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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
5
The Senate readies a pivotal debate on Roosevelt foreign and defense plans amid GOP cabinet picks. Stimson and Knox back FDR aid to Allies, while Woodring’s resignation fuels party division and questions about a broader cabinet shakeup.
J. T. Leonard 84 father of Homer H. Leonard of this city and brother in law of J. G. Greene died at his Marshville home Thursday after a lengthy illness from paralysis. Surviving are his widow, two daughters Mrs. Lucy Brown of Florence South Carolina and Vera Leonard of Marshville, and nephew James Greene of High Point. Funeral services were held today with interment in Marshville cemetery.
Reader brainteasers titled Cranium Crackers appear on the want ad page offering clues and solutions. Readers are invited to submit answers for a chance at a prize.
Liston Pope son of Mr and Mrs R L Pope of Thomasville won Yale University s John Addison Porter prize of 500 for the best thesis by a Yale graduate student His doctoral work Churches and Mills In a Southern Country drew on Gastonia area material He received the PhD at Yale and will lecture for the Y M C A in Estes Park Colo before returning to Thomasville and continuing his Yale faculty role
Hong Kong dispatch reports Japan issuing its third warning in eight days to France to block war supplies via French Indo-China. Japan and France had agreed to allow inspectors on the Yunnan Railway, viewed by Tokyo as a blood transfusion route to Chiang Kai-Shek.
In Rome on June 21 Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt’s representative to the Holy See, was reported seriously ill in Florence with condition somewhat worse. Vatican sources said Pope Pius XII was grieved and asked to be kept informed. Mrs Taylor traveled from the United States by air.
Dr G I Humphreys president of High Point College addressed the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Sheraton Hotel urging economic and moral safeguards for America. He called for aid to Allies and possibly compulsory training, predicting a U S army of two to four million and noting the Jaycees sponsorship of the North State basketball tournament. Dinner meeting set at Sheraton Hotel with July 11 date due to July 4 holiday.
Colfax June 21 The fifth day of the Wesleyan Methodist camp meeting features Evangelist Rev F Linchcome of Gary Indiana delivering the 10:30 a.m. service He later preaches to a large audience while Rev J A Clement of Roanoke Va offers a 2 p.m. sermon The young peoples convention led by Rev J Edgar Martin continues daily through Sunday with sessions in the new tabernacle and a 5 p m address on Divine ly Equipped
J. H. East of Virginia was named chairman of a new committee to draft recommendations on tobacco, truck, fruit, and cotton in the 1941 AAA program. M. L. Barnes was named secretary, with delegates from North Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, Delaware, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The 200 delegates heard lectures from Mrs. Ray Morrow and J. B. Hutson as the three day AAA conference in Ocean City, Maryland continued.
A crossword style list presents map oriented clues for horizontal and vertical entries across Ireland plus related calendar and wordplay hints. Answers include terms for geography law and common nouns tied to Irish theme.
Business activity scored the sharpest advance of 1940 in the past week, marking the ninth straight gain. The Composite Index rose 1.7 points to 4.3 percent below normal, with steel operations leading at 87.7 percent capacity and freight carloadings setting a new 1940 high.
The committee handling housing for the state American Legion convention asks local residents with available rooms to contact via telephone 2018 or mail the provided blank to the Legion convention office at the County Building. Tourists rates apply in private homes.
Tennessee Valley Authority officials led by Director David Lilienthal pledged rapid expansion of TVA capabilities to support national defense. He cited converting Muscle Shoals for ammonium nitrate, supplying power for aluminum and aircraft, and completing Watts Bar Dam early, with 8000 TVA workers ready to mobilize within an hour of congressional approval.
Rev Barber preached at Church of God in Christ on Beamon Street last evening. Ruby Lee Jackson married Willie McCauley in Danville Virginia, announced by Mr and Mrs George Jackson. Rufus Houston visits Winston-Salem as Rev O C Crane attends Church of God to Christ assembly in New Jersey. Thomas B Smith heads to University of Michigan Ann Arbor for bacteriology study. Rev Dunn preaches at Golden Memorial Church with St Stephens choir. Slab Town Convention staged at St Stephens A M E Zion. Black Tigers beat Black Hornets 7 3 at Washington Street Center. Red Raiders beat Junior Wildcats 4 3 at Vall Street Playground. Friday rematch planned.
The North Carolina Department Disabled Veterans of Foreign Wars opened its annual convention in Wilmington with officers to be elected in a business session tomorrow and memorial services planned for Sunday. Charlotte’s George K. E. Pickett III serves as state commander.
In a historical snippet Uncle Rays Corner weighs parallels between Hitler and Prussia’s Frederick the Great. It notes Frederick’s wars against Austria from 1740 onward, territorial gains, and a large army, while signaling uncertainty about motives and the future fate of Poland and Europe.
The article discusses a grim war outlook with armistice terms in Campi, Britain facing invasion and starvation risks as Germany controls key ports. Churchill vows defiance, while Britain relies on sea routes for essential imports and fears submarine blockade and air raids. It notes two million British under arms and strategizes on invasion probabilities and industrial targets.
Real estate transfers recorded in Guilford and Morehead townships include S C Clark and wife to C E zel Jr on Chiquola Ave. C R Melver and wife to C E zel Jr on Chiquola Ave. W W Horton two parcels on West Point Ave. City of High Point to G W M on College Ter and to Lillie M on Reid St. C W Selden to Ebney Heal ee on Park St. Nancy G Royer to C Poore on Avenue. New York Yearly Meeting to Fred Allen on Washington Rd. S L Coble to J L tua on property near Mike Coble and Arthur Curtis. Greensboro to L Lee on Glenwood Ln. Mrs Betts Hatchett to John Strickland on Potomac Road. It is said that all bears left handed.
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