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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1941
Page
2
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with moderate north winds over most areas. Sunday easterly winds develop over central portions, shifting to north or northeast over extreme south. Fair Sunday with local thunderstorms and squalls in extreme south Sunday afternoon from Hatteras to Jacksonville.
The United States froze all Chinese assets in American territory following a request by Chiang Kai-Shek to prevent Japan from benefiting from Chinese property. The Treasury issued a general license for assets under control of Chungking and the Bank of China, effective immediately.
David J. Dallin surveys how Nazi Germany built a Russian National Socialist Movement in exile. White Russians abroad are organized to train leaders for posts in a future occupation of Russia, with Rosenberg as guiding figure and Berlin papers as propaganda centers.
The order effective at market opening froze Japanese assets in the continental United States, Hawaii, the Philippines, and other territories. Four Japanese vessels sit in American waters while about 40 more lie offshore. Officials weigh if these ships are assets under the order as trade with Japan is curbed to defend national interests. A White House statement cites preventing use of U S financial facilities and halting duress liquidation. Algeria imposes collector servers rules for old paper trade.
The Rus sians said Turkish and Rumanian Black Sea ports Constanta and Sulina were identified as attack targets. Vice Commissar Lozovsky said documents seized from a German field HQ show plans to move the war to Turkey with maps of European Turkey, the Bosporus and Dardanelles, and Turkish troop positions.
Tokyo observers weighed Roosevelt's asset freezing order and its wide reach. The finance ministry now controls securities and lending. Ambassadors Grew and Toyoda held rapid talks while Britain and Australia monitored the shift to self sufficiency in East Asia.
Britain notified Japan through Sir Robert Craigie that it would abrogate the commerce and navigation treaty of 1934 with Britain and the 1934 India Burma trade pacts. The British action follows years of strained relations as Tokyo faces U.S. and Allied measures. Japanese assets in the United States were reportedly limited, and stock markets fell sharply as the move prompted countermines.
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles will meet a Soviet military mission in Washington this afternoon to coordinate delivery of military supplies. The delegation led by Lieut Gen Filip Golikev and Engineer General A Respin arrived in New York and will fly to the capital for discussions with Welles and General Marshall. Constantin Qumansky accompanies the group as Soviet ambassador.
Marx Dormoy a Socialist leader and former interior minister in Leon Blum's Popular Front government was killed by a time bomb in his hotel room at the Relais de l Empereur in Montelimar. Arrested after the 1940 armistice, he helped dissolve the Croix de Feu and other nationalist groups and was targeted by anti-Communists and Rightists. Police sealed the hotel after a 2 10 a m explosion.
In Saigon July 26 Japan began occupying bases in Southern Indo China. General Sumita and Japanese officers arrived by plane as early military trucks rolled in from Hanoi. Japanese bombers escorted the party as French authorities rushed airport evacuations and cleared Saigon river warehouses in anticipation of naval and troop arrivals.
An American made Flying Fortress on a reconnaissance mission bombed Emden, Germany, this morning. The air ministry confirmed the bombing and noted offensive patrols over the French coast. An enemy patrol vessel near Boulogne was engaged with cannon and machine gun fire, and one enemy fighter was shot down.
A gunman believed to be Chinese shot and wounded a Japanese marine in the International Settlement area north of Soochow Creek. The shooting led to Japanese closure of bridges over the creek and heightened settlement tensions amid Britain and United States credit freezes affecting Japan and retaliatory actions on American credits.
Charlotte reports the clock change to daylight saving time on Monday after governors Maybank and Broughton aligned schedules in the Carolinas. Fort Bragg switches to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. Sunday under Col. Elliott, with rail and bus lines sticking to eastern standard times. Roosevelt urged power conservation for defense.
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