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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1938
Page
1
President Roosevelt marks five years in office by reaffirming administration goals especially purchasing power. He stresses wage and hour legislation may come this session, fights special privilege, and urges thinking in terms of rounded government problems.
An explosion and blaze wrecked the Horton Brewery on West 128th Street in New York causing large scale danger to workers and nearby structures. A witness described the roof being blown off the building and authorities rushed to control the scene.
The House Merchant Marine committee approved legislation to rehabilitate the merchant marine and subsidize transoceanic aviation. It endorsed changes to the ship subsidy act the maritime commission said would attract private capital to the industry.
The comptroller general's office reported to Congress that the treasury has steadfastly refused to comply with existing law regarding outstanding federal checks as the government reorganization bill faces Senate debate.
Harcourt A. Morview and David Lilienthal, TVA leaders, signed a report to the White House recommending Chairman Arthur E. Morgan retire from public service. The document indicated the inquiry found no further value in his public role.
Raleigh March 4. Judge E C Rivens of Mount Airy filed to run for election as resident judge of the Superior Court of the District’s western division. The news notes the bid and confirms Rivens seeks the bench in the Beist district.
The Cunard White Star liner Berengaria, damaged by fire at her pier yesterday, was refused immediate clearance as a passenger ship today by the United States Steamboat Inspection Service.
More than a score of petitions urged a new bus line from Wadesboro to Winston-Salem via Thomasville, presented at a bus franchise hearing before the Utilities commission.
Berlin reports that Martin Niemoeller the Protestant opponent of the Nazi regime has been sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. His wife fainted upon learning the preacher’s recall to prison. He had faced seven months for attacking Nazi leaders and misusing the pulpit, with the court ruling the sentence had been served.
Murray Levine, father of a missing 12 year old boy, urged kidnappers to contact him as a $60,000 ransom remained demand. A New York attorney went on air and via press appeals saying the way is open within a day or two. A special delivery letter to the Levine home prompted no signs of contact.
Premier Milan Hodza told the Chamber of Deputies that Czechoslovakia will defend its sovereignty and borders to the uttermost while seeking equality minded understandings with Germany. He warned against outside interference and urged clearing away psychological barriers to any German Czechoslovak accord. The session ended with a national anthem sung by deputies and German-descended supporters.
A Fresno search effort for a missing Transcontinental and Western Air transport aircraft and its nine occupants resumed with 400 ground troops and a fleet of airplanes. Army bombers at Hamilton Field and other airships prepared to join the hunt as bad weather and snow hindered earlier efforts in the Sierra Nevada region near Castle Peak, eighty miles northeast of Fresno.
Tokyo March 4 Foreign Minister Hirota told a budget committee he was sorry for America if United States builds Pacific coast defenses fearing Japan. He urged naval reductions and proposed abolishing capital ships while stressing ongoing friendship with the United States and willingness to discuss arms cuts.
North Carolina's tax money is used for necessary goods and services, Johnson told Kiwanis at the Elwood hotel, arguing there is waste in places but not in the state. He cited balanced budgets, debt retirement since 1932, and a surplus in each of the last four fiscal years, and praised local government honesty while urging transparency in budgeting.
Britain will spend about 618.5 million dollars on the navy this year as part of a broader defense program. Alfred Duff Cooper announced the naval estimates showing two battleships under construction with plans for three more, amid talks with American and French experts on Japan's naval plans and potential treaty limits.
Paris March 4 Premier Camille Chautemps won final passage of the Labor Code bill with a Senate vote of 191 to 71 after resolving differences with the Chamber of Deputies and ending a six day parliamentary deadlock.
In a grim effort the search for flood victims began in Southern California as a five day storm left 70 dead or missing with 25 known missing and up to 50 feared lost. Damage estimates surpassed 10 million dollars with Los Angeles property alone around 3.0 million and rainfall reaching 11.06 inches in the city.
Japanese forces in Northwestern Shansi crushed an 8000 strong Chinese Communist army at Paoteh in a night attack. The Chinese fled toward Shensi across the icebound Yellow River with many fatalities. The same report notes Japanese landings repulsed at Tatung and advances along the Peiping Hankow railway north of the Yellow River.
Prominent Guilford business government and civic leaders met at the new county building to discuss airport improvements for Greensboro High Point. Suggested actions included purchasing land to lengthen runways and upgrade facilities. no formal plan was adopted. The group will reconvene soon to continue talks.
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