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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1938
Page
9
Indian northwest frontier scene shows Indian and British soldiers with drawn bayonets patrolling a golf course to protect players from raids by Wasziritan tribesmen amid tense frontier security duties.
Guilford superior court opens a regular term with Judge EB C Bivens presiding and the grand jury in session. Defendants include Troy McMillan for theft of a $75 cow from H D Cox and D B Thomas for embezzlement of $40 from Parker Miller Fulcher company. Other High Point defendants face charges ranging from assault to burglary and moonshine possession.
Farris & Rossborough a Guilford county truck transport firm represented by J Allen Austin of High Point filed in Guilford superior court a suit for 51370 claimed due by Atlantic States Motor Lines Inc for hauling done last May and June. The complaint says cars were moved from Philadelphia to northern New Jersey and New York at ICC rates, demand for payment was refused.
In Guilford Superior Court, H. A. Moffitt of High Point was found not guilty of manslaughter for the November 24, 1936 crash that killed 7 year old Jean Sumner. Also, Mrs. J W Tomlinson faced a continued judgment on a building ordinance charge. Napoleon Jones was sentenced to six months and filed a state supreme court appeal.
Guilford County real estate transfers include high point township deeds from EB Gensenback to J A Myatt with three Burton street lots and Claude B Smith to Mrs Kate Smith in West End Heights. Morehead township deeds show Robert H Frazier trustee to Albert L Butler Jr and William M Butler with a West Lee Street tract. J B Latham Co transfers two Myers street tracts to J R Pitts. Susie J Millikan et al to Wayne K Hopkins with four A P Kersey subdivision lots. Hoyle trustee to James McClamroch nine Mt Tabor Heights lots. Gurney P Hood state banking commissioner to Mrs Belle Craig four Woodlawn Park lots. Gumner township I Murray and Lucille K Green transfer Park Avenue tract.
Evanston reports Danny Zehr Northwestern swimming captain made the United States Olympic team in 1932 while still a Fort Wayne high school student. The piece notes the Canadian robbery industry grossed 65 949 000 dollars in 1935.
Local YMCA games show Harriss Covington leading Highland Mills at halftime 10-8. Adams Millis and Tomlinson trail with 5 and 10 points respectively, as Hasty All Stars and Paper Box compete in a 15-6 halftime tilt.
Allen Jay defeated Jamestown in both boys and girls games in the Coliseum. The boys won 32 to 28 while the girls rallied from a 16–0 start to prevail 37 to 27 led by Rice with 15 points and Keller with 18. Lanier led Jamestown with 16 points. M Cable paced Jamestown boys with 16 and Farmer led Allen Jay with 9.
Reports from Salisbury Wilmington St Paul and Philadelphia describe boxers earning decisions or knockouts. Mann Wibie halted Lavoy Zink ham in Salisbury while Jimmy Lancaster outpointed a Brooklyn fighter in Wilmington. Jimmy Adamick stopped Liszy Singer in St Paul. Norment Quarles technically KOed Tommy Cross in Philadelphia.
Camden and Columbus wrestling meets featured Dusek Garibaldi and Marshal Managoff with close bouts. Sun Falls Sonnenberg defeated Plummer in a 35 minute match. Szabo beat Kunker as three falls. Villanova beat Duquesne 33 32 and Tennessee Poly outscored Vanderbilt 21 4. A A U plans an eight man basketball tour February and March through Brazil Argentina and Uruguay.
A paper throwing nuisance at Madison Square Garden games was checked after a physician examined an offender's head and found it to be a wad of wet paper. The incident prompted questions about crowd behavior and safety measures at professional hockey events.
Boxing promoters in Minneapolis St Paul Indianapolis and St Louis seek the services of Jimmy Adamick a sensational young Michigan heavyweight as a possible attraction for upcoming shows.
In Lafayette Indiana January, it is understood Purdue university will appoint Mal Hiward to coach the football team if Noble Kizer cannot return next spring.
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