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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
2
Fair to partly cloudy conditions in North Carolina tonight and Tuesday. Variable winds from the south with possible scattered showers, temperatures into the day and night, coastal areas like Hatteras and Jacksonville expected to see moderate to light winds and some coastal showers.
The Italian press reports mobilization underway with stronger contingents reaching concentration points. Il Telegrafo editor Giovan ni Ansaldo warns unmobilized reservists of possible calls to arms as cabinet talks loom. Rumors of British linked Tangier landings and Turkish armament broadcasts circulate.
A correspondent recounts a bombing near his New York City home with four wounded treated at a censored hospital and a new baby born to Mrs. Maurice Dalva at a nearby hospital. Ambulances and fire engines clogged the bridges as debris and bomb craters appeared. French soldiers took charge of traffic while residents began repairs. Henri Armand, veteran building superintendent, kept calm and warned it may be only the beginning.
Raleigh June 3 Senator J W Bailey will deliver the commencement address at Meredith College tonight. Dr Carlyle Campbell completes his first year as president and will award diplomas to the 87 seniors.
Stephen A. Spain said he lost seven hundred dollars saved for funeral expenses when his home burned. He reported the loss in Warrenton on June 3.
Milton Pressnell aged 46 a blacksmith of Weaverville was fatally injured in a motor vehicle crash near Asheville yesterday providing a tragic loss for the local community.
Britain reports two bombs dropped on Forest Row Sussex with one woman hurt by flying glass. Officers say raider appeared to have lost his way. Casualties include Evelyn Boscawen 23 Coldstream Guards and Viscount Cowdray 30 Sussex Yeomanry with an arm amputated.
Berlin papers highlight new Allied air raids reaching the Rhone Valley and Marseille. Allied losses totaled 59 planes yesterday with 27 shot down, while German losses were 15 as the Maginot-Siegfried front saw the enemy retreat to the Maginot Line with prisoners and captured materiel.
An Associated Press report details a intense air raid on Paris with hundreds of bombs and incendiaries dropping on areas near the Seine. Fire, smoke, and shattered windows spread across districts while ambulances and fire crews rushed to aid the wounded.
An authoritative source reported that the withdrawal of British and French forces from Northern France was still underway. Those evacuated by the French navy were said to be in France, but an estimate of the total evacuated was not possible.
The White House surveys departments to trim about ten percent back to the treasury. Roosevelt aims skips for nondefense agencies while defense needs rise. Congress debates taxes, defense bills, and broad government finance reforms as CIO, manufacturers, and senators respond.
Paris reports General Georges Blanchard and General Rene Prioux elevated in the Legion of Honor after the Battle of Dunkirk. Blanchard becomes Grand Cross while Prioux is made Grand Officer, with Prioux missing for days as Germans claim him and his staff. Rear Admiral Jean Abrial also promoted to Grand Cross for fleet actions aiding evacuation.
Dr Thomas Kilgore of Friendship Baptist Church Winston-Salem delivers the baccalaureate address to William Penn High School graduates on Whither Youth. He contrasts totalitarian youth with Christian values and urges creative thought and social responsibility under church and school guidance. Music by the senior choir accompanied by selections from Dett and Tschaikovsky.
Mrs Francis Sullivan 35 died at a local hospital after an illness of a few days. Funeral at Ingram Chapel A M E Zion Mt Gilead Tuesday 2 30 p m Rev A Davis to officiate. Survivors include husband Dock Sullivan, son Scarbot Stainback, parents James and Mrs Stanback, sisters Alice Robinson Cora Stanback Wincie Hill Flossier Stanback, brothers Dost Scarbor Ray Roy Fathon Stanback. Hairlip Funeral Home leaves 11 30 a m Tuesday. Lexington resident Mrs Alice Hartman 64 dies at home on Hartman Street. Survived by sisters Mrs Millie Reid Bridgeport Conn and Mrs Ollie Smith Anderson D C, brothers Pink and Thompson Anderson. Funeral at New Zion Baptist Church Lindwood Tuesday 2 30 p m Rev W L Sloan to conduct.
The Department of Home Economics at Wilbar Penn High School presents a fashion show this evening at eight o'clock under the direction of Mrs. R. G. Mason. The event features the students' work with a small admission charge.
The High Point Tennis Club will meet at the Washington Street Center this evening at eight o'clock. Anyone interested in tennis is invited to attend the meeting.
Berlin says British secret service agents have landed in Mexico and the Panama Zone to stage incidents and acts of sabotage blamed on Germany. Arthur Dietrich, head of the press bureau, asserts the aim is to provoke fear of Germany in the Americas and the United States. The note attacks British use of a Fifth Column tactic to sow panic.
London reports deny German claims that the battleship Nelson was sunk with 700 lives lost. The German spokesman at a Berlin press conference said rumors were unconfirmed and offered no further details for military reasons.
Henry R. Luce of Time Life said a trusted source reports Nazi propagandists pushing South American alarm and bomb plot stories to distract the United States from Europe. He warned such fear could slow Allied war material purchases and cited an unusually accurate informer.
A U S court declined to review a May six ruling that the Sherman Act blocks price tampering. The decision found that a group of oil companies conspired to raise gasoline prices in ten mid western states. Separate appeals were granted to Soviet citizen Mikhail Gorin and Hafis Salich over Espionage Act convictions for obtaining U S naval intelligence files in California.
Mexico City June 3 Colonel Leandro Sanchez Salazar said all persons detained for questioning over the attempted assassination of Leon Trotsky have been released and no important clue to those responsible has been unearthed. Trotsky and his wife escaped with minor injuries May 24 when 20 men disguised as police fired hundreds of bullets into his bedroom. One secretary-guard, Sheldon Harte of New York City, was kidnapped and remains missing.
A German circulated report claiming plans to move to the Netherlands East Indies was denied by Dutch circles in London. The queen and government have been in England since days after Germany invaded the Low Countries.
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