German Flying Mine Laying Seen as Feasible Yet Not New
British intelligence cautions that aerial mining by planes is not a novel tactic and requires mass use to impact shipping. Experts note two methods for deploying buoyant mines and warn that effective defense hinges on more patrol vessels and stronger anti aircraft measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Ministry
Thomas M. Johnson
NEA Service
Thames
England
Scapa Flow
Britain
United States
Notice of Service by Publication in High Point Court
The Municipal Court of High Point Guilford County North Carolina issues notice for action to enforce a tax lien on real estate listed under J. E. Auman Estate for 1935. Defendants must appear and answer within 30 days from December 18 1939 or relief will be granted. Clerk Irvin B. Ingram signs the notice dated November 18 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
High Point
North Carolina
Guilford County
J. E. Auman
D. E. Auman
Mollie Auman
C. A. Auman
Lizzie Auman
Lillian A. Byerly
Henry Byerly
Bonnie A. Frazier
Cavin Frazier
Mary A. Holmes
Thos. A. Holmes
Lula A. Morgan
Chas
J. E. Alman
Taney
Irvin
Ingram
Sale Notice in High Point Court Auction Emerywood Lot
A High Point Municipal Court order directs a public auction on December 11 1939 at 11:00 AM at the Guilford County Building east door High Point for cash subject to court confirmation. The parcel Emerywood Lot 171 Emerywood Addition No 4 Pl 7 21 Guilford County listed to W I Spaugh 1935. Commissioner H L Baumgardner signs the notice November 6 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Spaugh
Katherine B. Spaugh
J. B. Lyon
W. K. Hoskins
City of
High Point
North Carolina
Guilford County
City
High Point Township
N. C
Emerywood
Office of the Register of Deeds
H. L. Baumgardner
High Point ‘Township
Go County
Union Street
W. Cassady
Page Register of Deeds Office
G County
N.C
J. A. Nelson
Seaplane Egg Mystery Sparks Detonation Claim
Report says locals found one of the seaplanes eggs and, instead of delivering it for expert analysis, detonated it with a rifle. The incident underscores the odd and dangerous nature of the wartime period.
Denunciation of Spiritualism in Christian Science Lesson Sermon
Sunday service discusses ancient and modern necromancy and hypnotism. Biblical cautions against familiar spirits and divination appear with Mary Baker Eddy's view that spiritualism lacks reality and science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All
Christian Science Churches and Societies
Mary Baker Eddy
Three Die In North Carolina Weekend Crashes
Weekend traffic accidents across North Carolina killed three people. James Hatley a four year old boy, died after being struck near his Greensboro area home. Clyde Self twenty one was fatally injured and Bill Moss was seriously hurt when struck on the Cherryville Bessemer City highway. Mrs Annie Wilson twenty six died and two others were injured when their automobile overturned near Junaluska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
North Carolina
James Hatley
Greensboro
Clyde Self
Bill Moss
Cherryville- Bessemer City
Annie Wilson
Junaluska
Allied Forces On Defense As Nazis Weigh Big Drive
Allied forces guard the front from the North Sea to the Swiss border as defense remains the strategy. British war minister Hore Belisha says Germany must break through the Maginot Line and Franco British reserves to win the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Germany
Maxwell to Speak as Gubernatorial Prospects Gather
North Carolina revenue commissioner A J Maxwell will close Thom asville civic leaders gubernatorial candidate series addressing the fifth joint meeting of Lions Rotary and Business and Professional Women clubs at 12 15 in the Women s Club Building The lineup has featured five leading Democrats for the nomination with prior speakers including J M Broughton Willis Smith Wilkins P Horton and Lee Gravely of Rocky Mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
A. J. Maxwell
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Raleigh
Wilkins P. Horton
Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
Dodge Foundry Crew Returns Amid Calm Detroit Event
About 200 Negro foundry workers entered the Chrysler main Dodge plant as 3,500 union pickets jeered but refrained from violence. Police stood by with 1,000 officers after warnings of possible clashes amid a 52 day strike. Normal plant force is 20,000. tensions remain high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler
Dodge
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Diplomats unequal to insuring peace after war
The article argues that three months of war prove diplomats failed to secure Europe against further conflict. It contends French soldiers' insistence on confronting realities after World War I is sound and that military minds will guide future peace terms. It also notes a Maginot line along the Rhine as protection for western Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
West
Warsaw
Europe
Western
Rhine
Seaboard Medical Meeting to Feature Health Leaders in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach hosts the 44th annual Seaboard Medical Association of Virginia and North Carolina meeting December 12 14 with Dr Raymond A Vonderlehr assistant surgeon general addressing the opening program alongside Governor James H Price. A symposium on sulfapyridine includes Dr R Henry Temple Dr Walter B Martin Dr R Bryan Grinnan Jr Dr Harry Walker and Dr William B Porter with a report from the Medical College of Virginia. A December 14 symposium on fracture research covers bed confinement time and reduced suffering with doctors M H Todd Joseph D Collins M A Pittman R L Raiford A L Miller and Foy Vann participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
Seaboard Medical Association of
Virginia
North Carolina
Raymond A. Vonderlehr
U. S. Public Health Service
Vonderlehr
James H. Price
R. Henry Temple
Kinston
N. C
Walter B. Martin
R. Bryan Grinnan, Jr
Norfolk
Harry Walker
Richmond
William B. Porter
Medical College of Virginia
M. H. Todd
Joseph D. Collins
Portsmouth
M. A. Pittman
Wilson, N. C
R. L. Raiford
Franklin
A. L. Miller
Charlotte
Foy Vann
Another Jean Valjean Case in Canton Tex
A man believed to be Homer McManus wanted in Concord North Carolina for the 1937 slaying of Jennings Mullis was held in Canton Texas. Sheriff Cecil Johnson said McManus was recognized from a police poster likeness. He had farmed locally for two years and co owned a filling station with Mullis. North Carolina officers planned to extradite him to Concord. McManus has since married and become a father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Tex
Cecil Johnson
Homer McManus
Concord
N. C
Jennings Mullis
McManus
Mullis
North Carolina
Pisgah Hunt Opens Today in National Forest
Asheville reports the sixth annual Pisgah National Forest deer hunt starts with 250 hunters taking stands for a daily hunt through December 23. Groups of 250 enter the preserve, with a total limit of 2,000 hunters. Each man may stay three days or until a deer or bear is killed. Last year 677 deer were bagged. France bought 57 American planes in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Pisgah National Forest
British Losses Open Tough War Week End
The War Today notes a hard weekend at sea for Britain with the loss of two ships the Polish liner Pilsudski and the armed merchant cruiser Ranakoinci. It adds that German mine and air campaigns threaten Allied shipping while Chamberlain defends British naval superiority and vows to master the mine threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Pilsudski
England
Ranakoinci
Chamberlain
English Channel
North Sea
Russia Marks International Youth Day
Observers in Russia acknowledged International Youth Day with events honoring young people. In Germany, pet meals are now being rationed for cats and dogs amid ongoing supply concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Germany
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Teaneck
N. J
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Maginot Line
Holland
Belgium
Poland
Hy Robt
Ripley
Ranunculus Sceleratus
Teh Ali Shah
Persia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Razor
Atlanta Inc
Lord and Master OF the
Hitler
Henry Rullony
Cee Way
Maxwell Will
Dodge Foundry
TIN Whistles
Pinehurst
India
Wonvereuc
BUYO
Seaboard Med Body
U. S
Jean Valjean
Pisgah Hunt
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Jellicoe
Grand Fleet
Whi
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Ndom
Chamber
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Luden
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