09 Oct 1938
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1938
Page
1
A hurricane shaped college football upsets across the nation with Ohio State and North Carolina losing, Auburn defeated by Tennessee, and Minnesota, Pitt, and Alabama rolling on. Columbia and Penn faculty led notable eastern wins while Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech and Duke toppled Colgate in key showdowns.
Parliamentary representatives of Ru nia vote to keep Ruthenia within dwindling Czechoslovakia defying Poland and Hungary. A Ruthenian delegation urged autonomy similar to Slovakia an early government arrangement. Poland demands cession to Hungary while frontier tensions grow as Czechoslovakia faces border realignments. Dr Joseph Kasper appointed premier and affairs minister in Prague government.
Tulane beat Carolina 17 to 14 while Duke edged Colgate 7 to 0 Alabama shutout State 14 to 0 Cornell trounced Harvard 13 to 0 Penn topped Yale 21 to 0 Duquesne blanked Dartmouth 22 to 0 Princeton beat Columbia 0 to 0 Army won 18 to 0 over Navy 338 Virginia yielded 0 Tenn 7 Auburn 0 Vanderbilt 14 Kentucky 7 Vt Vv P 27 W and M 0 Vv M 1 7 Clemson 7 Minn 7 Purdue 0 Southern Cal 14 Ohio State Illinois 12 Indiana 2 Michigan 45 Chicago 7 U L A 18 Wash 0 Santa Clara 7 Texas A and M 0 Rice 0 L 8 U and
Newly elected officers of the North Carolina department of the American Legion and its affiliated groups will be installed in Asheville on October 17. Burgin Pennell will become state Legion commander, Mrs. Herbert Taylor will lead the Legion Auxiliary, Andrew W. Lalli will head the Grand Voiture Forty and Fight, and Lincolnton Voiture will initiate candidates. The Forty and Fight plans a wreck event October 15, with the Boys State commission meeting October 16 to finalize plans for next summer's Boys State camp.
Rev Dr Paul Kraus of Fort Wayne Ind denounces secular education as the era’s greatest threat, calling the “godless professor” a danger to American life in a sharp convention address before the United Lutheran church in America gathering in Baltimore.
Federal statisticians project a spring peak for wartime and peacetime stimulus with $9 billion annual outlay. WPA payrolls rise to about 3.12 million. PWA loans total $1.54 billion for thousands of local projects. navy bids for three battleships to cost about $216 million announced for October 19.
Fourteen Americans released by Spanish insurgents arrived in France after months in the San Pedro De Cadena prison camp. They were exchanged for 14 Italian aviators in a deal arranged by Ambassador Claude G. Bowers. The group, once ragged in khaki, received fresh clothes and a hearty meal before heading to Paris.
Secretary Wallace reiterates support for processing taxes to fund subsidy payments to cotton growers after a forecast of a larger crop. He prefers subsidies over higher loans, warns loans could harm exports and government holdings, and says farmers will need continuing federal aid.
AFL leaders at the Houston convention consider delaying peace talks with the CIO awaiting John L. Lewis's next move. Vice President Daniel Tobin urges stronger action beyond keeping the door open, while President Roosevelt calls for unity to preserve labor peace.
A Nazi crowd in Vienna smashed windows at Theodore Cardinal talizer's palace and invaded his archdiocesan offices in apparent retaliation for a Catholic demonstration. Furniture was thrown into the street and burned, a fire brigade quenched the blaze, and police dispersed rioters after about an hour. The violence followed a nighttime protest by Catholic youths who attended the Cardinal's sermon and a Nazi cafe crowd.
The North Carolina state board of elections rejected Paul C. Canady’s resignation from the Davidson County elections board and said he will be notified of future meetings. Canady had quit amid disputes over eighth congressional district returns and ballot validity in Davidson County.
Adolf Hitler tours the Saar valley ahead of a planned speech at a new theater in Saarbrucken. German authorities also revoke Jewish passports in Germany and set two weeks for surrender, while consulates face visa disruptions.
Charlotte reports 300 teachers at the first annual meeting of the south Piedmont district of the North Carolina Classroom Teachers Association. Mrs. Myrtle Hooper Dahl of Minneapolis urged professional realization as a path to school improvements and higher teacher certification for quality in teaching and student benefit. Miss Anna Schrock of Salisbury presided as district president.
The Fascist Grand Council reaffirmed Rome Berlin axis solidarity and approved Mussolini participation in the Munich conference. It sent greetings to legionnaires returning from Spain after 18 months of campaigning. Italy signaled withdrawal of about 10 000 troops from Franco's forces, with observers noting past estimates of 40 000 to 80 000 Italian fighters in Spain.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will visit Canada next year, accepting the Canadian prime minister’s suggestion. The Balmoral announcement says they hope to arrive in early summer and spend about three weeks in the dominion, with no mention of a United States stop.
North Carolina State Federation of Labor executive committee declines to endorse a Republican candidate for labor commissioner. It cites no endorsement as preserving the labor union’s “pleasant relationship” with the office. The body names C. A. Fink to lead labor in the upcoming legislature and to attend the national labor legislation conference in Washington. Governor Hoey appointed Fink. Winston-Salem’s G. D. Sexton to pursue a court action against ex-official B. L. Sandefur to recover funds and records.
W E Townsend announced 600 striking deepwater dock workers in Jacksonville would return to their jobs tomorrow after a union shipper committee agreed to a stipulated eight hour day. About 1 800 idle workers remained at Charleston Savannah and Brunswick with prospects seen for settlement.
U S officials map a defense to hold the 170000000 dollar American stake in Central and Southeastern Europe as Adolf Hitler moves to expand a German trade offensive. Walther Funk tours the Balkans and signs pacts with Jugoslavia and Turkey. Britain and France join in resisting Balkan economic domination.
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