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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1932
Page
10
Dr. Frank Graham president of the University of North Carolina urged alumni to support a student loan fund to prevent 300 to 400 students from dropping out due to economic stress. He warned of despair and disaster facing those young men and women and the state as a whole.
A speaker urges aid for needy students as a preparation for better times, calling it a fight against hard days in the nation’s history, referencing Valley Forge and General George Washington in a wartime context.
Andrew Jackson post of the American Legion urged North Carolina Senators Cameron Morrison and Josiah W Bailey and Representative Frank Hancock to block naval cuts below the international limit and prevent army downsizing. The group called to maintain National Guard, ROTC, and Organized Reserves levels and to oppose abolishing the National Rifle matches. Plans for a membership drive were announced and a talk on George Washington was given by R K Stewart with a portrait presented by I Paul Ingle.
Clarence King of Prospect Road was struck by a car driven by Mrs Henning of Winston-Salem in front of Lyles Chevrolet on North Main Street about 11 45 this morning. He was taken by Yows ambulance to Guilford General Hospital in an unconscious condition for several hours. He had stepped from behind another car when the collision occurred.
Rev. G. Ray Jordan will speak at Wesley Memorial church this evening at 7 30 about the book of James. An official board of stewards meeting will follow the prayer service.
Ramsey of Roanoke says his wife, long unseen, is in High Point and he came to Greensboro to locate her before departing for Little Rock to enter a government hospital. He appealed to The Enterprise to have Mrs. Ramsey contact him at 105 South Main Street immediately.
Alfred S Caldwell III died at High Point hospital after a two year illness. Born October 5 1907 he was a NC graduate of 1929 and returned to High Point to run the family business. He leaves his mother and father one sister Alice MacRae Caldwell and many relatives across North and South Carolina. Funeral services will be announced.
Passes conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the First Presbyterian church by the pastor Dr. Charles Haddon Nabers. Interment will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be J. Brooks Reitzel, Dick White, Parker Waynick, Laurie Young, Dick.
A large turnout at Bay Street School in High Point heard Mayor C. B. Grayson former Mayor A York and others address unemployment. York proposed discharging out of town workers to protect local jobs and the group urged manufacturers to hire locally. Colonel A Selders presented a survey showing 802 unemployed with 3044 dependents, 83 percent North Carolinians and 17 percent from outside the state. Oak Hill Men's club band opened the meeting with a performance.
John D. Biggs, named receiver for Commercial National Bank, asserts High Point will rebound stronger as the general upturn returns. He cites 25 years of familiarity with the city and its productive intelligence that positions it to move forward with industry. He will limit remarks on bank affairs, awaiting further federal guidance and his own assessment.
The subject, a former bank president and state banking leader, reflects on the post crash era. He describes steady liquidation efforts since 1930 and praise from Tar Heel bankers, noting a cautious optimism about economic recovery and patience to avoid rocking the boat.
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