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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1939
Page
2
Reader alert describes signs of possible kidney trouble including getting up at night frequent urination and burning pain. It promotes a four day test and claims the product helps the kidneys eliminate wastes urging readers to ask a druggist for a test box available locally at Mann Drug Store and Eckerds of High Point.
Ruth W Pollock administratrix of Garnett A Pollock deceased gives notice to all creditors to present claims by February 8 1940 at 1207 Johnson St High Point NC. Debts should be settled promptly. Dated February 8 1939.
Substituted trustee will sell at public auction to the highest cash bidder at the Guilford County Court House in Greensboro on March 6 1939 at noon the property known as lot 7 in Snow Park Block 3 described by metes and bounds and tied to a 1925 deed to A W Morris and Zella Morris secured by a Home Owners' Loan Corp mortgage defaulting for over 90 days. A 5 percent cash deposit is required.
Occasional rain tonight and Friday with slight warmth in extreme northeast and mountains, colder Friday night in extreme southwest. Moderate northeast winds at Sandy Hook to Hatteras increase Friday, overcast with rain. From Hatteras to Jacksonville expect east and southeast winds to night and Friday with mist and occasional rain.
Senator Glass charges President Roosevelt sought to unseat Virginia's two Democratic senators after the Senate rejected Floyd H. Roberts for a federal judgeship. Glass and Byrd had backed Buchanan and Tavenner, calling Roberts' election personally offensive, with Price's faction rumored to run against Byrd in 1940.
Two white men abducted two Black men from the Goldsboro jail during the early morning. They flashed a gun, demanded cell keys, and drove the victims away in a car. Police were alerted immediately, and Chief Ed J. Tew was informed as patrols were dispatched.
Paul C. Davis aged 17 of East Bend was killed and Harold Scott seriously injured when their truck was struck by a freight train at a grade crossing near Laurens. Davis wore a sweater bearing Lees-McRae College. Scott, taken to the hospital, said his mother lived in Elizabethton Tennessee.
NEA service reports in Battle Creek that a new 80 foot long rapid transit car, designed for underground or surface use, will arrive in New York next month. The three section aluminum body features a blue and ivory exterior, blue green interior, automatic temperature control, safety glass windows, multiple brakes, and a spring and rubber shock system for smoother rides. Developed over six years by Clark Equipment, Aluminum Company of America, and B F Goodrich, the car emphasizes lighter weight and higher power, with production already underway in Battle Creek.
Amendments would shift prosecution of labor complaints to a court review system and favor craft unions in bargaining units. Employers could petition for elections and discuss any subject with workers. unfair practices would expand to cover strikes against contracts and inter union disputes. Senate and chamber voices weigh revisions while administration stays silent. The labor board debate surfaces amid broader funding bills for federal agencies.
Reports say Premier Negrin fled across the French border to Le Perthus with his government considered no longer in existence by Paris. Insurgent guards posted at the frontier watched the crossing as a military band played and cries of Viva Franco and Viva Espana rang out amid the border movement.
Negrin set up headquarters in a house inside Spanish Le Perthus but entered from French soil. troops occupied the Spanish part of Le Perthus on the border. Today he and his advisers departed Le Perthus along a road heading further into France.
John Cornelius, 58, a Black man, entered a hospital for illness. An X-ray showed a bullet near his brain, fired about eight years ago. An operation ten days earlier failed to remove it. He died yesterday of pneumonia.
A notice offers FASTEETH denture powder promising secure fit and comfort. Separately, Guilford County foreclosure sale in High Point Municipal Court schedules March 6 1939 at 11 00 A M for Mangum Street parcel, under Commissioner Baumgardner.
Rescue teams recovered a youth, Duchin Tomas, alive after being buried in a snow avalanche that claimed two known fatalities near Bingham Utah. The body of mother Stana Thomas and sister Helen were found. missing boarder Sam Narich. another man John Bizjack untraced amid nineteen trapped, four in critical condition.
Premier Spaak's cabinet quits after a split over appointing wartime German sympathizer Dr Adrian Martens to the Flemish academy. Three liberal ministers opposed the nomination and threatened resignation unless revoked. Martens, once condemned to death for German cooperation, was later pardoned under amnesty. Spaak was mildly injured in an attack by war veterans.
C C Murphy sewed his cut hand with a needle and thread at home. Emergency hospital said it was a neat job but pulled out the stitches and put him to bed. A tendon was severed.
Washington February 9 President Roosevelt stayed in the White House nursing a cold in the nose. Surgeon General Ross T. Melnt noted the President would be all right tomorrow. He received several callers and had a cordial lunch with Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy before resuming duties at London.
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