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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1939
Page
9
Arising from receipts and weekly data, U S commerce shows a booming October with textiles rails and autos driving gains. Textiles boost schedules while rail traffic climbs to 835000 carloads. Auto sector shows seasonal strength as factories scale up output and demand rises nationwide.
Rome observers weigh the British French Turkish pact and its possible impact. Diplomats doubt a Russian Italian alignment similar to wartime pacts, noting Italy’s aim to avoid Balkan changes and keep the war from spreading to the Mediterranean under Mussolini's influence.
The report highlights a sharp rise in weekly car output from 12 000 to 90 000, robust new car sales, and rapid production scheduling. It notes impressive gains in home building, lumber demand, and a historic steel upturn, with coal mining, copper sales, and other metals rising toward 1937 levels. Utilities and machine tools also reach record activity, while opinions differ on how long the boom will last.
Fayetteville marks the 200th anniversary of the Scottish settlement in the upper Cape Fear region with a commemorative celebration beginning November 1. The event honors early settlers and local heritage.
North Carolina's September revenue showed strength despite tobacco market closures and wartime scares. Commissioner A. J. Maxwell said sales tax receipts, though not complete, rose versus last year, signaling ample funds to meet current needs. He warned tax relief would not come soon and noted sales tax would be first cut if possible.
Emmanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church near Thomasville will mark its 125th year with a full day program on October 29. Events include 9:45 Sunday school, a historical sermon by Dr. J. C. Leonard, Holy Communion, a noon picnic, and a 1:30 anniversary sermon by Dr. Walter W. Rowe. The church, organized in 1814, now counts over 300 members with a large Sunday school and several veteran attendees.
Thomasville prepares for the annual Red Cross membership drive starting Armistice Day with a $1900 quota. Rev. Charles R. Patterson names division chairmen for industrial, business, wards, schools, and colored groups and says each chairman may select his own volunteers.
The American Legion of Thomasville hosted an oyster supper at the Kinneywood hut last night with out of town visitors and local members. The Junior Legion Band played music as Judge Hubert Olive Major Wade Phillips of Lexington J Walter Lambeth Rev Charles Patterson and J Green spoke.
Sofia Oct 20 The forthcoming Bulgarian cabinet to replace the resigning one is expected to tilt toward Soviet Russia rather than Germany, ending a mildly pro German course under Premier George Kiosselvanoff.
The second Study Conference on Juvenile Delinquency met at Fairview Street School to discuss the role of the juvenile court and parents in preventing delinquency. Speakers included William J. Wingate, Dr Flemmie P. Kittrell, and Charles F. Carroll Jr., with remarks on individualized hearings and parental responsibility.
Sidney C. Meachum was arrested in Shoreditch England charged with helping steal 1000 air-raid defense sandbags during wartime shortages.
Dublin reports the first day of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes yielded about 1.315 million dollars to the United States. Some 3447 American tickets won roughly 3788 dollars each on the Cesarewitch race draw. Six prizes per horse produced 570 prizes, with additional payouts and seller rewards noted. A substitute Cesarewitch race is planned for November 2 but unrelated to the sweepstakes.
The excerpt notes that names mostly denote European seas with Vistula as a Polish river, lists British ships sunk and one German vessel Carl Fritzen, identifies Denmark as least affected by Russian Baltic plans, mentions Brest-Litvosk’s transfer to Russia in the Polish partition, and cites Col General Wilhelm Keitel as German armed forces chief of high command.
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