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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1939
Page
2
Generally fair Sunday and Monday with partly cloudy skies. Showers expected in the mountains and north central areas later, with little change in temperatures.
North Carolina section of the American Water Works Association will hold its annual convention in Charlotte from November 6 to 8. William M. Pratt of Durham, president, announced today. The event will be held jointly with the North Carolina Sewage Works Association.
French and Swiss troops confront border tensions as fishers protest a lake ban. Swiss neutrality holds with anti air fire warnings for any encroaching aircraft. Lake Leman remains largely quiet with police boats and Swiss port calls continuing.
The article notes Nazi calls for reserves as a bulwark against Bolshevism while predicting a new fate for Finland. It reports Soviet troop plans in Estonia and Latvia, with 25 000 troops to be quartered in Estonia, and Latvia awaiting a Russian military commission. Germany seeks repatriation of Germans from Latvia as the government weighs the move.
A Soviet Ukraine official said Lithuanians seeking Wilno would pursue emigration only via a treaty. He described a plebiscite to let liberated peoples in Polish Ukraine and White Russia choose between a bourgeois democratic republic or a Communist state. Finnish leaders kept silent on a Moscow invitation rumor. Turkish talks remained shrouded in mystery with unclear progress or Soviet proposals.
One minute interviews with Ann Sothern Barbara Stanwyck Mervyn LeRoy Ruth Terry Mary Martin Tim Holt Zorina Mrs Paul Muni Producer Joe Pasternak Rosalind Russell Walter Pidgeon reveal blunt views on fame money and career strategy in Hollywood.
The article describes German night raids on French lines along the Maginot and Siegfried positions as France strengthens its front. French posts stay vigilant with flares and artillery in use while weather and fog limit aerial activity.
In Bakersville Mitchell County the homes of Sheriff Jess Woody and his father were partly destroyed by two explosions. SBI agents from Raleigh were assigned to the case after threats against the sheriff and earlier attempts by ballistics experts to identify letter writers. Officials suggest possible political motives as the blasts were timed to occur closely together.
The report notes Chamberlain will elaborate on his stance in a Wednesday address. It mentions Finland and Germany weighing acceptance of a possible Russo Nordic accord and recalls Finland’s prior refusal to sign a nonaggression pact with Germany.
Mr and Mrs W K Ellington announce the birth of a son Paul Granville on September 25 at Guilford General Hospital. Mrs Ellington before marriage was Miss Virginia Hazzard.
President William Green extols the American Federation of Labor at a Cincinnati Allied Council of Federal Employees dinner. He credits nonpartisanship for labor progress and criticizes CIO rival John L. Lewis while urging federal workers reforms including a 3 hour work week and a $1500 annual minimum wage.
Dewitt Clinton Cook goes on trial in Los Angeles for the attack slaying of Russian dancer Anya Sosoyeva and related coast slugging cases. He challenges past confessions while his life hangs in the balance of the courtroom proceedings.
Headed by Chairman Frank L. Dunlap a group of state highway and public works officials will travel to Richmond Virginia for the 25th annual convention of the American Association of State Highway Officials Chief Highway Engineer W Vance Baise will address the gathering on highway equipment developments over the past 25 years
Kemp C. Clendenin of Greensboro was elected president of the North Carolina Association of Real Estate Boards at its final session in Charlotte. Officers include Lloyd Moore of Wilmington as first vice president Platt Boys of Asheville as second vice president and Hoyt W. Boone of Greensboro as secretary treasurer. Greensboro will host next year’s meeting. The group backed an overall tax limitation plan and discussed the real estate license law as Frederick Willetts of Wilmington offered improvement ideas. Frank C. Owens of Atlanta spoke on European war impact on real estate.
Leona Smith, 17, a Stokes County high school student, was found dead from a rifle self-inflicted wound at her home on Germanton Road three miles from Walnut Cove. Coroner Dr J Helsabeck ruled death by own action and said no inquest was needed. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs B W Smith.
Berlin reports that Estonia President Konstantin Pats has approved a new trade treaty with Germany following the Estonian government's proposal.
Senators from Nevada and Wyoming discuss President’s role in European peace. Wheeler endorses strong action to avert a wider war if Poland’s former government is restored. Pittman cautions against a formal mediator role while McCarran warns against Wilson’s Versailles misstep. O Mahony says the U.S. should aid peace but not set terms.
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