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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1940

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Finland Russia peace reported reached in Moscow

Stockholm sources said the Finnish delegation was authorized to sign a peace treaty in Moscow and that the agreement would be signed tomorrow with terms published at that time. BBC observers reported conflicting signals and optimism grew in Stockholm.

London Exchange Telegraph Stockholm Moscow Stockholmources British Broadcasting Company Today Finland Russia Legation Edward Ward Reuters Pali Viipuri Helsingin Sanomat Elias Erkko Sweden Berlin Uusi Suomi Kaunas Lithuania Ilkka Vaasa

France Ready With 50 000 Troops For Finns

A Finnish official said parliament has not acted on terms with Soviet Russia as of tonight with a secret session likely. Washington reports say Senator Smith urged including the President and cabinet in Hatch Act restrictions. North Carolina strawberry acreage was 25 percent lower than 1939, per the agriculture department. Florida race updates, Louisiana Supreme Court rulings, Winston-Salem sound truck permit, Roosevelt third-term talk, and a new bulletproof fuel tank for planes are noted with confidential details pending.

Helsinki Soviet Russia Raleigh Department of Agriculture North Carolina Washington Europe Army Navy War Department Germany France England Paris Daladier Chamber of Deputies Finland Atlantic Vaino Tanner Rusia Supreme War Council

Red Army Presses Viipuri Drive Amid Peace Talks

Helsinki dispatches report the Red Army advancing along Viipuri Bay despite Moscow peace negotiations. Soviet forces push to encircle Viipuri as Finnish commander notes some gains by Russians on isthmus fronts and air raids kill several civilians.

RED Army Viipuri Helsinki Finland Viipuri Bay Moscow Russia Nor

Johnson Seeks Cooperation on State Federal Labor Rules

Sen. Johnson D Colo urged the Senate to curtail anti politics laws and favor cooperation between state and federal rules. He proposed an amendment limiting restrictions to states with similar bans on state employe political activity. The Hatch bill would allow cutting loans and grants to noncompliant states. The Senate resumed debate and may take time to vote.

Washington Mar Johnson D-Colo Senate Colorado Hatch T Am Tryig Civil Service Commission House Interstate Commerce Committee

Pelley Wins Stay After Being Ordered to N C

Silver Shirt leader William Dudley Pelley won a stay on his extradition to North Carolina after Justice F Dickinson Letts granted a habeas corpus writ. Bond was set at 5000 dollars, and arguments on the writ proceed March 20 as defense seeks to block return pending appeal.

Washington William Dudley Pelley North Carolina F. Dickinson Letts Pelley House Capitol Hill Dies Committee Alfred A. Wheat United States District Court T. Edward O'Connell Pelley’s O'Connell Circuit

Senate votes to delete income questions from 1940 census

The Senate Commerce Committee approved Tobey’s resolution 9 to 7 urging removal of personal income questions from the 1940 census. Maloney’s milder substitute failed 9 to 8. Chairman Bailey did not commit the census bureau’s ultimate action, saying the Tobey measure would be reported to the Senate for floor consideration.

Washington Senate Commerce Committee Tobey R-Nh Maloney D-Conn Senate Census Bureau Bailey D-Nc Commerce Committee

Charges U S Goods Reach Nazis Through Soviet Routes

In Parliament Geoffrey L. Mander urged Britain to stop exports from the United States reaching Germany via Vladivostok. Ronald H. Cross said he would welcome suggestions. Cross noted Allied seizures exceed 1,100,000 tons of contraband to date.

London Geoffrey L. Mander House of Commons Britain United States Germany Vladivostok Soviet Russia Far Ronald H. Cross Mander Cross

Paris Defenses Track German Raiders From Air

Exclusive photos show Paris defense centers detecting incoming raiders with listening posts and air warnings. Command posts calculate flight paths on circular charts as batteries, searchlights, and anti air guns fire in coordinated cross fire to trap enemy aircraft.

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