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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1940
Page
2
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with fair conditions Saturday. Hatteras to Jacksonville sees moderate northwest winds and overcast skies with rain off the coast tonight. Sandy Hook to Hatteras expects shifting winds becoming strong northwest tonight with light snow early. Saturday generally fair.
The Work Projects Administration reported December 27 enrollment at 2,152,252, up 8,582 from the prior week. Washington date January 5.
Hum bert Wolfe deputy secretary of the ministry of labor and noted author of poetry and prose died today in London on his 54th birthday.
Kiwanis Club members at the Elwood Hotel lunch meeting installed new officers led by President E. M. Dudley and Vice President H. J. Smart. Directors include R. M. Bundy and E. L. Chitwood. Rev. J. Clay Madison oversaw the ceremony. Dudley outlined aims focusing on member input, Kiwanis education, and a potential underprivileged children project. district goals emphasize service, patriotism, health, and safety. Silver Jubilee planned for January 19 with H. I. Morrison as program chair. Committees named for achievement, agriculture, attendance, youth work, finance, interclub relations, education, public affairs, publicity, and more.
News of colored people item notes the Teachers Forum will gather at William Penn High School Thursday evening January 11 at 7 30 oclock. The piece also lists the Women s Memorial Choir meeting at the director s home on Hoover Street this evening and mentions Miss Margaret Elizabeth Myers ill at Burrus Memorial Hospital and Miss Margaret Barnett s return from Washington D C after a visit with friends and relatives.
Oklahoma’s defending co champions drift into the Big Six race with added rest. Coach Bruce Drake rented a berth and a half for 6foot-6 Hugh Ford and Herb Scheffler to stretch and recover before tonight’s action.
The First Methodist Church will sponsor a three month Sunday lecture series at 9 45 a m with talks on marriage Christian home Christianity in business and views on religion Speakers include Mrs S B Coe Charles F Carroll Jr A J Koonce R T Pickens Dr Glenn G Perry and Dr P E Lindley with invitations extended to Methodist students at High Point College
Guilford deputies served a false pretense warrant on G H Ray now operator of the Carolina Club on the Greensboro High Point highway. The case grows from selling furniture in a South Wrenn Street apartment building. Manuel Regas alleges Ray posed as owner of the furniture and he paid 260 and spent 200 on repairs. Ray was jailed but released on 500 bond.
J H Weant aged 65 died at his Etowah Tennessee home just before noon Thursday after two years of declining health. Born June 8 1874 in Rowan County he moved to this city from Granite Quarry in 1916. Surviving are his widow eight children and nine grandchildren. Funeral services are Sunday at 3 PM at the home of daughter M L Bame 1114 Adams Street with burial in Floral Garden cemetery.
High Point annual fire report shows 1939 total loss of 46209 in buildings and contents submitted by Fire Chief E K Ingram to the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Net loss after insurance was 4281 with 1939 fires totaling 406160 in value and 275450 of property spared.
Congress debates the Roosevelt budget with tax experts already at work on feasible levies. The House schedules one measure per week, while Republicans push to trim the projected 1940 41 appropriation. Senate leaders monitor the plan as defense needs loom and anti-lynching legislation advances.
In sunny skies hopeful golfers tee off the fifteenth annual Los Angeles Open at the Los Angeles Country Club. Twenty seven states plus Canada and England compete with Open and Amateur champions Byron Nelson and Marvin Ward in the field amid a strong lineup including Dutra Runyan Guldahl Shute and MacDonald Smith as favorites.
The article notes that tall players need to relax the night before a game, with Drake remarking they cannot do so in a standard Pullman berth during travel to Lawrence Kansas. It mentions Oklahoma opening against Kansas, the runner up last season. It also reports farmers in Eire seeking government permission to plant Scotch seed oats.
With the war in Finland ongoing, additional contributions were made today to the Finnish Relief Fund. Weather aids Finns slightly, but suffering remains high and needs persist. Send donations to the Finnish Relief Fund at The Enterprise. all gifts acknowledged. Local totals include John R. Peacock and A. W. Bobsgs with about 100 reported, leading to a sum of contributions.
A dispatch describes Arctic warfare in a shifting front without clear lines. Travelers navigate frozen lakes at 30 miles per hour while Laplander fighters endure extreme cold. Finnish women of Lotta Svard run field kitchens behind the lines as a foreign press HQ rests in a comfortable hotel.
Testimony describes use of a “goon squad” term for Krivonos and Gates by Board Secretary Witt. Mrs Herrick’s regional report cites 214 day average delay in Wagner Act cases in 1937 and blames lack of trial attorneys and examiners for postponements. The session ends with Witt excused after friction with Fahy over timing of witness appearance.
The lineup lists films at several theaters including iG Cr Center with Barricade starring Alice Faye and Warner Baxter, Triggers Fingers at Br oadhurst with Tim McCoy, I Stole a Million at Paramount with George Raft, Flight at Midnight at Carolina with Jean Parker, and Riding Lone Trail at Rialto with Bob Steele. Stage orchestra shows by Gay Floyd run at 2:25 4:45 7:05 9:25.
Aaron Panther 87 died at his son in law Rev B T Gladden home on the old Thomasville road High Point route 2 shortly after 6 am Friday. He was born Rutherford County March 25 1854 and was a flour miller before retirement. Survived by wife Louise Panther three daughters Mrs B T Gladden Mrs Will Pearson and Mrs D D Lankford. three sons John Panther Will Panther and Charlie Panther. 23 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Funeral 3 pm Saturday at the residence with Rev T G Smith in charge. Burial Floral Garden Cemetery.
Mrs Mattie Victoria Goff Gray 47 died at Duke Hospital Durham Wednesday afternoon. Funeral held today at Hawfield Presbyterian Church with Rev N M Fleming and Rev W R Cox. Born Stokes County near King August 11 1892. Survived by husband Howard L Gray two children two sisters Mrs H M Hill and Mrs R C Meadows a brother O N Goff father O G Goff. Burial Marlboro Friends Church cemetery. Pallbearers were neighbors.
President Roosevelt’s isolation question is explored as European conflict risks spillover into the Western Hemisphere. The article argues that even without war, interlocking foreign interests and moral duties demand a clear stance on aid, trade, and neutrality, including Finland and anti aggression.""
Government approved rat poison will be sold tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock at City Hall per today’s announcement.
Chicago market report lists butter 589,979 firm and creamery 93 score. Centralized carrots quoted 30 30 1 4 with 12 345 eggs steady and prices unchanged.
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