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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1938
Page
1
Dun and Bradstreet reports January retail trade rose 2 to 6 percent from a year earlier with promotions boosting sales in many regions. Buying was spotty in some areas but east and middle west show gains while wholesale buying runs 3 to 10 percent ahead. inventories reduced and forward commitments constrained by price adjustments.
Capt Edwin C Musick veteran flyer commanded the Samoan Clipper burned in the south Pacific with a seven man crew. He recently piloted exploratory Oakland Manila Hong Kong trip. Police arrest two men with lottery ticket boxes led to 11 more arrests in a major local racket roundup. Warrants issued for Coy Williard Levi Williard Neese Williard J R Red Dixon and Bunny Gray linked to Garland Distributing. Also named Roosevelt Hightower Napoleon McGill George Adams Carrie Harris Herman Knox Henderson Johnson.
A see-saw clash along the Grand Canal pits Chinese and Japanese forces against each other amid Chiang Kai-Shek’s reshuffle. Chinese troops recapture Tsining as Li Tsunc Jen and Han Fu-Chu battle defense near Suchow, with arrests and tactical shifts reported.
Senate scene as Senator Bailey of North Carolina throws Ferdinand Lundberg's America's Sixty Families at opponents while denouncing the anti lynching bill. The book lands between desks before Senator Thomas retrieves it and Senator Smith flings it to the floor.
Roy Coley, a middle aged Mt I ve man, was burned to death when his big truck left the road and crashed into a large oak tree inside Clinton city limits. His passenger Charles Newman, 18, of Greenville, escaped with severe bruises and lacerations as the vehicle caught fire. Police Chief B E Cherry said the cab was engulfed after the impact.
Three men arrested in Rocky Mount confess to stealing Alderman J E Johnsons mobile on January 7 and robbing two Wilson county locations on January 9. L A for 28 Marshall Sullivan 22 and Bertie Brooks 24 all of ky Mount were jailed on 3000 bond each.
A bituminous coal producer told Senate investigators that the recession was created in Washington. He said the industry is in a low mood and it will be cured only by frank acknowledgment of mistakes. He testified before the Senate.
Sheriff C David Jones accused Attorney General Seawell of doing nothing in a slot machine case blocked by a federal injunction signed by Judge I M Meekins. Seawell replied the charge was absurd, saying the question was left to local officers.
Dust storms swept the southwest panhandle and western plains, halting travel as visibility dropped to zero in places like Lakin and Guymon. Wheat crops suffer damage while emergency responses note red dusters cutting sun and delaying school dismissals amid an early-season dust bowl threat.
The census bureau reports December cotton consumption at 433,058 bales of lint and 46,462 bales of linters, down from November and from December last year. End-of-month holdings show declines in consuming establishments and public storage compared with prior months and a year ago.
Washington gossip centers on Evan Evans from Wisconsin as a potential successor to Justice Sutherland. Other names raised include Samuel Bratton, Florence Bligh, Harold M. Stephens, and possibly Justice Brandeis approaching retirement, though some close friends doubt that report.
The Asheville Hosiery Company begins presenting its side of a unfair labor practices complaint before a labor relations board examiner in Asheville. The case arises from charges by the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. All sides outlined their positions at the opening session.
Insurgent aircraft bombarded government communications east and south of Teruel in Eastern Spain as infantry rested. Main highways into Teruel suffered as rain turned the Guadalaviar valley into a swamp, delaying movements of troops and equipment.
Oscar H. Phillips of Mecklenburg county was elected president, succeeding J O Anthony of Beaufort. Graham Morrison of Lincolnton was chosen vice president and J W Cameron of Wadesboro is secretary and treasurer.
State Grange Master Harry B. Caldwell has written the North Carolina congressional delegation opposing provisions of the pending farm bill. He cited Dr. Clarence Poe of Raleigh who proposed two cents a pound extra benefits for cotton farmers for complying with the program, funded by processing taxes.
The Association of American Railroads reported 552,314 cars of revenue freight loaded in the week ending last Saturday. This is up 94,955 cars or 20.8 percent from the prior week, but down 147,732 or 21.1 percent from a year ago and down 223,441 from the previous year’s level.
The Very Rev Israel Harding Noe 46, dean of St. Marys Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, enters day thirteen of a water and food abstinence. Medical doctors predict collapse, yet he remains vigorous as he plans a Knoxville church meeting while his aim is biological immortality. He joined his wife Ellen and two children at the deanery amid public interest and a church Bible class.
Senator Bailey of North Carolina called Secretary Ickes a renegade Republican during the southern filibuster against the anti lynching bill as he gained the senate floor. The exchange highlighted party fidelity concerns amid the debate.
The American Automobile Association distributes 100000 Seminole Trail maps showing the Washington to New Orleans and Florida routes. Barrow and Reid plan to promote spring tourist traffic through High Point and other points, with additional map pamphlets and lithographs.
Virginia producers sold 20,137,419 pounds of leaf tobacco in December for 3,412,462 dollars, averaging 16.94 per hundred. For the season total sales reached 88,739,562 pounds, up 2.5 percent from last year, with an average price of 24.38 dollars.
Stimous Valentine of Nashville announces candidacy for the Second district superior court judgeship currently held by Judge Walter J. Bone. The move positions Valentine as a challenger in the local judicial race.
Five representatives of finance industry and labor met at the White House to discuss a definite program of action for addressing the current economic situation. The discussion lasted about an hour and fifteen minutes.
Six leaders from industry finance and labor met at the White House with President Roosevelt to discuss cooperative measures to combat the business slump. Attendees included Owen D. Young of General Electric Thomas W. Lamont of J P Morgan John L Lewis head of the committee for industrial organization Charles W Taussig Rea tard Tugwell and A A Berle both formerly associated with the administration.
Paris reports a growing wave of strikes after Camille Chautemps resigned. President Lebrun summoned Leon Blum to form a cabinet while labor actions spread from Lille to Paris suburbs and other cities amid franc devaluation.
Navy officials continued to search the South Seas area for clues to the Samoan Clipper disaster that killed Captain Edwin C. Musick and six crewmen. A 40 ton, 72 passenger plane for the route is slated for March tests as service plans for the new grant remain undisclosed. Pan American’s California Manila service operates as usual.
Raleigh January 14 Attorneys urged a one week extension for Lina Pope Godwin to appeal to the Supreme Court. They would revoke the order allowing her to pay court costs and observe probation instead of serving two to five years for the staying of her third husband. Charles Ross said if granted the extension they would gamble on the high court and drop the matter.
State labor chief Major A L Fletcher said reports from 440 manufacturing firms show December employment fell 4.6 percent from November with total payrolls down 2.3 percent and hours dropping 6.9 percent while weekly earnings rose 2.3 percent. The 111,325 workers averaged 41.9 hours weekly, and knit goods workers earned the highest at 11.77 dollars per week for 32.2 hours.
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