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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
9
Chicago May 9. Ger W Babson, candidate of the Prohibition Party, urged a new coalition third party to replace the two big parties. He argued a below to above movement is needed and that entangling alliances prevent clear moral stands.
Rank H. de Weir, longtime Associated Press department typist and librarian, died last night at his home in Queens at age 68 after a several month illness. He typed the Maine destruction flash in 1898 and covered 18 other wars during 43 years with the AP. Survived by his widow, four sons and a daughter.
The American Bankers Association critiques the Jones Wheeler farm credit proposal as creating a government driven system that would concentrate farm mortgage borrowing in a federal bureau. Hanes argues it would erode credit integrity, raise national debt, and commoditize farmer access to credit. He cites speeches by Secretary Wallace and notes bankers expanding services with pledged income and advisers. An ABA banquet is announced with Cadman and Wiggin speakers as bankers urge broader credit access and caution against government overreach.
A tense incident ends with Harlan C. McIntosh stepping back from a 16 story ledge after a beer suggestion from police sergeant Michael Kelly. In Raleigh, Secretary Paul P. Brown notes 350 of 353 banks and branches in the state belong to the association and no bank has failed since 1933. Updated officers for the association include T. G. Chapman of Raleigh as chairman of the trust section and J. P. Hobson of Charlotte as first vice chairman.
Dr and Mrs G C Elliott will attend the North Carolina Chiropractors Association convention in Raleigh tomorrow and Saturday. Convention headquarters are at the Sir Walter Hotel. The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners opened its three day examination today.
Radio enthusiasts in Argentina are upgrading receiving sets to pick up shortwave transmissions from the United States and Europe, expanding access to foreign programs and news.
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