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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
11
Governor Hoey urges passage of a federal state joint social welfare act providing up to 15 dollars monthly for needy elderly, half for the blind, and one third for dependent children. He praises the program, endorses classifying need, and demands state and county funding with local administration and state supervision.
Virginia's only barley market at Abingdon surpassed five million pounds. Warehousemen report growers received 269652.77 dollars more than paid for the nearly eight million pounds sold last season. Dark-fired markets across the state showed spotty prices and mixed offerings.
RECOVERING Chester D Johnson is hospitalized after his clothing was pulled into a moving belt at a cotton gin. He suffered a broken right toe and a broken left arm.
A recent grand jury report cites severe conditions at the Cleveland County Home including lack of clothing and bedding, need for more assistance, and calls for improved sanitary facilities and oversight.
Bids for major phases to be called in early February as work begins on a sewer line from Main Street to the gas plant near Kivett Drive. The project, costing about $800,000, is funded by a mix of city, state and federal dollars with Southern Railway to repay part of the city’s share.
The article notes that about 9 million pens of linen are consumed each year by passengers in Pullman cars, highlighting the scale of onboard textile usage and comforts provided on established rail services.
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