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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1939
Page
5
Ten survivors tell how they sang to keep courage after a British Cavaliers airliner crashed at sea off Bermuda. Five men and five women, including widows Mrs. Donald Mill and Mrs. John, were rescued by the Esso tanker and returned to New York as inquiries begin.
North Carolina's geographic center sits in Lee county between Sanford and Moncure near Olives, about a tenth of a mile east of the railway. YT Johnson and Carroll Mann Jr of the water resources division report the finding after a state study.
The Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce mid winter meeting in Raleigh features Rep. Harold D. Cooley as principal speaker on 1939 economic outlook and the organization’s legislative program. Also scheduled are D. L. Ward Thad Eure G. W. Mumford W. P. Horton and state Senator John D. Larkins Jr as toastmaster.
An upward trend in business conditions across the south was indicated in reports at the Southern Conference of Building Owners and Managers in Greensboro. About 100 building owners from the Carolinas Georgia Florida Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky attended as officers were to be elected.
Miss Grace C Baker secretary of the High Point Merchants Association and Miss Arion Elliott represented the local association at the Winston-Salem Merchants Association annual meeting. The dinner was at the Robert E Lee hotel with J M Broughton Raleigh attorney as principal speaker.
Maintenance guidance notes tightening connecting-rod bearings roughly every 20000 miles to ensure proper engine operation and longevity. The instruction emphasizes periodic checks as part of routine vehicle servicing.
The account names Richardsons crew and passengers Richard Chapman Edna Watson of Bermuda and Robert Spence as victims. Survivors include Nellie Tucker Smith and Charles Talbot with David Williams the second steward.
Raleigh dispatch reports that North Carolina faces closing several parks Fort Macon Hanging Rock Morrow Mountain and Mount Mitchell if the General Assembly does not overturn the Advisory Budget Commission. Officials say a gap of about fifteen thousand dollars could determine whether these sites stay open and federal camps remain active.
Real estate transfers listed by township detailing buyers and sellers. Transfers include Guilford High Point Ward street Franklin street Kearns street North Main Greens boro Randleman road and Clinton Hills subdivisions in Oak Ridge and Jamestown townships with multiple buyer seller pairs such as Edgar Snider Reba Wall R. D. Mooney and others J. A. Morgan Mary Harmon and others and Annie Foster among others.
J. M. Broughton of Raleigh told the Winston-Salem Retail Merchants Association that government should distrust business less and business should cooperate more with government agencies. He urged tighter unity among merchants to push reforms.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Frank McNinch will speak at Chapel Hill Thursday night under the Carolina Political Union. He is also scheduled to speak twice in Asheville on Friday.
Washington Jan 24 Harry Hopkins may present the Business Advisory Council this week with broad outlines of his program to improve economic conditions and boost employment through business government cooperation. He is expected to call for specific attacks on labor factionalism utility construction lag and railroad finances.
In San Augustine Texas the state opened evidence in the murder trial of Lester Parker former Coats North Carolina police chief charged with killing Laurie Amie in 1932. Jury selection finished yesterday with Judge F P Adams adjourning for the day. In Dunn North Carolina officials including Sheriff W E B Salmon Judge Floyd H Taylor Mayor J B Williams and State Senator Fred Thomas signed affidavits testing Parker's character and sent multiple depositions and funds to Parker's lawyers.
Ancient coins used dies to stamp metal with symbols and letters. Shapes varied from circular to square with rounded corners, as seen in Holland and Ceylon. Greek coins bore animals and gods while human portraits appeared after Alexander the Great. Syracuse ruler Hiero II featured Queen Philistis, possibly the first mortal woman honored on coinage. Julius Caesar and Augustus also bore faces on Roman coins. Modern Irish Free State coins display animals including a hen, sow, hare, bull, salmon, and Irish wolfhound. UNCLE RAY notes a music masters leaflet and hints at an upcoming piece on odd dollars.
Walter Winchell reports on firm instruction not to grant vacations after April 30 to handle the World’s Fair crowds. Two Wall Street firms announce marriages within 60 days. A suggested name for Ben Bernie’s nightclub is EF Steanko.
The U S embassy in Berlin asked the German government to exempt American citizens from a January 17 decree that cancels licenses for Jewish dentists veterinarians and druggists. The move comes after repeated protests over anti Semitic decrees following the Vom Rath affair and the 31 January effective date.
Dr. David B. Steinman of New York will deliver the first of three public lectures at North Carolina State College as Engineers Week observance opens. The engineer will speak tomorrow night with further talks Thursday and Saturday morning drawing members of the North Carolina Society of Engineers. The society begins its two day session here Friday and the annual engineers institute will be held at the college Thursday.
Walter Dur anty resigns as Moscow correspondent three years ago and writes from Riga. Howard Hughes becomes Beverly Hills bowling champion. Harry Richman performs four daily shows while joking about wealth. A Congressional Record editorial on Americanism circulates widely. A public sale of a one sixth share in the McClure Syndicate is listed as liquidation of an estate for February 8. Times anecdotes cover spies, embassies, and social matches with Reno weddings and Rothschild negotiations.
Assistant Attorney General Wade Bruton said two men held in Albemarle on securities charges are also wanted in Hertford County for alleged wide scale swindles. H. F. Lambert of Lynchburg Virginia and Marion Allen of Washington were listed in warrants for selling unregistered securities and operating without licenses. They reportedly sold stock of mythical burial associations and baby diaper manufacturers, operating across eastern North Carolina.
Lewis Ezzell, 25, remained to be sentenced after pleading not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Ed Wiggs. The state accepted the plea but Judge Walter Bone deferred sentencing. Wiggs died last August from a fractured skull after being struck in the city jail while both men were jailed on drunken charges.
A protest against Adolf Hitler and mass meetings across the United States on Lincoln's Birthday is noted with a claim that every Nobel Prize winning American scientist sits on the committee. The report mentions a cavalry colonel exiled to Fort Riley by a congressman over alleged hatred in his regiment, and notes a new command turning African American. It also references the Waners of the Pirates and Roberta Amees leading Hobby Lobby research, with Vivian Leigh gossip about Scarlett O Hara and a stance on the Bill of Rights.
U S and North Carolina officials report on wholesale fruit and vegetable prices and demand. Listings cover lettuce strawberries potatoes cabbage sweet potatoes peppers tomatoes celery greens and other staples with regional points including Brawley Plant City Presque Isle Rochester Philadelphia Cleveland Pittsburgh and Washington.
In each list a single term does not fit with the others due to differing classifications or typical associations. 1 Typhoon is a cyclone not a weather event. the rest are disasters. 2 Mrs Quickly is a character, others are real or literary figures. 3 smilax is a plant while the others are gemstones. 4 perch is a fish but not a large marine species like the others. 5 tennis hockey bowling golf ping pong. ping pong is not a seasonal outdoor team sport like the rest.
One of the area’s oldest homes, tied to Langdon Cheves of Charleston, burned yesterday after a brush fire swept several acres. Built about 1836 by Charles Baring, a British banker and early summer resident, the residence and much antique furniture were destroyed.
A firefighter died battling a three alarm fire that destroyed 16 stores in the Thomson Hills business section of Long Island City. Police estimated the damage at 200000 dollars.
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