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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
3
Washington orders speeding up to complete all Social Security card identifications by January 1. S C Clark postmaster reports added typists and planned night work. many workers still must submit SS-5 forms and deductions will start January 1. Work is pushed to finish rapidly though thousands of cards remain.
Asheboro high school class of 1931 will hold a dinner reunion on Tuesday December 29 at 8 p m in the Ashlyn hotel. Waldo Cheek chairing. Miss Massa Lambert will attend. Helen Amick Presnell and Pauline Smith Dail lead arrangements with the program committee including Lucy Clyde Taylor Virginia Cross and Waldo Cheek.
Hundreds of bridge players from the two Carolinas are invited to Pinehurst for the contract bridge tournament on January 22 and 23. Mrs. Anna Baker Fenner of Tarboro will head the event, with R. P. Tingley of Charlotte serving as official scorer.
Reports say troops loyal to General Yu raided the public safety bureau and ransacked the provincial pacification office as mutiny spreads from Shensi to Sianfu. Japanese ambassador Kawagoe arrived from Shanghai seeking closer crisis contact while Tokyo warns any settlement must protect Japanese interests.
Reports from Managua say 20 bodies recovered at San Vicente El Salvador after a powerful quake. Officials including General Hernandez Martinez and Interior Minister Calderon rushed to the scene to lead relief efforts. An eruption at nearby Santa Rita was reported along with damage to most city buildings except a central park tower whose clock stopped at 9:50.
GOLDSBORO December 21 Police listed the death of Jessie Lassiter 23 as death by own action He was shot at his home near Lagrange yesterday Fifteen minutes earlier he stopped at a country store and told friends You may never see me again and I want you to serve as pallbearers The incident is treated as a self inflicted shooting with no immediate suspects named.
Joe Jacobs, a young Gastonia businessman, was paroled temporarily due to ill health while serving a two year term for a traffic death.
Thieves entered a chain grocery store at Beaufort and rolled a 600 pound safe containing $500 to a nearby wharf, loaded it into a boat, and escaped.
Cotton futures closed steady with net declines of 3 to 7 points in New Orleans trading. Prices for December through October contracts showed small variations from opening to closing, with the market reflecting modest shifts across the main delivery months.
Wesley Memorial church filled to overflow for a Sunday evening Christmas play in the auditorium and balcony. A 60 member cast presented a Nativity scene with Madonna, angels, shepherds, and wise men, featuring Bethlehem villagers, Palestinian costumes, and a choral finale. Performers included Mrs. R. T. Amos as Madonna and Miss Margaret Andrews as the Angel, with music by Evely Boyd and Mrs. T. B. Whittaker and organizational support from local groups and Salvation Army collaborators. A delicious buffet followed hosted by the Mothers’ Clans.
An illiteracy drive in South Carolina aims for progress before the 1940 census. Secretary Daniel Roeper urged that illiteracy fuels crime and poverty, and a conference led by State Superintendent James Hope set goals to reduce illiteracy, raise citizenship standards, and promote civic responsibility. A committee of county education officials proposed a long term program, school attendance law, and new legislation to implement the conference aims.
A long-standing figure of historical portraiture centers on Abraham Lincoln. The article notes roughly eighteen hundred pietographers producing stylized representations. It discusses legacy and public interest in Lincoln imagery across eras.
Treasury receipts for the first five months of the fiscal year total $1,385,767,000, up from $1,221,786,000 last year. Income taxes lead with $418,863,000, liquor taxes rise to $268,606,000, and gains appear in 55 of 73 tax categories. Corporations provide $238,918,000 and individuals $174,944,000 of income tax receipts.
The court explains the President’s exclusive international relations power and the limits of congressional control. Justice Stone did not participate due to illness. A substitute war powers bill is expected in January, with a Frasier Lemke act review set for March and a decision later.
Recorder Lennon told that 39 year old carpenter's helper Smoak waived the preliminary hearing and remains in custody. Mrs Harker also held. she had no lawyer and silent on waiving or demanding a hearing. The death of Annie Thelma on December 1 prompted charges and an investigation into Smoak's two wives and an alleged attempted poisoning of Bertha Stuart to collect life insurance.
The United Automobile Workers report 12,000 idle in auto parts plants across several states and cities. About 2,400 on strike at Fisher Body and Chevrolet in Kansas City and Atlanta, 1,600 at Racine J I Case, 1,600 at Hercules Canton, and 6,000 at Kelsey Hayes Detroit with 140 at Windsor. Detroit union leaders accuse Kelsey Hayes management of refusing to negotiate. A Baltimore cab strike ended pending an armistice. Longshoremen voted against sympathy strike. A 600-worker sit down strike continues at ADM Detroit plant. Flint city considers ending trolley coach strike caused transport disruption. In New York, 635 Brooklyn Bus workers walked out seeking higher pay and other gains.
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII in fragile health with a high fever and possible influenza. Specialists ordered absolute quiet, enforcing rest in papal rooms. Christmas ceremonies likely canceled. the pope may spend the holiday abed or in a wheelchair as doctors monitor fever and age-related weakness.
Mrs W B Lindsay president of the North Carolina Women’s Christian Temperance Union denounces the state supervised alcoholic control system proposed by the North Carolina liquor study commission. She calls for a statewide vote on liquor and criticizes county by county handling. The Days have historically favored Prohibition in elections.
Reading from scattered survey words a majority of about 184 572 voters believe lawmakers must address the issue without delay. Respondents emphasize urgent action and reject inaction as unacceptable for the public interest.
The High Point club observes its tenth anniversary with a special program at Elwood hotel. Rev F L Conrad pastor of the Lutheran church gives a Christmas message. Mrs Bain and guests including Mrs Blake widow of a member, Mary Holton, and R R burn participate.
In New York on December 21 Mile B C Mathis a wealthy automobile manufacturer voted to police headquarters to view photos of suspects tied to an assault on his wife Mrs Mathias. He reports two men attacked her and fled. Police are reviewing the case and seeking leads.
A government loan program in North Carolina reports a total of 1.6 million dollars repaid by 85 000 farming families as part of resettlement and rehabilitation efforts across the state.
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