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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1940
Page
2
A spring fashion pageant was disrupted as a heavy March snowdump blanketed the area. Women in Easter finery faced a winter scene as services shifted to earlier times and attendance dropped for night events. Florals at Floral Gardens Cemetery remained visible at sunrise before snowfall began.
Butter totals reach 643 204 pounds with steady markets and 93 score creamery process. Carrot and egg prices listed with percentages and local grade references. current receipts and storage packed firsts noted alongside extras and dirties figures.
Mrs. Mary L. Wilson 73 widow of Thomas Wilson died at her son T L Wilsons home Kernersville route one shortly before 12 30 Sunday morning After years of declining health she was born in Clay County April 7 1866 She is survived by three sons two daughters and siblings Several funeral services were held at the family home and the body sent to Murphy with further services planned at Hot House Methodist Church Georgia.
Near capacity crowd at St Mark Methodist Church attended the fourth annual performance of the cantata The Seven Last Words Of Christ. Dorothy Ross recited The Crucifixion and the choir delivered a moving rendition under director 8 E Burford with Mrs J I Hall as organist.
A sizable crowd attended the First Baptist Church Sunday evening for the third annual Easter cantata The King Eternal by Ira Wilson and Herman Von Berge performed by the senior choir. Director O E Simmons and organist Mrs Thelma Peterson led the program with church decor of candies Easter lilies and palms.
Calvary Baptist Daughters of Dorcas and Missionary Society presented The Holy City Easter pantomime Sunday at 7 30 directed by Mrs H T Starr and Mrs W A Robbins. A baby contest ended with Shirley Dothenia Cloud first and Carolyn Yvonne Bullock second. Brooks Memorial Methodist staged Thomas and the Risen Christ at 9 with James Champlain as doubting Thomas and Helen Gannaway as pianist and Florence High School Glee Club director.
Sunday evening at nine the choir at St Stephen A M E Zion Church presented The Third Day an Easter pageant by Karin Sandelof Asbrand before a very large audience. The program showcased choral singing and dramatic tableaux reflecting the Easter story.
In a string of icy crashes fourteen people were injured four miles east of Beaufort a Morehead City painter Charlie Powers died and Lloyd Smith was seriously hurt. A Greyhound bus collision near Charlotte left no injuries. Easter services moved indoors as rare snowfall coated parts of the region and several baseball games were postponed awaiting rescheduling.
The February trend in furniture volume shows a continued irregular decline with cautious buying. Despite some belief that the bottom has passed, indices offer no clear optimism as shipments rise modestly and orders backlog remains affected. employment and payrolls show gains, while prospects depend on broader business conditions.
A winter audience braved snow to attend a pageant featuring Margaret, Mrs Pauline Sutton, Solomon Hunt, John, H Faulkner, Chomet, L J Chavis, Mary Magdalene, Mrs Hattie Fowler, Lazarus, Edward Sadler, Jairus, James Best, Mrs Morris Phifer, Doris Phifer, Mary mother of Christ, Mrs Henrietta Bynum, soloist Mrs Estelle Torrence Dyer. The pianist was Mrs B Leach and directress Mrs Fred Lander.
The Dillard University Players from New Orleans will perform three one act plays at William Penn High School on Monday April 1 at 8 15 pm. The group has been invited to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to present several one act works.
The column notes an ania should not be coerced into accepting the Nazi embrace and reports Britain expecting a Romanian trade mission next week to discuss a new clearing agreement. Norway protests neutrality breaches while Britain warns neutrals to avoid leaks as the navy enforces blockade. The press surveys U S views on the war and acknowledges Germany’s edge in wartime rhetoric.
British warcraft patrolled the fringe of Scandinavian waters aiming to intercept German merchant vessels. In four days three German ships were disabled, two sailors were wounded, and Norway and Denmark faced renewed pressure as a protest over British intrusions was lodged in London. One British factory reportedly supplied 10,000 motor vehicles to the government since the war began.
Reported feat notes the first known crossing from Jutland to Sweden over a frozen sea by pedestrians. The event highlights unusual winter conditions and daring travel by foot across icy waters.
Edmond Haywood of Normal Street, Livingston College student in Salisbury, spent the Easter holidays with his aunt Miss Glee Willoughby in Kansas City Missouri.
Senator Joseph H. Separk of Gastonia joins the Horton campaign staff at Raleigh as an aide to Lieutenant Governor Horton and state manager Daniel L. Bell. Separk is the eighth State Senate member to take an active role, joined by several other senators and non-senate appointees across the state campaign headquarters.
Senator Pittman leads opposition arguing that trade agreements are treaties needing two thirds Senate ratification. Administration backs the plan with polling showing likely defeat of the ratification amendment. Floor manager Harrison predicts a close vote while Pittman insists the President cannot bind without Senate consent.
Firefighters were dispatched yesterday morning at 9 07 to a house at 503 Colonial Drive occupied by H A Knight to extinguish a small roof fire. The property is owned by R E Ranson of Charlotte.
London reports Easter week speculation of a five member war cabinet including Chamberlain Halifax Simon Hoare and Churchill with Churchill as services spokesman. Labor entry hints tied to Attlee Morrison May 13. Swaps expected for Burgin Wallace Lloyd amid coal fuel shortage crisis.
DeWitt MacKenzie surveys British and Paris reports on a potential German submarine offensive and peace overtures. He notes Hitler may seek dual aims: break the Allied blockade and reassert Balkan domination, while Britain strengthening naval chokeholds and air power to deter the threat. He cites past WWI scale of sinkings and questions the role of air fleets in future conflict.
Teleky criticizes London and Paris papers for a clandestine plan between Italy and Germany to divide much of the Balkan territory. He says the stories aim to sow distrust and strain Italian German ties, while Gayda accuses some French of hoping to launch war in southeastern Europe using the menace narrative.
The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky aged 57 and Vera de Bassett Sudevkine married two weeks ago in Bedford and are honeymooning in Boston. Stravinsky will guest conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra this week.
Gubernatorial candidate A. J. Maxwell announced three new county managers in Raleigh on March 25. Harvey Ward takes Pitt County, Bert Freeman Transylvania, and George M. Bowman Avery.
Today noon report shows fair in North and South Carolina with continued cold and frost. Georgia, Virginia fair or generally fair with frost tonight and gradual warming by Wednesday. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras rise then ease. Hat to Jax northwest to north winds. overcast tonight and Tuesday.
Los Angeles March 25 Lieutenant-Governor Ellis E Patterson heads a new slate of aspir ing delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Patterson becomes a presidential candidate though California pledges are to principles not personalities. The Roosevelt group led by Governor Culbert Olson and ex-Senator McAdoo and a Garner ticket along with Willis Allen lead another slate compete for delegates.
Continued from page one, the report notes a $000 for so called educational orders to familiarize private industry with munitions making. Members doubt those items would alone yield a $50,000,000 saving.
Officials said they had obligated almost the entire 10 million dollars allotted last year for strategic war materials. Chrome and manganese ore are being guarded in Pennsylvania Maryland and Utah. Manila hemp is stored in Boston and Ohio for navy and merchant marine needs.
Executrices Abigail Lineback White and Elizabeth Lineback Hutchens publish notice to creditors of the late Sarah Elizabeth Lineback to file claims within one year from March 15 1940. All debtors must settle promptly.
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