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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1940
Page
2
The Agriculture Department explains a proposed temporary price peg to curb volatility from ongoing war developments. Market officials discuss potential moves toward broader price fixing to shield producers of wheat, cotton, and other grains, amid a week marked by sustained losses.
Stomach specialists warn that constant acid condition may lead to ulcers later. Udga 25c box advertised promising relief from ulcer pain indigestion heartburn and related pains with money back guarantee at drug stores.
G C Howard will represent Repiton Lodge of Odd Fellows as official delegate at the annual convention in Raleigh from today through Tuesday. Services tonight at Edenton Street Methodist. convention opens Monday at 10. A joint memorial service with Rebekahs Monday afternoon, banquet at Hotel Sir Walter Monday night, and dance follow. Final session Tuesday at 9. Governor Hoey expected at banquet session.
The Senior High School Orchestra directed by Miss Virginia Frank will perform at First Methodist Church tonight at 8. The 35 member group will present a 20 minute program as part of the service featuring works by Gluck Massenet Brahms and Bach.
Senator Byrnes announced a request to Congress for an additional 500 million dollars to back government loans for cotton corn wheat and other major crops as war disruptions threaten prices. He outlined minimum loan needs for 1940 crops and urged action before adjournment to shield farmers from adverse effects of the war.
Allied forces brace in Belgium and France as German tanks and air power push toward the Oise valley. The center of fighting concentrates from Guise to Landrecies with heavy action along the Aisne line. French 75s and mobile artillery counter German breakthroughs while armor clashes unfold near Vervins and Sambre sectors.
London sources report Churchill’s swift government formation and Paris war conference. Measures include arming police, interning 6 000 enemy aliens, rationing refinements, wider child dispersal plans, and 250 000 volunteers forming a home guard with regular army compensation for injuries. Britain seeks a new approach to Soviet relations.
Scotland Yard detectives dispersed anti war propaganda meetings in London during the night. Several arrests were reported.
German reports claim advances south of Sedan widen the eastern edge of a French pocket near the Meuse forts while infantry pursue retreating foes in a series of rapid marches. Heavy Allied losses are reported as Antwerp falls and Hamburg air raids prompt cautious German warnings about British retaliation.
Virginio Gayda in Il Giornale D Italia notes natural naval bases along the Adriatic from Yugoslavia to Greece and says the Balkans remain a war theme for Italian foreign policy. British bypass of Gibraltar allows Rex to pass while Roma is detained, stirring curiosity. Relazioni Internationali says Italy must resist Allied blockade pressure but can only await events.
Funeral services for John Harrison Priest aged 56 who died suddenly at his home on Willowbrook Street will be held Monday at 2 30 p m from Koonce Funeral Home chapel. Dr A B Conrad and Rev Cecil Haworth will preside and interment follows at Floral Garden Cemetery.
Lieutenant Governor W P Horton as a Democratic gubernatorial candidate urged the State Bureau of Investigation to probe possible Fifth Column activities in the state. He pledged to have the bureau cooperate with the Federal government to stamp out such acts and to bring all involved to justice.
Washington reports a possible transfer of a portion of the League of Nations to the United States as Geneva prepares to move to Vichy France. The move would align with Roosevelt aims to keep non political League activities in U S hands such as economic studies opium control and white slavery suppression.
Preparations were completed for Tuesday appearance of Governor Lloyd Stark of Missouri as final speaker of the Spring under the Carolina Political Union at the university.
The department enforces a strict rule requiring all calls to the chief’s office and stations to be routed through telephone 4579 to keep 4577 open for fire calls. Last week Herb Ingram, the chief’s brother, asked for a call and was told to dial 4579. the operator confirmed no message for him.
Maxwell Field Ala May 18 Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey Hornsby announces continued Army efforts to recruit flying cadets. Eligibility covers unmarried men 20 to 26 in good health with a high school level education. exemptions for two years college. Cadets receive $75 monthly plus $1 daily rations, live in separate barracks, and undergo nine months of training including navigation meteorology and radio.
Former fighters gathered in the city for a multi day encampment to elect new officers and conclude with a parade. Congressman van Zandt urged avoiding entanglements abroad, contrasting prewar prosperity with postwar debt and unemployment, calling America the prize of nations.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post in High Point will convene a special meeting Monday at 8 p m in the post hall. Delegation return from the State convention. Reports on the convention and local business to be transacted.
Building activity valued at 18278 dollars was approved via 38 permits issued by city building inspector E K Ingram. Five new residences listed with varied sizes and prices plus numerous re roofs repairs and additions appear among the weekly permits.
A wartime policy push features President Roosevelt backing broad powers for wage and hour rules to accelerate ship and plane construction. Bernard Baruch downplays a new War Resources Board, while Frank Gannett urges a public report on preparedness. Edward Stettinius joins the board as aviation efforts expand. A May conference by War Secretary Johnson seeks faster air deliveries and a capacity target of up to 50 000 planes annually, with multiple agencies joining a broader aviation planning effort.
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