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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1937
Page
2
Weather summary notes limited readable data with scattered fragments. No clear location or measurements available. Potential trend hints suggest variable conditions and possible temperature shifts, but specifics are absent.
Chicago produce prices listed on July 12 show butter firm with creamery specials at 31.44 to 34, extras 30 to 34, firsts around 30 to 31, and seconds 24 to 27. Eggs are weak with local extra firsts at 20 percent and current receipts at 19 to 20 percent, plus storage and aging adjustments noted.
Charlotte patrolman W. T. Campbell said a man and woman opened fire on him as they tried to flee in a coupe on Wilkinson boulevard toward Gastonia. He said the woman fired twice and agents suspect the pair may be linked to the Lancaster Fourth of July shooting of Policeman B. Frank Jowell.
In Massillon, gunfire and tear gas erupted for nearly an hour as strikers and sympathizers gathered near a two story building close to a Republic Steel plant. More than 100 people were taken into custody as Ohio national guardsmen returned to the area amid the steel strike turmoil.
Chinese and Japanese forces renewed heavy clashes along the Yungting River frontier during Wednesday night maneuvers by the Japanese North China army. Wanpinghsien saw the heaviest fighting end by early morning while general engagement spread near other points and Chinese troops reportedly resisted at the international golf course area where Japanese reports said they were entrenched.
Washington D C July 12 Special The plan of the Carolina Aluminum company of Pittsburgh to build a 64 000 horsepower electric plant on the Yadkin river near Tuckertown will be reviewed by the Federal Power Commission at a July 23 hearing The company seeks permission to construct a dam and reservoir across Stanly Montgomery Rowan and Davidson counties A dam 1320 feet long and 93 feet high would form a 3032 acre surface reservoir with usable storage of 23 000 acre feet plus a power house The project aims to generate electric power for public and industrial use
Thunderstorms cooled hot weather across Durand Michigan where a windstorm damaged buildings and crops after a brief shower. A scorching Atlantic seaboard heat wave followed a pattern similar to 1936 as beachgoers fled to parks and climate refuges. The AP tally shows state heat fatalities led by New York with 62, New Jersey 44 and Connecticut 38.
Chicago grain notes optimistic crop outlooks from Canada and spring wheat states boosted wheat values most of the day. Profit-taking trimmed gains, with July at 1.20 and Sept near 1.21. Corn and oats eased, while nearby futures showed fractional moves.
A Soviet air crew led by Mikhail Gromoff launched from Moscow carrying out a second Arctic flight toward the United States. The three crew members Andrei Yumosheff and Sergei Danilin reported passing Archangel and planned a Pacific coast approach with San Francisco as a probable destination. United States Ambassador Joseph E Davies attended the departure at Tschelkovo and Dr Otto Schmidt gave farewell wishes.
Department of Agriculture guidance on cooking a fryer in steps for juicier meat. Tips include cleaning and thawing, splitting the breast, trimming ribs, using a thick skillet with fat, and careful browning for about 20 minutes per piece. Also a baked in cream method with cream milk onion and parsley, plus a note on milk fed chicken feeding practices.
Harry Bridges, west coast longshoremen leader, plans to present an ultimatum to Joseph P. Ryan, ILU president, to quit the AFL and join the CIO or lose his union. A three person CIO committee will deliver the demand at an undisclosed location, announced at the ARTA offices in New York.
Louis Knight found his mother Mrs. Emma Saville 45 dead in her kitchen with three bullet wounds her dress on fire and gas from the stove jets. Jeannette Parks the daughter said the mother complained of heat and police noted the close range shots lit the clothing by the gun flash.
Capus M. Waynick director of purchase and contract estimated the state's official gasoline bill would rise by about 4500 dollars per month due to a half cent hike in wholesale price effective today from Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Washington July 12 The agriculture department expects to return more than 60 million dollars of the 1936 soil conservation fund to the treasury. The move comes as an informed official stated today that funds should be remitted.
City firemen answered a blaze at the Carolina Cotton Batting company on Tate street this afternoon. An official said the fire started from a machine, blowing off one or two sprinkler heads, but little damage was done.
Daniel Long, 60, suffered most from the citys heat wave. He collapsed in the street and at Bellevue Hospital was found to have a 109.8 degree temperature, the highest recorded there. He was iced until his fever cooled and he feels better now.
Police were told by Sheriff Hoover that two well dressed men, driving an old model car, involved in a Saturday night robbery, holdup and shooting in Concord are heading toward Richmond Virginia via High Point.
When chills and fever strike, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic offers rapid relief. A proven remedy that removes chills and fever and builds you up, it contains quinidine and iron. Sold in drug stores for 50 cents and 1 dollar. the larger size is more economical.
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