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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1939
Page
5
The sixth national conference on labor legislation will open in Washington on Monday with state labor commissioners and agency administrators discussing labor laws and standards over a three day meeting. Chris van Heerden aged 89 and his wife 80 celebrated their sixty fifth wedding anniversary in Cradock South Africa.
Walter Winchell reports on front page commentary with Thurber and Harold Denny noting British troops marching to South of the Border. Munich bombing pamphlets mock German bombers, amid discussion of war heroism and media analysis. Stanley Walker reviews Harold Ickes' America's House of Representatives.
Thomas M. Marchant aged 60 of Greenville, president of a Piedmont textile mill chain, died of a heart attack shortly after leaving the Clemson Wake Forest football game. He had served as past president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association.
A Philadelphia schnauzer named Bucky, three years old, repeatedly goes to the dog pound, scratches, wags his tail, and waits at the door to be admitted. His owner is puzzled but receptive to explanations.
A collage of quips attributed to public figures and celebrities including Horace Greeley Charles Laughton Loretta Young Earl Browder and Joseph Stalin. The piece mocks press freedom debates and editorial authority while noting editor restrictions and political tensions of the era.
The Gospel Tabernacle hosts a weeklong Missionary Convention beginning tonight with two featured speakers. Miss Emma Krater of India will discuss Indian customs and Gandhi, while Rev A E Loose, Africa missionary, will share experiences and photos. Rev R L Staley of the Christian and Missionary Alliance assists.
Washington analysts warn that a German victory over the Netherlands could pull the United States into Far East trouble due to Dutch East Indies wealth and strategic links to the Philippines. Embargo talk gains momentum as Japan eyes access to Indies and South Seas.
Vice-President Garner's campaign manager E B Germany said the Texan is in the race to win the Democratic nomination. Germany predicted Roosevelt would not seek a third term. Backers said Garner's name would be presented at the Democratic convention regardless of other candidates.
An automobile driven by sportsmen near Lake Okeechobee struck a 28 pound bobcat and killed it. They reversed and ran over a rattlesnake. The Air Raid Prevention bowler in London features a steel lined hat with an anti aircraft gun mounted in front.
A brief poem of seasonal imagery by Clara Worth Bryan. It contrasts summer fruits and grains with the coming winter and its hardships, then envisions a renewal of brotherhood and peace in human hearts after strife.
Carolina students lose the November issue of the Buccaneer campus magazine after all copies were ordered destroyed. The university council did not state reasons for the ban though the issue was accused of sex humor and deemed offensive.
England faces manpower gaps as St. J Church Clapton operates without a verger with Miss V Thurgood filling the role. Miner slackness cited amid coal shortage in Antigua.
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