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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1937
Page
2
Partly cloudy and cold in the east with frost along the coast. Central and southern areas see fair conditions with a hard freeze toward the coast tonight. Winds shift from northwest to overcast seas with rain in the north portion tonight and clearing Tuesday.
A dated ad claims Fasteeth prevents teeth from dropping or slipping with morning application. It promises all day secure fit without altered taste or sensation and urges readers to buy from their druggist. Three sizes are offered.
The Lindberghs docked at Next Day Hill estate after a brief, secret voyage home from abroad. Officials offered no details of their plans, sparking speculation that Charles Lindbergh and his wife may end exile or pursue aviation or medical research ventures. Guards blocked access to the Morrow estate as reporters noted their cautious reentry.
The Lindberghs arrived quietly after a public divorce bid. on deck early, Colonel Lindbergh climbed rigging while Mrs. Lindbergh viewed the scene with a restrained smile. The Lindbergh kidnapping era echoes as Citizens Protective League telegrams urge reward payments to aid authorities.
Two Lexington men, Joe Cripliver and Donald Wagner, pleaded guilty in Federal district court in Greensboro to writing extortion. The men face probation and possible sentencing considerations for the crime.
The court, in a 5 to 4 decision, held that West Virginia may tax gross receipts earned by Dravo Contracting Company from projects within the state without unduly hindering federal functions. Chief Justice Hughes wrote the opinion. A dissent by Justices McReynolds Sutherland and Butler argued the tax burdens federal operations. The ruling reverses a lower court injunction blocking the 2 percent levy.
Relatives fear for Arthur Fried after he vanished from Briarview Manor. His car was found two hours later at Rosedale Gardens near Mamaroneck Avenue. Harold Daniels, Fried’s brother in law, denies a ransom note. police confirm the missing person report.
Japanese forces pressed toward Nanking while heavy air attacks hit targets along the lower Yangtze. Reports say the 32,720 ton battleship Nagato was sunk by bombs near Tung Chow and Fushan, which Japanese sources dispute. British vessels at Wuhu suffered damage, with injuries to the Ladybird crew and two Britons, and casualties among civilians and refugees aboard ships and barges. Americans at Wuhu reported no injuries.
Two young men demanded money from Dr. J F Lancaster and Harvey Shoaf under threat of harm. Judge Johnson J Hayes gave six months probation after they previously received suspended five year sentences and four months for petty larceny in Davidson county court.
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Senate and House focus on Roosevelt administration proposals with limited action on anti lynching and court packing. Wall of resistance to rapid corporate tax revision persists as Congress weighs 1938 session timing and strategic moves on Black and neutrality policies.
Heavy weather at Key West with a ceiling of 300 feet forced postponement of an air cruise to Havana planned today by about twenty pilots as part of the all American air maneuvers. Jacqueline Cochran who set a New York Miami speed record last week delayed attempts to set new marks for 100 50 and 26 mile closed courses.
At St John s Newfoundland two men died when the Port Aux Basques to St John s fast freight engine slipped through a washed out culvert four miles from St John s. Engineer Ernest Webber and Fireman Amos Courage were trapped in the cab while freight cars piled atop the engine. The lone passenger and remaining crew in the caboose survived uninjured.
The High School Debating Union of North Carolina selects the national topic for spring contests. Thirty five state leagues will discuss unicameral legislatures with NC schools forming triangles in the rounds. Finalists from the triangular debates compete in Chapel Hill for the Aycock Memorial Cup.
Hollywood dispatch reports William S Hart, famed screen star, confined to bed with pleurisy and fractured ribs after an accident at his Newhall horseshoe ranch. He will stay in the hospital about a month as he recovers from the injuries and illness.
City council allocates 26000 to build a trestle bridge and detour around Riverside drive where a moving mountain of earth slid from Elysian Park. Sixty workers are assigned to construct the temporary passage.
French aviator Paul Codos departed Natal Brazil for Dakar Senegal at 3 30 a m EST. He earlier set a Paris to Buenos Aires record on Nov 22 with a time of 52 hours and 60 minutes.
Losses from fires across Great Britain and Ireland totaled more than 15 million dollars in the first quarter of 1933. The figure reflects widespread property damage and insurance costs as regions faced heavy blazes and recovery efforts.
Founding of the American Labor Party in New Jersey with I. L. and AFL participation represents 150000 organized workers. Detroit area locals form labor non partisan league as part of Michigan party efforts ahead of a possible national labor ticket for 1940.
Sunday Christian Science lessons centered on God as the only cause and creator. The Golden Text cited Psalms 19 1 3 praising the heavens as the work of God with no speech heard everywhere. Additional readings argued Spirit as sole substance and creator, denying matter as real.
A gang cracked a packing case on a New York pier and stole 2,000 Chinese silver dollars. Police at the 20th Street station had little prior exposure to such coins, but investigators pressed the case, circulating notices to silver and gold merchants in hopes the thief would sell the coins as old metal.
Mac Olin Booth of the Booth mouse trap factory notes a Burlington railroad seeks to abandon a 20.5 mile branch. Booth says the route carried only about a third of his product, reducing potential impact on operations.
In Oklahoma City Pluto the German shepherd raced the scent of a rabbit with distended nostrils. He whined impatiently and pressed his head into a six inch pipe, requiring two hours for firemen to remove the trapped animal headpiece.
Firefighters saved a dog from the Mississippi River and also saved Harold Anderson who fell in while trying to rescue the animal. Rescuers conducted a boat operation and recovered both survivor and subject.
In Fair Enough Wisconsin two Rivers five hunters fired on a deer at once. Three bullets were found in the animal and each hunter claimed ownership. With no ballistics expert available the group enlisted a butcher to settle the quarrel. Each hunter brought home 62 pounds of venison.
The passage credits Homer with preserving a society’s knowledge by recording its stories and traditions, ensuring they endured in human memory rather than fading away.
Mariano Fanti a Brooklyn feather importer lay near death after a drive with his secretary Mrs Bertha Nolan 35 a widow slain by a bullet in the head Fanti reportedly confessed to the slaying while his wife said Mrs Nolan had asked for a divorce months earlier Police found both in Fanti's car last night as he lay wounded beside the dead woman with a self inflicted wound in the head Assistant District Attorney William E McCarthy said Fanti may face trial if he recovers
Rev Isaac Lane who rose from slavery to the bishopric of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died aged 108 in Jackson Tennessee He was born near Jackson in 1834 and ordained in 1866 marking a long public ministry ending yesterday according to reports.
By virtue of a 1936 mortgage deed Sylvester Holmes to Mrs Chestie Black the High Point property Lot 9 on Olga Street Guilford County is sold at public auction for cash at City Hall High Point at 12 noon on December 14 1937 to satisfy the secured indebtedness. Mortgagee Mrs Chestie Buack D C MacRae attorney.
Substituted trustee will sell at public auction for cash at Guilford County Court House door Greensboro NC on December 29 1937 the property known as 809 Woodrow Avenue High Point described as Lot 14 in Willenbar Terrace. Court convenes at noon with 6 percent cash deposit required. Tax lien 1937.
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