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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1939
Page
2
Preliminary figures from 436 manufacturing plants show total employment at 98,723 in March, up from 97,810 in February. Payrolls rose to 1,928,955 weekly, with average pay per worker edging up to 14.58, and gains seen in cotton, furniture, knit goods, and many other sectors.
Thomasville police department arrested 99 people in March, one less than February and about double March 1938. Indictments totaled 105 with 69 white males, 32 colored males, 3 colored females and 1 white female. Ninety four were convicted, four bound over to Superior Court.
North Carolina's varsity baseball team opens Southern Conference play by hosting Washington and Lee's Generals Thursday at 4 p.m. This comes after a Tuesday Harvard game and ahead of Friday vs Cornell and Saturday vs Davidson in Chapel Hill.
The council awarded to Leon Ellis the repair contract on state and highway routes through the city. The Greensboro firm submitted the low bid of 5882.50 with competing bids from Gassoway and Owen of Winston-Salem 6319 and Brown Paving Company of Charlotte 6268.50.
Duke University marks its centennial with an exhibition game against the Athletics in Durham. Judge Kenesaw M. Landis will attend, delivering remarks along with Duke coach Jack Coombs and president W. P. Few. Connie Mack also participates with Judge Bramham of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues.
Mrs. Georgia L. Burton of Thomasville route 1 was appointed administratrix of her husband W. L. Burton who died January 11 1939. Assets include 50 dollars in personal property and 800 dollars in real property. Heirs include four children C L Burton R Allen Burton Kermit B Burton and Mrs Viola B Gurley of Thomasville route 1 and High Point residents.
A booklet with opinions from famous doctors on epilepsy will be sent free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 551 Fifth Avenue New York NY. The offer invites inquiries about inheritance and cure, and is limited while supplies last.
A calmer market on April 5 saw small gains and losses with trading quiet by midafternoon. Investors eyed a European crisis and possible British and French settlement with Mussolini as bonds and commodities steadied alongside stocks.
The contract for a monument on the front campus of the Senior High School was awarded to Central Stone Company. The memorial honors T Wingate Andrews longtime High Point superintendent. Rotary Club donated the plaque and the monument will include Andrews 1937 dedicatory speech. Completion expected within three weeks.
The Chamberlain government and admiralty sought to suppress Lord Stanhope's controversial address amid fears over its impact on European tensions. Deputy Labour Leader Greenwood pressed for reassurance, while Stanhope had assumed the admiralty post in late October 1938 and talks with Poland's Joseph Beck and Britain's Viscount Halifax aimed to ensure Poland would aid Britain if attacked.
Three surviving brothers of F Donald Carter Musica and five co-defendants pleaded not guilty to mail fraud Securities Exchange Act violations and conspiracy charges. Judge Leibell set total bail of 37500 for eight defendants with arraignment for the ninth deferred. Bail for the Musica brothers George Arthur and Robert was 5000 each.
Milton Cecil Bailey 25 of Hobgood North Carolina began a 30 day jail term after state police arrested him on a charge of possession of 500 punchboards. The boards worth about 85 dollars each would be destroyed. Welfare officials complained relief workers spent money on punchboards and merchants protested sharp practices by board distributors.
North Wilkesboro April 5 The Wilkes County Baptist Pastors Conference will be held tomorrow with local clergy planners and attendees expected to gather for talks and fellowship.
Taylorsville April 5 funeral services were held today for Dr Charles R Zickler 61 a dentist and former Alexander County legislator who died yesterday.
Cherryville voters will go to the polls on April 25 for a municipal primary. S. M. Butler is the sole candidate for mayor.
The Commerce Department reports a sharp drop in U S merchandise sales to Germany in February 1939 totaling 5 176 000, about 3 000 000 less than a year earlier. For January–February exports to Germany total 11 571 000, about 6 000 000 below last year.
Lawmakers debate shifts on WPA funding and farm relief as the White House keeps distance. A 12 member House subcommittee will probe the WPA while senators form blocs to push larger farm appropriations. Proposals seek 275 million for parity payments and 240 to 175 million for surplus removal and domestic export support.
Steubenville Ohio April 5 The sheriff refused to tolerate disrespect toward the first lady at a vaudeville performance He halted a marionette likeness of Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt dancing in a jitterbug segment and warned the manager to remove it or face arrest The puppet was removed from the show after the warning
Mayor Harry S. Woodson announced the paving of between 20 and 25 miles of sidewalks in Shelby, with work set to begin May 15.
The North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners will hold spring examinations in Raleigh May 24 through 26. Secretary Miss Bessie M. Chapman announced that all applications must be filed by May 10.
Felix A. Grisette, executive director, states the Hospital Savings Association of North Carolina ends 1938 with 83,436 members, gaining 46,518 that year, and totals exceed 90,000. Guilford County accounts for about 2,000 members, with $7,198.04 saved on 208 hospital bills. The program operates via Chapel Hill and 55 similar plans nationwide.
S. M. Bason division commissioner and T. A. Burton division engineer of the State Highway and Public Works Commission will meet the High Point Chamber of Commerce street and highway bureau at the Sheraton Hotel tomorrow at 2 p.m. to discuss highways in the area. Chamber bureau members joining the talks include T. J. Kearns chairman, Joseph D. Co vice chairman, S. H. Tomlinson, C. H. Willard, R. R. Ragan, G. Curtis Smithdeal, Glenn R. Ward, C. E. Diffendal, R. K. Young, C. M. Waynick, C. F. Beaver, and Dr. O. B. Bonner.
A joint subcommittee of four operators and four union men today resumed negotiations to compose a new wage and hour contract for about 330 000 soft coal miners in New York. Talks had nearly broken off yesterday when the panel reported inability to reach an agreement at an open meeting with around 300 miners and employers.
Storms over the English Channel forced the 42 ton Pan American Yankee Clipper to return from a flight to Foynes Ireland. It took off at 7 58 am but landed at 8 44 am. The airliner will not take off for Foynes until Monday.
Major Robert F. Gill will relieve Lieut. Col. Robert C. Williams as instructor of the 105th engineers North Carolina National Guard on May 15 Col Williams has been transferred to Schofield Barracks Honolulu Hawaii
Washington reports a House committee hearing on alleged mishandling of funds for the aged. Representative Woodruff urges jail for those responsible while Arthur Altmeyer asks for merit-based personnel in state agencies and potential withdrawal of federal social security funds unless practices improve. He also proposes extra federal aid to low income states.
Stimson argues for limits on aggressor designations while backing a Pittman amendment to allow cash and carry arms sales to belligerents. He says the US, with a third of world raw materials, should wield its economic power carefully and views it as a safe option. Pittman presses quick neutrality law revisions on the war’s eve.
杜伦讯一名涉酒罪与拒捕的被告，因走廊大声歌唱而被法官下令移至监区。乐曲“I shall not be moved”引发干扰，审理一度中断。
Wentworth April 5 The Rockingham County commissioners approved a $20000 school bond issue.
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight across North Carolina with increasing cloudiness Thursday. Winds vary from northeast to southeast with coastal areas facing rain chances in the west in the afternoon and central portions.
Davidson County Welfare Department at the Thomasville branch announced eight new old age assistance applications to replace March deaths, plus five dependent children aid and one blind grant. The April total public assistance funds amount to 643 500 with 500 old age checks, 121 child aid checks, and 22 blind grants.
J. Cooley has been re elected as superintendent of Rockingham county schools in a spring election. The decision confirms stability in local education leadership for the upcoming term.
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