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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1939
Page
9
Lawmakers discuss a proposed 725000000 relief appropriation for WPA workers with debate on unemployment relief and the timing of funding. The plan would prevent dismissal of up to 150000 WPA staff through January and March, with funds to run through June 30.
The article details Nazi moves to form a shadow army and keep loyalists in line with party and defense needs. Manfred von Killinger’s replacement by Fiedemann signals intensified diplomatic and security duties. It discusses mandatory service, the “spiritual and physical health” aim, and Schacht’s financing stance with short term debts to fund arms and public works.
Secretary Woodring said the House conference would explain parts of Army plans next week as the House appropriations subcommittee opens hearings on a proposed 456 million war department budget. Hearings start Tuesday behind closed doors under Rep. Snyder.
Tokyo reports Premier Kiichiro Hiranuma urging immediate measures to bolster national resources and morale in his Diet opening, stressing Pan Asianism and warning opponents of extermination. He says wartime controls will become permanent and a strong army is essential.
The Cavalier, a Pan American flying boat, diverted from its Bermuda run after carburetor icing halted all engines. Rescue ships and aircraft, including Coast Guard planes, sailed from Port Washington and Floyd Bennett field as weather cleared and dusk fell.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States will host a roundtable on January 25 with about 60 representatives from farm and industrial groups. President George H. Davis notes agriculture is fundamentally linked to all business and cannot be considered apart from other industry.
James G. Stahlman, president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, urged publishers to protect all constitutional liberties and press freedom at the California Newspaper Publishers Association convention in Fresno. He dismissed ideas that public interest in newspapers is fading and said the press remains free by its own resolve.
Joseph B. Keenan, assistant to the attorney general, warned from New York that the United States remains the final stronghold of equal rights. He said electing a "stuffed shirt" in 1940 would threaten democracy and that no treachery or stalling would satisfy the American people’s immediate and ultimate aspirations.
Mrs Maria F Gable plans to file for divorce from film actor Clark Gable around early March after meeting Nevada residency requirements. She cites mental cruelty as the ground and spoke with Las Vegas attorney Frank McNamee Jr in their initial interview.
Cut violets do not absorb water through their stems and die quickly unless water is applied to the flowers themselves periodically.
Senator Burke of Nebraska assails the National Labor Relations Board saying its actions verge on industrial anarchy. He demands corrective action before irreparable damage, accusing the board of bias and calling for an independent investigation of its activities.
News correspondents elected Alfred F. Flynn of the Wall Street Journal chairman today of the standing committee on rules governing the Capitol Press Galleries. Flynn had been secretary. Surprising results were obtained in experiments conducted by the University of Saskatchewan on grass root research. A clump of prairie grass was found to develop 320 miles of roots in a mass of soil 7 feet deep and 4 feet square. 2 miles of roots were added by each day's growth.
About 2,500 applicants took merit examinations for state unemployment compensation clerical posts in 12 cities. Tests covered arithmetic, spelling, punctuation and office procedures. Top scorers may face performance tests later. Next Saturday, 1,800 applicants will be examined for administrative positions in the same cities.
The General Assembly passed two wide impact laws this week, tightening bank embezzlement receivership rules and exempting unemployment program veteran employees from merit examinations. A lethal gas chamber repeal was criticized, with a bill to abandon capital punishment still pending. Tax debates featured the Fair Tax Association and county groups seeking repeals or reallocations while Governor Hoey warned that repealing the sales tax would devastate public schools. A chain store tax proposal, a kilowatt hour levy on electric energy, and a radio franchise tax were introduced. A major four year term bill for legislative sessions gained attention. Tuition hearings loomed as UNC and Negro institutions faced funding tests, with mixed projections on enrollment and graduate programs.
The 1918 19 influenza pandemic killed more people than the combined deaths from five years of World War I. This stark comparison highlights the deadly reach of the flu across nations and ages, surpassing wartime casualties in scope and impact.
Senator Wheeler outlines a long term plan to aid railroads including reorganization of the Interstate Commerce Commission, voluntary coordination and consolidation of facilities, and expanded ICC powers to fix recapitalization and interest. He notes no immediate treasury aid and aims to win broad agreement among Congress railroad groups and the White House.
Report notes five billions in gold and a billion in diamonds extracted from the African continent. The figures appear in a summary of wartime plunder and postwar asset seizures, with emphasis on vast mineral wealth looted across territories.
White haired General Jo Yague pressed along the Mediterranean coast to within 28 miles of Barcelona. Insurgent dispatches claim Yague’s troops crossed the Barcelona provincial line near Vendrell and reached the Foix river bank near the boundary, occupying Abros and Clariñana. Government forces retreated to Villanueva Geltra 25 miles below Barcelona. The defense line allegedly runs from Villanueva north to Igualada as Igualada’s outcome could decide if government forces can halt the insurgent advance.
The National Capitol in Washington remains the sole U S site where the American flag is officially flown at all times including day and night.
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