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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1940
Page
1
Washington officials see the March federal income tax receipts as a lever in talks on farm and defense spending and debt policy. Early forecasts put March totals near 650 million dollars, with last year at 505 million, suggesting possible windfalls for farm aid or defense programs depending on receipts.
President Roosevelt reportedly planned to address the census controversy at a press conference before falling ill. He would have defended questions on income on census forms as needed for statistics on low income groups and to aid business and unemployment studies. Senator Tobey leads the push to delete income questions.
In Paris on March 15 the French Senate approved Premier Daladier's handling of the war effort by a 240 to 0 vote after two days of secret debate.
Army officials observed a demonstration of a so called detonator ray by Otto H. Mohr in Oakland California. He claimed the device could trigger explosions in ammunition and fuel at a distance using sunlight electricity and vibrations. The setup involved tin coffee can targets placed about 20 feet from the machine with a box like apparatus housing a coil and cone shaped antenna.
Moscow reports immediate organization of ceded Finnish territory into a autonomous Soviet Socialist state republic as the main task of the Supreme Soviet to be convoked March 29. Observers predict a separate republic for the occupied areas with Leningrad involved near the isthmus and Ladoga shores.
In Stockholm March 15 C J Hambro president of the Norwegian Storting arrived and observers expect him to begin talks with Swedish leaders on the feasibility of a northern defense alliance.
The Senate rejects a recommit vote 52 to 31 and moves toward final passage of a bill broadening the Hatch anti politics law. It also approves a 47 to 30 section banning political activity by state workers paid partly from federal funds while considering separate provisions and other Senate actions.
C Byerly, clerk of Davidson County Superior Court, announced a vacancy for 13 young men from the county in the 1940 Citizens Military Training Camp to be held at Fort Bragg from June 12 to July 11.
Britain announced the scuttling of the German merchant ship La Coruna after a British warship approached in northern waters. The 7,414 ton liner, built in 1921, left Rio de Janeiro Feb 3 and carried cargo including coffee, lard, mica, and nickel ore. Sixty crew members were rescued.
Seven people including four women and a child were killed and eight injured in an early morning fire at the Guthery Apartments in Charlotte. Firefighters battled a rapid blaze that consumed about half the 86 units, with victims found on upper floors and several leaping to escape.
William B. Pittman a 200 pound fireman testified about rescuing two women from Guthery Apartments during a fire. He said a third woman’s body struck him from behind as they came down a ladder amid flames and smoke.
A training plane crashed into New York Bay after a mid air struggle between pilot Joseph Rosemarin and passenger Emanuel Eisenberg. Eisenberg is dead. Rosemarin, from Brooklyn, faces a felonious assault charge. bail set at 5000.
William Bioff, once a West Coast labor leader in film circles, was ordered by Chief Justice John Prystalski to serve a six month term from a 18 year old pandering conviction. Bioff’s attorneys sought a writ of habeas corpus but the court refused, delaying the return to the Bridewell until March 25 for Supreme Court action. The judge said the court has no pardoning power and questioned whether the state can enforce the judgment after 17 years.
The Federal Communications Commission announced that American Telephone and Telegraph will cut long distance rates by about 5.5 million dollars annually. The reductions apply to calls 420 miles or longer with a sliding scale for longer distances, effective May 1, with San Francisco to New York dropping from 6.54 to 4.00.
Britain imposes three new controls to fight a German Italian Russian bloc. Measures ban private imports of canned fruit, bolster foreign exchange reserves, and organize British French colonial cooperation. Belgrade reports von Ribbentrop proposing a Baltic central and southeastern European economic orbit with the Axis powers.
Finnish forces retreat along a 226 mile front as Soviet troops hold positions. About 100000 dispossessed flee with livestock and bundles, swelling refugees to 460000, many from ceded areas. Viipuri near terms of the peace treaty is among first targets for occupation by Russians.
President Roosevelt authorized the United States Housing Authority to lend 2 522 000 to finance 1 300 new farm homes in six states. Rural rehousing aims to provide modern homes for low income farm families with rents under 50 dollars annually. Loans cover 90 percent of 2 805 000 construction costs at 2 percent interest for 60 years to county authorities Lonoke Arkansas Thomas Georgia Alexander Illinois Vigo Indiana Lee Mississippi Darlings South Carolina.
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