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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1938
Page
2
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers in the mountains Tuesday afternoon or night. Warmer conditions expected Tuesday with stronger winds along the coast from Hatteras to Sandy Hook becoming southwesterly in the north and northeast to east in the south.
Four people were injured when a truck carrying passengers to a religious gathering blew a tire and struck a parked car in Gastonia. Four year old Cheries F. Morton Jr. died, with his sister Margeret Morton, Earl Wooten, and an unnamed worker hurt. driver Fred Cope was not at fault, according to Coroner C. C. Wallace.
British and French leaders push for united military plans as Hitler faces pressure over Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain meets Parliament to brief on negotiations while Daladier and Bonnet land in Paris to coordinate with Gamelin. Churchill calls for a French British Russian warning and mobilizes public air raid precautions.
In a fiery address, Adolf Hitler boasted of a vast armaments program and warned that Germany would defend its interests with a modern army and air power. He claimed assurances from Britain France and Russia to aid Czechoslovakia if invaded and attacked Benes’ regime as a lie. He praised Mussolini and described a Rome Berlin axis as indissoluble while asserting German rights over Alsace Lorraine and 10 million ethnic Germans outside borders.
The article notes a possible war cabinet discussion and Chamberlain’s plan to brief both Houses on his decisive Berchtesgaden and Godesberg actions. It mentions his recess recall since 1936 and London police receiving army-type gas masks for emergencies.
Hitler denounced Czech leadership and Benes, claiming German suffering and exile of 600000 ethnic Germans, and demanded territorial changes while urging immediate German sovereignty and plebiscite use. Roosevelt urged peace, negotiation, and adherence to pacific settlement under Kellogg Briand pact to avoid war and preserve humanity.
The PWA chief outlined a rehabilitation program focusing on aiding victims unable to provide their own means. He said federal state and municipal agencies would shift to highway bridge and general municipal rehabilitation while utilities restore essential services. Typhoid danger in flood areas was averted by serums as rivers receded and communities returned to normal.
The text discusses readiness for a plebiscite across Czechoslovakia and frontier decisions with Benes and allies. It notes opposition from Benes, proposals for international control, and calls to honor or withdraw from promises amid shifting positions.
Under water penguins deploy their wings as paddles and their feet as rudders to steer and propel themselves.
The State Department reported the German frontier along Czechoslovakia was closed and Americans attempting to leave via Germany were forced to turn back to Prague. Ambassador Wilbur Carr telegraphed Berlin to arrange entry into Germany and access to seaports. Eighty Americans with visas and Paris tickets could not cross the frontier at Eger due to no German officials or trains on the German side.
Shoond Blackberry crop at the Blair farm shown by Gregory of the Gray place to day is a rich second yield this year. The text notes an alligator’s response to cold by lung aeration and sinking to the stream bottom, awaiting warmer seasons.
The Vatican Archives in Rome houses what researchers describe as the oldest known manuscript of the Bible. Experts date the relic to ancient antiquity, noting its significance for biblical text history and early Christian scholarship.
Grover H. Jones of Greensboro chaired the Piedmont Baptist associational gathering at Eller Memorial Baptist Church. Speakers included P T Harris of Greensboro and Rev A Lincoln Falk with O B E Lee, while Henry Love led songs and a Green Street quartet provided music.
President Roosevelt issued a peace appeal urging Chamberlain Daladier and others to seek settlement through arbitration and reason. The telegram warned that a general war would pull in others and that no nation could escape the consequences of world catastrophe.
Premier Mussolini told 47,000 Fascists in Rome that Europe could be saved from war by allowing Czechoslovakia to stand alone against Germany. He warned that failure to reach a peaceful solution this week could ignite conflict and advocated a new Europe not tied to Versailles. He condemned diplomats clinging to old orders and urged support for Polish and Hungarian minorities in Czechoslovakia.
Raleigh Sept 26 State Senator John D Larkins of Jones county said Governor Hoey supports the proposed constitutional amendment to extend sheriff and coroner terms from two to four years The measure will be voted on at the November general election
The passage notes involvement of Russia Poland and Hungary in the present crisis. It argues Soviet aid to Czechoslovakia hinges on France action while Poland and Hungary would push against Czechoslovakia only if Germany acts to protect minorities. The appeals thus target Germany and France to mobilize broader support.
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