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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1938
Page
1
Attorney General Cummings urged a congressional inquiry into the inadequacy of anti trust laws in his annual report. He also revived Roosevelt era court reform ideas, calling for an administrative overseer for federal courts and more court flexibility. The note signals potential recall of the court reform bill.
The U S Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Public Works Administration must provide loans and grants to cities to fund major power projects. The decision affirmed that private power firms cannot challenge federal financing actions. City officials in High Point hailed the ruling as settling federal questions affecting a $5.78 million city plant on the Yadkin River.
Postmaster General Farley announced that postal revenues rose to a new high for the year ending June 30, but the department faced a gross deficit of $46,614,732. Non postal items added $59,268,471 in costs. After accounting for losses tied to free mail for congressmen and others, a net postal surplus of $12,643,739 remained. Revenues reached $726,201,109 with expenses at $772,815,842. The 40 hour week for postal workers added about $40,000,000 to expenses.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek stripped himself of civil administrative responsibilities and became commander in chief of the army while taking charge of the navy to resistance against Japanese advances. China plans 800000 troops behind the lines as 90 divisions bolster the effort amid ongoing battles and strategic shifts.
Premier Camille Chautemps arranged conferences today with labor leaders and employers to end the deadlock in trucking and food handlers strikes in Paris.
Solicitor John J. Burney of the eighth judicial district announced his candidacy to succeed Judge E. H. Cranmer of Southport, who will retire when his term expires.
Seven youths including six high school students died when a car failed to stop at a crossing in Butler Indiana. The driver may have been blinded by fog on the windshield. Victims include Marjory and Gwen Roan 15 and Richard Staup 16. Betty Grover escaped.
A kerosene stove explosion in St Joseph Missouri destroyed a trailer killing Edwina Toothman 20 months and Claude Toothman 6 months as their parents slept nearby. The children were rushed to a hospital by their father after flames reached their bed. The mother had placed the children to sleep and went to a neighbor’s house.
A House tax sub committee tentatively approved rates for corporations with income of 25000 or less. The plan would set 12 percent on the first 36000 of income 14 percent on the next 15000 and 16 percent on the remaining 5000. It would apply to bankrupt and solvent firms in that category with a flat 16 percent on incomes over 25000. Mutual investment companies would be taxed like others. A one year carryover of operating losses would be allowed against undistributed profits and tax exempt interests would be included in gross income.
Detroit report states Mrs Gertrude Redfern, widow of Paul Redfern who vanished ten years ago during a non stop flight from Georgia to Rio Janeiro, renewed efforts to have him declared legally dead.
Fierce fighting in knee-deep snow reports insurgent troops capturing Villastar near Teruel as government reinforcements fail to halt the advance. Both sides issue conflicting communiques while large forces clash, threatening a decisive turn in the long Spanish Civil War.
Ford Motor Company asks the National Labor Relations Board to set aside its finding of Wagner Act violations and requests a rehearing. The petition claims excess authority, lack of substantial evidence, and insufficiency to support the order. The 10 day window to reinstate 29 workers and post notices expired today with no action.
The labor relations board announced it would delay court action in the Ford Motor Company case or consider the company’s petition for a new hearing. No date was given for when any action might occur.
In Cairo the chamber of deputies passed a non-confidence vote against King Farouk’s new government by 180 to 17 as police cleared the galleries. The session was ruled illegal by President Krahmed Maher, while the senate also rejected the government 4 to 0. Elections to support the new premier were planned but postponed amid turmoil.
President Roosevelt presents his program to a joint session as leaders voice optimism for a swift session. Senator Barkley predicts quick passage of the anti lynching bill and adjournment by May with government reorganization to follow. Norris seeks TVA investigation by the FTC into directoral dissension and private utilities interference, aiming for rapid congressional action.
Moscow reports eight former Armenian SSR agriculture officials were executed for conspiring to disrupt farming and secede Armenia from the Soviet Union. The Armenian newspaper said the death sentences, imposed without appeal, were greeted with applause in court.
Governor Maurice Townsend of Indiana and other state leaders arrive in Thomasville for a week of vacation hosted by the Thomasville Shooting Club. The group, including Virgil M. Simpson and Kenneth Kunkel, along with Oscar R. Ewing, stay on Main Street and hunt across several square miles in the region.
Coroner reports James Gardner Jr. died from self inflicted gunfire after an inquest resumed in Reidsville. A discharged gun near the body showed three shots fired with two misfired, prompting a finding of death by own action.
Raleigh January 3 Governor Hoey granted Morris Galloway his freedom today by parole for a three to five year sentence imposed in Gaston county in November 1935 for seduction. The governor also paroled six other prisoners and refused clemency to 24.
President Roosevelt addresses Congress urging a balanced budget and reduced deficit while calling for unity between business and government. He outlines a policy mix for national defense and international peace, warning against excess power abuses and stressing democratic cooperation in shaping war and welfare policies.
Pan American flying boat leaves Auckland and sails toward Pago Pago on the first leg of the Australia to United States service. The 1 1/2 ton craft, commanded by Captain C. Musick, aims for Honolulu after Pago Pago with 1,806 miles to Pago Pago and 1,561 miles to Kingman Reef.
Edward J. Neil Jr., Associated Press war correspondent with the Spanish insurgent armies, died in Zaragoza Spain from shrapnel wounds suffered while covering the Teruel front counteroffensive. He was an 87 year old journalist who died after blood transfusions at a Red Cross hospital.
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