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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
3
In Washington on October 17 the Senate leaned toward ending the special session once neutrality legislation is resolved. An Associated Press poll found 46 favoring a return home, 24 want to stay for the emergency, and 21 undecided or unavailable.
North Carolinians must revise the state high point list after a new survey shows an unnamed south peak of the Black Brothers in Yancey County at 6,645 feet surpassing Clingmans Dome at 6,642 feet but still below Mount Mitchell which stands at 6,684 feet.
Finland fields 300000 troops and 150000 civil guards amid Baltic crisis. Norway, Sweden, and Russia consider mobilizations as Finland guards rail lines and key ports. Leningrad lies 30 miles from border with 700000 Red troops at reach.
A list of senators split over advocating a continuous session with supporters including Borah Bridges Burke Capper Chavez Clarke Davis George Gerry Gurney Holt Johnson Johnson LaFollette Lundeen Maloney Reynolds Slattery Taft Thomas Townsend Vandenbergs Wheeler Wiley and others in favor or neutral. Maloney reportedly opposed expressing stance while writing constituents that he favors a continuous session. Some could not be reached for comment.
French children returned to classes with gas masks in their bags along with pencils and books. In Nome, Italy reopened schools for 5,000,000 children as ceremonies expanded Fascist youth participation, defending the regime against critics of militarization.
Frank Humel, 20, confessed to beating auto salesman Harry McGill 55, tying him and stuffing him into a trunk to steal a car. He lured McGill to a Long Island City home for a demonstration ride, authorities said.
Roy E. Brownmiller former secretary of highways in the Democratic Earle administration received a one year jail term for permitting payroll padding for political purposes ahead of the 1935 jail election. He was fined 5000 dollars and made no comment as the first of about a dozen high Democrats tried on charges from the 1938 campaign.
A bee entering a car stung Mrs. Mary Ormerod, provoking her to swerve and strike two elderly women beside Weybridge, England, in a fatal accident.
The Greensboro Fair opened with an estimated 8000 attendees and a slate of attractions. Thursday is High Point Day and Greensboro Children’s Day marks today with plans for Farmers Day on Wednesday. Friday includes a Guilford County school Children’s Day with free admission until 6 pm. Highlights include professional automobile races Saturday and the Johnny J. Jones Exposition with 21 rides and 15 shows. George A. Hamid brings The Winter Garden Revue nightly before the grandstand as a premier fair feature. Amateur High Point photographers display in a Greensboro Camera Club sponsored exhibit.
Open Day por Sen Siw Ash Raleigh reports that college students from the state will convene for their third annual mock legislative assembly in Raleigh on October 27 and 28.
A $40 million North Beach Airport described as the world’s greatest opens in New York City. Built under the Work Projects Administration, the project received $22 million from the government. The 558 acre site links land with sea airways and fronts Flushing and Bowery Bays, about a mile from the World’s Fair.
Miss Virginia Gray 21 a University of Georgia publicity employee was found dead at her Athens home. A .88 caliber revolver lay by her side and coroner Beusse ordered an inquest. Gray hailed from a prominent Augusta family and had built a reputation in Georgia newspaper offices through university public relations work.
A witty exchange explains that delegation at a convention implies the wife did not accompany the man. The joke hinges on the phrase delegate-at-large as a humorous nod to personal absence in public duties.
Backache and leg pains may signal kidney trouble. The ad explains kidneys remove waste, lists symptoms, and promotes Doan's Pills as relief used for over 40 years by missions. It urges readers to consult a druggist and take Doan's Pills to flush waste from the blood.
A fashion note suggests bold flower accents including a cab bage rose, gardenia shoulder pieces, and two large silver flowers for ears to glamorize evening attire. In other news, Toy W Metcalfe, 29, of Landrum South Carolina, died from injuries after a Saturday night accident on the Spartanburg Asheville highway. Venezuela promotes importation of essential foodstuffs.
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