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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1938
Page
1
In Newton Iowa Jasper county business men and farmers plan to organize about 1000 deputy sheriffs to restore and maintain law and order amid the two month old Maytag Company labor dispute while Governor Kraschel cautions about martial law only for public benefit.
A 81,000 damage suit against Sammy Baugh, former All-America football star who trained with the St. Louis Cardinals, was dismissed in circuit court at the plaintiff Harry Hillman’s request. Hillman of Norfolk, Virginia alleged Baugh violated an agreement to appear at a March 1 basketball game in Norfolk for 125.
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh mother of the aviator arrived in Cherbourg aboard the Bremen and took a Paris train. She did not say if she would visit her son and daughter in law and grandchildren at their Hee Island home.
Friends of Senator Borah say he is rapidly recovering from exhaustion that forced him to bed. He is expected to leave in a week or ten days for Poland Springs, Maine, for a complete rest.
Newark New Jersey July H Norman Sch kopf, former head of the state police, was mentioned today as the No 1 candidate for the Democratic United States senatorial nomination.
Washington reports a War Department policy restricting military air participation to two or three civilian aviation meets annually. Each event must have international as well as national significance to qualify for the armed services’ involvement.
New York reports show Tate selective buying helped stocks recover from initial declines of eight points or more. Profits were cashed in the forenoon and trading remained slow, marking the largest reaction since the June 2 market surge.
The senate campaign funds committee began a secret investigation into a serious complaint about political misuse of public funds. Chairman Sheppard of Texas said the unnamed senatorial candidate's campaign is involved and the issue might develop into something.
A Jerusalem bomb at Jaffa Gate killed four Arabs and wounded 15, triggering new Arab Jewish tension. British forces arrived with ships and troops to restore order while strikes spread to Amman.
Concord telegram reports William Baxter Parnell a farmer was held for the grand jury in the ice pick slaying of Martha Jane Fink last Sunday. A coroner jury ordered him held without bond after about a dozen witnesses testified, including Rev. John Ricks and Deputy B. S. Ball. Ball quoted Parnell saying he stabbed the girl and that roots from a witch doctor were chewed.
Edna Cotton Mills plans to resume operations next week with the carding and spinning departments opening first and others following as market conditions improve. The mill suspended operations April 15 due to market conditions and employs 300 workers when at full swing.
The Federal Crop Reporting Board says July 1 cotton acreage is 26,904,000 acres, the smallest since 1900 and 78 percent of last year. Growers faced a 2 cent per pound penalty for sales beyond their allotment while yields may rise this year due to better land use and weather, with no forecast of total production.
A Northwest Airlines transport plane crashed on takeoff near a canyon end of the field killing one woman and injuring seven others and crew members. The victims included Mrs. N. B. McKay Evanston Illinois who died at St. Vincent hospital in Billings. The pilot Walter Bullock and co pilot Lester Dean survived. The aircraft was a Zephyr 14 H type.
Fayetteville report on trial for the Fort Bragg slaying of Sgt. J F Mott. Hal Rush testifies that Bill Cross killed Mott while Cross faces second degree murder charges with Jesse Crofts Walt Routh as accessories. FBI agent Testimony includes three written confessions and links to bond concerns.
Lexington seethed with indignation as counsel for C B Deane filed a supplementary protest against the July 2 Davidson county primary vote for the Democratic Congress nomination. Affidavits were assembled to refute the charges while Davidson board of elections scheduled a nine o clock Saturday hearing.
Buenos Aires reports Bolivia and Paraguay reached agreement on the fundamentals of an arbitration plan. A final treaty could be issued within days and a draft protocol might be started tonight.
Reginald Arthur Whitcombe, 40, of Parkstone Dorset, won the British Open after a wind battered 72 holes. He posted 71 71 75 in the third round to lead Dick Burton by one stroke, then finished with a 78 to seal the title amid staggering scoring conditions.
Washington reports American firms sold more than 20 million dollars in war goods to China and Japan in their first year of conflict. China bought 12.56 million and Japan 7.66 million with Japan surging in six months. Airplanes engines and parts dominated shipments with Hongkong listed for China licenses.
President Roosevelt approves Fayetteville as site for a new 300 bed Veterans' Administration hospital to serve North Carolina. Fort Bragg proximity cited. project estimated at about 1.5 million dollars and modern general hospital facilities planned after statewide site study and reviews by VA officials.
Kenneth Taylor, a Black man from Raleigh, had faced execution for the 1987 killing of Margaret Alston in Franklin county. Governor Hoey commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment yesterday, erasing the planned execution today.
Shanghai July 8 The Japanese war drive toward Hankow stalled as guerrilla bands attacked from rear on multiple fronts. Irregulars harassed garrisons near Peiping, Kaifeng, and Szechou while attacking Sunghai railway bases. Desultory fighting around Shanghai followed yesterday’s terror strikes that killed four.
German seaplanes will conduct fourteen round trips between Horta in the Azores and New York as part of a third straight year of trans Atlantic air surveys. The Nordstern joins the Nordwind and Nordmeer, with first flight slated for July 17, as Deutsche Lufthansa aims to gauge regular Europe to America service.
In Charlotte on July 8 a state liquor charge was pressed against Car Lippard, accused of receiving large quantities of liquor destined for a person named Robert Taylor. The state liquor commission said shipments violated state law, but the charge was not pressed in city police court.
In Friedrickshafen Germany Dr Hugo Eckener attacked Secretary Harold Ickes for blocking helium exports to Germany. He argued the veto was driven by American politics and said Roosevelt promised future helium, noting airship interests depend on collaboration. He blamed election-year maneuvers for the move.
The State Board of Elections heard evidence on alleged irregularities in the June 4 primary in Swain County. Findings will not be released until July 13.
President Roosevelt enters Ohio Democratic primary with praise for Senator Robert J. Bulkley during a tran continental tour. Bulkley, cited as a supporter, backed Roosevelt’s court reform and favored the executive reorganization. Roosevelt urged forward action and cooperation as he spoke in Marietta on the anniversary celebration.
Milan July 8 Anthony Chebatoris was executed at sunrise by the federal government at a detention farm. He was the first to die in Michigan in a capital punishment case in more than a year after a botched Midland Bank robbery that killed an bystander. Governor Murphy had urged President Roosevelt to halt the federal action.
Two insurgent columns advanced from the Spanish frontier toward Almenara, the historic Key to Valencia, near Sagunto. Advance units under General Miguel Aranda reported nearing the Del Cid pass with Moorish fortress ruins in view. Government troops held Mora de Rubielos, reporting the enemy driven into Mora hills 45 miles inland.
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