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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1938
Page
2
Partly cloudy with scattered showers in the Carolinas and a slight warming trend. Southeast areas warmer tonight, with moderate southwest to west winds at Hatteras to Jacksonville and a shift to northwest or north winds along Sandy Hook to Hatteras. Generally fair tonight then overcast Wednesday.
Tokyo reports Japans protested to Soviet charge d affaires Constantin Smetanin accusing four border intrusions into Sakhalin on August 12 22 33 and 24. The protest claims the incursions were deliberate to worsen Russian Japanese relations and provoke a dispute.
Mrs Harold C Strota aged 69 prominent Park Avenue mother of Jay Gould was found unconscious in her kitchen with gas escaping from five open jets of a gas range. A sealed note addressed to Jay was found nearby.
President Roosevelt campaigns against four conservative Democrats as George of Georgia heads a three-man tussle for renomination. Tydings in Maryland shows strong support on the eastern shore while OConnor of New York faces a final test next Tuesday.
The text notes that certain details were not made public and that Young ould was believed to be in Hollywood California, though specifics remained undisclosed.
Roosevelt pressed for liberal gains as Tydings led in Maryland counties and Baltimore districts. Georgia voters heard George pledge to fight bureaucracy while Camp gains supporters after McRae backed him. Maine and other states showed Townsend issue shaping races. vote counting delays linger in Maryland as state races unfold.
Washington officials said with 17 days left before the September 30 deadline about 2000 more applications for Public Works funds are expected. Seventy five approvals were announced today.
The administrator appoints a committee to study minimum wages in textiles including cotton rayon and silk with exemptions for rayon processing. It will decide coverage of men’s underwear, wool fiber content, and defines textile industry as fiber processing, finishing, and related activities across several fabric types.
General John J. Pershing celebrated his 78th birthday in France. His aide Capt. George E B. Adamson said Pershing has completed about 90 percent of his memoirs and recently took the manuscript to Paris for review. He has worked on the volume for over three years and hopes to finish early next year, covering his life up to World War I. He previously authored My Experiences In The World War in 1931.
A storm on one continent can influence weather on distant regions through atmospheric connections. Meteorology studies wide-scale planetary patterns to predict effects beyond local areas.
The report shows non federal projects reaching 4,999 with 2,000 more expected to lift federal and non federal totals to 7,953. Today’s list lists PWA grants of 3,382,777 dollars and loans of 714,000 dollars, totaling an estimated 7,517,290 dollars for construction.
Violent clashes erupt across Sudeten regions after Hitler speech. Officials report eight dead, Sudeten leaders claim at least a dozen. Martial law ordered in key towns including Aussig Graslitz Kaaden with extension possible. Tanks deployed near Eger as celebrations flare, civil rights curtailed and emergency courts set up under martial law.
Justice Pecora rules Dewey’s question linking Hines to a poultry racket was improper but not prejudicial enough for a mistrial. Hines, Harlem Democratic boss, exits court amid cheering supporters and Dewey’s subdued reaction as the jury is dismissed.
The article notes heightened vigilance near the German frontier and cites official actions. Rear Admiral Jean Abrial is reassigned to command the Mediterranean fleet. An order designates the Metz border highway area as of urgent public utility and permits land and building acquisitions for large troop movements.
At Geneva the League of Nations rounds table is cleared as Britain and France weigh replies to Hitler's speech to the Nazi rally. A Soviet spokesman calls Hitler's tactics a bluff while Bonnet and Halifax prepare possible actions. A public land sale notice appears later in the issue for High Point North Carolina.
Governor Hoey commuted the sentence of Ben Sims a Guilford county Negro after a review of the facts in the slaying of Toy Snell. Sims claimed self defense following a traffic wreck. Remaining prisoners scheduled for Friday include John Ernest Howie and Melvin Petree, Forsyth county Negroes.
The Rev John L Law rector of Nativity Faice church was treated for a fractured hand after a tassel with the sexton in a dispute over permitting girls to play table tennis in the parish house. Police found the minister sitting on the sexton when they arrived.
The article discusses wartime defense pledges and collective security under the League. It notes that US residency aid would require passage through allies territory to reach Czechoslovakia if attacked and that member states could resign to pursue their own paths, potentially altering the League’s structure during a global conflict.
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