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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1938
Page
9
New York January 3 Steels spearhead a cautious rebound as early trading shows only 150 000 shares exchanged in the first hour the least for months minor losses turn to gains around the fourth hour amid a market inclined to conserve ammunition ahead of the President's message to Congress.
Chicago dairy market data shows unsettled butter prices with varied grades and percentages. Listings include creamery specials near 93 score, extras around 92, and firsts in low to mid 30s while exes and receipts show mixed values across standards and refrigerator categories.
State industry data show declines in payrolls and hours from November to December across textiles hosiery and furniture. Cotton mills employed 86,377 workers the first week of November for 1,024,252 hours, while December figures show 35,038 workers for 961,674 hours, a 6.1 percent drop in employment and a large hours reduction. Hosiery mills used 14,726 workers for 604,816 hours in November, vs 14,514 workers for 665,275 hours in December, with hours rising 8.7 percent. Furniture plants fell from 4,121 workers for 148,355 hours in November to 3,888 workers for 146,062 hours in December.
Reporting on the Nanking attack and shifting fronts as Canton officials threaten to destroy the port rather than surrender to Japan. Japanese forces near Suchow threaten Kiangsu railway access while another column presses Kaeh an north of Nanking. Missionary group including Dr. Frank A. Brown and associates tied to Suchow.
Rome reports Fascist Italy commemorates 13 years as a totalitarian state. Demonstrations praise the dispersion of democracies at Geneva, echoed by party leaders who claim a new civilization led by youth. The date recalls Mussolini's 1925 pledge and ban from government.
The report urges a court bill to supervise courts and allow the chief justice to assign judges to districts for special cases. It notes no basic Sherman Act change since 1890, cites judicial reinterpretations, and calls for faster justice with 27 more lower court judges, uniform federal court rules, and a permanent admin office.
About 500 of Alabama’s 554 parolees reported back to prisons after the Christmas holiday while others delayed to keep their word of honor to return. Officials note last year saw seven not return, a record, but estimate not more than 20 as typical for two weeks of freedom. Some overdue cases surfaced at the midnight deadline with explanations possible from wardens.
Etta Timmons of High Point was sentenced to three months in jail, suspended on paying a $25 fine, after being charged with violating prohibition law. Judge J Will Pleses Jr presided over the first day of a weeklong Superior Court term.
Last week's average price of U S type 12 grade B4F flue cured tobacco was 23 cents, up from 22.7 cents the prior week, according to tobacco economist H A Stich.
Sunday services center on the theme God as All in All with psalm and Job passages cited. The lesson cites Psalms 77 13 and Job 11 7 9 and summarizes God as All-in-All divine Principle Love and universal Spirit reflected in all that is real.
The Supreme Court affirmed federal financing of projects in four Alabama municipalities and Buzzard Roost South Carolina. Justice Sutherland said Alabama Power and Duke Power lacked standing to challenge, confirming municipalities may borrow, issue bonds, and receive grants for their utility plans. The opinions stressed no conspiracy and upheld municipal authority.
Eizabethtown reports a two year old girl, Susan Annette Johnson, fatally injured when her father backed a car from the garage on Saturday. The tragedy underscores the dangers of backing vehicles in residential areas and prompts calls for caregiver vigilance.
The 16 year old Louella Eller drowned in a pool near her home. Coroner I M Myers ruled the death as self-inflicted.
North Carolina's poultry population, estimated by North Carolina State College farm experts, outnumbers the human population by about two and a half to one.
Marion Jan 3 Paul N. Smith manager of the Marion Telephone company received treatment at a local hospital for burns and shock after a fire destroyed his home in Marion early yesterday valued at about 10000 dollars.
Medical Director Karl Meyer reported two more infant deaths at Cook County Hospital from a diarrhea like illness not related to the St. Elizabeth's outbreak. Jeanette Lunetta five weeks old and Donald Duda two weeks died yesterday. total seven deaths with eleven other infants ill. Meyer suggested improper feeding may have triggered the condition.
A garbled text fragment mentions a company declining to approve certain actions and referring to a person or entity named Rodat. It suggests a stake in a dispute or decision process, with references to suppression by a board or supervisor and ongoing caution about future steps.
Greenwood plans a Wednesday night celebration following a court decision on the county power project. Key figures include Reed and officials from the Works Administration. The event centers on the $2,850,000 project at Zero Roost and its implications for the county.
Laurinburg deputies and state troopers hunted four unidentified Black men after a Sunday afternoon robbery and assault at Broome's filling station in Robeson County. The elderly white couple, including Broome and his wife, were injured with broken ribs and other wounds.
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