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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1937
Page
1
Rain slows trade as attendance nears record highs yet buyers go spotty. Dealers report mixed results with some sectors like bed springs cabinets and lamps selling well while overall mood remains cautious and outlook for the week uncertain.
The 98 day strike involving 6000 Pittsburgh Plate Glass workers ends with a contract granting eight cents more per hour. No closed shop or union dues check off. Union leader Glen W. McCabe hails the deal as favorable. Company executives R L Clause and Fred L. Keightly sign, with a non discrimination pledge for union activities.
Flood waters from the White River breached levees near Decker Indiana and Hazelton. A seven foot wall of water inundated U S highway 41 and thousands of acres in Knox county. WPA workers and volunteers raced to shore up other levees as forecasts warned of more rain across Ohio Indiana Missouri Illinois and Arkansas. Dozens sought shelter, many in a Cincinnati church, as flu patients faced cold conditions without gas or heat.
President Roosevelt took the oath on January 2 beneath a rain-soaked crowd at the Capitol declaring his aim to blot out injustices. He pledged to lead the nation forward, stressing the test of the era is not abundance but meeting the needs of the less fortunate. Chief Justice Hughes administered the oath after Roosevelt placed his hand on the Dutch Bible.
Vice President Garner was sworn in by Robinson as Roosevelt delivered a wartime style address warning of the pall of disaster. The ceremony drew crowds along Pennsylvania Avenue with military pageantry, the Marine Band, and cabinet members gathered at the Capitol.
Britain and Italy abandon multi power pact efforts as Germany presses on in a tense European scene. Spain endures brutal bombings with fatalities while Italy and Germany push for indirect intervention and mutual aid amid Francoist and Soviet tensions.
The Weather Bureau issued a storm warning today with advisory at 10 a.m. for the northeast region from Virginia to Boston. As a disturbance moves northeast over a high pressure area over New England and eastern Canada, winds are increasing from the north or east, reaching gale force near Virginia capes to Bandy, N J, tonight.
In Tacoma, federal agents faced a communications impasse as investigators search for the boy Charles Mattson's killer. The Seattle P I published two handwritten ransom notes from the kidnapper, threatening death and detailing ransom steps while warning police to stay unseen.
Raleigh January 20 The legislature rushed through a measure to appropriate 600 000 to buy new school buses replacing aging vehicles. Over 1 200 of 3 995 buses are seven to nine years old and several counties report school closures due to bus conditions. A safety bus specifications sub committee was created, and hearings were set on auto sales taxes. The session also considers old age aid, abolition of the death penalty, teacher sick leave, Sunday baseball in Camden, and monthly teacher salary installments.
The body of Michigan State Policeman Richards F Hammond was found handcuffed to a rural mailbox five hours after he was abducted by Alcide Benoit a former convict. A large search by police from three states followed with airplanes aiding the hunt for Benoit who fled after abducting Hammond.
Tokyo reports a new political party denouncing constitutional government as parliament prepares for a pivotal Diet session. Observers view the move as fascist-leaning and a test of parliamentary rule versus military fascism. Meanwhile the Soviet Union has summoned Ambassador Youreneff to Moscow to report on Japan’s crisis and Russo Japanese relations after the German Japanese accord.
Heavy rains forced about 14 Mecklenburg County rural schools to close as roads become unsafe for buses. County Superintendent E. L. Best said closures may extend into next week if rain continues, with some districts planning to reopen and others remaining suspended. Rivers Yadkin Roanoke rise. Neuse and Tar also rising.
Los Angeles January 20. Eight survivors all hospitalized remain from a Western Air Express liner crash on a snowy mountain near Burbank January 12. Co-pilot C. T. Owens died in hospital last night, the fifth casualty. A federal air commerce hearing is planned for tomorrow. Owens leaves a widow and two young sons.
Homespun will replace whipcord as the garb of highway patrolmen in Raleigh testing North Carolina made material starting soon.
Detroit January 20 officers of General Motors and the United Automobile Workers headed to Washington as states and national governments push conciliation. GM plants at Flint and Baltimore shut, 15 000 and 1 200 workers idle. total GM auto plants idle over 135 000. Alfred P. Sloan and William B. Knudsen met in New York then John J. Lewis guided union leader Homer Martin to Washington. Lewis met with Labor Secretary Perkins and Michigan Governor Murphy amid a truce charges breach.
Washington January 20 reports Vice President Garner, a Texas ranchman with decades in public service, has informed friends that his oath of office today will mark the end of his term and his retirement plans afterward.
Dr R A Herring of Washington, a field representative for the American Society for the Control of Cancer and former head of preventive medicine at the University of Georgia, was named full time health officer for High Point. City Manager Knox announced the appointment, following council approval and state funding conditions. Herring, 54, will assume duties in about six weeks after completing moves from Greensboro and Wilmington health posts.
City council deferred awarding the sewer line contract tied to the Southern Railway track depression after bids were opened. Leon Ellis Construction leads at 1 095 92 with Brown Paving and Northeastern Construction bids higher. A hearing was set for February 10 on rezoning south of Kivett Drive and Meredith Street to business district.
In Akron Ohio a sit-down by two crane workers stopped production in Firestone Tire and Rubber steel products department. About 700 workers in the unit were affected with over 200 still in the plant as union and Firestone officials conference on a wage dispute hoped for an early settlement.
A six car derailment of an Atlantic Coast Line tourist train near Odessa Florida on January 20 injured several passengers and crew, none seriously. Day coaches and Pullmans left the track but the locomotive and diners stayed on rails as first aid arrived and doctors and ambulances were en route from Tarpon Springs and Clearwater. Officials had not yet determined the cause.
Weather today shows cloudy skies with occasional rain across regions in North and South Carolina. Temperatures rise through the day with night periods of rainfall and improving conditions along the coast and northwest areas.
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