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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1939
Page
8
Roosevelt argues WPA should receive 150 million more despite ongoing job shortages and low overhead costs. He notes 86 percent of WPA funds go to wages, while Congress debates money, debt limits, and tax policy as economic recovery continues.
John L. Lewis presses to merge AFL and CIO into a new American Congress of Labor as talks pause. Senate labor hearings loom while Old AFL-CIO tensions and coal contracts shadow June negotiations. Green defends federation integrity amid wage and political disputes.
The page tests recall of People and events: Hedy Lamarr’s husband, Gandhi’s fast breaking method, Roosevelt’s new secretary, Armand Calinescu and Col. Joseph Beck, and falls found ten times nearer than Niagara. Answers appeared on the prior week’s page.
A series of upcoming events spans religious observances, regional tours, and political meetings. Catholic Refugee Sunday is noted for March 19, National Wildlife Week begins, and Garden Pilgrimage starts March 20 in Natchez.
Convicted two natives of Russia in Los Angeles of espionage. Crashed off the Brazilian coast a German plane on a secret flight across the South Atlantic. Appointed William Dawson minister to Hungary as U S ambassador to Panama. Extended Somoza term for eight years by the constituent assembly. Accepted Oliva Dionne invitation to take quintuplets to Toronto to be presented to their king and queen. Wrecked French passenger train eighteen killed when a cow jumped in front of a freight and derailed it ahead of the express. Married Primo Carrera boxer and Pina Cavazzi in Italy though bride arrived an hour late. Divorced George Olsen by Ethel Shutta Mayme Cook Ronald Gay Ann Cooper Hewitt San Francisco heiress. Died George Buchanan Fife editor U S Rep J Burwood Daly Barron G Collier Ernst G Wallach James D. Ross Robert H. Patton prohibitionist.
The piece notes Pius XII receiving a jeweled tiara in St. Peter's with a record crowd and radio broadcast. It comments on the crowd's awe and the pope's blessing, alongside brief global wrap of tensions in Asia and Spain's Civil War figures Miaja and Azana.
Albert Einstein marked his 60th birthday while claiming a unifying mathematical concept for the universe. Harold L. Ickes turned 65 amid a year of positions and battles over public works spending, while Justice Pierce Butler reached 73 on St Patrick's Day. Indian Congress splits over leadership as Bose loses sway to Gandhi. Egypt and Iran wed Fawzia to Mohamed Reza Pahlavi in Cairo with luxury gifts and no wedding guests.
Quotes from Albert Einstein, Adolf Hitler, and Neville Chamberlain reflect stark views on peace and strategy. Einstein decries fascist Europe, Hitler asserts stage by stage claims, Chamberlain warns of suffering for a greater good toward mankind.
The article traces the 1918 Pittsburgh pact and diverse borders that formed Czecho Slovakia, then details how Hitler’s seizure dissolved the state. It notes the 1939 collapse after Hacha and Tiso’s moves, the Slovak bid for independence, and Prague’s brief resistance before occupation.
Dispatches say Bohemia and Moravia were ordered to disarm and place under Berlin authorities with new governors including Konrad Henlein. Bohemia and Moravia are described as the Reichs biggest asset, with Czecho Slovakia’s gold and foreign exchange near 100 million dollars and Bohemia producing more war materials than Italy. Hungary claimed the rest, as troops moved in amid snow and resistance, while Poland welcomed them and Britain France and Russia offered no halt.
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