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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1937
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes indicate regional forecasts with scattered clouds and showers. Carolina and Jacksonville areas show partly cloudy to overcast skies with increasing moisture and moderate to strong winds possible overnight and Wednesday.
At a federal injunction hearing in Columbia on April 20 the defense argued the 37.5 million Santee Cooper power and navigation project is feasible. Testifying were T Kelsey, chief engineer for a New York firm, and L G Hogshire, president of the Norfolk Baltimore and Carolina line, who said plans and specifications are adequate. They defended spillways and proposed locks as sufficient for the river navigation and flood events, including the 1916 maximum flood stage.
Milk producers in the area hold a meeting to challenge dairy inspections and seek price relief, noting costs of about 50 000 and urging a stronger organized role in setting milk prices. A committee was named to confer with Mayor Grayson and city officials, reporting a satisfactory early dialogue and plans for a further meeting with the Milk Producers association.
A group of congressmen urged the House judiciary committee to pass a bill to let states enact their own labor standards and shield such laws from out of state goods. Four United Mine Workers organizers testified about a so called reign of terror by peace officers hired by coal companies in Harlan Kentucky.
Chicago April 20 AP Butter output steady at 11,467 pounds with creamery specials at 3 00 to 3 14 per pound and firsts around 28 50 to 30. Eggs totaled 35 740 with weak demand, grade A local fresh firsts about 21 44 per dozen, storage extras 23 14 per case, and current receipts 20 14.
New York reporters note warm weather as thousands of fans return to offices to watch season inaugurals. Except St. Louis rainouts, games go on under sunny skies with temps in the 40s to 60s. Cincinnati hosts the Reds against the Gas House Gang with Dizzy Dean listed as a pitcher. In the New York area four teams planned inaugurals with near 60 degree readings.
In Winfield Kansas Inspector Lester and Sheriff Boast address Winfield Board of Education sponsored meeting. Lester defends FBI secrecy and cites local officers aid while noting mistakes. Boast criticizes Baker's death as needless, acknowledging federal handicaps.
The chancellor spoke from the speaker's stand before MPs and distinguished guests, reviewing the year's finances and proposing future measures. He reported expanding trade and rising national purchasing power, expressing readiness to face the new year with its implications.
In ALCOA Tennessee Fred Wetmore president of the Aluminum Workers Union says members voted 2 156 for a strike and 238 against to press for higher wages He will seek AFL approval before negotiating with Aluminum Company of America. Washington reports state North Carolina has 4 446 000 unobligated relief funds plus 9 066 000 obligated but unspent totaling 3 242 000 in March. Details cover Agriculture Rural Rehabilitation Public Roads Works Progress Administration and other agencies with varying unobligated balances.
Allie Lee Jemison testified before the senate Indian affairs committee accusing Commissioner John Collier of using Indians as "white rats" in a communist experiment. She presented affidavits alleging communist activity at the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina amid Blue Ridge Parkway right of way disputes and a pending Cherokee referendum on land exchange.
A British freighter completed a successful voyage despite bombardment, as 100 people were reported killed in eight days of attacks on the city. Insurgent sources claim seizure of a merchant vessel near Hendaye en route to Bilbao and Santander, with undisclosed name and origin. Insurgents also tout a Basque front victory against government forces near Torch, 150 miles east of a major port.
Special to The Enterprise Greensboro April 20. Guilford Superior court will hear the case of T J Gold Jr receiver for R R Ragan against Mrs Bertha BH Cox and others of High Point. The receiver seeks to stop the transfer of certain property by the defendants.
Guilford Superior Court in High Point spends afternoon examining the Greek will of the late Bob Kiriakides. Heirs seek clarification on several points with many High Point attorneys in attendance. Lawyers present include J. E. Lyon T. J. Gold Jr. Charles W. McAnally T. J. Gold Sr. R. T. Pickens Wescott Roberson Horace Haworth Owen Reese D. C. Mac Rae and C. A. York.
The North Carolina State Employment Service in High Point will assign most WPA workers to the High Point grade crossing elimination project as funds come through PWA. If skilled labor is needed and unavailable locally, other North Carolina offices will supply workers while the office urges out-of-town applicants to refrain from relocating.
Raleigh report cites Dr. George M. Leiby of the state health board revealing a six month old in a prominent Charlotte family contracted acquired syphilis. A Negro nurse in the household was found infected, with doctors suspecting infection from a pin prick. Treatment will span two years with annual exams thereafter. Leiby notes prevention could come from a Pittman act style law requiring health certificates for domestic servants.
The budget bill allocates $143,402,149 more than this year for the department while authorizing up to $5,000,000 immediately from soil conservation funds to address the dust bowl. It approves $22,225,000 for soil conservation demonstrations and sets total conservation and land-use funding at $470,000,000. Public roads gain $110,500,000 to $178,500,000, with $10,000,000 for grade crossing elimination and $5,000,000 for feeder roads. most of the increase funds the regular federal-aid primary highway system. Additional items include $4,000,000 for the Farm Credit Administration and $15,000,000 authorized for the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation. Other line items cover forest service, plant disease eradication, entomology and plant quarantine, and agricultural economics programs.
ASHEBORO April 20 Buck Brooks 12 son of Mr and Mrs K W Brooks of Asheboro route one refuses to be topped by stories about egg oddities Buck a bantam fancier has a bantam hen that produced an egg with no yolk Buck believes the bird protests the low egg prices by lowering vitamin content to boost returns to effort level
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