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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
1
Britain's new liner Queen Elizabeth arrives in New York harbor after a 3000 mile Atlantic crossing. The 85 900 ton ship flies the Union Jack, nears Ambrose Light and heads for Pier 90 as planes report its approach.
A 1940 NEA Service feature recounts the arc of democracy through landmarks in governance, citizenship, and civic ideals. It surveys evolving rights, political participation, and the role of institutions in shaping an inclusive republic.
Analysis of democracy's historical ambiguities argues that names like democracy or republic have often masked autocratic realities. The piece traces ancient Greece through medieval Italian city states and Russia to challenge simplistic links between term and actual power, citing Webster’s definition of popular sovereignty.
L Lee Gravely of Rocky Mount secured a spot as the fifth man to file for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination amid a historic rush. Other filed candidates include W P Horton J M Broughton A J Maxwell and Arthur Simmons with several more announced but not filed. Filing closes March 16 at 6 pm with fees in by then. Five Republicans announced for May 25 primary with McNeill and Hoffman having filed. Oscar Barker seeks the Democratic Sixth District seat and incumbents plus others enter the race.
Guilford County Democratic leaders clash over ouster of Thomas C. Hoyle Jr. and election of Frank L. Paschal. State Chairman R. Gregg Cherry says Hoyle pledged not to cancel the march meeting, while Paschal cancels the meeting by letter to 62 committee members.
Former U S Circuit Court of Appeals judge Martin T Manton starts a two year sentence at Lewisburg penitentiary Pa after entering the federal courtroom with U S Marshal Leo Lowenthal and deputy Joseph Petrina His tears and scowl mark the end of a storied career once praised from the bench at age 36 and now years later the judge faces punishment for a crime deemed unprecedented in American jurisprudence by Judge Calvin Chesnut.
Albemarle businessman Crayon C. Efird will manage L. Lee Gravely’s gubernatorial campaign. Gravely praised Efird’s knowledge of North Carolina needs and his willingness to sacrifice business interests to lead the campaign in both the House and Senate.
Paris reports Cesar Campinchi says the French navy sunk 12 German submarines captured 18,000 tons of German shipping and, with the British navy, crushed Germany's sea blockade threat. British sources claim about 50 submarines destroyed in six months of war.
Helsinki March 7 Soviet forces attempting to cross the ice of the Bay of Viipuri suffered heavy losses as Finnish troops repelled attacks all day. More than 30 Russian tanks destroyed, the Finnish high command said in a communiqué describing ongoing battles at the bay mouth and nearby islands. Elsewhere on the Karelian Isthmus front, attacks were repulsed, with eastern front developments noted.
Governor Hoey commuted life imprisonment to death sentences in Alamance County for Roy Kelly Wade Hanford and Ralph Hanford in a Burlington station robbery case that killed Chief Robertson and officer Vauehn. One accomplice Huffman was killed. another, George Smith, pleaded guilty and serves 25 to 30 years.
King Carol II opened Parliament declaring all Romanian resources would back the army as a supreme guarantee of independence and border integrity. Taxes would rise to support 1,600,000 under arms, while strict neutrality would continue in foreign trade to assure supplies.
Dr John H Finley educator and editor emeritus of the New York Times died in his sleep in New York March 7 He was 75 and had recently undergone hernia surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center before returning home to 1 Lexington Avenue where he died after a brief decline in health
London March 7 Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons the Royal Air Force had carried out more than a thousand sorties into German territory by day and night since the outbreak of war. He noted heavy expenditure and spoke of a great expansion of strength for RAF. He also mentioned reconnoitering Wilhelmshaven and the ongoing power struggle over control between air, army, and navy.
Stockholm March 7 Swedish sources said Sweden was seeking an armistice in the Sino Soviet Finnish war with Russia pushing for terms including Karelia Ladoga and Petsamo. Unconfirmed reports claimed Stalin may have sent peace terms to Helsinki as talks proceeded through neutral intermediaries.
Sumner Welles, Roosevelt's envoy, had a 100 minute meeting with Premier Daladier in Paris, after visiting Berlin and Rome to assess Axis stance. He then planned to see President Lebrun before heading to London and consulting French leaders and the Polish government-in-exile.
Two German warplanes clashed with British pursuit planes off the east coast of England at night. A raider nearly collided with a British craft, then a second raider with two British fighters in pursuit appeared. Three more British planes joined as the Germans were driven out to sea. Crowds rolet over Argentine reform as Ortiz nominates an emergency administrator. Betty Roosevelt granted a divorce from James Roosevelt, son of the President.
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