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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1939
Page
2
North Carolina fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler coast and warmer northeast. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras northeast to north moderate. light rain over south early tonight. Hat teras to Jacksonville northwest to north winds, partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
Rev. E D Panther, an Anglican missionary, says witchcraft is disappearing in the Caco after he toured Buenos Aires. One of the last witch actors reportedly converted to Christianity before the missionary left. He notes health has improved as witch doctors quit.
A proposed 12 mile zone extension by treaty with Great Britain aims to curb rum running and improve patrols during prohibition. The three mile limit traces to cannon range, while international law accepts it. Capitol Hill defense and neutrality measures loom with a new Pittman committee bill due by May 15. Cash and carry provisions expired at midnight, leaving an embargo on arms to warring nations and limits on belligerent shipping and finance.
New England textile firms seek RFC loans to move Massachusetts plants to Spartanburg. Senator Green argues the RFC act aims to save existing plants and workers, not build new competitors. RFC officials say the loan has not been dispersed, and the firm seeking funding is Golding Brothers of New York City.
Charles J. Wilson, who joined Bloxham School near Banbury at age 12 and became its first boarder, died aged 91 after a lifelong 76 year association. From 1860 he attended every term and later served as assistant master nicknamed Pym by pupils.
The Dominion of Canada is reported to surpass most nations in annual electrical power production, ranking second only to the United States in total output. This positions Canada as a major energy producer with substantial industrial impact and economic significance.
Ernest M Pope 62 a well known Thomasville resident died at home 511 Welborne Street Tuesday morning after a stroke. He was from Davidson County son of Andrew and Jennie Pope. Survived by wife Sarah Hedvick seven sons Alex Joe John Kyser Cletus Ernest and Charles Pope two daughters Mrs Walter Wolfe and Mrs Therman Leonard two brothers Lindley Pope and Dennis Pope ten grandchildren. Funeral at Calvary Reformed Church Wednesday at two o'clock with burial in church cemetery.
Mrs. Sarah Hughes of Lexington route two, 72, widow of Frank Hughes, died Tuesday morning after months of illness. She was a Davidson County native, daughter of McCager and Hellene Wright. Survived by four daughters, five sisters, 25 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete, to be set for Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs F W Beeson 72 died in Raleigh hospital. Funeral held from residence and Cottrell Memorial Methodist church Oak Ridge with ministers C B Way O B Williams and J C Stokes officiating. Native of Guilford county, long-time resident on Oak Ridge farm. Husband predeceased. Survived by two daughters seven sons 11 grandchildren and other relatives.
A Roosevelt aligned committee argues major cities could not participate in a worthwhile work relief program if they bore one third of the cost. WPA reports show sponsors covered 20.2 percent of costs, with total relief outlays and programs totaling over 19 billion dollars since 1933.
The Polish army organ Polska Zbrojna accuses Germany of trying to cut off Poland and harming its neighbor. It cites German attempts to incite Ukrainian separatism, pressure Lithuania to create a new White Russian state with Wilno as capital, and warns Polish vendors will boycott all German and Danzig papers until further notice.
The 1939 Pulitzers honor Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings for The Yearling and Louis P. Lochner for foreign correspondence. Other prizes went to Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert Emmet Sherwood and Frank Luther Mott, Carl van Doren, John Gould Fletcher, and several newspapers for journalism excellence.
In Oberammergau the male residents grow beards for the next year's Passion Play portraying Apostles Romans and Jews. One young man must shave again next spring to be chosen as Apostle John.
Expulsion list includes Dr Gottfried Rosel and nine others as Berlin retaliates against British actions. Sir Samuel Hoare had pledged to monitor Nazi activity in Britain and move against three London Nazi leaders. The UK announced actions against O G Karlowa E P Himmelmann and Fraulein Anna Joanna Wolf.
Professor Isaak Bruck of the Moscow Academy of Sciences unveils a new machine designed to integrate differential equations claiming improvement on Dr Bush's invention. He spent two years perfecting the calculator in his laboratory.
Arthur Leighton a mining expert submits to the council a $75 000 tunnel shelter for Grange Hill to protect 10000 residents. He proposes 40 entrances and a honeycombed network to withstand air raids in a nearby natural beauty area.
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