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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1940
Page
4
The piece discusses how wartime atrocity stories, notably Belgian and Polish accounts, were amplified by propaganda. It argues many claims were later shown false, noting German and Allied efforts shaped public opinion. It highlights the German Library of Insertion publication on Polish acts against the Jewish minority and compares contexts with Belgium.
The article notes strong voter interest reflected in registration near a May 25 Democratic primary with many registered voters. It highlights Greensboro’s political influence in Guilford County and the impact of registration purges, plus regional party dynamics and leadership commendations in Davidson County.
Willis Smith of Raleigh purchases a Hillsboro Street business block for 35000 dollars amid talk of a Gov race. The piece notes campaign costs rising and hints Smith might have run, but chose to stay out, urging action on financing campaigns. It adds local reflections on religion and German architecture under Hitler.
Five years after a Santa Fe curio shop barely paid its way Webb Young kept the store while adding a mail order necktie sideline. He raised $500, mailed a catalog, received initial orders, then expanded with hand woven ties from mountain artisans. By last fall he employed forty people and built a $50,000 yearly business.
The brief quotes note that common people share harmony across Europe and America while Mayor Hendrickson of Hubbard IL and David Sarnoff of RCA stress developing individuals to translate today’s scientific possibilities into tomorrow’s practical realities.
The Netherlands monarch declares she and her government will fulfill their duties for the country, reaffirming resolve amid ongoing duties and public expectations.
From Peru comes a report of a Dutchman and a German fighting in an elevator over their countries. The incident highlights rising tensions and a clash that drew attention to cross border frustrations and confined space altercations.
Local leaders express confidence in ongoing city growth and debt trends as a regional flower show opens soon. Notable items include commencement actions, social teas, a knee injury, and international topics such as Byrd’s voyage and British-Indian tensions.
Three men at a Stork Club table discuss life with Father and the Critics Circle awards for Best Play. Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse lamented lack of honors while jokes about Marx Brothers chairs and a Chicago backstory circulate.
Emil Kropf, a German entrant linked to a Storck plane demonstration at the Cleveland Air Races, reportedly left nearly $2,000 prize money with Bob Hague before dying. The estate is described as insolvent when Surrogate's Court settles accounts.
A collage of clippings highlights a phone ad clash with Milton J. Cross, Mildred Dilling at a Womens Clubs meeting, Hoover crime remarks, a necklace theft, a defender of The Man Who Came To Dinner, a revolutionary tale from the French Revolution, W L White notes on English Jewish men in uniform, and Bug Dad in the Journal American.
Local GOP members heard Judge John J. Parker speak at Guilford College last night in a busy municipal court day. A chronic Negro speeder was fined 10 dollars plus costs. real estate activity was noted. A. E. Futrelle is recovering at home. Miss Loraine Burgess to visit from Greensboro College for the weekend. Several men, including H A Millis and Fred Ingram, leave for Moore County for fishing. Herbert Hoover backed open shop. Baptists support more South hospitals. Opals priced like diamonds. Taft on gold buying policy.
The piece mocks J Barrymore and the Razzi case while noting cynics claim Razzi profits from Norway conquest. It contrasts past calls to oppose fifth columns with current fear of Hitler and editorials echoing earlier warnings.
About 35,000 refugees from Hitler's Germany may fall back under Nazi control if Holland and Belgium fall to invasion. The National Refugee Service notes 15,000 in Holland and 20,000 in Belgium, many penniless or in camps, with few jobs and support from relief funds.
The passage presents a volatile wartime line arguing that Hitler aims to control multiple nations in the Balkans, listing Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and others. It also references Mussolini as a parallel figure and hints at a larger, aggressive strategy in Europe.
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