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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1938
Page
5
The article surveys projected U S and British defense costs for the coming years. It cites Senate and House figures on naval expansion and air power, including a proposed $30 million experiment fund and a dirigible, plus global secrecy and mobilization concerns in Britain Japan and Washington.
Washington financier Baruch told the Senate unemployment committee that the New Deal need not be abandoned, only modified. He called for clearer monopoly definitions, wage-hour legislation, and a business-friendly shift to restore confidence while warning against overreach.
A Chinese force of about 100000 retreated this week under Japanese bombing as Tokyo boasted 50000 casualties and claimed rapid gains north of the Yellow river. Tokyo said American officials have no obligation to take precautionary measures for Americans in China.
The LaFollette liberty committee exposed alleged National Manufacturers Association company union activity as Roosevelt noted many settlements. A Sterling Illinois strike ended with a CIO AFL election settlement. CIO workers refused to handle goods, closing 32 warehouses in San Francisco and Oakland. Employers said workers balked at pay for nonwork, while workers claimed they faced being forced into strikebreaking. AFL hosiery workers in Philadelphia and other cities protested wage cuts, then voted to return to work after a mass meeting urging contract adherence.
In Moscow, Nicolai Bukharin Nikolai Krestinsky and Sergei Kirov era figures faced treason and murder charges. The defendants claimed innocence while most others pleaded guilty as Stalin’s purge reached its climax. An Arctic rescuer’s warning echoed the demand for harsh justice.
A yogi known as Tapsi Bishan Das Udasi claims he is 172 years old though he appears about 40. He says a mystical treatment called kayakalpisiddhi could prolong life of Mohandas K Gandhi, while a 77 year old Gandhi associate seeks the cure. A physician noted improved digestion and sight but the man still looks aged.
A mosaic of brief items spans Oman’s 500000 date growers and camel breeders, the 1833 treaty with the United States, and Imam Saiyid Said bin Taimur’s Washington visit. Also notes Mei-ling’s air fleet, Chiang Kai-shek quotes, Danville’s Joe Hess day sock sales, Hearst art sales, Pershing health, Woollcott library role, Garbo and Stokowski in Italy, Darrieux Hollywood debut, Kay Francis secrets, Ishbel MacDonald marriage, Baron Raven Erik Barnekow, Dr. Otho Fulton obituary, and other odds and ends.
Events listed for the week include Mrs Roosevelt lecturing as the British House of Commons debates arms. Seattle to elect a mayor Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday feature varied meetings in Cairo Washington and Vatican City. Saturday focuses on a mothers and babies care committee in Washington.
A measles epidemic, the largest in a decade, expands nationwide. Experimental flights for a U S airline to Rome and Egypt are approved. The Social Security Board moves to cut federal grants to Oklahoma. Romania’s new constitution is put into effect by King Carol II after a vote. In Kansas City’s vote fraud trial, the surname Pendergast appears in the record for the first time. A Senate committee backs E K Burlew for first assistant interior secretary after months of debate.
Vincent Fitzgerald of Macomb County Michigan, prosecutor, remarks that the Black Lion never ceased to rise. Roosevelt, in Liberty magazine, says reform remains vital to lasting security since 1933. Bilbo states in the south, blacks are voting and will vote in Mississippi. Oregon Governor Martin foresees a warm reception for John L. Lewis but advises him to stay away.
Abroad found guilty of restricting preaching and opposing Nazi notables Rev. Niemöller, Berlin’s Protestant leader, received a prison sentence but time served freed him. Soon after verdict, reports say he was again in secret police hands as spectators heard only verdict in court. Bolivia and Brazil sign oil and railway treaties linking inland Bolivia with the coast and plans a transcontinental railroad.
Bulgaria prepares parliamentary ballots amid King Boris III power grab restricting candidates to government supporters. In Mexico wage hikes for 18 000 oil workers face company protests, while Mexico's Supreme Court upholds the order. Anglo Irish talks for a trade deal drift as De Valera calls the settlement nearly unattainable.
A 58 square mile icy Yakut area north of Siberia is identified as the coldest spot. Russian scientists plan to pitch camp there next month to observe and note the weather conditions.
A TWA airliner with nine aboard vanished in California amid a fierce rainstorm. Searchers scoured the area as floods displaced 10,000 residents and caused millions in damage. Amid broader headlines, political clashes over New Deal policy, school reform debates spanned Atlantic City, and Mardi Gras celebrated its 100th festival in New Orleans with Rex McLellan as king.
In Graz, Austria, Nazi factions urged marching on Vienna as Schuschnigg blocks unification with Germany. Seyss-Inquart sought control amid German pressure, while Britain France and Italy maneuver in a fraught international scene with Eden Halifax and Mussolini figures in focus.
Six couples all aged 13 to 17 attempted elopements in Miami but were stopped. In Iowa, workers freed a dog after 11 days of digging and blasting to reach it in a fox hole. A Bellingham man, arrested twice in four years for overparking, explained his wife had a baby each time.
Spanish Premier Negrin says loyalist troops now outnumber the opposing forces. A leftist army unit has a political commissar who shares responsibility with the commander and acts as cheerleader and walking delegate for doughboys. Insurgents mass for a big offensive. bombers reportedly killed 18 at Almeria. Germany’s navy bombarded last summer.
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