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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1938
Page
19
Reports describe Japan advancing on Hankow via three routes and bombing Canton. Alliances warn about shifting politics as Anking falls and foreign ships are urged to leave. Other items note a Castellon de la Plana siege, an Arkansas US plan crash search, and natural disasters across Europe and America.
German and Czechoslovak tensions escalate as Nazi rhetoric, Szpols, and police clashes stain Prague. SdP gains in German‑leaning districts while Czech loyalists fare elsewhere. Eden warns against peace delusion as Chamberlain weighs safety zones and ship protection amid Spain’s war zone. Funk in Bremen rejects Austria annexation claims as unsettled Europe watches.
ICC rejected a plan to sell segments of the Minners and St Louis railroad to seven rivals and abandon 400 miles, saying it would curb competition. Commissioner Meyer dissented warning of a looming railroad salvaging crisis. Roosevelt urged rail legislation as Congress neared adjournment. Calculations then noted wheat price fluctuations and agricultural forecasts, with agencies planning cargo purchases to curb surpluses.
Mayor LaGuardia warns the microphone has ruined statesmen, while Thurman Arnold says no government group seeks mass production disruption. Bertrand Snell criticizes New Dealers, Frances Perkins cites stable labor relations, Arthur Vandenberg warns of executive rule, and Donald Richberg calls for an economic constitution to sustain competition.
The schedule lists Father's Day celebrations in Los Angeles and a convention there, state voting in Maine and Minnesota on Monday, and Wimbledon. It notes a Red Cross conference in London and an American Fisheries Society meeting in Ashville North Carolina. Other items include a Louis Schmeling fight in Quebec Eucharistic congress in Quebec and Russia elections.
The article notes that Syria became a French mandate under the League covenant and a northeast district near Turkey, Sanjak of Alexandretta, faced an election leading to Turkish Arab street clashes with about 100 deaths. Tecnes imposed martial law as France sought to stabilize the region and pursue a military alliance with Turkey to extend its influence alongside Russia.
A roundup notes Democratic Rep Henry B Steagall was renominated as Alabamans voted Tuesday. Six men were indicted for plotting to defraud the U S in three Chicago housing projects. Five ex policemen were acquitted in a Tampa kidnapping case. Marcel Rochas Inc was fined 1000 dollars for smuggling French gowns into New York. W H Mahan was sentenced to one year in jail for malicious destruction of property. Col Charles A Lindbergh’s home was guarded after threats. Quadruplets were born to a Liverpool teamster wife and a son to Clara Bow and Rex Bell. Franklin Pierce McCall was found guilty in a Florida kidnapping case. Dr William Wallace Campbell died by his own action. Rosemarie Brancato married Dr Lester Rothman and Maxine Alcott wed Baron Wedellsberg. Eleanor Holm divorced Arthur L Jarrett and Vincenzo Fiermonte. Died were Arthur Prentice Rugg Gen Michael Polzi off and Thomas L Chadbourne.
Conferees failed to finish two wage hour bills by June 12 as Democratic leaders met with President Roosevelt planning adjournment. The wage hour bill passed the House 290 to 89 while the Senate approved it swiftly. The plan includes a 25 cent starting wage rising to 40 cents with a 44 hour week, plus industry specific boards and various exemptions.
The American Medical Association with 109000 members meets in San Francisco for its 93rd convention to address public health care for the indigent and report findings for Roosevelt’s forthcoming national health conference. Doctors describe advances from spinal bone grafts to bypass procedures and high voltage cancer X-rays, while debates surface over government roles and funding.
Jersey City's Mayor Hague testified before federal judges in Newark as CIO and ACLU lawyers questioned his views on the law and government. He proposed deporting aliens who oppose the government and suggested a camp in Alaska for Americans who distrust the system. He also disavowed CIO and AFL support of Democrats and noted his role as vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The piece also covers CIO leadership moves, a London fire incident involving Benia mino Gigli, and rescue efforts after a coal mine collapse in Ashland Pennsylvania.
Three mothers Alice Griffin Ber nice Griffin and Catherine Griffin welcomed babies within 14 hours on the same hospital floor. Nurses tagged the infants A B and C, creating a remarkable birth cluster in a single facility.
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