22 Nov 1939
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1939
Page
1
A wartime journalist, nicknamed Death N Destruction for grim captions, thanks the Boss after being handed a sunny image of Ada Coates relaxing in Miami. He declares convalescence and calls the photo real War Relief.
The 6,660 ton Italian steamer Fianona was reported to be holed and afloat after striking a mine off southeast England. All 33 crew members uninjured, passengers unknown. Britain tightens a wartime blockade to curb German exports and finance war, justifying reprisals for German mine laying.
President Roosevelt arrived in Warm Springs Georgia for Thanksgiving and a few extra days at the infantile paralysis foundation. A special train carried him from Washington and he drove to the Pine Mountain cottage his “other home.” He plans a brief holiday stay amid European conflict and federal duties in Washington.
German planes dropped bombs in a raid over the Shetland Islands off the northern coast of Scotland. Air raid alarms were sounded in one town and the all clear followed. Tracer bullets were fired as the aircraft circled and dropped ordnance.
Fritz Kuhn of the German American Bund blushed as prosecutors read a love letter to Florence Camp during his larceny trial. Kuhn insisted the note was a joke and noted he was already married. The courtroom exchange highlighted tensions as officials outlined the Bund leader’s romantic life amid broader wartime reports.
Berlin reports German authorities blame two captured British secret service agents for the Munich beer hall bombing that targeted Hitler and missed him by eleven minutes on November 8. Capt. Richard Henry Stevens and Sigismund Payne Best allegedly acted with Georg Elser and Otto Strasser, with the agents seized at the Netherlands frontier on November 9.
Secretary Wallace announced loans to farmers on surplus 1939 town corn at a base rate of 57 cents per bushel. Eligible in the Midwest commercial corn belt who did not plant beyond their Agricultural Adjustment Administration allotments. Those who exceeded allotments are ineligible. The rate matches the previous similar program. The commercial area covers 86 major corn producing counties across Iowa Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio Kentucky Kansas and Nebraska.
Giles Yeomans Newton of Gibson paid 100 to Raymond Maxwell, secretary of the state board of elections, to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress from North Carolina’s Eighth District. Newton, who previously ran for the same seat two years ago, finished fifth with 1,417 votes among five candidates.
Sam H. Farabee 57 editor of the Lakeland Ledger died suddenly of a heart attack at his daughter's home in Bradenton Florida. He had returned from a fishing trip when stricken. Farabee earlier worked with the Twin-City Sentinel in Winston-Salem Raleigh Times and helped found the Hickory Record where he edited for years before moving to Lakeland about seventeen years ago.
The British will issue navicerts to exporters showing consignments are unobjectionable to Britain, starting December 1. The system pre examines cargo for shipments from the United States to ten neutral countries, helping curb trans shipments to Germany while preserving neutral rights, says Sumner Welles.
About 30 Scottish clans paraded through crowd lined streets for Scottish Day honoring the 150th anniversary of early Cape Fear region settlement. Graham Finlayson led with color bearers and bagpipers. Fayetteville High School band and Ft Bragg horsemen joined. Dr Frank P Graham spoke as a boulder was unveiled and Highland events continued with a review, games, and Paul Green written drama The Highland Call to be staged nightly.
German warplane flew over villages near the Thames mouth during a third straight day of Luftwaffe recon patrols along the English coast. No air raid warning sounded as crowds watched from streets.
Dutch ship owners canceled all sailings today on government advice, following Britain's warning that German export cargoes on neutral vessels could be seized on the high seas. In France, British and French fighters shot down seven Nazi reconnaissance planes, with an eighth destroyed by ground fire.
Berlin dispatch from November 22 reports DNB the official German news agency claims eleven merchant ships have not reached British ports since Winston Churchill declared the submarine menace defeated two weeks earlier. Eight of the ships are said to be British.
Japanese planes struck Nanning in Kwangsi province delivering bombs and propaganda leaflets while Chinese forces report heavy fighting and casualties on both sides. The fighting centers on the hilly border north of the initial landing point as Japan advances toward Nanning and broader access routes through French Indochina and British Burma.
Most of the nation observes Thanksgiving a week early with markets closing across New York and other major exchanges. Minnesota remains the sole state maintaining the traditional date, while overseas reports note torpedoed ships and ongoing battles as World War II updates flow in.
Fayetteville November 22 Dr Frank Graham president of the University of North Carolina said he is not a candidate for the presidency of Ohio State University. He declined further comment as Ohio State trustees interview candidates to replace Dr George W Rightmire.
Paris dispatch reports the Western Front war as routine with no notable events overnight. Earlier communiques noted three German planes destroyed with no French losses and an artillery duel to the east of the Saar and Vosges.
Paul Rockwell, 42, a chemist, died after inhaling poison gas at Edgewood Arsenal in the Army chemical warfare center. Hospital physicians reported the death today.
The North Carolina Baptist Convention granted the Bibli cal Recorder complete independence from any board or committee, making it responsible to the convention as a whole. Reports on foreign missions and orphanage work were heard, and a 15 member committee led by J. L. Peacock set five charter principles emphasizing ownership rights, enduring Baptist principles, press freedom, editor autonomy, and long historical context.
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