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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1937
Page
1
Supporters of President Roosevelt's judiciary reform gained a slim lead in city polls after initial opposition. Early returns showed opponents ahead but Roosevelt boosters rallied to cut into the totals as ballots continued to be counted.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to adopt a crop insurance system with storage reserves to stabilize farm supplies and protect up to 75 percent of normal yield. The plan, tied to soil and water conservation and rural relief, would form the agricultural policy foundation. The proposal accompanies a government report from a special committee.
The American Federation of Labor rallied behind Roosevelt’s proposed social measure. Green, federation president, said labor favors a slow amendment path and will campaign for congressional allies. Wallace warned farm families likely to approve the plan, while labor leaders anticipate gains in insurance, grain and sugar processing under the plan.
The State House gave final reading to a civil service bill sent to the Senate. Representative Rupert reported it after a High Point city origin. The measure, altered since its proposal weeks ago, would place most city workers under civil service with limited exceptions and establish a civil service commission.
Washington Feb 18. A Staten federal communications commission attorney testified that the Telephone and Telegraph company aimed to dominate motion picture film sales. He said the plan involved exclusive rights for sale services of film equipment and noted ERP Electric Research Pro Inc as a subsidiary involved in the venture.
Wilkes County Superior Court docket tops 250 cases with 7 more added for trial. Judge Felix Y. of Waynesville will preside as the March 1 term opens, clerk C. Hayes reports.
Actress Mary Astor quietly wed Manuel Del Campo at 4:30 am in Yuma with Superior Judge Henry C. Kelly officiating. The couple left for Calexico to catch a Pan American transport to Mexico City, as Del Campo's father recently died in Mexico City after pneumonia.
Flood fight centered 22 miles below Natchez on the Louisiana side as a 35 mile embankment cracked and cav ed. Hundreds reinforce a main dike between Beerpark and Bougere while B F Young president of the fifth Louisiana levee district brings in manpower for a hard fight to hold the earthen bulwarks.
Salisbury Feb 18 Montilla Monk Clarke 73 longtime Southern Railway engineer died suddenly at Spencer this morning after finishing his run south. He served 52 years as engineer or most of the time and lived in Danville for many years with final rites planned there.
Claudius Murchison president of the Textile Institute reports from Japan that a two year agreement restricting Japanese cotton goods exports to 155 million square yards in 1937 and 100 million in the following year eases congressional action and signals better days ahead for the U S cotton textile industry.
Rebels push toward Madrid, claiming heavy government casualties in the Vallecas district as three air strikes strike Madrid streets. In Jarama, 17 foreign volunteers die when trucks hit insurgent lines amid ongoing siege fighting near the chemical factory settlement. France bars volunteers and Portugal stays aloof as the eight month siege continues.
Connie Wright of Dividing Ridge was jailed here on a federal warrant related to the assault slaying of 16 year old Elva Brannock. Deputy Taylor said the sheriff awaits FBI help and that Wright faces questioning with the sheriff present.
Greensboro center continued today for seven long term convicts who escaped from Caledonia prison farm Monday night. No trace found since their car was found stuck on a muddy highway near High Point. Two fugitives tied to Guilford county. State offers $100 reward for each capture.
Physicists from across the nation arrive at Duke University for the two day American Physical Society meeting opening tomorrow. About 300 delegates expected. Final sessions will be at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nobel laureate Niels Bohr of the University of Copenhagen will deliver the first formal address.
O W Patterson announced that T B Logan of St Louis, national secretary treasurer of the Travelers Protective Association, will be guest of the Greensboro post at a banquet tomorrow night.
The Rotary Club of High Point asks the Board of School Commissioners to name the local high school "Wingate Andrews High School" in memory of Dr. T Wingate Andrews past club president and educator. Carter Dalton leads the memorial effort and proposes bronze letters for his dedicatory speech. The club votes to petition for the honor.
Sam H Strickland said Raleigh reports approved grants of 11454 for street grading and 10406 for sidewalk grading, though no official notice had arrived. The two projects come under a broader revenue bill and local aid tied to the state works progress administration.
An order signed by U S District Judge J Lyles Glenn modified a restraining order in the buzzard roost hydroelectric development case It allows the public works administration to take up certain options on equipment and peg in to prevent rising prices, saving sponsors money according to PWA attorneys.
Slum clearance drives push forward in North Carolina as Representative Victor Bryant of Durham prepares to introduce an enabling act in the house. The measure, approved by Washington and read by Governor Hoey, would let any city form a housing authority and use Public Works Administration funds. no opposition expected.
A Mondarch two story house and store burned early today killing L. D. Smith 65 and his wife 60. The adjacent house and storeroom were destroyed. Fred Cogsdall and family escaped with their lives as the blaze swept the two buildings.
Investigators seek cause of a 200 foot fall that killed 10 workers on the Golden Gate Bridge scaffold. State official McDonald noted inspector Mailloux twice protested unsafe conditions. Pacific Bridge Co president Hart defended scaffold safety and inspector access amid a planned $35 million inspection of the 4,200 foot span.
John M. Carmody of New York is appointed administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration bringing prior service on the National Labor Relations Board and the National Bituminous Coal Labor Board.
Soft coal producers estimate the higher wages and shorter hours demanded by the United Mine Workers would raise the national coal bill by at least 270 million dollars yearly. Philip Murray challenged the figure, saying the 30 hour work week and 15 percent pay increase would not cost 60 cents a ton. operators claimed the estimate is conservative and noted a guaranteed annual clause was not yet included.
Laurita Melchior, a Danish tenor who runs a 3,000 acre hunting preserve in Germany, says Americans are too quick on the trigger. He notes in contrast that in his country deer are shot but hunters are spared, arguing Americans shoot anything that moves and chase trophies over memories.
The market posted a broad advance led by rail and metal issues with fractions up by a point or more. Evans Products, National Distillers, Schenley, Distillers Corp Sea grams, Missouri Pacific preferred, Western Pacific preferred, Southern Pacific, U S Smelting, Kennecott, International Nickel, U S Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrysler, Standard Oil of New Jersey and American Can all firmed on the day.
Washington February 18 The Senate Civil Liberties committee examined heavy tear gas purchases by a General Motors subsidiary before the recent sit down strike. Alfred Marshall Chevrolet personnel chief testified he ordered four to five thousand dollars worth of gas and equipment from Federal Laboratories Inc in late 1936.
Judge Wiley G. Barnes sentenced E. F. Williams, 46, to two years on the roads for operating a disorderly house in which witnesses testified his daughter entertained men. The judge imposed the maximum allowed by law and lamented he could not harsher.
An informal meeting in Battle Creek between Michigan coach Harry Kipke and Hunk Anderson, recently ousted from North Carolina State, stirred sports circles. A line coach is to be named at Michigan, with Anderson noted as a capable tutor.
J. C. Camper, 40, a widely known Wilson man, was found dead in his automobile on a country road near Wilson. The car was stuck in mud with windows closed. Coroner W. C. Martin said death appeared to be caused by carbon monoxide from the engine as efforts were made to free the vehicle, with a full investigation planned.
Negotiators in Detroit and San Francisco tried to consolidate gains from agreements ending automotive and shipyard strikes. Conferees in the General Motors dispute were far from agreement on speed of production, seniority rights, hours, and wages. Flint resumed normal operations as GM plants reopened.
Col. Alfred Tyler commander of the Carolinas division said Raleigh Concord Rocky Mount and Charlotte posts are purchasing property for army homes. The plan aims to provide housing for Salvation Army workers in the region.
Wilson February 18 J Hill 60 storekeepers repene dead at his home to be examined by coroner. Local authorities investigate cause of death and prepare funeral arrangements for the Wilson resident.
Attorneys for Irman Clemmons 32 seek release on a habeas corpus writ in the torch slaying of Hobson Sellers 21. A coroner's jury ordered Clemmons held without bond for the grand jury after last night inquest. Clemmons has been jailed since his arrest over a week ago in Wilmington. Sellers died after being burned in front of a home following a yard visit to drink two beers and eat ice cream and bananas.
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