28 Oct 1939
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1939
Page
1
Police and Czech crowds fought in Prague during a celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Czech Slovak Republic. Dozens were injured or detained as demonstrators brawled near Wenceslas Square and around Cathedrals, with authorities dispersing both sides amid unrest.
Naval Committee members discussed strengthening the Atlantic squadron to a two ocean navy basis. Chairman Vinson indicated readiness for legislation while others weighed minor reinforcements and new construction as current threats loom.
Berlin reports the United States freighter City of Flint, crewed by 41 Americans, and guarded by German warships, nears a German harbor after leaving Murmansk under Soviet orders. The ship may face prize court decisions on its contraband status as it travels near the Norwegian coast.
New York story about Claude J Bradley who defied doctors by living months beyond a cancer prognosis. He remained active in business by telephone from his wheelchair and planned a victory dinner once he defeats the illness. Bradley, given only a few months to live last June, survives past the circled date and keeps hope alive.
A wrecked oil transport truck sparked a fierce blaze near Asheboro early this morning leaving two men burned beyond recognition. The flames gutted a roadside dwelling as a house fire spread from the fiery wreck.
The High Point regulation of gasoline transport through city streets emerged from a 1938 ordinance championed by Chief E K Ingram. Facing firm opposition, he argued urban gasoline routes would protect lives and property amid state wide incidents and Fayetteville type disasters spurring similar rules.
Special report from Asheboro describes two men killed when a loaded 3,500 gallon gasoline transport truck crashed and burst into flames in the Balfour community three miles north of Asheboro. The blaze gutted the truck and a nearby Baptist parsonage.
A mid wing monoplane with a 12 cylinder air cooled engine identified as model XS03C 1 is undergoing flight tests in Buffalo New York for the U S Navy. Curtiss Wright vice president Burdette S Wright said the two crew plane can be used as land or seaplane with a V type engine and a large float. After factory tests it will head to Anacostia for acceptance trials.
The State Department voiced indignation as it awaited word on the captured freighter City of Flint. Soviet officials ordered the ship to depart Russian waters with a German prize crew aboard, with possible destination Hamburg. Reports from Bergen suggested the American crew might be landed there.
Speaker Bankhead forecast House support for the Senate passed neutrality bill next week with minimal changes. A joint conference will shape a compromise between the Senate and House versions, differing mainly on the arms embargo. Bankhead claimed a House majority to back the Senate features. The House rules committee will meet Monday to clear the path for the conference process.
Atlantic City dispatch reports Prosecutor Altman dropping death by own action theory as inquiry into Mrs. Ethel Joy’s mysterious death continues. Husband Gaylord Joy remains uncharged. detective Juliano says Joy left wife at a tavern Wednesday and recalls nothing since.
British fighters forced a German aircraft down east of Dalkeith near Edinburgh during a morning air clash. Two German fliers were killed, one wounded, and a Nazi pilot captured as air raid alarms sounded over the Firth of Forth area.
France greeted the U S Senate vote to repeal the arms embargo with clear joy. Britain voiced measured approval and Germany kept the decision low key, while Paris headlines hailed a potential boost for American military aid on the Western Front.
Lancaster California October 28 Two 25 year old aviators Wes Carroll and Clyde Schiefer who set a world record for sustained flight buzzed Rosamond dry lake and prepare to land tomorrow after a month aloft They broke the last endurance record of 653 hours in the air Thursday Each day aloft worsens confinement but they plan to stay up until 3 p m Sunday to attempt a 30 day record
Berlin New Hampshire October 28 Arthur P Morel a successful building contractor announced the birth of his 24th child Morris Aime tipped the scales at 12 pounds the largest of the children who are living according to family statistics
Paris reports proof of a German submarine’s destruction after depth charge explosions. Five German sailors and an officer were found washed ashore, with ambiguity over the exact incident. Concurrently, France executed two espionage defendants and jailed six others for aiding Germany in the Rhineland and Czech crisis.
Premiers Constantine Argetoianu of Romania and Dragisha Cvjetkovich of Yugoslavia met four hours at Vrsac on the border to discuss Bulgarian territorial claims on Romania and fears of wider Balkan war. Diplomats said Yugoslavia warned Bulgaria that aligning with Russia could trigger regional disaster as King Carol of Romania called ministers to urgent talks with Turkey Bulgaria Greece and Yugoslavia.
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