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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
2
Today noon: fair and colder, frost in extreme northwest and west tonight. Friday: fair but colder on south and central coasts. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras: northwest to strong diminishing Friday. Hatteras to Jacksonville: moderate northwest and north winds with showers offshore tonight.
D Hiden Ramsey general manager of the Asheville Citizen Times will address a joint banquet of the board of trade Kiwanis Rotary and Lions clubs in Lenoir tomorrow night.
Renovation work commences at the Craven County courthouse in New Bern with crews upgrading the building interiors and facilities. Project aims include improved safety and modernization of offices and public spaces.
Hungarian forces advance into Carpatho Ukraine across 4 254 square miles with about 500 000 population. Advices from Bucharest say many dead in streets as clashes persist. Reports note snow hampering progress and Czech forces losing authority in Chust while battles unfold near Svalava.
The Michigan Republican warned that WPA relief could be halved by July 1 after a brief study period and system replacement plan. He said this would waive a further $150,000,000 supplemental appropriation Roosevelt requested to sustain WPA through June 30.
Washington dispatch notes the administration aims to boost business activity without discarding New Deal fundamentals. SEC rejection of drastic securities regulation changes is seen as a halt to major reforms while tax revision and economy measures continue to be debated.
Paris March 16 agitation grows for a grand coalition to unite all parties against Germany. Daladier Bonnet tensions split political blocs with Socialists and Communists pressuring to overthrow the government, while rightist factions insist unity behind Daladier.
Dal Wooten, the municipally owned monkey named for the mayor, escaped the fire station and toured a hotel. Firemen corralled him in a chicken coop after a dusty romp through rooms and chimneys. He refused baths, being “too blamed sooty.”
Report notes Britain considering sending an envoy from Berlin to discuss terms as Britain and allies react to Hitler's victories. Press urged caution and urged keeping powder dry while Germany's gains, including territory and industrial assets, reshape Europe. Observers point to Prague refugees in London and a rising German population and power.
Rain and cold weather severely damage plant beds and hinder Eastern North Carolina farming, misread as blue mold in tobacco beds. Damage reported in Craven Lenoir Hoke Randolph Martin Onslow Jones counties with lettuce drowned out in Pender and delayed plantings of May peas potatoes in Perquimans and Mt Olive area Irish potatoes.
Pope Pius XII received Karl Cardinal Kaspar archbishop of Prague in a private audience in Vatican City this morning. He likely discussed German occupation of Bohemia and used the call to bid farewell before returning to his See after the coronation ceremonies.
Hail Clemmer and Ed Baker of Gastonia were overcome by fumes while painting a 50 000 gallon water tank near Hickory. Fireman Donald Wilfong saved them with a fresh air mask. A physician ordered both men to bed for several days.
Governor Hoey will be the principal speaker at a banquet of the Hyde County chamber of commerce in Swan Quarter on April 3. The event invites local business leaders and residents to attend the gathering hosted by the chamber.
New York March 16 AP Cotton futures opened 1 to 8 points lower as Liverpool and foreign buying waned. Some support appeared from New Orleans and spot houses as prices showed modest activity and early quotes reflected the weaker tone.
Chairman Rodman of the upper division's appropriations committee said receipts appear not to shrink as expected though a full comparison with last year's figures will come Monday. He noted senators do not want to cut appropriations below House levels if funds are available and mentioned that House boosts were rejected awaiting higher income tax figures. The session also saw local bills pass and a plan to delay action on the spending bill until Tuesday.
Statesville reports that the North State Box Company will begin operations at its new plant in the coming month. The project is expected to boost local employment and manufacturing capacity in the area.
Executors Charles R White and Maude W Strickland notify all claimants to present claims against the Charles F White estate, Guilford County, North Carolina, verified by March 16, 1940. Debts owed should be paid promptly. Roberson Haworth Reese, attorneys, High Point.
London reported that Britain will place Jews in Palestine under a permanent minority status. The cabinet accepted a plan formulated after the London Palestine conference failed to reach accord among British Arabs and Jews to a mutual agreement.
In Nashville two officers used a crow bar hammer and screwdriver to pry the rear door of a patrol wagon after a drunken prisoner and another officer arrived at the station. They found the door latch worked from their side once the door was off its hinges.
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