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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1938
Page
11
Raleigh dispatch notes Governor Hoey earmarked 2 million for North Carolina secondary roads, provoking disputes among highway commissioners over fair share distribution. A rumored 9 million surplus is debated, with inventories and operation reserves cited. The piece also cites cases of crime involving Ralph Johnson and Wadd Hadley in North Carolina counties.
The seventh month honor roll at Union Hill School was announced by Principal Bowen. Grade lists include first grade Dorothy Simpson and others, second grade Charles Hughes and Dallas Beck, third grade Norma Hollingsworth and Clyde Billings, fourth grade June Wilson and Frances Branson, fifth grade Jean Ton Holton and Virginia Laughlin, sixth grade Bessie Ward and Edna Clodfelter, seventh grade Jack Haley and Eloise Robbins.
A report notes insects cannot destroy giant Sequoia trees. When an insect drills into the bark a tan nin like dust suffocates it.
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected an eastern railroads plan to raise passenger coach fares from two to two and a half cents per mile. The commission found the increase unjustified, despite railroads estimating a $30 million revenue gain. The plan was tied to a broader 15 percent freight rate rise to ease financial strain, with freight boosts expected to yield about $175 million annually.
Upholsterers and Furniture Workers Union No. 307 will hold an open gathering at the Labor Temple Friday night at 7:80. International organizer H. Scott of the tobacco workers will be principal speaker with J. R. Arrington and other AFL organizers in attendance. All upholsterers, furniture and bedding workers are invited.
The local Elks lodge will convene at 7 30 this evening at the Elks club on Broad street. Installation of new officers will be featured, with business to follow. A Dutch supper is scheduled at 6 o'clock before the meeting.
Emperor Hirohito names I H Prince Yaguhiko Asaka to the Japanese War Council as Nipponese military leadership undergoes changes amid royal dissatisfaction with the China war.
In Raleigh on April 14 AP reports four Black men and one white man had their pleas for new trials denied. The Supreme Court found no error in the Superior Court rape trials. the condemned defendants are Sylvester Outlaw 32 Apollo Outlaw 28 Lonnie Gardner 27 all Negroes facing execution by gas chamber April 29 unless clemency is granted.
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