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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1937
Page
2
Generally fair conditions with moderate south and southwest winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville. Partly overcast skies persist tonight and Thursday.
The African monitor lizard nests eggs inside ant nests and the worker ants cover the eggs, a behavior noted as part of its reproductive strategy.
Raleigh announces Mrs R R King of Greensboro will cast the state's controlling vote to elect officers of the North Carolina Railroad company. Gov Hoey designated her as proxy and selections for railroad posts will be announced tomorrow. The meeting in Greensboro will include state owned stock details and officer salaries.
A visiting group of notable scientists is in the city to discuss resources policy aimed at eliminating stream pollution and silting. The committee includes Abel Wolman as chair along with geography professor Harlan Barrows, Edward Hyatt California State Engineer, and others from the Bureau of Reclamation and TVA.
A prominent visitor convoy including G F White and T Bule toured the High Point area and the Yadkin River reservoir, then moved to Lexington, Stateeville, Charlotte, Huntersville, and Rock Hill. They planned to view erosion control projects across South Carolina and eastern Tennessee, praising the region's work.
Area coverage extends 300 nautical miles in all directions as the Swan guards a 15 by 240 mile strip. The Colorado plans to release three deck planes for the first aerial search toward Howland, meeting Itasca within 100 miles to refuel. Lexington heads for Lahaina Roads to join the effort with 57 planes aboard.
Senator Guffey argues for reorganization of the Supreme Court to curb economic wrongs, accusing Chief Justice Hughes of political campaigning. He claims court packing favored by prior appointments blocked New Deal aims while Republicans absented themselves for an all star game.
In tribal custom some groups used a pipe of peace to seal treaties and a giant war pipe to signal the start of conflict as tribes prepared to move onto the warpath.
Rochester news reports delegates of the International Association of Clothing Designers say American manhood is growing bigger. President Jacob M. Franklin notes the average suit size today is 38 for five eight, up from 36 twenty five years earlier. He attributes growth to boys’ longer school years and less child labor.
Mr and Mrs R B Allred purchased the Hubert Routh home and moved in Friday. The column lists several local families and visitors including Hughes Talley Jarrell Trogdon and others visiting relatives and friends across Randleman Asheboro Guilford College and Meridian Mississippi. A local child Joe Beasley had adenoids removed at Banner clinic and is recovering well.
The year 1936 is the square of 44 and no other square-numbered year will occur again until 2025.
The Potaro river forms the Brazil British Guiana boundary and drops 800 feet in one of the world’s grand waterfalls. Indigenous legend tells of an old man sent down the misty cataract in a canoe, with two guiding rocks named the old man’s bannister and the old man’s bateau as proof.
Silas Sheetz, 48, classified advertising manager of the Wilmington Star-News, died yesterday from a heart attack in Wilmington North Carolina.
Enterprise seeks readers to submit three captions for scenes from Captains Courageous at the Paramount. Best set earns Kipling book and two Paramount tickets. next nine earn two tickets each.
The municipal court postponed the George W. Cox case linked to the fatal wreck involving James Franklin Tysinger Jr. until July 14. Multiple defendants faced traffic and minor offenses with fines, suspensions, and jail terms, including embezzlement and illicit alcohol prosecutions.
Thirty licensed cotton warehouse men from the Carolinas Virginia and Georgia registered at a cotton classing demonstration school operated by the U S Department of Agriculture in Charlotte.
R K E Simpson of Hickory assistant vice president of the Southern Railway was reported in serious condition at a Statesville hospital today after a incident.
The North Carolina section of the American Waterworks Association will hold its annual meeting in Wilmington August 26 28. Delegates and members will attend sessions on water treatment distribution and sanitation. Local organizers expect participation from engineers officials and industry vendors.
Dr. Edward A Ward of Saginaw Michigan was chosen president of the American Osteopathic Association at its 41st convention held in Chicago on July 7.
Berlin July 7 report states Heinrich Himmler, chief of the secret police, ordered the dissolution of the B N A I Brith Lodge its affiliated societies and other Jewish charitable institutions and groups.
Chicago based price notes for butter and eggs across dairy categories with scores and ranges. Butter listings include extras, firsts, seconds and standards with regional grading terms. Eggs show firm totals, extra grades, local care percentages and current receipts.
A historical note states that corn is produced in all 48 states of the Union, indicating wide agricultural reach across the country and reflecting nationwide crop activity.
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