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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
2
A Superior Court jury in Charlotte acquitted Nell Bacote of stabbing Paul Miller to death with an ice pick at her home. The verdict was followed by a signed statement from jurors addressed to the defendant and her husband Louis Bacote, a soda dispenser, requesting action.
Bacote and his wife faced murder charges after a coroner's jury found justification in a prior death. Bacote testified his wife killed Miller after being struck with a flashlight. A 15 year old occupant later claimed the stabbing was done by Mrs. Bacote.
Rotarian Albert Dad Arnold secretary of Cone Memorial Y M C A in Greensboro was guest speaker at the local Rotary Club. He discussed Palestine under British rule and its long history as a battleground of religious zeal and cultural conflicts. Edgar Hartley introduced the speaker and several visitors joined the meeting from Kokomo Greensboro Asheboro Richmond and other cities.
India exported roughly 10,000 tons of black pepper to various countries during 1940, reflecting active trade in a key spice. The movement indicates sustained agricultural output and export activity despite global tensions.
British troops drive 125 miles across the desert encircling Tobruk as they press toward the Libyan port. RAF reports Italian air opposition dwindling on Jan 3 and 5, with 19 planes destroyed. Analysts foresee Bengasi and Tripoli as next likely Italian resisting points if Tobruk falls.
Virginia Allison nine died when her clothing ignited while warming beside a heater before leaving for school.
The scene at Memorial Auditorium includes invocation by Dr. Forrest Feezer and the swearing in of Governor J. Melville Broughton by Chief Justice W. P. Stacy. Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris presides, with Hoey handing over the state seal and capitol keys. A pay-raise bill for four officers is enacted before oath. House and Senate adjourn to resume at 11 tomorrow.
Members of the North Carolina division of the International City Managers Association met at Sedgefield Inn yesterday. City managers, led by R. M. Cooksey, discussed matters of common interest to municipalities and devoted time to proposed legislative acts.
Police Chief W. G. Friddle urged owners of unlicensed vehicles in High Point to buy city tags immediately or face court prosecution. The Carolina Motor Club, distributing agency for city tags, provided the police with names of offenders.
Thomasville and group president presided over a luncheon with guests including O. Arthur Kirkman mayor and Amos R. Kearns finance chair of High Point. Attendees also included city managers E. M. Knox High Point James Gordon Lexington C. W. Smedberg Greensboro Percy Bloxam Roxboro H. C. Holmes Salisbury Chester F. Lewis Morganton Walter Yow Asheboro and J. L. Womack Reidsville.
In North Wilkesboro on January 9, Viola Fairchilds Bum Garner aged 50 died from burns attributed to a fireplace fire. The incident was reported as the cause of death with local authorities investigating the mishap.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warns that to curb rising rates the government may boost interest on new issues. He predicts a bond market decline will force higher yields and plans to offer 500 million dollars in national defense notes this month.
Capt Roger Williams of Newport News Shipbuilding outlines a new yard to open in three months with 24 ships to be completed in 24 months. Peak employment expected at 4000 plus as a North Carolina corporation named North Carolina Shipbuilding Company is formed to operate the yard.
Reports from European belligerents and a Domei dispatch indicate heavy fighting along the Mekong frontier between French Indo China and Siam. French positions reportedly abandoned as Thai shelling caused damage on the riverbank with no casualties officially reported.
French announce air strikes on the Siamese villages of Aregna and Kemasan in reprisal for Thai bombing near Savannakhet and Sisophon. The border clashes began December 29 with reports of aid to Thailand and Japanese air bases in Indo Chinese soil under Vichy Tokyo accord.
Fighting between Thailand and Indo China triggers reprisals and counter reprisals. Proclamation of martial law covers 24 Thai border provinces near the French colony.
City residents inside the corporate limits who bought state licenses but did not obtain city tags will be listed for police enforcement. Chief Friddie notes operators missing city tags by January 1 face a $5 fine plus court costs. City issued about 5,300 motor licenses. tag sales exceed last year's by roughly 1,000 as of January 9.
Harry Hopkins, the President's special representative, arrived in England this afternoon. He is expected to meet with British officials and discuss wartime coordination and aid programs between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday with slight warming tonight and colder conditions in the north and west Friday. Northeast to east winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville, increasing to fresh at times with showers offshore, while Block Island to Cape Hatteras sees southerly winds shifting to northwest, becoming strong tonight, with overcast skies and light rain northern portions tonight, and Friday expected broken clouds.
Churchill praises Roosevelt as a great leader and welcomes Lord Halifax to Washington. Halifax acknowledges his unique position after serving in the war cabinet and foreign secretary, noting no precedent for representing Britain in the United States.
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