oneself again.
In Asheville on February 28 High Point College edged Enka 42 to 39 after a tied 16 16 halftime. Enka drew ahead after intermission but a late rally fell short as Nance scored 11 and Hampton 9 for Enka while Patton led Enka with 16.
Diplomats say Germany offers East within reach of Romania as a cautious signal. Dr Karl Clodius postpones Bucharest visit to next week to allow Romania to study the plan. French British aid to Romania tempers German proposals as 200000 reservists are summoned March 1, swelling the army to 1600000. A quip on Quinnat salmon ends the piece.
Reports say Britain considers a broader strategy with Russia and Germany in mind as Western Front stalls. Finland and the Middle East are viewed for potential flanking against Russia and Germany, with officials stating real aid to Finland is sent though details remain secret. Locker-Lampson and Hore-Belisha urge decisive action including substantial Allied force and full intervention.
Petitioners urge a Saturday meeting at 2 pm in the Guilford County courthouse to address committee harmony after a Greensboro dispute over the election board. The contentious session backed Louis J. Fisher over Carter Dalton amid regional divisions. A separate note mentions a radium clock that ticks every ten seconds and could run ten thousand years.
A Citizens Committee formed to oppose a local 1 650 000 FHA housing project launched mail campaigns and petitions today. Postal cards go to 3 500 citizens while petitions aim to cover every city street. Headquarters are in room 202 of the Penny Building run by R L Deal and J N McCrary.
French dispatches say German forces advanced into eastern and northern France toward the Paris region but were repulsed by French artillery. French guns reported breaking up three German patrols near outposts east of the Moselle and Saar rivers and in Alsace, with heavy shelling of the Blies Valley positions.
Secretary of State declines to outline reaction from contacted governments and notes preliminary favorable view. He cannot confirm if any nation has submitted concrete plans for economic readjustment and disarmament postwar.
Finnish defense reports say 1,310 Russian tanks destroyed or captured with many repaired and used by Finns. Citizens contributing to air defense get iron rings bearing a fighter plane image. Observers near Nautsi report a Soviet push reaching 75 miles from the Arctic coast as fires rage in the town. Russian communique mentions breaking through fortifications on the Karelian Isthmus.
Gov. Culbert Olson ordered National Guardsmen to evacuate 70 families in Yolo County as the Sacramento River and other waterways overflowed. California agriculture suffers extensive damage while crews aid local authorities. One death is suspected in Redding after a car plunged into a swollen creek, others rescued by boat as nine inches of rain fell in a day.
Raleigh reports mixups at a Fair Tax Association outreach with J M Broughton. meanwhile Willie Lumpkin weighs Congressional plans as Joseph Grady links to Paul Grady. North Carolina debates aging aid while Confederate widow payments lift averages. Mosley Boyette eyes Moore County seat amid dry platform clashes. Rev J Homer Butler joins Sampson County race as dry battles unfold.
James O'Donnell Bennett, 69, veteran newspaper reporter, drama critic, and war correspondent for 46 years, died in his sleep in Chicago. Death attributed to a heart ailment.
Mrs Amanda Smith age 49 died in Goldsboro hospital of burns suffered when an oil can she used to start a fire at her home exploded Monday night local authorities reported.
In Helsinki on February 28 Finns paused their war with Russia to honor Elias Lonnrot whose 1835 Kalevala epic helped awaken Finnish nationalism. Radios carried passages as citizens recalled Vainamoinen Leminkainen Umarinen and the Sampo myth aiding unity and resilience.
In Shreveport Margie Rhodes woke to find 58 of her 60 chickens stolen during the night leaving two roosters. In Mustang Oklahoma farmer J G Brindley reported a Ram Bouillette ewe giving quintuplets. four lambs survived.
Buck Guy and Jack Jordan fished near DANN on February 28 when they caught a small perch. A jack about 18 inches long later joined the perch on the line, having swallowed it and remained tied to the line.
Moderate west and northwest winds off the coast with partly cloudy to overcast skies tonight and Thursday. Northerly winds, fresh northwest gusts, and broken conditions forecast from Sandy Hook to Charleston and Jacksonville into Thursday morning with increasing winds toward noon and night.
Miss Grace Baker and Mrs Gillard represented the Point Merchants at the Greensboro Merchants Association annual meeting held at the King Cotton Greensboro last night. About 350 people attended the banquet session which opened with a humorous address by Mund Harding of Washington N C.
Minister W. S. Morrison announced Britain must reduce production by one third from 1939 to 1940 due to grain shortages for livestock. He also said sugar can output by breweries would drop 30 percent.
Kinston reports bold hunter John Piver bags a quail and a hawk with two loads. His son witnessed the birds down and confirms the striking claim in a rural encounter.
The product promotes relief from constipation and related discomfort through a pure vegetable blend. Its principal ingredient is described as an intestinal tonic laxative aiding lazy bowel muscles and helping expect a good night’s rest, with effects felt the next morning.
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