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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1938
Page
1
Thousands of Spaniards pushed through mountain snow toward France to escape the civil war. Government troops retreating from Pyrenees positions faced harsh conditions, with many killed or exhausted as they treacherously traversed the trails.
Bruce Shue, a Mooresville truck driver, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Huntersville Policeman J A Rape on January 1. The case was submitted to a jury in superior court in Charlotte after a lengthy charge by Judge Frank Armstrong. Arguments by attorneys were completed the previous day.
Federal narcotic agents arrested five men in New Orleans and seized narcotics valued at about $100,000 in a second wave of undercover operations. The suspects were arraigned on narcotics charges and jailed.
Director Robert Fechner began enrolling 3 580 war veterans and 55 842 young men to raise CCC strength to 260 000 nationwide. Officials said enough applications were on file to cover the expansion across the United States.
President Roosevelt reported progress in discussions with Mexico over seizure of American oil properties. He spoke under a Georgia Hall portico in warm rain, declining to elaborate while sources said Mexico assured protection for small American investors.
An Orlando cancer treatment Serum outbreak raises to nine fatalities after two patients Mrs Lydia Morrison 49 and C Pore 65 died within hours. Earlier six women died Wednesday and another yesterday. two more patients remain gravely ill.
Erwin North Carolina April 1 Love Daniel Hall founder of Erwin who helped establish a residence here more than 50 years ago died at home. He was 76 and retired a contractor and philanthropist after helping build the Erwin Cotton Mills before his retirement three years ago.
Guilford County officials issue new jail regulations under state guidance. Sheriff Joe Phipps and Jailor Long announce rules banning any kangaroo court within the Guilford Jail. The regulations cover admissions, sanitation, and general jail administration.
Insurgent forces under General Juan Yague say they have taken positions surrounding Lerida and expect to occupy the provincial capital after securing the Serge river valley. Government troops resist with heavy losses as Franco and Fidel Davila inspect river defenses and praise pontoon bridges.
Chinese forces brace in Taierchwang area east of the Tientsin line in Shantung amid eight days of fierce fighting. Japanese shock troops and armor press a barrage to advance rail emplacements while Chinese flanking columns attack along a 150 mile stretch from Lincheng to Teinan, seeking to disrupt Japanese supply lines.
An overwhelming majority of replies to Secretary Hulls program for international aid to political refugees is arriving at the State Department. Hull is expected to name the time and place of the first meeting of the proposed international committee. The gathering will be in Switzerland but not Geneva to avoid League of Nations misperceptions.
Telegrams poured in as opposition groups press to delay final passage of the administration reorganization bill. Speaker Bankhead noted telegram volume as a healthy sign while lawmakers clash over closing debate, with telegrams reaching tens of thousands and workers handling the flood through the night.
The U S Navy bans night flying near the Hawaiian Islands after two war games crashes killed 11. Three planes worth 100000 each were lost, but scouts served well. Six planes ditched at sea with no damage. A search for six men aboard a missing plane was abandoned. Admiral Bloch said there is no hope of finding survivors.
Goldsboro April 1. Lawton Alphin 657 a Bear Marsh farmer near Mt Olive died this week after a large hog attacked him. News of the death reached Goldsboro today.
Hollywood gossip centers on 21 year old Olivia de Havilland sailing with her mother aboard the Normandie bound for London for a rumored meeting with Lord Herman Alfred Michetham an 18 year old heir from a mining and railroad family.
In Greensboro on April 1 the Guilford superior court overruled Seay's assignment of errors and sustained the High Point municipal court judgment. Seay sued American Savings Life Insurance for 576 in commissions but was awarded nothing.
Gurney P Hood state bank commissioner files petition in Lenoir Superior Court alleging John G Dawson former Democratic state chairman is short more than 45000 in accounts as receiver of Farmers Bank and Trust LaGrange The petition seeks rehearings on orders involving attorney fees commissions expenses and a final report as receiver The bank closed in 1920.
In Johnston county near Goldsboro officials report a farmhouse blaze killed Mrs. Oscar Ballree, 48, and her daughter-in-law Emmett Ballree, 15, with three others injured. Emmett Ballree, 22, woke at 2 am to find the home fully engulfed and remains in critical condition at a local hospital.
General Electric announced graduated pay cuts for all full time salaried employees earning over 2000 dollars a year effective April 11. The first 2000 dollars remain untaxed. Non salaried workers in six plants will work under a management union contract with the CIO.
President Cardenas and high Mexican officials met with Bernard E. Smith and Francis W. Pickett to discuss selling government oil. They reportedly reached a principle agreement to supply oil cheaply to foreign buyers for resale on world markets. Smith also met Gustavo Espinosa Mireles, head of the National Petroleum Company, to locate markets abroad.
Dr. L B McBrayer 69 long time leader of the State Tuberculosis association and former North Carolina Medical Society president died at 2 15 a m at his daughter's home in Montrose after months of illness. He directed the Asheville sanatorium and served as health officer of Asheville. He was born in Buncombe County and trained at the University of Kentucky Medical School. Funeral planned for Aberdeen.
The Senate confirmed a slate of postmaster nominations including Paul Green for Thomasville North Carolina and others in Brevard Cullowhee Greensboro Hayesville Tryon Wilming ton. additional named appointees include T Coleman Galloway Berder B Long John W Coleman Frederick RK Jones May Calvert and Wilbur R Dosher.
Hollywood April 1 Bette Davis the top Warner Brothers actress was suspended for refusing a role in Comet over Broadway She will not be paid until she reports to work on another picture likely six weeks away Davis previously starred in Jezebel and had clashed with Warners over God s Country
Federal Communications Commissioner Paul A. Walker told Congress that Bell Telephone could reduce charges by a quarter by removing what he calls unnecessarily high costs. He blamed AT&T for policies causing costs and asserted AT&T controls Bell and most of the industry. He urged FCC oversight of Bell System policies from its central management.
Jerome Vance, business manager of the Greensboro Daily News and the Greensboro Record, resigns after 23 years with the papers and will enter the insurance business in Greensboro.
Flood threat grows in southeastern Missouri while reconstruction crews work in the western midwest tornadic region where 34 people died and about 2 million dollars in property damage were reported. Red Cross surveys show 2600 homeless in central Illinois and hundreds in Columbus and Pekin receiving aid.
Vatican paper says Austrian bishops declaration on national socialism was made without Vatican authorization. The signers led by Vienna's Cardinal Innitzer and five prelates proclaimed loyalty to Germany and pledged allegiance on April 10 the Austro-German union plebiscite.
John C. Root, about 60, secretary of the North Carolina State Industrial Commission, died in Rex Hospital Raleigh from a heart attack while recuperating from a recent operation. Root joined the commission in 1929 and was in charge of claims before becoming secretary last year.
Geneva reports League of Nations circles endorse Herbert Hoover's plan for postwar European debts. The proposal calls for debtor nations to channel repayments into a fund supporting higher education research and exchange scholarships in the United States.
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