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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1937
Page
2
North Carolina partly cloudy warm front. Wind shifts from west to southwesterly by Wednesday. South Carolina fair tonight and Wednesday with light rain possible in mountains. temperatures rising slightly and winds moderate.
The unbeaten and untied Arkansas State Teachers Bears leave Little Rock for Los Angeles to face Fresno State College Christmas. The Bears have won the Arkansas college football championship for two straight years, while Fresno State holds the Far Western Conference title.
St Mary s Episcopal church school hosts Christmas exercises tomorrow night at 7 in the parish house. Mrs Grover Jones will read carols between hymns and gifts for the Thompson Orphanage will be presented by the pupils.
Spanish government adds 20,000 troops and floods Teruel with 60,000 siege forces in a brutal contest inside the city. Reports say the garrison holds, civilians shelter underground, and snow cloaks the front as both sides suffer heavy casualties amid renewed bombardment and attempts to break the siege line.
New York December 21 A spreading taxicab strike with CIO influence threatens city-wide disruption during the Christmas rush. Mayor LaGuardia appoints Nathan Frankel as mediator after Sunshine Radio System Inc. appealed for steps to prevent violence. A conference between company officials and transport workers union is set for tomorrow.
Washington Dec 21. Federal receipts since the new fiscal year began have topped 3 billion dollars. The treasury statement for Dec 18 shows quarterly income tax payments on Dec 15 totaling 3,019,879,180.91 dollars.
Within 24 hours police recorded arrests for traffic violations including two for improper brakes seven for violating ordinances one for running a red light one for driving drunk and one for operating a car without a license. P E Brown 29 of 432 Tate Street released on 500 bond after arrest for driving drunk. Today’s traffic thoughts urge pedestrians to avoid street crossing.
In the Shanghai area reports say three Japanese columns are closing on Hangchow with gunfire audible. General Iwane Matsui warns that further drives will occur as Japanese troops rest briefly before new offensives. The Panay bombing details are corrected by Major General Kumakichi Harada amid renewed tensions in Hankow and Tsingtao fears.
A fleet spokesman said no specific action is anticipated as nine destroyers move to the main fleet. The Navy Department remained noncommittal while noting Admiral Hepburn can act independently. Capt Alva Bernhard blamed a garbled overtime call for false standby orders in San Diego.
Mrs. Hamrick recounted that Ewing, a rejected suitor, tried to shoot her as she fled from his advance. Her husband Hamrick restrained the assailant, seized the rifle, and handed him to police after a struggle. Ewing had pursued marriage for years, warning he would kill her if refused.
Air Minister Pierre Cot announced approval of an accord with Britain reached during his London visit. The agreement calls for French and British aeronautics experts to meet in London, joint exchange of technical data, and a year’s horizon noting Britain to have about 4600 frontline planes and France about 1680 frontline ships.
Hubert Doster, a High Point Negro, pleaded guilty to carnal knowledge of a girl under 16 and reported he had married her. the state took no further action and he departed with court blessings. In Guilford Superior Court, Alton Branson went on trial for armed robbery of a Stokesdale resident in November 1936, with Judge W. F. Harding presiding. Phillip Napier, charged with embezzling an automobile and $90, was sentenced to eight months on the roads after a Columbus Ga. capture and High Point custody. Arthur Jenkins, Negro, was convicted of larceny of a sewing machine and given eight months on the roads. Melvin Paul Lowe pleaded guilty to larceny of Mrs. W. H. Culler’s car. judgment not pronounced, arrest tied to a Durham patrol.
Britain parts with Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen naming Sir Archibald Kerr ambassador to China as cabinet weighs sending six capital ships to reinforce the China fleet. Admiralty advisers favor a joint Anglo American French advisory council on Far Eastern affairs to deter Japan.
Clerk of Superior Court A Wayland Cooke prepares his annual report for the Guilford County commissioners at their January meeting. He cites holding $3,155 for unidentified beneficiary wards, including $2,788 in dividends from the M. W. Gantt bankruptcy.
Greensboro December 21 a certificate of incorporation was filed for Modern Service Inc of High Point to operate a filling station and repair business with 1000 shares no par value. Incorporators are H S Haworth Marvin Wootton and Owen Reese.
Reverend A. A. Johnson a Baptist minister announced his entry into the June Democratic primary for the U S Senate seat held by Robert R. Reynolds. He said ministers will meet to pray for guidance and that he will follow their recommendations if elected.
Tokyo reports a home ministry ordinance bans Santa Claus and festive Christmas displays this year. Stores will show Japanese, German and Italian flags as nations sign an anti Communist agreement, reflecting a shift toward wartime sentiment in Japan.
President Roosevelt resumes efforts to revive utilities construction through peace talks at the White House. Invited are Frank R. Phillips of Duquesne Light and William H. Taylor of Philadelphia Electric.
In Baltimore on December 21 the defense for 14 seamen convicted of conspiracy and revolt on the government freighter Algie at Montevideo filed an appeal. They seek to have the case sent to the Supreme Court if needed, arguing seamen may have the right to strike to protect their interests.
Friends of Mr and Mrs Frank H Wood mourn the death of their infant son who died at the family home in Richmond Virginia Monday night The child is survived by the parents a brother Frank H Wood Jr of Richmond Ga paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs George T Wood of this city maternal grandmother Mrs W G Shipman of Washington DC The body was brought home last night and interment followed at Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery this morning at 10 oclock with services conducted by Dr Embr ee H Blackard pastor of Wea ley Memorial M B church
Reports indicate the liner is ten miles offshore after trouble recurred from a past gale in January 1936 near Newfoundland. London papers cited one apparent passenger, Miss Herta Peters of New York, while Southampton and Baltimore officials gave conflicting lists and noted the ship’s sinking liner City of Hamburg carried a small crew and a few passengers.
The Senate Banking Committee debated the housing bill and proposed four major changes to the house measure. It dropped the restore authority for loans up to 2500, lengthened construction loan amortization to 25 years, capped government mortgage guarantees at 3 billion, and barred government controlled mortgage associations from direct home lending. The panel also approved higher mortgage insurance to 90 percent with 80 percent for the remainder and aimed to ease new home construction.
New York markets will close on Christmas with all domestic exchanges shuttered for the day. Some rooms will halt around noon Friday for annual Christmas parties. the New York Stock Exchange stays open until 3 p m, though activity is typically light after noon.
In Rome a maternity and infancy program honors 95 mothers for 738 total children born since April 15, 1926. The top winner is a Naples butcher’s wife with 10 living children. a Venice huckster’s wife has 17 children, 14 living.
The FBI joined the hunt for Wendell Forrest Bowers in the slaying of Mrs. Wilma V. Carpenter, a week after the crime in Norristown Pennsylvania. U S Attorney J Cullen Ganey said a federal warrant was issued on Montgomery County information that the fugitive crossed state lines. Reports of new suspects being questioned across several states emerged.
Thirty full grown hens and two fat turkeys were stolen last night from roosts on the farm of D. M. Marsh near Highway 61. The theft was reported to the sheriff’s office with notices in Greensboro and Winston-Salem but no further information was provided.
Tokyo report says eighty bodies were recovered from a village school ruins in Wakayama prefecture after a fire started during a war film shown to comfort families of soldiers killed on the Chinese front. Three hundred children and 150 adults were in the auditorium when the blaze began.
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