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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1938
Page
1
In Denver on March 14 the Unique of Winston-Salem beat the St. Louis Galahs 45 to 29 in the National AAU basketball tournament. Captain Mack Berry led Winston-Salem with 16 points amid a game of even, tentative play.
In Carbondale Illinois two trainmen died and eight cars of a fast freight were demolished in a head on crash early today two miles north of town.
The senate judiciary committee approved Thurman Arnold, a former law professor, for the post of assistant attorney general to succeed Robert H. Jackson. The executive session yielded no formal record vote on the nomination.
Austrian Consul General Hirsch Montmartin resigns in defiance of Vienna’s order to display the swastika. The Austrian flag is taken down after his departure. the Paris consulate remains flagless as police guard the building and Austrian residents gather outside.
Czech Foreign Minister Vladimir Hurban told Undersecretary Sumner Welles that Czechoslovakia will fight rather than bow to German pressure. He stated the country is actively preparing military forces to meet any German threat and will resist Austrian influence in troubled Central Europe.
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the reappointment of William Thomas Dowd as United States marshal for the middle district of North Carolina.
Raleigh March 14 E F Arnold says North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation representatives will meet with congressional representatives and Virginia growers in Washington tomorrow to discuss plans for peanut crop control.
In Washington Vinson of Georgia leads debate on the administration's billion dollar naval expansion bill. He warns against insisting on a disarmament conference now saying it would fail. He backs naval expansion as essential to national security and world peace, outlining 46 ships 22 auxiliary vessels and 950 airplanes.
Judge Lewis E. Teague of High Point Municipal Court announced his intention to run in the Democratic primary for the Sixth District seat in Congress. The move follows William B. Umstead of Durham announcing retirement from the post.
Washington reports a fundamental shift in American ties to Austria after its union with Germany. The Vienna legation may become a consulate led by a consul general, with duties possibly assumed by the German embassy. Charge d Affaires John C Wiley is slated to become consul general. Hugh Wilson would oversee Austrian matters in Berlin.
Washington report notes farmers approved marketing provisions of the 1935 act. Penalty taxes will apply to excess cotton and tobacco planting. Cotton quota allows sale of all cotton from allotted acres. tobacco quotas set later. Penalty rates are two cents per pound for cotton and half the market price for tobacco. Unofficial tallies show large majorities in favor of quotas. AAA administrator H R Tolley praised the decision as addressing grower problems.
Lydia Roberti daughter of a European clown will be buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park tomorrow in Hollywood. The two year old blonde actress had been ill since 1986 with a heart ailment and died Saturday at her apartment. Born in Warsaw Poland she traveled Europe and Asia before appearing on stage in Los Angeles.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to create a joint committee to study forest land issues and propose definite action next session to halt the depletion of forest resources. He criticized limited progress by states and private entities and called for federal leadership and action with five points including the adequacy of current activities.
Senator Norris of Nebraska agreed to drop his demand for a federal trade commission probe of the Tennessee Valley Authority and to back a Senate inquiry. He told Senator Bridges he would merge his inquiry with Bridges' proposal, introduce the combined resolution immediately, and proceed with a Senate investigation instead.
Two automobiles collided near Wilmington causing the deaths of drivers Major Lewis Bradley Bibb of Atlanta Georgia a senior medical instructor of the 80th Division and Gif ford Garris of Watha North Carolina. Lieut Col John D Kerr of Clinton NC an executive officer of the National Guard medical detachment was seriously injured. Two passengers in Garris car escaped with minor injuries.
Adolf Hitler was welcomed by about a million Viennese in Vienna as he declared the German Reich inviolable. In a thronged city, his triumph underscored Austria's incorporation into Germany and his plan to address the German world from Heroes' Square tomorrow.
AP roundup from Vienna to Budapest notes Jewish hysteria and ailing Baron von Werkmann, Nazi plans on Austria economics, Britain France and Czechoslovakia forming a potential curb on Hitler, Paris seeks British aid, Mussolini backs Hitler, and Hungary may request Burgenland return.
Secretary Hull reaffirms faith in the trade agreement program and warns that suspending it would raise global economic tension. He argues the pacts foster peace and serve as a stabilising force amid rising tensions in Europe and Asia, in a letter to 15 New England congressmen.
Clarence Darrow, famed defender of the poor and notable cases like Loeb and Leopold, Debs, and Haywood, died at 80 in Chicago after a long illness. He rose from a $30 a month schoolteacher to one of the country’s most famous lawyers. He left behind wife Ruby, son Paul, and sister Mrs. Jennie Darrow Moore. Funeral plans were incomplete.
SHANGHAI March 14 Japanese invaders stalled on all China fronts today. Shock troops crossing the Yellow river near Changchow last week were wiped out or driven back. Traffic on the Lunghai line resumed as Chinese forces hold the Yellow river front and guerrilla tactics block Japanese operations on the Yangtze above Wuhu.
The North Carolina Republican convention is set for Wednesday to draft a platform and nominate officers. Col Frank Knox the 1936 Republican VP candidate will speak as keynote and attend a Republican banquet. Marian E Martin, vice chair of the national Republican committee, will speak at the convention and at a women’s meeting.
Wake Forest college mourns the loss of Dr. W L Poteat president emeritus who died Saturday night after a long illness He served Wake Forest for 65 years and was 81 the head of the United Dty Forces in the state and a former president of the State Baptist convention Rites are held today as classes are suspended in his honor.
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain will expand its rearmament to match Germany after Hitler annexed Austria. He declined pledges to France if war over Czechoslovakia arises, while insisting Britain remains interested in central European developments and may seek a Britain France Czechoslovakia alliance to curb Pan Germanism.
Federal grand jury convened in Chicago to determine the fate of John Henry Seadlund 27 who confessed to kidnapping and ransom murder of Charles Ross 72 a retired greeting card maker. The case hinges on Lindbergh law allowing a jury to seek the death penalty while the judge can impose life or longer terms.
NEA Service sports analysis by Harry Grayson surveys the Grapefruit League. Grayson begins his annual tour of the 16 major league camps to assess pennant contenders rookies and pitching rotations. Read his first story on the sports page today in the Enterprise.
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