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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1940

Page

2

Steed Bound Over On Charge Of Murder In Shocking City Killing

Jesse H H Steed 51 year old night watchman was bound over to Superior Court without bond after probable cause found in Municipal Court for the murder Saturday of W Clyde Smith. The cases are linked to a broader incident on East Washington Street where seven Negroes faced assault charges amid a fracas using sticks bricks bottles a pistol and other weapons.

Steed W. Clyde Smith Jesse HH. Steed Municipal Court

Detroit Bund Threat Spurs Windsor Defense Unit Forming

Toronto May 29 German Bundists in Detroit are cited as a threat to Windsor Ontario by Col C B Reynolds president of the Canadian Corps Association. Windsor defense plans include a Windsor homeguard to be formed from soldiers police and war veterans with Toronto auxiliary backing. Reynolds protests removal of the Essex Scottish regiment from Windsor to Camp Borden and claims Windsor is left unarmed while 7,500 “Bandits” across the river are armed.

Toronto Ont C. B. Reynolds Canadian Corps Association Detroit Windsor Reynolds Camp Borden

Total teamwork and defense in wartime mobilization

Walter Winchell argues total teamwork as the nation’s answer to total war. He stresses America as a military objective and industrial giant, warns that enemies seek to cripple production through insiders, and urges unity of labor and capital against a common threat.

Walter Winchell United States America Belgium

War Ministry Reports German Forces In Action Across Front

The war ministry says German columns and communication centers flank Paris and Bremen and Hamburg areas. Fighting on the Lys is described as extremely violent as Allied forces struggle amid encirclement after Belgian capitulation. French artillery shatters a railway line near the Rhine while German troops repulse near Chateau Porcien. The high command reports northward resistance with high German losses and local successes on the Somme and Aisne while Belgian troops capitulate. More than 30 miles of the Dunkerque coast remains Allied and pocketed troops promise to fight on.

Bremen Hamburg War Ministry Lys Leopold Rhine Aisne Chateau Porcien High Command Somme Ing Aning Dunkerque England

Belgian royal children arrive in Lisbon during war

Paris Soir reports the Belgian royal children reached Lisbon to stay for the war. A Lisbon dispatch notes they left Cahors, France, by automobile last Sunday.

Lisbon Paris Paris Soir Libon Cahors France

Street Sentenced to 60 Days and Fined in County Case

Street occupied a room for immoral purposes and was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail with two years suspended. He must pay $106 and court costs and perform work on the county roads.

Plummie McCuller James Maxen Lex McCuller William Long Goldie Long Francis Bailey Kathleen Johnson Co. L. White Route One J. Hampton James Tate Gordy R. Barney Charlotte Clifford Suggs Hood Street Virgil Cecil Mangum Pete Clemmons Redding Sam Truitt English Street James Herman Nicholson Ridge Street Arlie Winford Winslow Inglish Street George McCarr South Main Street Consolidated John Warren Archdale Dr. M. Martin Austin Street Spec Percy Lee Wright Kivett Drive Tommy Massey Underhill Street Darrell A. Bost Charles C. Osterwald Chapel Hill Rufus Laws Randleman O. J. Cagle William H. McKinney ADC Helen Vaghn Woodruff D. C Guilford County W. A. Warner Street

Defense spending and tax plans raise national defense loan

Congress tackles a $3 billion defense bill and new taxes to fund military buildup. A seven member Roosevelt commission will push production, while a debt expansion to $48 billion enables sale of defense obligations.

Congress Stephen Early Roosevelt National Defense National Defense Commission Edward RR. Stettinius, Jr United States Steel Williams. Knudsen General Motors Sidney Hillman Amalgamated Clothing Workers Chester C. Davis Federal Reserve Board Agricultural Adjustment Administration Farmer Ralph Budd Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Leon Henderson Securities Commission Miss Harriet Elliott University of North Carolina

Civil mobilization in Italy expands with volunteers and pensioned workers

Young Fascists patrol traffic as air raid duty uniforms appear in Rome. Government plans replace conscripts with pensioned employees, prioritizing large families, while a million and a half volunteers including women and minors join industrial and agricultural work. La Tribuna notes Paris hopes to lift blockades.

Rome Fascist Party la Tribuna Paris

Rev F L Conrad Opens Lutheran Synod Meet

Hickory May 29 The 36th annual convention of the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina opened with a communion service led by Rev F L Conrad of High Point A sermon by Dr J L Morgan of Salisbury and reports and officer elections followed Today and tomorrow feature ordination services with the convention closing Friday

Hickory United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina F. L. Conrad High Point J. L. Morgan Salisbury

German Forces Break Through Northwest Front Driving to Dunkerque

German high command reports massive advances in Northern France and Belgium as Lille and Dunkerque areas collapse. The drive envelops Ostend Dixmude and Ypres pocket with widespread air raids and naval activity. Belgian king Leopold capitulates, Belgian forces surrender, and Goering threatens reprisals against Allied prisoners.

Hospital ships sunk amid Channel bombing

Military circles report two hospital ships were bombed and sunk while crossing the English Channel several days ago. The attacks caused serious loss of life and involved German planes.

London English Channel

Narvik Hold Harbors Allies Graves Grim Outlook

The Narvik region remains the sole Allied foothold in Norway after early May withdrawals from Namsos and Andalsnes. The capture gives a sea and air base near Arctic Norway, with Narvik about 400 miles from Trondheim and close to German targets near the British Isles. Churchill aides urged restraint over Leopold's capitulation as Germany looms, and Britain forms a tanks production board while tightening security and widening wartime taxes.

Narvik Norway Namsos Andalsnes Norwegian Arctic Circle British Isles Trondheim Germany Alfred Duff Cooper Leopold Gallipoli Churchill Roger Keyes Commons Herbert Morrison Britain Alexander Roger Ministry of Munitions Morrison Westminister Parliament Metropolitan Police Special War Constabulary Kingsley Wood

Urban residents move to country

Greensboro May 29 Special to The Enterprise George L Stansbury chairman of Guilford County board of commissioners cites rural school attendance data to explain stagnant urban growth as residents migrate outward. White rural schools show steady gains 1937 1938 1939 while Negro rural schools show a decline across the same years.

Greensboro George L. Stansbury Board of County Commissioners Guilford County Stansbury

Weather Outlook for Carolinas and Virginia with Winds

Mostly tonight and Thursday scattered showers in North and South Carolina with little temperature change. Virginia to see showers Thursday and late tonight. Northeasterly winds fade into fresh easterlies south, coastal areas overcast and windy tonight. Wilmington and Raleigh readings indicate mild trends with scattered showers across the region.

North Carolina South Caro Virginia Sandy Hook Hatter Hatteras Jackson Ton Charlotte Weather Bureau Asheville Dsseess Birmingham Charleston Copumbia Galveston Greensboro Jacksonville Little Rock Los Angeles Menon Diveesvegen Ees Minn-St. P. Desedves Qa Bobuing Ait. Mitchell New Orleans Raleigh San Antonio San Francisco Si Spartanburg Tampa Washington Wilmington

Woman Slightly Hurt in Traffic Accident

Mrs Kathleen Wood of View Street was slightly hurt when a truck and a bicycle collided near Ward and Prospect Street yesterday afternoon. The car was driven by Mr Hawkins of Thomasville and the truck belonged to Kennedy Company. Wood received treatment at a physician’s office.

Kathleen Wood View Street Iite Ward Prospect St Hawkins Thomasville Kennedy Company Wood

War Today reports on guarded drive and Dunkerque trap

Clipped paragraphs describe a Wehrmacht push toward the Belgian coast as German forces encircle allied troops near Dunkerque. The piece weighs whether an oceanic escape is possible while pondering Leopold and shifting strategy, with concern for heavy bombardment and a perilous channel evacuation.

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