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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1939
Page
1
Senate hearings focus on alien smuggling, with claims of well organized rings bringing millions of aliens yearly into the United States. Dickstein urges study to revise immigration laws amid allegations of overmanned ships and pay for captains per alien smuggled.
The North Carolina House rejected a 56 to 52 vote to tax illegal punch boards. Debate centered on slot machines used for amusement with a proposed $1 tax on illegal punch boards. A new tax then covered junkyards with annual fees. amendments and a night session followed as lawmakers weighed enforcement and revenue implications.
Vir ginio Gayda urged France to hand over the Spanish Republican fleet seeking refuge at Bizerte to Generalissimo Franco. Italy warned it would not tolerate the fleet near its shores. An accord between France and Germany on Czech partition fallout nears completion. Miriam Verne, Pittsburgh dancer praised by Hitler, is among Goebbels chosen performers for sub-leaders event.
Ten Soviet soldiers were driven back with one wounded after crossing the Soviet Manchoukuo border near Manchuli on Monday.
South Carolina Governor Maybank halted six executions for two weeks delaying the dawn deadline to March 24. The reprieve came after a judge’s recommendation to commute Wingard and Crans notes and new petitions for Barr Suttles Moorman and Wingard. Maybank cited lack of qualification to act amid old crime linked to Charleston tenure and recent letters from judges.
Delegates from across North Carolina arrive by bus train and car for the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union convention to open Wednesday morning at 10 oclock at Green Street Baptist church officials prepare for the large gathering Mayor Grayson Pastor Royal and Mrs Knight greet delegates assembly follows at 7 30 tonight with the theme Youth Telling the Story and a program featuring Miss Rachel Tabor Miss Tone Knight and other church leaders from Green Street First Baptist and Woman's College activities conclude with special music and the Heralds of Christ choir.
Washington March 7 Strong sentiment grew among house Republicans to back Byrd’s reorganization plan replacing the administration bill Rep Martin urged opposition to executive powers under the admin measure The Byrd plan sets a 20 day congressional action window for presidential orders to take effect and targets economy by eliminating federal functions Senators Brown McNary Townsend joined Byrd in offering the plan. Warren and Taber sparred over amendments and support
Romanian King Carol named Armand Calinescu premier after the death of Miron Cristea. Calinescu, a lawyer and educator, previously served as vice premier, war and interior minister, and was hailed as a law and order advocate amid national mourning and a government ready to curb extremist violence.
Leroy W. Baldwin 73 financier with one of the nation’s largest incomes died after an operation at Harkness Pavilion. He founded the Empire Trust Company in 1901 and led it as president until his death. His wealth was not officially estimated but he paid 225000 for a town home in 1927 and the treasury refunded 135000 as overpayment on his 1933 income taxes last July.
J M Broughton of Raleigh former state bar association president will address the Young Democratic Club of the Woman's College UNC Greensboro tonight.
Lotte William Humphrey age 66, superintendent of Fort Macon state park at Morehead City, died in a hospital there after a brief illness. He formerly practiced law in Charlotte. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist church in Goldsboro. Surviving: widow, a daughter Elen Lanier Humphrey, sister Mrs. J. E. Robinson of Goldsboro, and brothers Dr. L. M. Humphrey of Greensboro and Don C. and EF. A. Humphrey, both of Goldsboro.
Raleigh March 7 AP Representatives from fishing lumber and telephone sectors opposed pending wage and hour legislation at joint labor committee hearings. Captain John Nelson state fisheries commissioner and others warned a 25 cent minimum wage and 48 hour maximum work week would paralyze the industry. J M Picot said federal act closed 12 sawmills and 271 jobs, a state law could close mills and 1700 workers. The committee will finish hearings Friday with labor and state department reps speaking for the bill. After a brief discussion the committee granted Henry I Adams of Charlotte director of CfO activity in North Carolina
In Spartanburg on March 1 a woman identified as Mrs. Claude West was found dead from a head wound on a highway circling Memorial airport. Marvin Rudder, a Herald-Journal printer, was shot in the head and critically wounded, standing by the car with the weapon nearby. Authorities recovered a .32 caliber automatic, four unfired bullets and two spent shells, with one bullet piercing the windshield. Rudder remains in a hospital, in critical condition, as the investigation continues. Mrs. West and Rudder were employed by the Herald-Journal Company.
Madrid reports say General Jose Miaja used warplanes over Madrid to crush an uprising believed led by Communists. The new Republican defense government promised a “worthy peace” as fighting raged near the city outskirts and gunfire echoed through the morning.
Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook urged a Guam seaplane base as a listening post for the navy to detect enemy movements. Pan American’s Juan T. Trippe backed Guam improvements for faster orient air service. Roosevelt authorized four new cruisers to be built in private yards, each about 6000 tons and cost around 12 million dollars.
President Roosevelt hosts CIO and AFL leaders at the White House to discuss uniting their 1935 split. John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman head the CIO committee while William Green selects the AFL trio to negotiate. Aims include industrial unionism and possible truce on shared political and economic issues.
Secretary Morgenthau told Congress that lasting recovery is the country’s top goal despite world conditions. He endorsed unity between Republicans and Democrats and resisted tax-cutting moves while Congress considers extending stabilization powers and currency policy. He warned about the scale of the crisis and stressed the need for continued sound money and fiscal restraint.
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