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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1935
Page
2
The Colored People chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority presents Oscar Wilde’s four act drama Lady Windermere’s Fan at Dudley Memorial auditorium Monday night at 8 15 o clock. The play is Wilde in his most delightful mood and reflects English aristocracy with contemporary relevance.
Dr. T L Scott pastor of Behel A M E church Greensboro opened the annual revival at Women's Memorial A M E church Tuesday night with a bright sermon. He will stay through the revival. Thomas B Smith elected delegate to Western North Carolina conference electoral college to represent Women's Memorial church in May 1936. Electoral college to convene in Hickory August 14. Red Sox defeat Yanceyville 9 2 at Willis Park in fourth straight win with a defensive display and timely hitting. Adams and Kennedy standout. Mack Blanton wins another game. Texiles Giants to play Thursday. Gretchen Branch to appear in recital at A and T College Thursday morning. Branch a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory now teaching in Fayetteville and Greensboro. Greensboro graduate chapel of A K A to present play.
Louie Armstrong and his orchestra will perform at Friendly Lake in Greensboro on Friday evening. The famous cornetist is noted for his ability to reach high C repeatedly with brief breaths, drawing renewed interest from local jazz fans after a long absence.
Reliable reports indicate Italy will deploy 120000 troops to Africa, with the Black Shirt division led by General Attilio Teruzzi. Vittorio and Bruno Mussolini are among volunteers awaiting commissions. Italy orders 100 cyclone engines for the Mercantile Air Force as talks with Ethiopia stall over boundary questions. Officials say no immediate hostilities, noting the rainy season and unfinished troop movements.
War and the growth of the International Labor Organisation from 1919 onward are traced, illustrating how economic liberty ties to global labor structures, with emphasis on U S participation and evolving policies through the era.
A nine year old selected to draw jurors for municipal court terms mistook the task for a contest. He asked if he would be notified if he won anything and was paid a nickel for his work. The incident amused attendees yesterday afternoon as officials explained the process.
The text notes the United States joining international labor leadership after 1919, stressing unity with the Am erican labor movement and world cooperation. It also covers a roundtable debate on the Constitution and the News, with lawmakers criticizing the Supreme Court, calls to restore sound currency, and Professor Quigley on Japan’s government and mass propaganda guiding public opinion.
Testimony unspooled as jurors heard 16 witnesses from Tacoma Seattle Spokane and Salt Lake City in the Waley Dainard kidnapping case. Prosecution outlined a $200000 ransom paid on a road between Seattle and Tacoma on May 30 while defense hopes to call Harmon Waley a 24 year old prisoner and husband to the defendant for testimony.
The article discusses concerns that the cotton processing tax may alter consumption toward other fibers like jute. It notes jute’s rarity in U S clothing use and references the Agricultural Adjustment Act allowing compensatory taxes if shifts to competing fibers are excessive. Secretary Wallace has imposed such taxes on certain jute uses and related materials.
Chicago butter and creamery prices show mixed gains with various grades ranging from 21 to 24 percent across 93 score specials and 23 percent for extras. New Orleans cotton opens irregularly with near months up to a point, later steady into the close with July around 12.04 and October at 11.69. New York futures open steady and end modestly higher trading within a narrow range.
Chicago livestock market notes hogs about 9,000, with 3,000 direct, prices 10 to 16 higher on average. Heavy butchers rise, top hog prices near 10.10 for 200-250 lb, 9.75-10.05 range for 200-250, and 9.00-9.95 for 250-350. Cattle and calves total 9,000 and 1,500 respectively, with buyers discounting fills as heat and weather thin trade. Yearlings around 11.40 top, cows steady to strong, vealers 25 lower.
N L Smith Jr of this city received the Charles R. Fogle award for being the outstanding DeMolay member in North Carolina at the conclave banquet at Hotel Concord. Lloyd Hughes was elected state marshal for the coming year. High Point was chosen for the next February deliberation meeting. Charlies B. McFee delivered the principal address as state deputy and Grand Council member.
A heated debate erupts as the Senate discusses the AAA measure and a remark branding a government official as liar, thief and hypocrite is read into the record in the Pearson inquiry. The hearing is cut short a threat to suspend it, while the House Ways and Means Committee hears Attorney General Cummings defend the government's right to bar damage suits over dollar devaluation.
One furnished bedroom in a close in unit at 1 Boulevard. Includes a watch and is available from 218 7-10.
A Marian Martin sewing pattern designed for girls with a cape sleeve for comfort in hot weather. Easy to assemble dress with a simple two-pleat skirt, available in sizes 8 to 18. Pattern 9480, size 10 requires 2 yards of 36 inch fabric, order by mail with 15 cents.
Dr James B Richardson local dentist left this afternoon with Paul W Smith for a visit to Portland Maine until July 20 when he will return to entrain with the 252nd Regiment Coast Artillery for the annual summer encampment of that National Guard unit at Fort Moultrie DC July 20 August 4. Dr Richardson who holds the rank of lieutenant is dental surgeon to the regiment.
Dr. W A Lambeth will deliver The Indignation of Our Lord as Wesley Memorial Methodist church holds a mid week service in the basement young people room at 8 o'clock. Group singing of hymns will highlight the worship period. Virginia Campbell of Eton Georgia is noted as the tiniest college student in the United States at five feet one inch tall while attending Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate Tennessee.
Mortgagee sale set for August 10 1935 at ten in front of 401 Ennis Street High Point NC. Real property Lots 25 and 26 block three West End Heights Guilford County with a four room house. Personal property includes scales show cases counters cash register desk drawers kitchen cabinet and more. Proceeds to satisfy mortgage to R L Loftin and chattel mortgage to High Point Savings & Trust Company.
The Paramount theater advertised paying a woman $5 to sit alone in darkness and watch Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Manager Hugh Smart called it an unusual promotion, noting it hinges on the film meeting advance expectations.
Bryant Electric and Shelton Machinery have moved into adjacent new quarters on South Hamilton Street. Bryant Electric occupies a building erected for it, signaling a restructured industrial area and potential business growth for both firms in the neighborhood.
Gatesmen announce the Shelton Machinery company has moved into the former Erd Ecker Mirror building beside the Bryant firm. The new modern plant offers the largest quarters and best equipped shop in the region and consolidates all electric shop facilities under one roof.
The old-time revival at East Green Street Christian Church led by Rev. W. J Edwards continues beyond two weeks with increased attendance and strong interest. Services shift from the tent on East Green Street to the church on Franklin Street, inviting the public in Geneva. The note mentions 228 Negro publications in the United States.
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