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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1939
Page
9
Thomasville will again have Jimmy Maus as manager of the Tommies in 1940. Judge W. Gilliam, president of the Thomasville Baseball Club, said Maus remains popular with fans and players. The club’s 1980 roster is under contract except for Ted Mueller, the first baseman.
A dense jumble of trades offers contracts and coaching rumors across football and baseball. Alavis the heavyweight contender attracts a 20000 offer from a Barney Ross led Chicago syndicate while other items note coach searches in the Big Six and interest from Vanderbilt. Mentions of Nile Kinnick and Eddie Anderson echo long ago school moves as various executives and players are tracked.
Salisbury officials arrived for the North State Athletic Conference annual meeting to elect officers award the football championship assign officials and discuss basketball rule interpretations. Appalachian and Lenoir Rhyne are contending for the loop title with records of three wins and one tie versus four wins and two ties respectively.
Two well played games on the Marsh Playground saw Cloverdale and Grimes Street fight to a scoreless draw as Brentwood edged Emma Blair 1 0 with captain Bonnie Castle scoring. Elm Street faces Oak Hill at West End School in a 2 of 3 northern division title series opener.
Thirteen braces were called today in the open derby of the Pointer Club of America in Pinehurst. Homewood Stardust, owned by H. M. Curry of Pittsburgh, won the open all age stake with Miss Pilot Boone, owned by Dr. F. O. Foard of Valdese, second and Maple Rocky Jake, owned by Dr. R. Z. Cates of Spartanburg, S C., finished third.
Duquesne's 1940 grid card now has one empty date after adding the University of Mississippi. The Dukes host Ole Miss at Oxford October 19 with a potential return game in 1941 and also play Waynesburg South Carolina North Carolina State Marquette St Mary's Carnegie Tech and Mangattan.
High Point College Panthers beat the McCrary Eagles 43 39 in Asheboro to aid underprivileged children. Hugh Hampton led with 15 points including five baskets and five free throws, while Jack Moran added 9 and Bill Mann 14 for McCrary. The halftime score stood 19 15 in favor of McCrary.
In Frederick Maryland a will directs 300 in Confederate paper money and church funds to four heirs and Silver Hill Methodist Church. An Indianapolis shoe store window was bricked in by an unknown man, leaving only a left shoe, size 9. A Kansas City tax mix up nets Ben Strauss a 291.10 Christmas windfall after a 16 year old property error.
Police Judge EE C Gober explains professional courtesy as he suspends the one dollar fine for a parking ticket. The defendant is described as the daughter of a Santa Fe magistrate.
Prosperity Note Nebraska City Nebraska County Treasurer C L Kelly will close the office one hour early each day to catch up on receipts and balancing. About 200 receipts are written daily, and staff need more time to finalize transactions before quitting.
The 3792 ton Swedish steamship Torne hit a mine and sank in the Oresund about 25 miles south of Copenhagen. The fate of the crew was not immediately known.
Frank Williams, 51, released after 41 days for a minor offense, was sent back to jail after deputy Robert Bledsoe found a jail owned towel soap and spoon in his pocket, charging him with petit larceny.
Futility in Covington sees Harry Penny president of a millwork firm report thieves broke in during the night opened the safe took 825 dollars and resecured the box. Police suspected deliberate entry and a careful job by intruders at the scene.
Charles Peters, 53, attempted to help a stranger he believed was injured in Sacramento. He slipped and broke a leg while calling for an ambulance. The supposed victim was intoxicated. In Portland, a man named K P Levett jokes that if he forgets his number he is doomed. His phone is Sunset 7442 and license 7842, living at 7342 8 BK 32nd Ave.
A Chicago suburb Elmwood Park road tree bears a deer antler stuck in its trunk from a past event. Dealer Carl Larsen recalls a deer ran into the same tree about five years ago and shed the broken antler as it fled. His brother, a Wisconsin evergreen grower, confirmed the sighting.
Kerner s ville officials announce an appeal of the Forsyth Superior Court ruling granting O F Clinard $1500 for farm damages from the town disposal plant discharging into Abbott s Creek. If upheld by the Supreme Court, additional suits from neighboring farm owners are expected against the town.
The mid week prayer service at Hayworth Wesleyan Methodist Church will be led by Pastor Rev Charles K Gentry. He has been away in revival meetings and will speak on The Purpose In Christs Coming. Four leading steel ingot producing states in 1937 were Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
North Carolina shipping point data and Tuesday wholesale market sales across major markets are listed. Prices reflect bulk sales of merchantable sweet potatoes and assorted vegetables with regional figures from Cleveland to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Baltimore, noting steadiness or weakness by item and origin.
Vatican announces next June beatification for Mother Philippine Duchesne who helped found the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in the United States. She and four sisters sailed to New Orleans in 1818 and established the first western school in St. Louis. She traveled to the Rockies region establishing schools and convents amid reported miracles. Memphis enforces a blue law restricting Sunday hot dog sales while allowing bologna.
Detroit December 13 The Tigers authorize Red Kress to play basketball to aid weight loss He is now 25 pounds lighter than at the end of last season The move aims to help him regain form for the coming year.
Commissioner Guy T Helvering urged filers to submit by December 31 1989 refunds for taxes paid under the Agricultural Adjustment Act and claims for inventories held on January 6 1936 of items made from commodities taxed under the act. English horses return to plow amid gasoline rationing.
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