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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1939
Page
1
Berlin reports a camouflaged 7,000-ton British auxiliary warship, used as an Uboat trap and disguised as a Dutch merchantman, was sunk by a German submarine. British accounts claim the 8,860-ton Mangalore struck a mine off the southeast coast with 77 crew saved.
Senator Vandenberg backed the idea of levying special taxes to fund emergency defense costs and paid for them on a pay as you go basis. He said such outlays should be paralleled by taxes to maintain sound public credit as national defense. Other leaders differed on continuing or expanding borrowing and tax use.
The War Department plans joint army navy maneuvers early next year with the third infantry division about 8000 officers and men, plus sailors and marines, in tests of land operations on the Pacific coast possibly tying to fleet games. The schedule follows Europe, hemisphere defense, and Pacific base developments, with revisions to keep the division split between western posts and massing others in the south.
London says the 8577 ton German steamer Adolph Woermann was scuttled in the South Atlantic to avoid capture. Reuters dispatch from Capetown reports 35 passengers including 18 women and 127 crew were rescued.
The latest week shows rising mine and submarine activity killing and sinking ships, echoing Germany’s 1917 mine campaign that crippled Allied sea lanes. Britain alone has lost 83 ships. total wartime deaths exceed two thousand, with 153 vessel losses so far.
E Lee Trinkle former governor of Virginia died suddenly at the Hotel John Marshall in Richmond at about 8 this morning. He aged 63 served as governor from 1921 to 1925 and was president of Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. He was born in Wytheville March 12 1876.
Hollywood discusses a looming general strike after AFL union leaders demand a 10 percent wage rise for 23 000 studio technicians. William Bioff says the entire AFL will back the walkout unless wages are revised amid wartime production cuts and star salaries sparking industry tensions.
Seven inmates escaped Dougherty County prison farm in Albany after binding guards with bed sheets and wounding Captain L. B. Herring. The escapees fled in Herring’s car. identified were Walter Timmons serving life for murder, A. S. Ross for burglary, and five African American felons.
In Odense Denmark a Holland American freighter named Slot edijk, nearing completion after a launch on October 5, burned and was destroyed. One man died in the blaze. The 7,900-ton, 475-foot twin screw vessel was sister to the Sonemelsdijk.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd sails on a three year Antarctic expedition. He flies from Havana to Cristobal to meet his flagship North Star for continued exploration at the South Pole. The Bear will dock at Norfolk then join the North Star at the polar base.
A three alarm fire in Columbia Illinois caused several thousand dollars in damage to six business establishments. Fire Chief A Mec Marsh said the blaze started around 10 am from an exploding oil heater in a used furniture shop and was brought under control quickly.
President Roosevelt met November 25 with Georgia’s congressional delegation led by Rep Carl Vinson at the Little White House. He discussed defense spending, borrowing versus taxing, and urged public opinion on an expanded, pay as you go defense program, while Sen Walter F George reported he was not invited to the talks.
The US Coast Guard Sebago searched waters off Cape Fear for the two masted pleasure schooner Pinta reported in distress Thursday night with six aboard. The Brazos notified the Coast Guard but gave no details. a Charleston plane could join the search if weather allows. onboard were Austin Gilmour 33 former Richmond newspaper man Mrs Vance Goddard John de Groot Richmond artist and wife Robert L Young Richmond attorney. The Pinta sailed November 18 from Hampton for Jacksonville as part of a round the world voyage.
Eight self styled vice squads conducted raids in Huntington after city police failed to act. They jailed 18 for illegal liquor sales and led to 139 arrests in prior waves, declaring ongoing action despite city leadership opposition.
London reports mounting neutral protests failed to sway Britain from seizing German exports as part of its economic war. Nations including The Netherlands Belgium Italy Japan Sweden and Denmark joined representations, with the United States and Soviet Russia still silent. Britain signals it will reply that protests should not alter its policy.
German bomber spotted over the Shetland Islands for the ninth time in four weeks. Air raid warnings issued near the Clydeside shipbuilding center in southwest Scotland. Anti aircraft guns fired and an all clear followed 37 minutes after the initial warning.
An order in council implementing Britain's decision to seize German exports was expected Tuesday. Britain urged fishermen to help sweep English coastal waters of mines to protect shipping amid German offensive warfare while a fleet of travelers moved through the area.
New York November 25 Fritz Kuhn Bund leader faces trial over alleged theft of Bund funds. His wife Elsa comments on the letters noting humor in the affair while Kuhn’s defense challenges the indictment as indefinite. The judge will rule on two remaining counts of stealing from the Bund treasury to cover Mrs Camp’s moving bills.
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