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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1940
Page
2
Congress May reports that Finland endures the coldest weather in a decade as Russian troops dig in and artillery fire remains desultory. Finnish ski patrols operate beyond the border while the war shifts to guerrilla actions and air raids targeting civilians and military sites. More than twenty cities were bombed, with the heaviest damage in larger settlements.
Paramount Theatre announces Billy Barty, famed child actor, will perform Friday and Saturday in High Point with his Hollywood Revue. Fatty Damon leads the supporting cast, bringing a roster of entertainment names from Universal and classic Our Gang titles to the show.
The report describes bomb drops near Helsinki Viipuri and Turku on the southern coast with casualties in Viipuri. A correspondent and party traveling to the Karelian front witnessed destruction including a demolished street of shops and fires. They sheltered in a private home as 21 raiding planes dropped 500 pound bombs. a bomb landed near their refuge and their vehicle was twisted steel.
The report notes a state of semi alarm lasting days with an unofficial estimate of nearly 1,000,000 men at stations along the Belgian and Dutch frontiers due to joint preparedness. Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak says the international situation has improved but remains to be watched.
A House committee trims the New Deal budget, slashing the federal works agency by about $15.4 million while preserving White House funding. The bill includes a $3.1 million cut to government promotions and bans noncitizen occupancy in public housing projects, with a total budget claim higher than the current year due to the Maritime Commission.
Senators Byrd Glass and Norris weighed Finland relief as the United States faces risk of widening the European war. Byrd favored more Export Import Bank loans for civilian goods while Norris warned aid could drag US into conflict. House moves on independent offices bill. Murphy nomination to Supreme Court eyed. Connally renewed anti lynching bill push.
The admiralty confirms the submarine Oxley was lost in the first week of the war due to an explosion not attributed to the enemy. Four officers and 49 men perished. In Paris, French naval officials report a patrol ship attacked a German submarine with strong prospects of success.
Representatives of the Jenkins Surgical Appliance Co. offer a free all day and evening demonstration of the Sani-Vac Rupture Shield at the Sheraton Hotel in High Point North Carolina on Thursday January 18 from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The device claims to be sanitary and comfortable with a perfect body fit and no bulky pads.
FBI agents arrest 18 members of the Christian Front in New York on federal sedition charges for a plotted coup to seize the government and terrorize Jews. Leaders named include William G. Bishop and John F. Cassidy. Several arrestees are National Guard or naval reserve members. Ryan was released.
The surviving pilot of a German plane set fire to his ship after it was shot down behind the French lines to prevent capture. Flames engulf the wreck as he is captured at night, wearing a fur-collared jacket.
The article notes Soviet charges hint at replacements for a renewed Russian offensive in the Arctic, while tension with northern states overshadows the Finnish invasion in Scandinavian coverage. It cites a Russian bombing campaign confined to Finland with over twenty cities struck yesterday and outlines the latest Russian criticisms.
French admiralty said a German freighter believed named The Janus was scuttled by its crew when intercepted by a French warship. The report notes Starfish and Seahorse as sisterships of the Swordfish class with 40 men and 640 ton displacement. Seahorse was not mentioned in the Berlin report.
Four youths perished in Boston harbor yesterday while hopping between floating ice cakes. Eight others were rescued. The victims were Joseph Curry 15 Wallace 12 Ralph Whitehouse 8 and Charles Kendall 8, all boys from the city.
Editorials and Moscow broadcasts discuss Sweden aiding Finland while insisting aid remains private. King Gustaf V announced a defense budget plan forcing cuts in public works and welfare programs, with official replies denying neutrality violations and framing sympathy for Finland as natural.
A sixth district meeting of the North Carolina Junior Order United American Mechanics voted to have the state organization operate the Lexington orphanage, which had been run by the national group.
Approximately eight tons of 36 per cent nickel iron alloy castings were used to build the structure supporting the new 200 inch telescope mirror at Mt Palomar Observatory in California.
The carburetor bowl of an automobile should be removed every 5000 miles and cleaned of all accumulated dirt.
The government of Japan limits farmers from erecting wooden structures to conserve lumber for new war factories and housing for factory workers, aiming to support mobilization and industrial expansion during the war effort.
Weather forecast covers North and South Carolina Georgia and Virginia with fair to cold nights and increasing cloudiness. Snow possible in western Virginia Wednesday with colder days ahead. Winds diminish from Sandy Hook to Hatteras becoming easterly and light snow over north and central portions Wednesday afternoon.
In remarks on wartime governance Chamberlain denies policy divisions with Hore Belisha and asserts no army policy change was anticipated. Hore Belisha says he declined a post as president of the board of trade due to doubts about energetic national service. The prime minister reiterates a shared cabinet responsibility and stresses efficiency and unity in government for a swift wartime victory.
Governor Hoey urged residents to observe National Peanut Week from January 18 to 24, highlighting the state's peanut industry and the need for awareness of peanut farming and markets in Raleigh.
Vargas argued for a security zone to prevent surprises endangering free trade and communications. Aranha asserted Americans can demand respect as Europeans do, while Britain questioned the zone as a sanctuary for German ships. Washington officials say policy will proceed despite British objections.
Grady argues old log roll ing methods and rejects critics who call for approving individual trade pacts. He notes only three reciprocity treaties won approval versus 22 failed, while 22 treaties progressed under the Hull program. He defends constitutional validity and Democratic procedure, saying Congress set broad policy and left technical administration to the executive.
A discussion centers on financing all authorized ships and whether the expansion bill will pass. The speaker hopes skeptics who objected to not being asked will support the measure when finally considered.
The annual meeting of the North Carolina Neurological and Psychiatric Association will be held here on January 26. The notice was issued from Charlotte and dated January 16.
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