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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
2
The bill includes 29 million dollars for armor and armor plate for the navy and 29.3 million dollars for the Internal Revenue Bureau to issue refunds of tax collections in the current year. Additional items were discussed on the continuation of page one.
Lieut. Col. Jiro Saito said he received Nanking reports of a Chinese plot against U S Ambassador Nelson T Johnson. Johnson left Nanking on the Luzon gunboat bound for Hankow. Plotters allegedly planned to strike with mines or artillery to trigger a Japan U S crisis as a trade treaty expires.
The House moved to resume consideration of the treasury post office bill after passing a deficit measure cutting 1.882 million from Roosevelt budget estimates. No add on cotton export subsidies. Dies Committee earns another year of funds. Ohio loses bid for 1.338 million in federal reimbursement for old age assistance. veto sustained on repayment bill.
Several cities have been built in Ethiopia in the last two years. Ostrich eggs were sold for charity in Belgrano Argentina.
The South Carolina Senate reported a general appropriation bill totaling $13,050,899 for floor debate. Major changes from the House version include cutting public welfare to $1,800,000, adding $205,000 on the floor, trimming divisions in education by $10,000, raising sinking fund to $105,310, boosting forestry to $139,389, adding $1,200 to fisheries, and trimming the deaf and blind school allocation by $15,000.
Finnish forces halted repeated Russian attempts to cross a frozen lake north of the lake and stopped reinforcements along the Suojarvi railroad. Russian assaults overland were repelled with heavy losses amid deteriorating conditions behind Finnish lines.
Transportation themed Institute for Engineers to be held at North Carolina State College during Engineers Week. Principal speakers include Dr. Roy V. Wright editor of Railway Age J E Teal transportation engineer for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Brig Gen Thomas M Robins assistant chief engineer U S Army Oswald Ryan Civil Aeronautics Authority Leslie C Allman Fruehauf Trailer Co Ha Tucker highway engineering professor at State College and highway safety authority.
Montreal dispatch reports Frank Heyward Jr of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association speaking to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association on the South’s 200 year growth, its timber conservation needs, and the need to use timber sparingly to prevent depletion. notes Italy wage rises, a penguin’s five herrings meal, and Cuba staffing wages for sugar mill workers.
In the North Sea a wave of merchant marine losses grew as mines sank several ships including the Norwegian steamer Britannica and the Finnish steamer Onto. Crews were rescued or lost, with 68 crewmen listed missing on the destroyer Grenville after revision. A French navy auxiliary vessel Forfait报 distressed in the western Mediterranean.
The pocket battleship Deutschland reportedly sighted beyond doubt, possibly the Admiral Scheer, after its Oct 9 capture of the American merchantman City of Flint. The City of Flint, seized as contraband, was later released by Norwegian authorities and heads to Baltimore. On Nov 25 the Deutschland sank the British armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi near Iceland.
Dutch officials defend neutrality amid wartime pressures arguing against collaboration. Churchill calls for neutral nations to uphold League of Nations duties, while Dutch leaders urge a universal, not one sided, approach to ensuring sovereignty and balance.
Mostly cloudy and continued cold conditions persist tonight and Friday. North east portion slightly milder. Northwest winds moderate along Hatteras to Jacksonville. Sandy Hook to Hatteras expect diminishing northwest winds Friday with broken clouds tonight and Friday.
Morgenthau said he recently toured the Lycoming engine plant in Williamsport and has visited the Glenn Martin plant in Baltimore. He noted the President's committee will coordinate American and foreign purchases to ensure military and commercial needs are met first.
The speaker urged a public policy backed by opinion to give railroads a fair chance to serve the United States, calling for impartial regulation of all transport modes while preserving each mode’s advantages. He contrasted railroad subsidies with subsidies received by water, highway, and airway carriers and blamed subsidized competition for shrinking railway traffic.
Professor B de Savornin Lohman of the Christian historical party declared that Britain and France have killed collective security, not the neutrals. From Switzerland reports note fresh preparedness actions as the Swiss general staff issued invasion plans and urged Zurich and Basel civilians to avoid hostile acts unless mass uprising is proclaimed.
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