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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1940
Page
2
North Carolina and South Carolina: cloudy with night rain mist and fog tonight. Rain and warmer Sunday. Georgia: cloudy and unsettled with night rain or mist tonight followed by winds.
The North Carolina State Art Society re elected Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington of Raleigh as president at its annual meeting in Raleigh. Re elected were Mrs. Har old C. Dwelle of Charlotte as vice president and Mrs. James H. Gordon of Raleigh as treasurer. New vice presidents named were Ernest Haywood of Raleigh and Mrs. J Walter Williamson of Wilmington, with Gene Erwin of Chapel Hill as secretary. An executive committee includes Dr. Clarence Poe of Raleigh as chairman with members Mrs. Henry M. London of Raleigh A D McDonald of Durham Russell T. Smith of Chapel Hill and Dr. B W Wells of Raleigh.
Congress reads fiscal year plans starting July 1 and Vinson bill proposes authorizing but not funding up to 1.3 billion for naval construction. Fin land loan bills include a 60 million loan to refund Finnish debt, sale of Garand rifles to Finland at one dollar, and cancelling remaining postwar obligations. Senator Barkley warns to assess neutrality and European entanglements before any loans.
Finnish forces repelled several intruding units on the Karelian Isthmus and downed many airborne Russian troops as they touched ground. Helsinki reports disrupted communications and raids on Turku with limited damage and some casualties. A Leningrad district communique cited recon flights and minor clashes near Petrozavodsk but offered few specifics.
A Sofia conference reported by a Turkish gov source saw Numan Menemencozlu of Turkey meet Bulgarian Premier George Kiosselvanoff. They discussed moderating or dropping Bulgaria’s claim on Romanian Dobruja and subduing Balkan differences for the war period. Turkey remains allied with Britain and France in a mutual aid pact aimed at a Balkan bloc to deter Russian and German expansion.
Britain reports RAF and German air force exchanges over the North Sea and Heligoland Bight with claims of not being shot down. Tragedy strikes as the Hull trawler Lucida sinks after a mine off the northeast coast while Eric Stroud is bombed but crew unharmed. Coastal patrols and anti aircraft drills set nationwide precautions amid night bombings.
The Inter-American Neutrality Committee meets in Rio de Janeiro to curb belligerent ships' actions inside the Western Hemisphere security zone. Proposals include barring warships from port supplies and repairs, preventing submarine access, and aligning international law interpretations to discourage conflicts.
The Friday wholesale fruit and vegetable report lists U.S. Agricultural Market Service and North Carolina figures for orders and prices. Sweet potatoes show varied regional bids from North Carolina to New York, with shipments reported Jan 11 and prices per basket or crate across multiple markets, including Cleveland Pittsburgh New York and Philadelphia.
Guilford County Superior Court ordered a restraint on Sam Blanton and his wife Janie operators of the St. Louis Cafe at 504 East Washington Street High Point. Judge Felix Alley signed the order barring occupancy or disposal of property until a January 26 hearing when the state seeks a permanent restraining order citing repeated liquor violations disturbances and alleged gambling and lottery activities.
Ralph Hitz, founder of the National Hotel Management Company and head of the Hotel New Yorker, died of heart disease at Post Graduate Hospital. The Vienna native, 48, built a $22.5 million hotel empire after arriving in the United States in 1906 starting as a dish‑carrier earning $3 weekly.
Anderson South Carolina January 13. Chief J Henry Jeanes of the state constabulary says wholesale arrests are coming within a week in the investigation of the flogging of Lanier Pruitt an Anderson mechanic by masked men December 27. Seven men including Fred V Johnson have been arrested and released on $5000 bonds. Drake of Anderson and Smith of Iva were arrested yesterday.
Directors of the Kernersville Credit Union declare a five percent dividend on all stock. The annual stockholders meeting will be held in the Kernersville school cafeteria next Tuesday January 16 at 7 p.m. Barbecue will be served.
Four people died when a small plane piloted by William B. Maycock of Detroit ploughed into a muddy cornfield near Casey. Victims identified include Mrs. Mary Borowicz 37 and her children Leonard 19 Joanne 17, all of Detroit.
Chicago prices show butter at 753 152 weak with creamery at 93 score and various percentages. Carrots are 29 to 30 percent, while eggs trade at 7 128 steady with prices unchanged.
Tacoma report details a vast exercise where the third division and navy convoy toward California for an invasion. About 56 000 soldiers sail from Tacoma aboard three transports while 1 000 more depart Olympia with mechanized gear. Major General W C Sweeney commands the attacking force amid blackout procedures on ships.
Leaf tobacco sales in Winston-Salem set a season high with 348,630 pounds sold yesterday, pushing weekly totals to 2,895,806 pounds and growers to $353,028.50. The season tally reaches 57,341,158 pounds for $8,934,797.18, averaging $15.59 per hundred. Numerous buyers and figures are listed for yesterday’s top lots.
Reports say Konoye may be discarded and a movement to draft him could begin though the prince is reluctant. Officials expect Nomura to keep the foreign minister post to pursue talks on a new commercial treaty as the United States abrogates the current one on January 26.
Gubernatorial hopeful James H. Morrison led a canal street parade that blocked traffic for two hours and drew about 100000 in a Mardi Gras like crowd. The event mocked long time officials including Governor Earl K Long with floats featuring Maestri and Leche as targets. Morrison declared his victory cry after addressing the balcony crowd.
The North Carolina State Bar ordered trial hearings for two lawyers B S Burley of Troy and T E Bass of New Bern over withholding clients funds. A continuance was asked by former judge J H Harwood whose license was revoked in 1932 for altering court records. The council restored J W Hollingsworths license and refused Sidburys. Charles W McAnally of High Point was named to the grievance committee.
NEW BERN North Carolina January 13 A jury acquitted Dan Howell of second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Everett C Edwards near Vanceboro on November 5 1938 Howell testified he acted in self defence claiming Edwards advanced with a knife and he fired downward at Edwards from the filling station counter Edwards was wounded in the thigh
Greensboro dispatch reports Judge Hubert Olive of Lexington will swap with Judge Felix Alley of Waynesville for a six month term in the 12th judicial district. Alley will preside in Swain County for two weeks while Olive occupies Guilford Superior Court. Olive will finish the current civil term and then preside over a one week criminal term.
The mid winter conference on rehabilitation of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion will be held in Gastonia tomorrow and Monday.
Prof. Harry Tucker, noted highway safety authority and director of NC State College Engineering Experiment Station, will preside over a two day safety school for truck operators at NC State College January 17 and 18. He chairs the National Safety Council committee on night traffic hazards and will be joined by experts in highway transportation. The course is open to all interested in safe transportation.
The Bank of Kernersville, founded January 1, 1902 by G V Fulp, reports a prosperous year ending December 30 1939. Assets total 684059.64 dollars and capital surplus and undivided profits equal 109410.94 dollars. Legal reserves amount to 255818.47 dollars, sworn to by cashier Willard W Fulp.
Superior Court Judge R H Parker orders cancellation of a life insurance policy on Ray James Goodman. The policy was voided after Sheprose Holland’s murder conviction. Holland is on death row at State Prison. Durham Life Insurance Company petition led to the ruling.
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