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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1939
Page
1
Angelo Greco, a cafe operator, lies dead in the doorway as plainclothes police hunt a gunman who vanished into the throng. Witnesses, many from nearby tenements, refuse to identify the killer amidst the crowd.
German high command claimed a triple air war success and said three British planes were driven off en route to Wilhelmshaven. The British air ministry said RAF planes photographed an important German naval base amid heavy anti air fire. A German scouting flight reached the West Coast of England, described as one of the most daring yet, as French troops dug in east of the Moselle and long range emplacements were built.
Berlin reports executions in Prague total twelve in two days as Nazi authorities expand treason law to Bohemia Moravia. Nine students among the dead. two policemen among the latest victims. Authorities cite suppression of Czech disaffection and affirm order in protectorate.
Japanese forces report a 50 mile inland advance from the southern coast into Kwangsi Province capturing a walled town 30 miles from Nanning and forcing Chinese evacuations of Yamhsien near the Kwangsi border as part of a campaign toward Indo China and Burma.
In Asheville on November 18, officials predicted rain would help combat rampant fires as a seven day drought continued. Fire crews warned shifting winds could rekindle blazes including a major threat near Craggy Gardens. Governor Hoey announced WPA fire control aid would expand to additional counties if requested.
The government announced that two German flying boats appeared over Holland on November 18 and fired on Dutch planes. Neither side reported damage and the engagement left both forces largely unscathed.
Authorized sources say the Swedish steamer Valpariso seized with newsprint by the German navy will be held until officials are convinced its voyage is to South America.
The Justice Department announced approval of a court order to dispose of $28,000,000 worth of Libby, McNeill and Libby stock owned by Swift and Company. This marked a major antitrust victory for federal enforcement in Washington on November 18.
Nine of ten crewmen die after a collision between the menhaden vessel Southland and a barge towing tug six miles north of Beaufort. Coast guard crews recover one body, N. R. Hewitt of Southport, aboard the 100 foot Southland bound from Ocracoke to Morehead City with 300000 menhaden.
Willard Shockley, 23, an ex convict with a kill on sight order, was shot dead in Shawneetown after a brief downtown gun battle with Sheriff Ed Hines and Deputy Reuben Davis. He had been hunted since Wednesday for wounding State Highway Patrolman Cecil Brokmyer, who lay critically injured in a Harrisburg hospital. An eyewitness said Shockley was cornered after being picked up hitchhiking west of town by Noah Kurtine, mine owner, who believed him from newspaper photos.
The State Department reports 48 cases where belligerents detained American ships for papers or cargo checks between Sept 1 and Nov 17. Britain led with 33 detentions, followed by France 10, Germany 4, and one unidentified vessel. The average detention lasted eight days, with the City of Flint held 27 days and the City of Joliet 22 days. Shipping firms complain to the Maritime Commission and the State Department studies remedies.
The Commerce Department announced a board to investigate the inland waterway collision six miles north of Beaufort North Carolina last night. J Frank Staley of the admiralty section will chair the panel with Eugene Carlston and Captain T G Crapster serving alongside him.
The Especo northbound from Wilmington to Norfolk with six aboard suffered no damage after a collision with the Southland wrecking crew at daybreak. The crew survived with minor injuries, while E. J. Fulcher and Charlie Fulcher of Stacy and several Southport and Morehead City residents were reported dead. Captains Dunbar and Guthrie blamed each other for failing to heed warnings.
TVA director David E. Lilienthal blasted Commonwealth and Southern subsidiaries for obstruction in rural electrification. He cited Alabama Power and other utilities as examples of aggressive opposition and lawsuits aimed at thwarting farmer led power cooperatives. The remarks came during a Tallapoosa River EMC event and referenced past transfer of C and S assets to TVA for 78.4 million dollars.
New York dispatch reports a contract for 400 to 600 North American training planes and parts valued around 20 million dollars between Inglewood California and the British Purchasen Commission. The order, first public after the embargo repeal, targets Canada for use in the empire air scheme to train 25,000 Royal Air Force volunteers yearly. Delivery details remain unspecified. planes likely fly to a Montana airport near a Canadian airstrip then cross the border to comply with the new Neutrality Act.
Fay Smith and her mother visited the auditor in Spokane on November 18 and paid 450 pennies on the counter. The coins symbolized 450 visits by Fay's suitor Ernest Faler, with each call accompanied by a penny toward the licensing fee.
In Chicago on a November night Pasquale Addante a 13 year old seventh grader sat behind his father's grocery counter when a Negro thief demanded money and fled after grabbing 10 dollars. Pasquale then fired killing the robber who had shot his father Vito Addante as he pursued the felon to Provident Hospital.
Mrs. Fritz Kuhn will testify in the larceny trial of the German American Bund leader as the defense resumes Monday. Chief Counsel Sabbatino announced the witness, noting she has kept a low profile amid headlines about Kuhn and Bund activities.
A Cork delegation asked U S Minister John Cudahy to renew normal United States shipping services to Ireland. They said Cork bears financial losses and unemployment as Ireland lies in the war zone and U S ships are barred from trading there under the neutrality policy.
Baltimore reports Scarface Al Capone prepared to quit gang life. Brother John Capone from Villanova says the bedridden leader bears no hard feelings after seven years’ imprisonment and is anxious about treatment at Alcatraz with Dr Joseph Moore offering cautious updates. Capone faces heat therapy as hospital sources note chronic illness.
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