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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1937
Page
2
Cloudy to Thursday with scattered showers possible in North and South Carolina. Warmer conditions expected Thursday, especially in the northern areas. Hatteras to Jacksonville expect moderate south winds with overcast skies and tiered showers tonight and Thursday.
The civil service body adjourned to act on recommendations including demoting Walter George Wilson from lieutenant to fireman first class and transferring him. Homer L. Bost and Frank M. Houser are to be dismissed as volunteer firemen. resignations of J. R. Patterson and Harry L. Grimes are accepted. Claude N. Culler may remain on payroll as a volunteer to keep benefits, Earl M. Brown to continue night duty with limited alarm response. Buie and Oglesby cases await final action.
The piece argues a government juggernaut is irreversible and will override constitutional obstacles. It contends four years of policy created machinery undermining private enterprise and steering toward state capitalism. It contrasts this with a deadly trapdoor spider description.
Leading Senate opponents gathered in a strategy meeting to decide whether to wage a win or lose everything fight or seek compromise as the judiciary committee planned a two week debate. Senator Logan urged May 11 for vote on the bill and amendments. Senator Hughes wavered on a motion to report with no recommendation.
Carl M Spencer head of Home Savings bank Boston issued a sharp warning against rising installment buying at the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks conference in New York. He cited old allurements and urged buyers to ask if they need it and can afford it while noting money management is now a fact. Major Angas predicted long term prosperity in America with activity rivaling 1929 era levels.
Barricaded Thermoid Company workers sought enforcement of a chancery court order restraining interference with movement of people and supplies at the plant. About 300 employees returned to work as police and pickets clashed during a two day strike at the rambling brake lining and rubber plant in suburban Trenton. A Committee for Industrial Organization urged peaceful tactics to pickets.
The Bank of England opens a $200000 kitchen touted as the largest and most costly staff facility in London. It can prepare lunches for up to 2000 staff daily. The unveiling highlights its scale and expense.
Urbernaga Bolivar Arrozola Ax pel Apatamona Suerio Abadiano Acarror Bazterrechea are named as Basque districts resisting rebels in a siege of the Basque capital. San tenor council offers refuge to evacuated women and children as Bilbao swells to 400000 and faces food strain after Guernica like bombing reports.
The second deficiency appropriation bill would cut 15 percent of bureaus funds amounting to 18.8 million dollars from the budget bureau estimates. The measure totals 79.2 million. House committees approved a 25 million dollar Army increase for next year while rejecting a 300 million dollar state school aid plan. The appropriations committee projected 416.4 million for military services starting July 1, noting future years will need larger sums. Speaker Bankhead said a tentative 20 million dollar cut from a 100 million dollar second deficiency estimate was decided. The Senate committee trimmed 25 percent from a 1.655 million dollar deficiency bill affecting the FTC, railway retirement board, navigation bureaus and the mint. the House had already approved the measure. Cannon opposed deferring all future cuts to the president and rejected broad across the board reductions.
Proponents Taber and Senator Byrnes D SA have urged a uniform ten percent reduction across all appropriations. The plan envisions a straight cut rather than targeted adjustments to specific programs.
Barrow outlined a strategy to capture tourism revenue arguing the city can divert traffic from major north south highways to route 29. He cited Roger Babson figures showing 1.68 billion dollars spent nationwide by tourists last year and noted three upcoming conventions in 60 days expected to bring about 20 thousand dollars to the community.
Federal food experts predict the average family will need more money in the next weeks to pay grocer butcher and baker. Surveys show retail food costs at the highest level in six years with a trend to rise through May and stay above last year. Supplies are smaller than a year ago mainly due to the 1936 drought. costs are 7 percent higher than last year with eggs the only category to drop.
At the gathering, J. C. She loff, D. D. Carrick, A. L. Stevens and W. K. Watson attended, signaling a quorum and involvement from noted figures.
Descendants of Flora MacDonald gathered at Flora MacDonald College in Red Springs to enshrine the remains of two of her children who died 160 years ago. Edith Scott Magna of New York delivered the principal address as the event recalled Flora MacDonald’s loyalty and the Highlander Legacy in North Carolina.
The New Bern North Carolina valley of the Scottish Rite Masons hosts lectures and degree administrations during its three day spring reunion. The event began today and concludes tomorrow with ceremonies and talks planned.
Addresses by W. G. Haymaker national field secretary and W. E. Duvall of Cheraw and J. B. Mason of Lynchburg presidents of South Carolina and Virginia Business Men's evangelistic clubs will feature the annual convention of the North Carolina clubs here in May.
The first use of industrial arbitration appeared in Lyons before the French Revolution to settle labor disputes in France's silk industry.
The Mortgage Bankers Association reports spring rent jumps across housing and office space. Single family homes lead with about 10.9 percent nationwide, apartments up 9.2 percent, and office space up 8.2 percent, with regional variations noted.
Raleigh April 28. R Mayne Albright acting director said the State Employment Service placed 1 495 persons on jobs during the week ending April 17, compared with 2 187 placements the prior week. Private industry absorbed 49 8 percent of the placements.
The piece describes Kansas as a prairie state with historic volcanic cones and molten rock remnants. It notes Pan-American Airlines displaying a huge globe in the West Indies station, plus an atlas mapping major airlines, shipping lines, notable flights, and famed events. It also mentions an invention to prevent airship twisting with retractable elevators and auto-adjusting fins to reduce wind bending.
The report notes Canadian mills produced 2 604 881 units in the first ten months of 1934, setting a new record for any comparable period. Mexico led silver. 1936 output reached 82 190 000 ounces, the United States second with 64 000 000 ounces.
The text notes that Turkish authorities required licenses granted before 1914 for physicians to practice in Turkey. It also mentions varying voter residency requirements among states and provides a world Jewish population estimate of about 14.6 million.
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