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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
6
City Epworth League Union announces a cabinet meeting this evening at the Main Street M E church with full officer attendance urged. Also notes birthdays, local legion auxiliary representation in Wilmington, a birth announcement, and church supper changes.
The condition of Mrs. T. J. Finch at City Memorial hospital in Thomasville improves slightly after emergency appendectomy for ruptured appendix. Her son T. Austin Finch, member of the Industrial Administration advisory board, arrived by air from Washington to be with her.
In Los Angeles on August 18 AP report says Alex P. Clary, driven by anger, smashed eight hotel windows with a heavy cane before police captured him. He told officers he would continue unless freed, and was booked on malicious mischief charges.
Rose Ruda an 18 year old Cincinnati waitress born in Jerusalem to a German father and Belgian mother shot and killed a bandit attempting a restaurant robbery. She was wounded in the arm and credited with stopping the attack.
Mrs Hubert Ellington was honored at a bridge party hosted by Miss Esca Myers in the Sheraton hotel private dining room. Guests enjoyed gladioli decor and a salad course with ices after several bridge progressions.
Thomasville reports a lineup of cases for the superior court session in Lexington including T A Brown of High Point charged with manslaughter for the dark roadside death of Will Clark. Other Thomasville defendants face embezzlement, assault, drunkenness, prohibition violations, auto issues, and related charges.
Davidson county applicants for HO L C loans will direct applications to George L Hundley a noted real estate and insurance man of Thomasville He was notified Tuesday of his appointment as county appraiser L A Martin of Lexington serves as the loan corporation attorney in the county Allan S O Neal heads the Salisbury branch under which Hundley was notified Local homeowners expect increased activity once the county unit is organized to aid loans under the new act.
Special to the Enterprise details vacancies on the Thomasville high school staff after coach B. G. Rackley and Mrs. Rackley left for other duties. A primary grade vacancy was tendered to Mrs. W. S. Hunt of Fair Grove, who declined. The board has yet to decide on replacements amid state commission delays.
FLORENCE S C Aug 18 Prices crept above the 14 cent average on several South Carolina border markets. Warehouses reported blocked sales yesterday as prices held firm or advanced slightly with forecasts of increased offerings today. Mullins posted 14.33 as the official average the highest this year and Lake City reached 14.28 with 456 695 sold. Border markets indicated growers were satisfied near the 14 cent level.
Fred M Wilcox of Milwaukee for the Federal Labor Board outlined three day voting at hosiery mills in Reading Pa on union representation. More than 6,000 workers returned to plants as an eight week dispute ends with a formal election list of workers by mill compiled for federal officials.
The Janie Tuttle Missionary Society of Main Street M E church met at Mrs J B Lawing's home with Miss Marie Jones as associate hostess. President Mrs W B Perry presided, Bible study was led by Mrs L C King, and talks on women's roles in the church were given by several members. News included hospital updates for Mrs W H Curlee and plans for visits and family gatherings in the area.
Washington letters explain the origin of Nira Iowa named in 1880 for Nira MacDonald Ball wife of a Washington Iowa resident. The county postmaster in Washington named the town after his wife with the first Nira postmaster being Farley. The note ties the naming to patronage and local post office practices.
The Ridgecrest board of directors and stockholders voted to dissolve the Southern Baptist summer assembly's corporation and surrender it to the denominational Sunday school board at their 26th annual meeting. State secretary approval is required before action becomes official.
A display in The Enterprise features a collection of pods found by young Mary Weatherly Tilden daughter of Robbins Tilden and wife in Old Jamestown.
Mark H. Shank 41 of Akron Ohio is held without bond after pleading not guilty to murdering four family members by poisoning at a picnic. He says his confession was compelled and seeks to quell alleged threats. His defense plans a temporary insanity plea as co defendants travel toward Arkansas for trial actions.
Virgil Williams also known as Gene Ralph Morgan a life term inmate convicted of murdering a Little Rock detective was shot by a guard as he fled from Tucker Prison Farm Ark during an escape attempt.
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