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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1940
Page
8
Editor notes that Girl Scout camping opens June 14 to 28 and highlights the world movement's aims. Mrs. Fay Huntley Edwards, chair of the Camping committee, urges self reliance, civic training, and community living through well run camps, teaching skills from cooking to crafts while fostering cooperation among diverse troops.
Vatican officials said an Italian entry into the war could lead to diplomats accredited to the Holy See being offered refuge in Vatican City. Pope Pius XII may not leave the city, and two air raid shelters were prepared for ecclesiastical residents and laity as guards against possible bombing near Rome.
Francis J. Gorman president of the United Textile Workers of America AFL forecast wartime pressure would push CIO and AFL toward early reconciliation. He said negotiations would resume soon and old CIO members of the National Federation of Textile Workers AFL would be brought into talks.
Dr E H Blackard chairman of the Mobilization for Mercy Program appeals to High Point residents to back the Red Cross relief for Europe. He cites bombed cities and displaced families and notes High Point’s $4000 quota with Asheville Greens boro and Thomasville already mobilizing. residents urged to contribute now via the American Red Cross office The Enterprise or radio W M F R.
Anthony Redmond of Asheville was elected state deputy of the North Carolina State Council at the 20th annual convention in Greensboro. Officers named include Dennis J. Dunn of Charlotte as state secretary James J. Allen of Wilmington as state treasurer Rev T A Williams of Southern Pines as state advocate and Dr E Prefontaine of Greensboro as state warden. A resolution condemned subversive action and urged cooperation with qualified agencies. Rev John A Brown of Nazareth Wake County was appointed state chaplain by Bishop Eugene J McGuinness.
Nine Chicago Communists fleeing a hostile crowd sought shelter in the Taxewell County courthouse in Pekin Illinois. One of their cars was burned during the incident.
President Roosevelt’s Sunday night radio talk on the state of the union and preparedness under a war looming world scene gains depth against the Flanders battle. The piece argues defense must rise quickly, with estimates like 50,000 battle planes, and notes Germany’s swift, costly advances in Holland Belgium and France shaping American policy.
Complete returns from all precincts in Thomasville show A J Maxwell with 674 votes for governor, Gravely 214, and other candidates Broughton 187 Cooper 128 Horton 60 Grady 28 Simmons 4. Congressional and lieutenant governor tallies listed. Davidson County results include party and candidate tallies.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers in the mountains and north central North Carolina Sunday and Monday, with little temperature change. British authorities detained Captain Franz von Rintelen, a noted German spy active in the United States during World War I, living in England since 1926 as a conscientious objector to Nazism.
W W McCaslin of Charlotte will oversee ICC hearings in June and July on casual and reciprocal passenger transport by motor vehicles. The probe examines whether such trips should fall under regulation as motorists advertise to share expenses. Reports describe rackets with added charges and potential passenger harm.
David King aged 17 and Sylvester Williams 22 both of Method were charged with wrecking a freight train on May 15 at the Fayetteville Street crossing to avenge prior box car robberies. Police said they used a concrete piece to break a switch derailing the locomotive and eight cars with no injuries reported.
Miss Marguerite McCaskill of Blaney South Carolina delivered the Class of 1940 valedictory to High Point College at Class Day in Roberts Hall. Miss Mabel Koontz was salutatorian. The program featured a three part playlet The Court of Quest and scenes from past and future with a class prophecy. Commencement events include a baccalaureate sermon at First Methodist Church and graduation exercises tomorrow with Congressman William B. Astead delivering the address.
Social pages from Lexington detail a Mothers-Daughter banquet at First Reformed Church, multiple bridal celebrations for Mrs Hale Smith and Miss Veronica Swing, and a bridge party hosted by Mrs Jimmie Turner. Gift prizes included crystal goblets and china sets amid a lively sequence of social hosting and local visits.
The Bessie Hunt Circle of First Methodist met at Mrs. Joe Holman’s home with Mrs. Richard Henry as co host. Mrs. D B Shoff presided and volunteers approved buying hymn books for the Junior Department. The mission study was led by Mrs. Albert Siner. The Sorosis Club gathered at Mrs. R L Reynolds home on East Center Street with Mrs. Woodrow McKay presiding and committees named. The afternoon topic was Survey of China and Japan led by Mrs. Cabell Philpott and a dinner to several ladies followed.
Fort Leavenworth general staff center moves to speed up officer development. A streamlined course will allow ninefold advancement and add 400 new select officers yearly, graduating about 800 instead of 225. The program draws on global military theory from Sun Tzu to modern tactics.
In the Hoskins section of Mecklenburg County two airplanes made forced landings. In the first crash Robert Lassiter and John Terrill of Charlotte were uninjured though their plane damaged wings and gear after an engine quit while attempting to set it. In the second accident Scott Baum and Lynn of Charlotte watched the wreckage after the motor quit and the plane struck a high tension wire.
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