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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1938
Page
2
Fragments describe winds and conditions near Hatteras and Saersonville. Generally fair with variable winds turning southwest in the north and gentle southeast in the south. Night and Thursday forecast as overcast to partly cloudy with no major storms indicated.
Rabbi Owehey Rabinowitz aged 78 died in New York on April 27. He led the United States and Rabbis Association of the Red States and Canada and is mourned by colleagues in the religious community.
The Junior Class of chemical engineers from High Point College under Dr. EB Cummings visited the Sutter Young corporation plant. They inspected lacquer shellac stain and paint departments, learned paint formulation from Mr. Davis, weighed mixed and tested paint, gaining access to modern machinery and real-world industrial data for senior year practical research benefiting local manufacturers.
Paris April 27. Louis De Chappedelaine French minister of merchant marine announced a three year program to expand merchant ship construction to bolster coastal defenses during wartime.
Durham reports the funeral planned for George L. Leggett 36 co owner of the Legget group of stores in North Carolina and Virginia. The services are set to take place in Durham tomorrow with family and business associates among attendees.
City council approves a resolution funding an electric system project with up to 2,595,000 in grants and up to 3,171,750 in revenue bonds. Bonds are payable solely from electric system revenues with no new taxes. The system will be treated as separate from the existing distribution network and the measure takes effect immediately.
The governor urged unity against Nazism or Communism while defending democracy. The Hi Y Club sponsored the rally in the new Woman's Club building with remarks from Romulus Skaggs and Dan Maddox. Coach McMillan awarded prizes to the oldest and youngest fathers as music by Rapps orchestra accompanied the speech.
Gart M. Gatling, former Raleigh postmaster and lawyer, paid a 10 dollar contempt fine after claiming the judge was unfair in rulings during questions to a witness in the Edward Horton trial. Solicitor W Y Bickett objected to the questions and Judge Don Phillips sustained the objection. Gatling asserted the judge’s attitude was unfair after repeated rulings against him.
Shanghai reports a Japanese offensive in far Northwestern China nearing Soviet Russian spheres. Anpei fell after an all day battle with 560 Chinese killed and 600 captured. elsewhere Chinese slow advances faced heavy artillery as Shantung Kwangsu border remained active near Lunghai Railway.
In Raleigh on April 27 Col. J Monroe Johnson assistant Secretary of Commerce tells Legionarres and Auxiliary members that America must not remain isolated. He says the United States is too important in world affairs to bury its head in the sands and that the Legion would choose war over worse alternatives.
The article describes Queen Geraldine, a 22 year old American born bride, becoming queen of Albania beside King Zog. It details guests including diplomats and Americans, the bridal attire, palace ceremony, entourages, and a public wedding breakfast.
City council delays changes in zone ordinance citing property trespass and tree damage. Minutes record the claim. Attorney Mec Anally notes Falk franchise renewal for Negro bus lines extends five years. Council approves conditional segregation of street assessments for Elliott heirs south of Monthieu Avenue. An ordinance authorizes bonds up to 1.94 million dollars to refund city indebtedness as part of a town plan.
In Shanghai area a potential clash between British and Japanese forces was avoided as Japan agreed to release the British steamer Tung Wo by morning. Earlier a British gunboat was prepared to intervene. Japanese launches stopped the 1337 ton vessel off Haimen near the Whangpoo river after a Chinese passenger allegedly fired a pistol at a Japanese soldier.
Two people drowned as floods from three days of heavy rain cause widespread damage in Hawke Bay on the North Island. Homes are ruined and floodwaters engulf communities in the severest event on record for the province.
UNC students held an all day peace demonstration in Chapel Hill with Senator Pope of Idaho to address peace concerns. Ramsay Potts and Frank Braynard of Duke University peace committee planned talks with an open forum on tonight’s program.
Raleigh April 27. Lawyers for Atlantic Greyhound Bus lines said they would go to the Supreme Court before allowing Wadesboro resident W L Marshall Jr to obtain the franchise to operate buses between Wadesboro and Winston-Salem via Thomasville, asserting legal hurdles remain.
Madame D'Ekna, born in Raleigh, claims her granddaughter Geraldine will wed King Zog of Albania and rule. Geraldine, described as blonde with grey eyes, speaks four languages and embodies Southern charm. The Raleigh Times notes she is the first American descendant to sit on a European throne.
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