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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1937
Page
2
Partly cloudy with little temperature change today through Wednesday. Winds from southwest and west increasing tonight and Wednesday. Hatteras region expect moderate to fresh easterly winds with occasional rain mainly in the north portion.
Police report a Ford V-8 car burned at the Deep River church last night. The owner could not be identified immediately. The vehicle bore North Carolina license 250 485.
The North Carolina Philosophical Society will hold its third annual meeting May 1 at Guilford College. President Clyde A Milner will host and preside at 11 45 am. Prof Edgar H Henderson of Meredith College will present Some Aspects of Critical Realism, followed by papers by Prof Alban G Widgery and Prof H J Bowden on Whitehead topics. A luncheon and tea are scheduled with discussions after each paper.
Floodwaters from the Ohio Allegheny Monongahela Thames Rapidan James and Potomac rivers inundated areas in Pittsburgh Wheeling East Liverpool Fredericksburg Marietta and London Ontario forcing evacuations. Cumberland Maryland saw receding danger as Johnstown Pennsylvanias outlook remained grim with more rain feared. Red Cross set up shelters across Ontario to aid thousands of refugees.
Delegation visiting the capital includes Dr. I. T. Mann Wiley M. Pickens James Caldwell Hubert Olive and J. P. Land. They push to establish a state veterans hospital as the sole NC facility at Oteen serves tuberculosis and general care. The Graham Barden Goldsboro bill is not backed by the Legion.
Dust and dirt mixed with rain swept over the city today as fertilizer and soil stimulator merchants noted the odd weather. The particles jarred car tops and streets while merchants grumbled nature seemed to intrude on their business.
The record misidentified Verlie Tuggle's address as 1201-8 College Street. She is actually employed on Lexington Avenue, not at the stated residence.
About 400 senior and junior girls at the local high school heard Mrs. Ernestine C. Milner dean of women Guilford College speak on Vocational Help. Henry Grady Owens opened the program and Miss Lucille Johnston introduced Milner who outlined youth analysis, intelligence rating and generalized training as factors in selecting and preparing for a vocation. The day concluded with Milner surveying senior girls on their chosen careers.
Diplomats and politicians search for details about last week's Venice talks between Mussolini and Schuschnigg. They consider Austrian pressure not to pursue Czech Austrian rapprochement. The ban of Christliche Staendestaat and Roeder's Berlin visit fuel talk of a German Italian lead on Austro Hungarian ties and possible general staff understanding.
Police seek help locating Marvin Bridgeman an 18 year old son of J Bridgeman of 402 Kent Green street who vanished from home last Thursday and has not been seen since. He is five feet tall with black hair brown eyes and fair complexion and was last seen wearing blue overalls a brown coat and vest.
Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson finished the six months required in her divorce case and remains poised to marry the former King of England. Only legal technicalities stand between her and remarriage as the court documents near completion.
Jackson Whitlow a 45 year old former trapper in Stoop ing Oak Tennessee says he is on the forty ninth day of a fast to the Lord. He reports voices urging endurance and his wife Florence says he may not last much longer as visitors crowd Cumberland mountain cabin and Whitlow uses mouth wash and water to ease thirst.
The Supreme Court plans to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the old age pension provisions of the federal social security act with a decision expected before summer adjournment. Arguments on unemployment insurance and related state cooperation questions may also be decided together. George P. Davis of Boston challenges the old age pensions, while Charles C. Steward Machine Co of Alabama attacked the unemployment provisions and lost in the New Orleans circuit court.
Two U. S. lawmakers predict a 1938 deficit of about 500 million dollars with 102 million more in spending than this year based on the President’s message. Snell argues the President’s estimate omits extra appropriations Congress approves. Debate over tenancy aids and agency consolidation shows division on how to trim expenditures.
Testimony in Kentucky hearings recalls a man showing six bullets to a grand jury witness as John L. Lewis and union leaders attend. The witness states a deputy sheriff near Verda fired bullets into a car because the driver wore a farmer's union button.
From the record on Ernest Aldrich Simpson the arrangement was to be finalized shortly, with completion anticipated within a fortnight.
Police charged three people with overparking two with speeding two with driving without a state permit one for making a left turn where prohibited and one for running a red light Drive Carefully and Save a Life.
Settlement of the Stockton California cannery strike provides for union recognition and ends a clash that began over wages and hours affecting 1300 workers. In Detroit 18 sit downers were arrested amid narcotics department clashes at Parke Davis plant as federal agents intervened.
Reports describe the destruction of Guernica with hundreds killed as Basque capital faced fierce insurgent bombardment. Madrid fatalities reach at least 270 amid 16 days of siege fire, while Valencia endures shelling. Neutrality talks in London study cross border patrol cooperation and German naval activity near Spain.
Leona New filed suit in High Point municipal court against Taft New for divorce from bed and board and custody of their child Elizabeth Hardie ter New. The complaint alleges a marriage on April 2, 1927 and cruel treatment on April 11, 1936 and other times. the husband is said to be serving a core on the roads.
Flooding pressures mount across the state with the Cape Fear at Fayetteville forecast to crest around 37 feet, Elizabethtown at 28 feet, and Goldsboro due by Friday. The Tar at Rocky Mount remains near bank and no crest forecast yet.
The stock market reversed a selloff with a broad advance led by U S Steel Bethlehem Republic and major names. Short covering and speculative buying spurred gains as volume widened early and later steadied with bonds and commodities also reclaiming some losses.
Tulsa and leaders of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs discuss education for modern living as the federation’s goal. National President Roberta Campbell Lawson highlights the need for education in living while addressing delegates at the yearly council meeting and notes a resolution on Roosevelt’s judiciary reform plan.
North Carolina branch managers for the National Optical Stores company must show cause in superior court on May 7 why they should not be held in contempt. Judge J. A. Rosseau signed the order at the petition of the board of examiners in optometry alleging the firm employed incompetent eye examiners and prescribed glasses improperly. The petition claims a November order by Judge J. Will Press Jr. directing the firm to desist was ignored.
Senator Van Nuys urged dividing the bill so Supreme Court provisions are voted separately. The move faced likely defeat as first checks favored keeping the bill intact. Some committee members discussed delaying action hoping for changes in the court's makeup and possible retirements as the term ends next month.
The couple reportedly planned a wedding near Victoria Texas. Miss Jarratt and Purvis flew in from out of town and checked out of a hotel. The wedding was indefinitely postponed with no new date given. A breakfast and a dinner party were cancelled. Miss Jarratt had a minor car accident recently but was not injured.
Mrs Viola C Jones 2 died at a local hospital shortly after 1 pm after a week with pneumonia. Born May 11 1907 in Yadkin County she moved to High Point 14 years ago and belonged to West End Baptist Church. Survived by husband J H Jones a son Odell two daughters Helen and Catherine parents M A and Elizabeth Swaim four sisters Ruth Mabel Edith Swaim five brothers all of High Point. Body to 1222 Doris Street. Funeral at West End Baptist Church Thursday at 3 pm conducted by Rev J N Bowman and Rev George Liner. Interment Floral Garden Cemetery.
The city fire and police commission recommends the discharge of four city employees including L Grimes a fire station four volunteer. It suggests transfers for George T Royals and Sam Crowson who are first class patrol men but not physically able to perform duties. It urges H Oglesby be appointed to the police department. It preserves Claude N Culler as a volunteer at fire station two with no compensation and keeps Earl M Brown as a volunteer at fire station one while he remains employed in the tax collector's office.
The state supreme court will hand down decisions tomorrow on cases appealed from the eighth and thirteenth judicial districts in Raleigh.
New Orleans April 27 AP Cotton futures opened irregular today with moves from one point up to four points down. May opened at 12.79, July at 12.96, October at 12.75, and December 12.81. The July and October positions were 1 point net up.
New Orleans and Chicago markets report per ton futures closing mostly higher by 23 to 36 points. July and December contracts show gains while nearby quotes edge higher amid steady demand and trading activity. Chicago butter prices hold firm with mixed dairy classifications and weak overall demand for storage entries.
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