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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1937
Page
2
Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and again tomorrow. Winds from the south and southwest, overcast with a few showers tonight.
The rules group cancels its conference as leaders discuss presidential power to reorganize agencies. The house plans to focus on secondary items while hoping to push a low cost housing bill, now stalled in committee. Bankhead vows to push a farm bill by January and seeks a guaranteed crop control bill.
Hong Kong reports a cholera surge with 59 deaths in the last 24 hours. Inoculation centers see thousands seeking free treatment as troops and naval forces in the area are inoculated to halt the outbreak.
A Japanese fleet of twelve destroyers and three light cruisers moves up the Yangtze to Woosung forts while marines land and mechanized equipment arrives. A clash at airdrome leaves one Japanese officer and a seaman dead as both sides seek diplomatic settlement to avoid a broader undeclared war. A detachment of 1000 marines is sent from the interior to Hankow to guard the Japanese concession.
About 500 delegates are expected to attend the annual convention of the state council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics in Durham on Tuesday August 11.
Rep Graham A Barden of the third district was scheduled to deliver the principal address at the dedication of the Vanceboro community park late today.
Packard Motor Car Co notified dealers of a retail price increase ranging from 65 to 200 dollars to take effect August 16. The move affects multiple models and follows recent market shifts.
Eloise Willis, 17, re-enacts a flogging of Oscar Kay, 47, a WPA worker, after being charged with assault. The scene shows welts on Kay and Eloise’s father Alfred Willis reenacting the act at a tree as onlookers witness. The girl allegedly circulated a story that damaged her reputation.
Fifty bodies have been placed in receiving vaults in Kansas City since grave diggers struck last Thursday. Undertakers say there is vault space enough to last four weeks more if needed.
Disputants over A. H. Guion and company central batching mixer on North Hamilton Street near the railway reached an informal compromise in Guilford court house yesterday afternoon. Judge W. F. Harding postponed indefinitely the hearing on Pittsburgh Plate Glass company’s petition for a permanent injunction. The agreement allows the mixer to operate while the glass firm checks for interference with mirror manufacturing and, if interference is found, the case will be reopened.
The debate centered on a single measure as Senator Byrnes signaled future floor action only if Congress stays beyond current plans. Acting Comptroller General R N Elliott opposed a provision transferring functions from the General Accounting Office to the Budget Bureau and to a proposed independent General Auditing Office reporting to Congress. Elliott argued the legislation would injure the public interest by removing Congress's control over appropriated funds.
More than 1,000 persons from the southeast are expected to attend the 17th annual convention of the Association of Business Men's Evangelistic clubs in Blue Ridge North Carolina from Friday through Sunday.
United Automobile Workers plan to distribute leaflets at the Ford Motor Co rouge plant gates this afternoon starting about 2 pm. Volunteers were given maps marking public property boundaries along Miller road and told to avoid private Ford premises while state and local police monitor to prevent violence.
Russell Wood, 32, of Archdale, was jailed for indecent exposure after a protest against public nudity in High Point. He wandered around Elm Street school grounds shirtless while deciding where to change, then injured himself attempting to slash his wrist but was stopped by Officer W. E. Carroll. he sustained a small gash.
Mrs Isabella Sivins 32 a divorcee died before her children's funeral after gas filled her Diblas Street home. Firemen found gas pouring from an open vent as they entered, locating three children Genevieve 12 Mary 10 and Raymond 8 already dead and the mother unconscious. A police watch remained at her bedside seeking answers.
North Carolina alone among the South Atlantic states did not show a June rise in crop sales. Dean J. O. Schaub of North Carolina State College reported farmers in the state earned 5.828 million dollars for crops in June versus 7.815 million the previous year.
The World Zionist Congress in Zurich voted 804 to 158 to negotiate with Great Britain on a royal commission report recommending Palestine partition into Jewish Arab and British zones. Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York led opposition, crying “No! No!” while urging rejection of any division. The vote does not bind executives to approve the report but allows exploration of its terms.
In Morganton Burke county citizens totaling 75 were ordered to report to Judge J Will Press Jr for a special venue to select a jury for Erwin A Stamey 22 charged with killing his wife A 19 year old mother of two dropped dead in a burning home May 30 coroner's jury found death by a blunt instrument before the fire.
The Valencia defense ministry cites street fighting in Malaga between Spanish insurgents and foreign volunteers, with Italian officers slain and Italians executed or imprisoned. Reports say a revolt by insurgents against Malaga authorities was suppressed after a day and night of combat. Internal clashes among insurgents noted near Toled o, amid disputed territory gains in the long civil war.
Foreclosure of a deed of trust on a 7500 square foot parcel in High Point Guilford County North Carolina proceeds. The sale by trustee Thos W Sprinkle will occur in front of the Municipal Building on Friday August 13 1997 at 1130 a m to the highest cash bidder. The parcel measures 50 by 150 feet with Leonard Price streets and Catherine Ingram lines and has historical conveyances noted in Bee book 422 pages 247 364 456 430 308 630 80. A 1997 notice date appears along with attorney contact.
Consumer health note warns that extreme heat slows digestion and elimination causing souring of food, restlessness, headaches, dizziness, and coated tongue. It emphasizes bilious symptoms attributed to liver imbalance in heat.
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