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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1939
Page
2
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with rain in the mountains on Saturday. Warmer tonight, colder in the mountains Saturday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville become southerly and moderate. Sandy Hook to Hatteras shows strong northeast or north winds with off coast rain and overcast conditions offshore.
The two North Carolina State Employment Service offices will be closed on Thursday November 30 for Thanksgiving. Manager J A Gow nthrop announced the early closure and advised those needing services over the weekend to visit on Friday.
The Barbers' Union No. Be affiliated with the American Federation of Labor will meet at the Labor Hall on Washington Street at 7 30 Monday night. Refreshments will be served. Officials urge full attendance to address urgent matters. The article notes Canada parks host large buffalo herds.
Joe T. Carruthers Jr of Greensboro announces candidacy for the North Carolina State House and intends to seek the Speakership. He has served two terms and chaired key committees, shaping laws on elections and pensions, with Guilford County acting as the first to nominate for the post.
The Chamber of Commerce announced additional sponsors for the High Point High School football banquet to honor the team and coaches. Sponsors include R. O. Lindsay J. W. Lindsay Marlowe Van Loan Corporation Noble T. Praigg Charles W. McAnally R. R. Ragan F. Logan Porter Hazel Hardin Mann Drug Company No 2 McLarty Drug Company Harts Pharmacy Ring-Bobbitt Drug Company Matt Wall Jake Froelich Martin Sign Company High Point Paper Box Company Crown Hosiery Mills Amos Hosiery Mills.
The report details German aerial mines dropped by parachute to trip submarines in shallow waters. Eight sinkings were recorded yesterday, including the 315 ton HMS Aragonite and the 974 ton Lowland, with nine missing and one dead. Other vessels Fianona and Nicholaos Pinsos were damaged. herring catches off Northern Ireland surpassed $100,000 in value.
The 15th class Safe Driving School will hold closing exercises tonight at 7 30 in the Municipal Building council room. Twelve students will receive certificates. Lt T A Early of the State Highway Patrol and W A Bivins of The Enterprise will speak. A new class starts Monday November 27 with two groups 4 6 pm and 7 9 pm. Enrollment ends Tuesday at the police desk.
New York report says German sports chief Hans von Tschammer und Gross was not authorized to cancel the 1940 Winter Games but could reject them for Germany. IOC timing remains doubtful as Helsinki hosts the summer Games with Finland seeking continuity despite possible participation limits.
Dr. O C Williamson pastor at First Presbyterian told Kiwanis Club members at the Elwood Hotel luncheon about a summer voyage as chaplain on a Steamship. He recounted hearing of the European war aboard ship and the forced redirection to a Cuban port then Orlando and return home by rail. Lee F Schaner led the program. Visitors included C L Jennings Wytheville Va W T Powell John H Kalte Frank Davis and Frank J Sizemore all of High Point.
Federal employment hits a new high as the size of government payroll grows from 572,000 to 939,000 since 1933. The report notes housing growth around Washington with Greenbelt Md and nearby developments easing the population surge while federal housing programs expand.
London authorities report no motive for the shotgun deaths of Sir William Reid former acting governor of Assam and Lady Reid. The couple were found dead near their rural home near Portsmouth after going for a walk. Sir William 68 and Lady Reid 61.
Seven United States Army bombing planes returning from a goodwill flight to Brazil took off at 3 20 a m E S T today from Natal Brazil en route to Paramaribo and Maracaibo. Bomber No 81 later returned to Natal due to slight motor trouble, a Natal Pan American station reported.
A 30 second tremor yesterday rattled dishes and cracked walls in parts of Missouri Illinois Kansas Iowa and Wisconsin but caused no major damage. The 1917 marked tremor remains the region's most intense in memory and the area slowly recovers.
Raymond entered the gas chamber at 10 03 and the gas started at 10 05. It took 16 minutes before the doctor declared him dead. Witnesses saw him wave his hand as he breathed in the gas. Prison chaplain baptized him Monday night. It was the 229th execution since 1910, the 184th Black inmate and 57th by gas.
The Young Men's Musical Association will present a concert of band music at Park Street School auditorium in Asheboro Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Douglas Danfels leads the program as the new director, and the public is invited to attend.
The 5133 ton Netherlands tanker Sliedrecht was sunk by a submarine off the northwest coast. Five survivors reached port after seven and a half days afloat in an open boat, rescued by a trawler. The submarine commander examined papers and said he must sink the neutral bound ship, refusing crew transfer.
The deceased, a former church moderator, served pastorates in Wytheville and Alexandria Virginia before holding three-year posts in Norfolk. He led Nashville Church for six years, then Newark for ten years, and returned to Nashville in 1910. He earned Doctor of Divinity from King College and Hampden-Sydney in 1896 and Doctor of Laws from King College and Austin College in 1916.
With two Asheboro mills and all county committees outside the city still to report the Red Cross drive total donations stand near 1200 dollars as reported by Roll Call Chairman Miss Dee Armfield Indications suggest final totals of at least 1500 dollars once all reports are in News notes state and regional charity drive progress in Asheboro and Randolph County
Firemen responded to 319 Walker Street in Highland mill village to extinguish an attic fire believed caused by a defective flue. The residence of A L Wilson sustained small damage.
Building permits issued in the 21 leading NC cities last month totaled 2,378,407 dollars, up from 2,007,946 in October 1938, and down from 2,450,426 in September 1939, per the State Department of Labor.
Arthur Bodanzky, a leading Wagnerian conductor for 24 years with the Metropolitan Opera Association, died yesterday at 61 after a heart attack in a New York hospital. He was born in Vienna.
Five county jail inmates reportedly kept others from meals by pilfering prune and peach juices, cooking and fermenting them. Sheriff Jose Elliott lists effects as colossal hangovers loss of good behavior ratings and social ostracism by fellow prisoners.
The famous clock in London is now wound by an electric motor taking 20 minutes to complete the task.
Secret police report that Munich carpenter George Elser confessed on November 14 to planting the six day bomb that failed to kill Adolf Hitler. The device exploded at the Beer Hall rally in 1939, injuring eight Nazis and prompting new questioning of Stevens and Best near the Netherlands border.
In Albany on November 24 a 14-pound turkey got a novelty twist as Mrs. Norbert A. Pfaffenbach sewed a slide fastener into the bird to keep the dressing intact. After three hours of roasting she unzipped it to reveal a satisfied family.
W. D. Yates was granted a divorce from Ruth Yates on two years separation after a rare jury in High Point Municipal Court. Judge MacRae paused criminal court to hear the case as a State Senator, Chief of Police, prosecuting attorney, a newspaperman, three police officers and five lawyers served on the voluntary jury. The panel, unpaid, delivered its verdict within seconds of presentation.
George Tatarescu, a nationalist former premier allied with France and Britain, works to form a concentration government as Romania’s cabinet resigns over refused German trade concessions. King Carol II backs conferences with leaders from the National Peasants Party Liberal Party and National Rebirth Front. Grigore Gafencu attended talks as Romania weighs German requests for oil and food at reduced prices.
President Roosevelt addresses a principle behind defense revenue plans saying no decisions on taxes or dollars yet. He notes a deficit reduction could exceed half if the budget is cut and revenues rise while defense costs are incurred. He avoids market prognostications and hopes for a world free of war by next spring.
Chicago producers show butter quantity 586,024 with varying scores from 88 to 92. Carrot listings include 281 ages 3 397 steady and fresh graded items with categories such as extra firsts firsts and current receipts noted along with refrigerator extras and standards.
Boston report shows Mrs. Sarah Lipson, owner of a variety store, phoned police after overhearing two youths discuss a robbery plan. Officers sought details, then ten minutes later two gunmen robbed the store of 15 dollars before fleeing. Lipson notified police again.
The report notes that shifting a vehicle to right-hand seating requires altering 1500 separate parts. This modification impacts components across the assembly to accommodate the change in driver position.
Argentina implements price caps on staples including food and medicines to curb inflation. Government officials announce the new limits across major retailers and say monitoring will ensure compliance and prevent shortages.
C. W. Coach of 202 West Lexington Avenue High Point qualified as administrator of the estate of the late Dr. James W. Godwin of High Point. The estate is valued at 7000 dollars in personal property with heirs Beulah M. Godwin widow and James W. Godwin son, both of High Point.
Rat poison made to government specifications will be sold at city hall tomorrow afternoon from two to four o'clock per official announcement.
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