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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1939
Page
8
Amid the fifth week of the European War Britain floats a peace mood with songs and parlor humor. Churchill voices echoed hope in an empire radio address as Berlin signals possible peace overtures.
King George rallies Britain as 250000 more men are summoned. Churchill and Chamberlain vow to end German aggression. Poland is partitioned by Germany and Russia, with Rome Berlin axis forming. Pope Pius XII counsels Poland’s resilience as Warsaw falls amid fires and bombardment.
French patrols push operations between the Maginot and Siegfried lines with village raids and forest skirmishes. Britain reports a Danish ship torpedoed off Brazil as navies warn neutrals to avoid risky routes near Britain and France.
As factions split over Stalin’s Western policy, observers weigh two theories: Russia aiding Hitler to fracture the Allies, or Britain and France provoking a war Moscow wants to exploit. Kremlin talks with Turkey Latvia and Lithuania fuel similar, conflicting readings of Soviet aims. Real name revealed Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili.
The Pan American conference in Panama set a 300 to 1200 mile safety zone off American coasts to protect inter‑American shipping and limit belligerent access. It also added advisory bodies and scheduled a Havana meeting next year. Britain withdrew 10 Yangtze gunboats while China and Japan clashed over Changsha with reported heavy losses on both sides. Families at home receive government allowances for England England and China remain in conflict as world war pressures continue.
Dies committee reports on Un-Americanism in Chicago. Federal charges against 52 Kentucky coal operators dropped. Richard Halliburton presumed dead after Pacific voyage. Missouri Senator Clark proposes Britain and France surrender Western Hemisphere islands to the United States for war debt settlement. Notable deaths include Archbishop George Cardinal Mundelein Congressmen Thomas S. McMillan Senator M. M. Logan and entertainer Fay Templeton.
Florida soil drainage spent 11 million to reclaim swampy marshes turning it into a lush producer. As peat dried, vast fires swept the area endangering swamp birds. Officials plan locks and levees to slow drainage. Separate reports note subsidence on Idaho, Montana lands due to underground phenomena.
The American Federation of Labor opened its 59th convention in Cincinnati with gains of nearly 500000 members in a year to a total of 4006354. Deliberations focused on jurisdiction threats from the Brewery Workers Union and the International Typographical Union while broader issues included war policy, embargo repeal, and labor’s role in a national crisis.
In the week ended Oct 7 1914 the battle of the Aisne continued with no decisive outcome on the Western Front. Antwerp in Belgium withstood German guns as Turkey kept the Dardanelles closed. Japan claimed to have captured a German island in the Pacific while the United States observed Peace Sunday.
October events listed include Fire Prevention Week starting Sunday October 8 CIO convention opening Tuesday in San Francisco Postmasters' convention in Washington Government crop report due labeled Fourth of July in China Boer War began 40th anniversary Wednesday October 11 Columbus Day Thursday AP editors meet New York National business show opens Saturday October 14.
In a noon session the Senate heard Key Pittman defend a come-and-get-it plan replacing the embargo on arms to belligerents. William Borah rejected cash and carry arguing it could drag the United States into war with nations unable to pay.
Senator Norris urges repeal arguing England and France fight with backs to the wall and legal rights support law that keeps the U S out of war while aiding humanity. Herbert Hoover counters that Allies can defend empires and victory or stalemate are possible, defeat unlikely.
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