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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1941
Page
19
New York May 10 The Special News Service reports Adolf Hitler used a psychological weapon to bind Germany to self reliance and isolation. He framed Germany as alone against the world, mobilizing citizens and recruits for future conflict and shaping military resolve despite limited early arms.
In Charlotte on May 10 the roving Screwy News Gazette reports Duchess, a fox terrier, and Jennie, a sparrow, alerted Rev Earl Brendall of Belmont to a strange bark. Officers Wiley Williams and George Caldwell investigated with flashlights and found the quarry to be a black widow spider. The minister marveled at the dog’s sense for danger.
Asheville officials say the courthouse light will be lit again once Jennie the sparrow and her brood move on. The county ordered the bulb leaf extinguished weeks ago to prevent harming the nest and now plans repairs to the broken globe so the birds can return after occupants depart.
A Negro woman on the Greenville murder trial testified she saw the victim die stating she saw the fast breath leave his body. Private Robert D Campbell at Camp Croft received a 5000 inch long letter from a former co worker in Aurora Illinois with about 80 notes and many photos mailed for 60 cents. The Winston fire department arrived to a smoke filled area two miles outside town but found no actual fire as the incident involved a pig being barbecued and dinner invitations were declined.
A train was machine gunned in southeast England today as Nazi fighting machines swept over the area. Passengers were wounded and the government issued statements on the incident as part of ongoing wartime events.
A one week Civil Court term is docketed for High Point Municipal Court next Tuesday with Judge D. C. MacRae presiding. The calendar lists divorces, appeals from magistrates, and trials across multiple days, followed by a Friday and Saturday docket and a jury panel including A. B. Henley, H. M. Lovelace, J. E. Vaughn, and many others.
A slight earthquake was felt in north and western Asheville at 6 42 a m lasting three to six seconds. Windows and dishes rattled but no damage occurred. The weather bureau logged a very mild quake and noted widespread movement without harm.
Coral Gables Florida witnessed Red Tobin the former American Bridge League secretary win the mixed pair championship with partner Mrs J H Meser ing of Ft Lauderdale East took lead with 2NT and Tobin defended brilliantly switching to the ten of spades to thwart declarer Easts heart discard and the defense forced two extra tricks meanwhile aircraft manufacturers must employ over half a million workers in the first eight months of 1941 to bolster defense and aid Great Britain
Thousands of North Carolina farmers are expected in Raleigh Tuesday for the joint annual meeting of the Cotton Growers Association and the Farmers Cooperative Exchange. Secretary Claude R. Wieckard will headline, introduced by Harold D. Cooley, with Col. John W. Harrelson I. C. Schaub W Kerr Scott and Clarence Poe among speakers. M. G. Mann will report on last year’s fiscal activities, totaling farm products and supplies worth about 9 million dollars. after the business session, attendees will dine on barbecue pork at a city park.
The CIO reported wage increases totaling 380 million dollars annually for the first four months of this year, but said corporate profits greatly outstripped payroll gains. Profits were up 17.5 percent from the same period in 1940, with the outlook noting rising living costs and higher consumer taxes as threats to these wage gains.
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