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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
2
North Carolina generally fair and slightly warmer in the east. Saturday sees increasing clouds and possible rain or snow in the west in the afternoon and night. South Carolina remains generally fair with clouds increasing on Saturday and a chance of rain in the northwest portion.
Greensboro December 3 continuation of federal bankruptcy under 77 B for Huntley Jackson Hosiery mill High Point granted by Judge Johnson J Hayes until January 3. Management stays in place with skeleton staff, assets $99,267 liabilities $95,193, stock liquidation $1,853 to meet $2,275 cash and $5,300 in labor claims. Audit ordered by creditors. Benal Hosiery case in High Point municipal court halted pending January hearing.
Editorials accuse Italy and Mussolini of threatening democracy while China is urged to seek peace terms. In Europe, Britain streamlines the army with young leaders, Daladier seeks to revise the Versailles frontier rule with Switzerland, and Daladier and Neurath hold a brief strategic chat in Berlin as Poland and the Little Entente move toward strengthened ties.
The French chamber of deputies unanimously approves the 1938 army budget. Defense Minister Edouard Daladier rejects a Communist demand to cut the two year compulsory military service. The regular budget allocates 6,628,942,145 francs for the army with over 6.55 billion francs extra in the extraordinary budget awaiting later approval.
Agriculture committee member D. Texas said debate would continue for days as factions argue details of the farm bill. Boileau amendment, approved 114 to 95, would withhold federal benefits from farmers who plant dairy seeds on withdrawn acreage. Borah denounces the bill as government blackmail and condemns crop control.
Sergeant E J Mc Dermott testified that Walter L Ross a 17 year old Marine after asking about capital punishment in Virginia admitted he killed attorney Elmer J Davidson in Washington Virginia. The sergeant said Ross then asked if he would be hanged for the act.
Mrs. Marvin Kearns 56 died at her High Point area home at 3 40 this morning after a several week illness. Born January 6 1881 in Randolph County she was the daughter of J L and Roxanna Briles and a Fairfield M P Church member. Survived by husband three sons one daughter mother three brothers three sisters and two granddaughters. Funeral home will hold arrangements pending.
David Harrison Bodenheimer, 90, well known Abbott's Creek farmer, died at his home after a lengthy illness. Born March 25, 1847 in Davidson County, he spent his life in the area and was a member of Abbott's Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow Mary Ann Yokely, three sons Andrew Charlie H. and Willie A. Bodenheimer of High Point route 2, two daughters Mrs Allie M. Wall Kernersville and Mrs Victoria Phillips Kernersville, 23 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were unsettled. services expected Sunday. Body to remain at Sechrest Funeral Home until Saturday at 2 o'clock, then moved to the late home.
Friends of Mr and Mrs Howard T Denning of 316 Hobson Street mourn the loss of their infant daughter Evelyn O Neil Denning who died at home last night at 11 40. Interment will be held in Oakwood Cemetery this afternoon.
Dr D A Burress noted physician died after illness at Guilford County Sanitorium. Services conducted by Dr C Williamson and Dr H N Bowne at First Presbyterian and Episcopal churches. Body sent by noon train to Anderson DC for Saturday funeral at McDougald Bleackley Funeral Home. Interment Silver Branch cemetery.
E. W. Cole of Winston-Salem, WPA district supervisor, reports rising unemployment but says funds are sufficient to aid those in need. George L. Burke of Greensboro notes no one certified for employment has been denied, with a 200 shortfall in monthly WPA quota across seven counties, including Guilford, where about 2,000 of 2,200 male and 2,000 of 2,000 female slots are filled.
The University of North Carolina debating team will face the Oxford-Cambridge debaters in Chapel Hill tonight. Participants include Sam Earle Hobbs of Selma Alabama Clarence Kluttz of Salisbury James A Brown of Ireland and Ronald V Gibson of Scotland. The topic is American isolationism.
Internal revenue receipts in North Carolina for last month totaled 29 081 876 28 dollars, rising 34 9 percent from November 1936.
Dr. Trautman, who left Nanking for Hankow with other foreign ambassadors last week, arrived Thursday and went on to Hankow aboard a Chinese customs cruiser. He reportedly talked with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek during the visit, but no details or outcomes were announced.
F L White 65 proprietor of Mebane Drug Co and brother of Mrs Carl Jones High Point was killed when his car was struck by a Southern Railway through freight at a grade crossing in Mebane at 6 10 p m. The car was dragged about 250 feet. He leaves a widow Miss Mabel Chamblee and four children Delmar Geitner William and Helen Reid White with siblings and in laws in North Carolina.
Last night the Christmas tree in the window of Industrial Finance at 205 South Main Street was broken into. The thieves stole one-dollar bills and 100 Lincoln-head pennies. Police report no suspects and are investigating the break-in.
Judge Lewis B Teague signed an order in the Fred A Libes and Sons receivership authorizing receiver James B Lovelace to pay $50 to Hilda Bundy for services rendered in the 90 days before appointment. The payment reduces an earlier claimed amount of $261.40, crediting $50 toward that total.
Fletcher M Barbee a High Point native drowned in Lake Okeechobee Florida Tuesday was recovered yesterday afternoon Relatives said Claude C Barbee a brother is in Moore Haven Florida to take charge of the body which will be brought to High Point for burial Final funeral arrangements will be completed on arrival of the body
A North Carolina delegation survey shows a general belief the measure will pass. Only two of eleven NC representatives signed the petition to bring up the bill, Bulwinkle and Umstead supporting or wavering based on final form.
The British Museum holds about 4 380 000 volumes making it the fifth largest library globally. The collection size underscores its prominence among major national and research libraries.
A man hurled a grenade into a Japanese parade torrenting a rising sun flag from a civilian and breaking the staff. Police protected a suspect in a bookshop as crowds chased him. American officials urged Americans to leave Nanking as war raged nearby.
Reports from Nanking indicate German efforts to mediate in the Chinese Japanese clash gained support as Dr. Oscar Trautmann, the German ambassador, made a brief flying visit.
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