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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1937
Page
1
First draft of a civil service bill for High Point proposes a five member civil service commission to judge qualifications for police and fire posts and other city jobs. The measure, not yet introduced, awaits public comment through Rep Rupert Pickens and Sen T J Old.
Air raids blasted near the headquarters of Fascist General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano as the Spanish government repelled a southern insurgent offensive toward a southwest seaport. Wrecked U S consulate in Malaga and massed hostilities fueled a brutal escalation with calls for neutrality and foreign aid.
In Raleigh on January 16 legislators held a brief perfunctory session while the appropriations committee continued public hearings. Fifty four lawmakers attended as two local bills advanced and other measures were debated or carried over.
Hollywood sheriff reports 22 young women detained for questioning over a suspected Hollywood girl syndicate. Captain Contreras says a diary lists patrons with names and addresses, some to be interrogated. Investigations run for two weeks as a possible grand jury morals inquiry proceeds.
Washington Jan 16 The House Appropriations Committee today formed subcommittees to handle supply bills for the 75th Congress. Members McMillan of North Carolina Justice Commerce and Labor Stead N Carolina Navy Buchanan of Texas and Collins of Mississippi were named to the deficiency appropriation subcommittee.
Stoughton and Attleboro police chased a prowler case that ended with a missing cruiser. Patrolman Elliott Higgins cuffed a suspect to a car steering wheel and dashed through backyards. the car, handcuffs, and keys disappeared, later found parked but immovable before Attleboro was alerted.
L A Corning of Hamlet begins duties as new president of the North Carolina dairy products association after being elected at the annual convention in Pinehurst. Vice presidents named include T C Reed of Greensboro Gary Hughes of Asheville and C J Putzel of Salisbury.
Washington dispatch reports congress members shifting from reorganization debates to Roosevelt's second inauguration prep. WPA marchers demand more relief funds while White House pledges consideration. Congress debates $790 million relief bill with hearings ongoing.
Industrial activity fell this week for the broadest cut in over a year. The seasonally adjusted index dropped from 102.0 to 100.2 with 85.8 a year ago, as General Motors reduced output and steel and railcar production eased. cotton output also contracted after a months of record gains.
Ann Harding the American actress and Werner Janssen the New York conductor filed intent to wed at a London registry office. Harding had fled the U S and Canada last June with her daughter to avoid custody actions by her former husband Harry Bannister and won permission to keep Jane in England until next May.
William Clark Mitchell, found sane by state psychiatrists, faces execution as the second white man to be hanged in Mississippi for killing a Black family. He was convicted of beating Lewis Bryant and family during a July 1932 robbery, then burning them after sodden kerosene soaked their bodies. The case moved beyond the governor after two reprieves.
The Ohio and Mississippi valleys saw floods abate as a advancing cold wave ended heavy rains. Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania Kentucky Ohio and Missouri faced high water with hundreds evacuated and several levees broken but no reported deaths. Rescue efforts moved families to higher ground while the Ohio River frontage was forecast to recede from crest levels.
Raleigh January 16 Adrian J. Newton of Lexington named attorney for the state unemployment compensation commission. M R Dunnagan former Raleigh newspaperman named publicity director. Mrs May Thompson Evans retained as director of the state unemployment service.
The Fourth Circuit rules the United States must pay interest on coupons after a devalued currency call. The court says redemption in devalued money violated the bonds’ gold coin terms. Arthur W. Machen of Baltimore sued to collect interest. the government lost at district court, then won on appeal.
CHAPEL HILL Jan 16. Person Hall the second oldest UNC building was dedicated as an art gallery for the department of fine arts. Dean Everett W. Meeks of Yale School of Fine Arts spoke of a renaissance in art with reduced distinctions between art and architecture and broader opportunities for artists.
Governor Hoey said he would ask the legislature to provide funds for an early replacement of school buses after Forsyth county buses were deemed unsafe. The move follows a conference with state officials, as Forsyth schools closed and about 10,000 students faced a holiday.
Three inspection crews began an unannounced survey to check weight and dimensions of buses and trucks in North Carolina. They left for stations today and will inaugurate the survey Monday.
Tacoma reports a watchman heard a possible child’s scream on January 6 as the hunt for Charles Mattson’s kidnapper widens. A 10 year old boy’s nude body was found near Everett last Monday. Police deny a “pick up” order and ongoing questions involve a California convict in robberies.
B F Stepp files suit in superior court against A O Mooneyham druggist and Consolidated Realty Corp for 50 000 claiming death of Maude Stepp in a Christmas Eve fireworks store explosion in Asheville The complaint seeks attachment against the Realty Corp property and garnishment against Wachovia Bank and Trust Co to protect Stepp’s claim as administrator of the estate
The State Department announced that Americans in the revolt-threatened Chinese city of Sianfu were found safe. Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson said Counsellor Willis R. Peck returned to Nanking from Sianfu to urge evacuation, and the returning airplane carried officials, not any Americans.
A safety meeting for bus operators of the southeast will be held in Charlotte Tuesday night. John H. Meighan, secretary of the National Bus Operators Association, will address the gathering.
The North Carolina Association of Nurserymen will hold its mid winter meeting here Tuesday.
Greenville South Carolina January 16 United Textile Workers of America officials arranged a conference to probe conditions in the textile industry to detect possible violations of federal labor laws A committee will study a statistical publication and another to collect data on wages and machine loads Findings should show compliance with national labor relations and Wash Healy acts The union also discussed its southern organization program and a campaign for passage of the Ellenbogen textile regulation bill
Washington reports say the Biological Survey intends to press a federal game law violation against Associate Justice Wil Van Devanter for hunting without a $1 duck stamp. Ira N. Gabrielson says a report was sent to the Agriculture Department. Van Devanter and Rev. Zee Phillips hunted in Virginia with no license stamp.
Cloudy conditions along the coast with generally fair weather inland. Tonight and Sunday expect northeast winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville with occasional rain over southern port areas. Sunday night or Monday remains unsettled with more rain possible in the central portion and south.
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