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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1937
Page
2
Mostly cloudy night and Thursday with likely scattered showers and little temperature change. Winds from the southwest to Jacksonville remain moderate and generally fair tonight and Thursday.
Mrs. C. F. Tomlinson Mrs. A Sherrod and Mrs. Valette J Harris left Hickory to attend the twenty first annual conven tion of the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs in session today through Friday. Wis Sherrod serves as president of a local club.
Officials urge every resident to file a personal property tax return promptly to avoid penalties. The notice stresses deadlines and consequences of late submission.
Greensboro April 14 Judge Johnson J Hayes may issue a decision Friday morning in the equity action brought by John D Biggs as receiver of the defunct Commercial National Bank High Point against certain bank directors The case centers on a claim for 1 077664 with Brim the special master finding directors liable for 60000 the last dividend declared by the board
Raleigh April 14. The North Carolina State College swimming team announced the election of R. S. Payne of Hertford as captain of the 1938 squad.
Ladies from Orange Presbyterial schedule two sessions with devotions prayer and Bible study led by Miss Janie McCutchen of Atlanta. Main speaker Mrs. Alexander Maitland of Richmond discusses The Christian Home. Other reports and Friday sessions follow with addresses by Mr. Patterson and Rev. J Rupert McGregor. Meeting ends Friday afternoon. Officers include EB Heins Jr president and local vice presidents and secretaries.
London crews Baldwin cabinet pledges protection to Spanish waters as Bilbao port blockade provokes intensified actions. Basque city under siege with refugees over 300,000 and rationing tightens. Miaja’s Madrid offensive makes no decisive gains amid reports of heavy casualties.
Col. J. L. C. Bird, 83, noted lawyer and authority on McDowell County history, died at a Marion hospital from a stroke. Family members from Washington D C and Memphis Tenn will arrive later today to arrange the funeral.
A formal Elm Street School ceremony presented an oil portrait of the late Dr. T Wingate Andrews. Thomas Emile Dodameade donated the work to the Elm Street School Library and Mrs Dan R Schroder accepted for the school. The program included music poetry and a eulogy by O Arthur Kirkman with Mrs Margaret Sloan Muse and Alma Andrews performing.
March figures show higher lint and linters consumed and stored than February, with public storage and compress totals reaching 5,036,962 bales of lint and 72,363 of linters. Imports for March were 45,239 bales, while exports stood at 467,706 bales of lint and 29,426 of linters. spindles active reached 24,638,578.
L. Lewis of the C I C will attend a Tuesday conference called by Secretary of Labor Perkins to discuss collective bargaining. Henry Ford says the Wagner act provisions have guided Ford policy and employees are free to join any union. Homer Martin, U A W U president, predicts an intensive drive to win Ford workers, adding strikes to force recognition may be unnecessary under the act.
Pickets marched at the Oshawa General Motors of Canada plant with slogans denying communism. CIO organizer Hugh Thompson said Detroit officials warned US GM workers would resume sitdowns if US cars were sent to England to meet Oshawa demand. Hepburn urged Labor Minister Croll and Attorney General Roebuck to secure provincial unity amid the economic crisis. Pipe semoking is believed to have originated in America.
Funeral services for Barbara Marie Meadows four year old who died yesterday afternoon from injuries after being struck by a bus will be held Thursday at 3 pm at the home of her maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs C T Jarvis in Straits North Carolina. The child was born February 4 1933 in Straits. She was the daughter of W B and Odessa Jarvis Meadows. The family lived at 1698 English Street and Mr Meadows worked for the Marietta Paint and Color Company. Survivors include the parents and both sets of grandparents.
The American Business club held a dinner meeting in Elwood hotel dining room featuring Miss Dorothy Hoskins Thom asville music director, Miss Charlotte Hamer piano teacher, and Miss Sara Elizabeth Vernon Thomasville High School violinist. The program drew praise and the attendance prize went to Miss Charlotte Hamer. President C A Ring Jr presided.
W M Van Hoy of High Point files answer to a High Point case against Robert Matthews seeking $925 damages from a January crash on Commerce Street. Van Hoy says Matthews was speeding and reckless, notes Matthews initially admitted fault, and later agreed to pay repair costs. He claims $150 for auto repairs.
A. B. Moore, a Negro undertaker, was named defendant in a civil action by A. J. Barrett seeking 300 dollars. Barrett claims Moore drove left of center on April 3 on Kivett drive, was intoxicated, and caused a crash resulting in 100 dollars actual and 200 dollars punitive damages. The prior drunken driving charges against Moore were dismissed by Judge Teague who said he could not determine truth.
The Trinity Archdale Sanitary district project is among fourteen recommended by the National Resources committee to President Roosevelt. Total cost is 173000 dollars. Commission chairman George B. Craven said the effort to gain approval will continue. The group includes other North Carolina projects with a combined total of about five million dollars.
Wilmington April 14 New Hanover county officials set plans to issue 46000 in school building bonds authorized by the county commissioners.
Holt McPherson, editor of The Enterprise, told the Thomasville Rotary Club at a dinner meeting that the furniture industry stands on the threshold of its greatest prosperity. He contrasted craftsmanship and production in Europe with U S methods, praised Davidson County plants, and noted a shift toward value and efficiency in 1937.
Republicans dispatched to file candidate papers for the city election failed to meet the filing deadline. Everett Marsh mayors and others listed to run argued they were never filed, while a party committee blamed civil service and railroad issues for the lapse.
The text argues tax burdens rise to cover contracted NY stocks and bonds for a hydro electric plant. It claims the current city council lacks engineering knowledge and accountability for obligations. The Republicans say they could not present a Republican ticket amid unsettled city affairs and administration confusion.
Judge Lewis E Teague ordered Leon Smith and Ralph Smith held for Guilford Superior Court trial on attempting to use two automobiles without owners consent. Warrants amended to temporary use of automobiles with out consent. Each received suspended county road sentences of 18 months for five years and must report monthly. Costs taxed. The day included Reckless driving cases. Armentrout fined 150 dollars in damages.
A reprint recounts the sinking of the Titanic on April 14 1912 off the Grand Banks. The 60 000 ton liner slid over an iceberg as passengers danced in calm seas with the band playing. Captain Smith died at his post while the ship vanished beneath the North Atlantic.
Senate judiciary committee eyes closing testimonies at an executive session Saturday. President Roosevelt weighs wage hour standards and possible limits on child labor after Supreme Court rulings, with officials noting ambiguity in the five to four opinions and the Roberts influence.
Leroy McNeill, a Black farm hand, was sentenced to death for poisoning Mrs. Andrew Cox, a white woman, by putting poison in flour and biscuits she ate. The trial concluded with the death sentence today in Lumberton.
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