16 Oct 1938
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1938
Page
1
College grid action today produced a day of upsets with Alabama and several powerhouses losing while Penn, Navy, Holy Cross, and Nebraska were among teams defeated. Notre Dame beat Illinois in a clash. Texas Christian and Pittsburgh showed strength as Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Duke advanced among others.
The day’s results show Duke defeated Georgia Tech 6 to 0 while North Carolina beat North University 7 to 0. Wake Forest edged High Point 19 to 0 as Tennessee shut out Alabama 13 to 0 and Virginia topped V P 14 to 1. Other notable scores include Yale 9 over Navy 7, Army 20 over Harvard 17, Purdue 6 tied Fordham 6, and Notre Dame 14 over Illinois 6.
In New York negotiators reached an understanding to release about 75 percent of stranded tonnage from the tug boat workers strike. Union Local 333 will vote on the terms while the strike continues. impact includes delayed docking of transatlantic lines and missed sailings with daily losses estimated at 25 000 dollars to owners and 7 500 to workers.
Associated Press dispatch reports calls to settle Hungary's claims in Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia's alignment with Germany. Baruch faces criticism over asserted U.S. threats in South America as Germany presses strategic aims. Hungary mobilizes agricultural workers. Prague reviews foreign talks. London doubts aviation limits. Paris notes Hungary's four power conference plan was dropped.
Reports from Washington indicate Latin American states weigh strengthening defenses in line with U S policy amid German Italian and Japanese pressure. Brazil seeks to lease destroyers to bolster regional defense ahead of the Lima Pan American conference, while Germany and Brazil argue over ambassador recalls and tensions rise in Rio.
Roosevelt emergency fact finding board closes hearings on a 15 percent railroad wage cut as it prepares a report due by October 27. The action aims to avert a nationwide strike by about one million workers while the wage cut and strike remain deferred by law until the report is delivered. Politically, Wallace campaigns through the farm belt to secure farm votes amid farmer unrest and New Deal policy debates.
North Carolina farm marketings from January through August reached 67.049 million dollars, up 13 percent from last year’s 55.617 million. Higher receipts from tobacco hogs and dairy products drove the rise. crop receipts were 49.3 million and livestock and livestock products 17.679 million, against 40.251 million and 15.366 million previously.
In Raleigh on October 15 Democratic women voiced unwavering backing for Franklin D Roosevelt and the party. Jonathan Daniels urged delegates that North Carolina’s women can lead the state and the South through hard times toward a hopeful future, linking tariffs and slavery to labor issues.
Lord Stanley, Secretary for Dominions in the British cabinet and heir to the Earldom of Derby, died at 3 30 am in a London clinic after several weeks illness. He was 44 years old. The death occurred as he returned from a trip last month and followed an operation.
The North Carolina Supreme Court readiness to hear cross motions on certification of candidates C B Deane and W O Burgin in the eighth district race. The case may be decided Tuesday, risking no Democratic candidate for the November general election.
Lexington October fifteenth reports W O Burgin a Democratic nominee hopeful says little more can be done to break the impasse after receiving opponent N B Deane’s telegram. Burgin notes Deane has not agreed to a personal conference or arbitration while Major L P McLendon appears as amicus curiae in related court actions.
Secretary of Labor Perkins proposed a 13 member mediation panel drawn from the A F of L and CIO after a three year civil war. John L Lewis and William Green offered no immediate comment as the bitter dispute hindered prospects for a quick settlement.
Business leaders who foresaw Roosevelt’s armament rise estimate a total program of not less than 5 billion dollars in added spending over 15 months. They describe a shift from consumer goods to heavy industry and foresee public works, rail, and plant rehabilitation driving recovery into mid 1940s.
In a New York interview Bernard M. Baruch urged a heavy social levy to cover increased defense costs. He argued Congress should decide the form, warning against placing the bill on future generations. Baruch warned of global arms race and urged readiness in America to defend its ideals.
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