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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1937
Page
2
A fragmentary news feature tells of flood events near Charlotte, recounting officers on duty and residents facing danger. It notes deaths by their own actions and describes the harrowing pursuit of water and rescue efforts, with testimony from officers and civilians about the crisis and its toll.
North Lina State Highway teams test earth for new tracks to meet specifications. Mayor says no mass burials or sensational claims. confirms random holes found but no injuries or deaths. Officials consulted, no evidence of large conspiracies. reports dismissed as fabrication.
In Sheboro on February reports show nearly five thousand dollars donated to flood relief via the local Red Cross unit led by treasurer Essie Ross. Contributions come from business houses, industrial firms, and clubs. Asheboro Furniture Co. head C. C. Crawford spearheaded a $1,000 merchandise gift. Sapona cotton debts totaled $1,111.50.
Mr and Mrs Herndon of Isbury and their young daughter were shaken after their car was struck by a hit and run driver on the High Point Thomas highway near the river. A Burrus clinic vehicle transported them. no investigation was made as the scene lay outside jurisdiction. All three were treated and dismissed.
A 30 hour southern California downpour and dust storms across western states claimed five lives. W. K. Hubert died when a car was swept from a bridge, Louis Dresa ler drowned in a San Jacinto stream, Walter P. Anderson died of exposure near San Diego, and a miner’s body was found near Leavenworth. In Carson City Earl Laneir, 22, is missing with his wife and child surviving after nine days. Heavy snows blanketed Colorado Wyoming Montana Idaho with Boise City reporting near zero visibility and Havre Montana recording 18 below zero.
The North Carolina House advanced three measures including a ban on prisoner stripes until rule violations are cited and a $4500 annual aid proposal for rural credit unions. The body paid tribute to Clem G Wright of Greensboro upon adjournment in his memory.
The court agreed to hear March 8 arguments on Texas authority to initiate litigation over Colonel Edward H. R. Green's legal residence at his death last June, and refused to rule on the railway labor act provision barring deductions from workers' salaries for labor organizations. The court planned further arguments on the act's constitutionality.
The president urged judicial reform before ware and hour limits and farm production controls. Senate Judiciary Committee debated the plan with most members present and split on adding a 16th Supreme Court justice for over 70 nonretirees. Ashurst prepared to introduce a bill. Maverick introduced it in the House, with committee study starting next day.
An old ad discusses quick relief for neuralgia and aches using products labeled BO BC. It claims BC treats muscular aches headaches backache and nervousness from simple colds with fast results. Availability advertised in convenient sizes and at fountains.
An appeal in Kobe inspired poem Penniless leads to a city wide Have-A-Heart Drive to raise 2000 for daily school lunches. Grover H. Jones and Mrs H J Coffield co chair a Friday campaign with Junior Service League volunteers coordinating workers and routes through business streets. The effort aims to fund meals for 430 underprivileged students through April.
Flood conditions along the levee line from Cairo south show steady improvement. The Mississippi at Memphis reached about 48.3 feet on the Memphis gauge while engineers’ gauge read about 50.06 feet. Meteorologist F W Brie t had warned of 48 feet as the probable crest. Cairo held church services as patrols remained on the sea wall.
Garland Distributing Co received a message from Red Top Brewing in Cincinnati praising local contributions to the Red Cross and donations of clothes and supplies to Cincinnati flood victims. The brewery notes its plant was unaffected and ceased operations to aid the public, releasing water from its artesian well to institutions and the public.
The Guilford College A Cappella Choir of fifty voices, directed by Dr. Ezra H. Weis, offered a 12 selection sacred music program at Springfield Friends church on Sunday afternoon. Miss Clara I. Cox gave the opening invocation before the concert. A light luncheon, hosted by the Woman's Auxiliary, followed the museum visit.
Dr George T Wood a well known local physician and surgeon has returned to this city from Crille Clinic in Cleveland Ohio after an operation for generinsis period of convalescence He visited clinics in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and will not observe regular office hours again until about March 1.
A coroner's jury exonerated P. Sinclair in the death of Pink Groves a Maxton Negro fatally injured by Sinclair's automobile near Maxton late Saturday authorities said Sinclair was not to blame in the crash investigation concluded with the coroner's jury verdict.
Second week of talks between General Motors and the union shows no progress on bargaining recognition as GM sticks to proportional representation. A possible nationwide referendum among GM workers is described as not offering an exit. Governor Murphy and federal mediator Dewey press both sides toward compromise. Flint remains tense with sit down strikes at three GM plants and a large National Guard patrol surrounding the factories.
An agency attorney warned disclosures could incite violence and murder. W. E. Hutton and Co. seeks to quash a securities order to suspend from 14 exchanges over Atlas Tack manipulation. President Roosevelt appoints a three man emergency board led by Chief Justice John P. Davaney to study the Chicago Great Western Railroad and union dispute.
Guilford Superior Court allowed a motion to continue for the term in the damage suit of L. L. Smithy against the High Point Amusement Company and others. The court said the case cannot be reached this week as the term progresses in Greensboro.
Chief W G Friddle narrowly escaped serious injury in a late night crash while returning from Raleigh. His car sustained about 275 dollars of damage after striking another vehicle driven by David Tilley of Kernersville on a bad curve near High Point. No charges were filed by noon, and Friddle's family suffered only shakes from the collision.
J. H. Lamb, 63, traveling sales manager for a Pennsylvania mill machinery firm, died at his Rocky Mount home this morning. Nash County Coroner M. C. Gulley ruled the death a death by own action after finding a note signed “To My Friends” not revealed by officials. Lamb’s widow and a daughter survive.
Two United States navy fliers were killed when their plane crashed during a flight to obtain weather conditioning information for the weather bureau at the naval air station in Pensacola. The victims were Carl August Lind, 29, pilot and mechanist mate first class, and William Adam Schneeberger, 39, chief aerographer for the station's weather bureau. A naval board of inquiry was appointed to investigate.
Charles T. Boyd, Greensboro attorney, will address the High Point Civitan club at a lunch meeting tomorrow at 12 15 at the Elwood hotel. He will discuss Social Security.
A royal aide said the Princess Royal urged Edward to reconsider marrying the American-born fiancée who caused his abdication. Few details emerged from Enzesfeld castle about the mission, possibly a sister visit. Edward appeared calm, suggesting no imminent royal plan to wed.
Police charged four people with over parking, three with speeding, two with reckless driving and two with running through red lights during the weekend.
Dr W J McAnally has returned home after visiting Dr D A Burress of this city who is ill at the Charlotte Sanitorium in Charlotte.
A February meeting in Charlotte relaunched pre campaign work for highway safety with the enrollment committee.
Three nurses Miss Ida Reid and Miss Lillian Faires both of Charlotte and Mrs Naoma Moore of Concord have left for flood relief duty at Ashland Kentucky.
Fletcher Hughes of Dolph Street was held by local police today on robbery charges tied to Cordell and Worth Nance. The men allegedly offered a ride after a sandwich shop visit in High Point Thomasville, then forced them to surrender $5, including a servant’s pocketbook, after reaching home.
A lawsuit involving Clifford V. the Pittsburgh Pirate pany against J. L. Wilson and company seeks $75,000 in damages. The motion to transfer from High Point to federal court was argued before Judge Lewis E. The collision on the High Point highway on May 28, involved two trucks and is the basis for the suit.
The local state employment office announced that last week 55 percent of total jobs were private sector. Irene W. Price reported that 24 positions were permanent, with the remainder in public employment or temporary status.
Rain Tuesday and at night with colder conditions across the north and extreme northwest. South Carolina sees rainfall and overcast skies with fresh north winds along the coast and colder air moving in from the northwest tonight.
An unreadable ad-like fragment touts Adierika as a quick bowel cleanse to remove poisons from the system. It asserts constipation and bacterial buildup cause stomach and chest discomfort and claims rapid relief without habit forming effects.
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