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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1937
Page
2
Tokyo reports government ready to mend ties with China while warning parliament that Soviet armament in Asia requires Japan to replenish its forces. General Suet notes Soviet strength in Asia reached 268 divisions and lays out a four point expansion plan including air force, Manchukuo border units, and stockpiles.
Ralfig h reports Parole Commissioner Edwin Il will confer with Governor Hoey in the next day regarding the case of Albertus Grier a Mecklenburg man convicted of murder and scheduled for execution Friday amid ongoing appeal proceedings.
Generally fair conditions in North Carolina with a note of frost in the extreme east tonight. Tuesday offers partly cloudy skies and a gradual rise in temperature. Coastal winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville remain light to moderate.
Reports say insurgents were repelled in Aragon after a drive toward the Mediterranean, with about 1,000 fighters killed. Madrid counters insurgent claims on routes from Valencia to Madrid and Barcelona. An air raid on Avila killed ten people. a bomb hit a poorhouse line awaiting aid. In London the Neutrality committee met to finalize an arms embargo, and Moscow banned volunteers from going to the Spanish front.
Stanley High of Washington and Chinese lecturer Y T Wu are among speakers for the Human Relations Institute program in Chapel Hill scheduled March 28 through April 3. The event features computing leaders and academics in a series of lectures and discussions.
Mary Keller, 18, and husband Truman Keller, 26, celebrate a second child born February 15, a 614 pound boy named David William, following their first son Truman Edward born May 7, 1935. The couple married July 9, 1934, in rural Alabama near Bessemer. they cultivate a small farm as Mary’s mother recalls the young decision.
The defense faces an insurance motive argument as prosecutors pursue murder charges. Smoak denies the allegations from his cell after his December arrest following the exhumation of a girl’s body. Dr. Haywood Taylor found lethal poison traces in Smoak’s locker and in the second wife Mia Alice Mason Smoak, exhumed weeks later. The body of the first wife remains unexhumed.
An official communique reports Italian troops being rushed to Addis Ababa to maintain order after an assassination attempt. The blast wounded a top official. Abuna Cyril and Ethiopian chieftains are in serious condition but improving, as authorities intensify a roundup of suspects who fled during Friday’s melee.
The bill would raise the compliance tax from 18 1 2 to 19 1 2 percent on noncomplying producers while reducing the excise tax to one half percent for mine sale price. A captive coal exemption for coal used by producers and shipped for their own use is also included. The move could save the industry about 8 million dollars annually, according to informed sources.
Representatives of 17 non operating railway brotherhoods claiming to represent 800000 railroaders discussed a possible wage increase today. Chairman George M. Harrison said a statement likely would be issued later in the day.
An advertiser recounts thirty years of constipation with intermittent relief after using Adlerika. They claim immediate improvement allowing normal meals and sleep, and promote Adlerika as a bowel cleanse available at Mann Drug Storrs.
Senators Webb Bryant Redman and others conferred with the governor on proposed changes to a revenue bill. The house had struck a 3 percent tax on building materials. a county option liquor measure faced doubt about ratification before tonight. The measure could become law tonight or tomorrow after signing by house and senate leaders. A motion to replace the exemption with a 2 percent tax faced further arguments. Representatives Ward and Craven urged studying the old age assistance cost share, with House Appropriations committee planning a days long review. House Finance called a hearing on Bryant slum clearance and PWA project bills.
Rufus A. Duvall principal of North Birmingham school dies from skull fracture after a car carrying four Birmingham officials leaves the road and overturns near Castleberry Alabama. Driver W T and other riders are injured but not severely.
Bishop Edmund F. Gibbons of the Albany diocese denounces the proposed federal child labor amendment as an unwarranted invasion of parental rights and a menace to religion morality family home and government. He told a legislative committee that opponents may be accused of ultraconservatism while warning of alarming risks to millions of children and societal structure.
A dialogue on proper conduct by Roberta Lee covers bowing in public serving from the left and clearing from the right, apologizing when turning away, engraving visiting cards, hosting without smoking, and modest dress in public spaces. It presents guidelines for social decorum and everyday manners.
Peggy Garcia testifies in New York court for a $500000 damages suit against violinist Dave Rubinoff. She claims she was married once in Roanoke Virginia, hidden from public view, and says Rubinoff abandoned her after a prolonged courtship. Her birth name is Pauline Taylor and she uses Garcia from a cigar band.
Officers investigated the stabbing death of James Boyd a lumber company employee found on a road near Weldon. Police Chief J F Robinson said he had little to work on.
A historical note explains that the small leather pieces used for the sides of the fingers and the thumb in glove production are called fourchettes. The term highlights a precise component of traditional leatherwork and its shaping role in gloves.
Atlanta report states the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association executive board announced a Southern produced newsprint mill will start in Texas, likely next year. Crans ton Williams said another southeastern mill is under discussion with Ted Dealey noting an east Texas location and early production plans.
Charlies W. Phillips director of public relations for the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina was the principal speaker before the Christian Endeavor Society at High Point college. He spoke on Science and Our Growing Appreciation for God. Chase Idol sang a solo as a program feature led by the senior class.
Johnston and Wilson county officers investigated the robbery of時計 the home of 20 year old John T Woodard of Johnston county a bachelor. About 3000 dollars in old time large paper currency was taken Saturday night. Woodard left Saturday afternoon to visit relatives and found his two room house ransacked. The money in five ten and twenty dollar bills was hidden in an old keg a tin bucket and a mattress.
In Nag's Head, a skull and 14 inches of attached vertebrae washed ashore yesterday. John Culpepper, a local resident, reported the find to Acting Coroner Eddie Wise who suspects the skull belongs to a white man. The skull is intact with five upper and nine lower teeth.
A storm system left at least three dead and many hurt as violent winds, snow, and floods battered Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Trains derailed, roads blocked, and homes damaged as rivers rose and towns faced widespread damage.
The prosecutor spoke of an unlocked-for development in the last 24 hours while contrasting his earlier stance. A girl's description of a car used by four or five killers matched confidential information from other sources, raising hopes of a full solution. Labor disputes are cited as a possible motive for the Redwood murder outside Teaneck. Samuel Rosoff remains in seclusion, refusing to appear for New Jersey questioning.
A powerful gusts storm swept from Charlotte to Concord damaging uptown buildings and about 100 homes including T H Webb's. It reached Guilford county Greensboro causing demolished houses and wrecked autos. The weather eased between Greensboro and Reidville with damage along the Monroeton road.
State actions shift toward road safety as Arkansas votes to cut auto license fees by one third and require buses to carry emergency flares. Georgia drafts a license driver bill creating a safety department and highway patrol, while New York schedules hearings on nearly twenty highway safety bills. South Carolina considers speed controls and pedestrian rules, and North Carolina kills a public whipping proposal for repeat drunk drivers.
An old maxim notes every man swallows a peck of dirt in life but trash novelas and dust storms now color the era. The line evokes harsher times and the changing landscape of daily hardship.
A strong wind disrupted a Tennessee Electric line servicing Norris and Clinton, cutting power to the Norris dam area and forcing the Matting mills to close, affecting thousands of workers.
The record notes the first practical fire device was patented by Thomas on January 27, 1880. It marks an early milestone in firefighting technology and patent history.
City of High Point North Carolina calls sealed bids March 1 for grade crossing elimination and depot changes. Plans cover materials equipment and construction with performance and payment bonds. bidders must meet state contract laws and wage requirements. deposits negotiable. plans available from Director of Public Works for $12 before March 10 1937.
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