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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1937
Page
12
A two and a half month old girl was found on Mrs. A. Sherrod's North Main Street doorstep just after 9 PM. Mrs. Sherrod and Mrs. Eu Nice H. Miller called in Miss Gilbert Muse of Burrus Memorial hospital, who agreed to care for the infant while parents are sought or a foster home found.
Wesley W. Brown state commander of the Disabled American Veterans and staff met with Guilford County chapter No. 41 at the D A V hall to discuss legislation and the state convention set for Charlotte May 28 and 29. Also attending were staff members F A Plummer Tom Harris George Pickett Claude Alben E F Stribling and others from Winston Salem Burlington High Point and Charlotte.
Joe Cundiff, 24, of Redding apartments, was jailed on a bigamy charge after Helen Cundiff of Danville claimed she married him in Virginia on March 14, 1936. Ruth Daniels Cun diff, of Prospect street, asserts a South Carolina marriage on January 24, 1937. He faces a preliminary hearing before Judge Teague and is held for Guilford Superior Court with $1,000 bond.
Judge Lewis E Teague convenes a one week term for civil trials after a light Monday municipal court session. Docket includes Samuel Little reckless driving 10 dollars and costs six months car ban. others face prohibition, immoral room, and assault charges with various fines and future payments. several driving offenses cited with costs.
Washington bureau reports Guilford county public works projects face near total funding risk after new PWA rules require sponsors to finance 100 percent of project costs. Projects include High Point schools and hospital, Jamestown buildings, and Greensboro hospital with combined grants and estimated costs.
Washington April 5. A bitter fight over the Florida ship canal loomed as rostrum debate for House delivery. War department reports were withheld by Lewis Deschler pending Speaker Bankhead action. Florida lawmakers read the reports noting the River and Harbor Board called the project uneconomical while Maj Gen Edward M Markham urged completion.
The planned CIO organization meeting for textile and hosiery workers will be held tomorrow night at the Labor Temple on North Wrenn street at 7 30 o clock. Henry I Adams AFofH representative will return with information on plans. Organizers from Charlotte Durham and Durham attended a regional TWOC meeting in Atlanta where the CIO setup and southeast organization were discussed.
Police during the weekend charged two persons with over parking, one with reckless driving, one with speeding and one with driving with improper lights. Drive Carefully and Save Life.
Dr H Conrad Blackwell of Richmond area director of the Emergency Peace Campaign will address the High Point Ministers Association at Wesley Memorial Church tomorrow at 10 oclock. The meeting was postponed from today so ministers could hear him.
College Station Raleigh April 5 A good stand of corn can be obtained in low grounds despite worm attacks if double the usual seed is planted said Dr Z P Metcalf head of the entomology department at State College. The worms will kill some plants but enough will remain for a good stand and thinning may be needed later if fewer plants die than expected.
Firefighters were summoned at 11 15 yesterday morning to the home of W C Cates at 706 Fourth Street to extinguish a chimney fire. Damage was light, mainly from smoke and from removing obstructions to reach the fire source.
Health director Dr R A erring says High Point recorded 23 chicken pox cases and 25 total communicable diseases last week. Whooping cough was the other illness, while the week prior had 24 total cases with 14 chicken pox.
The Greensboro High Point highway beautification project last week created 31 jobs through the North Carolina State Employment Service, bringing weekly figures to 61. Private employment accounted for 30 openings, with 16 listed as permanent. The bureau reported demand from out of town sources and urged interested workers to contact the local office for available posts including concrete power operator, pantry woman, hotel hostess, spinning machine operator, spinner, locksmith, doffers, motor patrol operator, window trimmer, chef, and woman sales manager.
In Germany one air plane engine factory stands with more floor space than all Speri ene engine plants combined. The text notes a single facility surpassing multiple facilities in size.
The High Point police received a odd call from a seven year old girl claiming to want a baby brother. Desk Sergeant Ridge spoke with the child and promised to discuss the request with her parents.
Will Gilmore a Black man died in a hospital from injuries after being struck by two cars on English Street last Friday night Police charged Clyde Gurley and M H Chadwick with manslaughter and set bonds at 1000 each A continuance was granted until April 14 by Judge Lewis B Teague This calendar year the city has recorded already four traffic related deaths matching last year’s total
Genrikh Yagoda once head of the Soviet secret police was captured by the General People’s Commissariat. He is removed from post and telegraphs and his case will be sent to investigators after disclosures of breaches in office of a criminal nature.
Butter prices listed by grade including extras and firsts with scores from 90s to 93. Carrots and eggs noted with steady or local references. Receipts, storage packed items and local graded firsts appear with numeric figures across categories.
About ninety percent of parachutes for foreign nations come from an American manufacturer. The company supplies to thirty eight of the world’s leading powers.
All members of the city tax and collection departments will take a rigorous civil service exam at 7:30 tonight, according to Ed H. Smith, secretary of the civil service commission. A second competitive exam is set for April 12 at 7:30 p.m. for police and fire department promotions, open to sergeants captains lieutenants and other department members seeking ratings.
Rev. W Earl Armstrong preached on The Longest Word In the World at Ward Street M E Church using Kealah 87 15 as text. He defined eternity as duration without limit with no beginning or end and urged listeners to consider their souls and how they would act if Jesus returned tonight. The message warned that sins loom and choices now determine eternal destination between God’s happiness or eternal damnation.
The April 4 1937 service across Christ Scientist churches focused on unreality. Key Bible passages from Job 35 13 and Isaiah 41 10 encouraged trust in God and strength amid fear. The Science and Health text argued fear is an illusion and only truth provides man’s dominion over error.
Judge Teague in municipal court faced Lillie Mae Isaac charged with passing an old cancelled check to John Griffin for $3 at 512 Walnut. The check dated August 18 19 was cashed a second time after purchase of $1.10 in groceries. Case dismissed after facts were reviewed.
In High Point March records show 88 births and 28 deaths. White births totaled 83 with one stillbirth and 17 white deaths, while Negro births were five and Negro deaths 11. Vital causes include congenital disease, uremia, accident, infections, cancer, and homicide among others.
Police say they followed several clues in the National Food Store holdup at Oak and West Green streets last Saturday night. Manager J. L. Peace reported about 225 dollars stolen by two unmasked robbers who wielded a gun. No arrests were made as investigations continued this afternoon.
Three men reported by Georgia prison authorities as escapees from a camp near Canton are being investigated in Mecklenburg county. Police say the fugitives are S. J. Scarborough, a school superintendent, Bo Morris, and Howard Overby, linked to a Canton escape.
A historical note indicates that U S air transportation in 1936 consumed more than 80 million gallons of fuel.
The landing flaps of the trailing edge move from their concealed position to boost climb rate by 10 to 15 percent. The flap also lowers landing speed and allows a steeper approach into a small landing field.
Governor Hoey announced a state flag will replace the United States flag at the executive mansion. He said the flag is state property and the residence should display the state banner.
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