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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1937

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Steel mills reopen in Calumet district after 46 days

About 2,500 workers returned to the Indiana Harbor mill at 8 30 am with signs stating the plant is open on conditions that existed when work stopped on May 26. The reopening is hailed as a victory by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee amid a long labor dispute.

East Chicago Ind Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company South Chicago Calumet District J. E. Daily Chicago Yongstown R. 8. Poistr Daily Indiana Harbor Mill Steel Workers’ Organization Committee Association of Steel Employers

Direct Attack Mad On Ancient Walls Chinese City Toda

Japanese troops from East Hopei and Fengtai began a direct attack on Peiping, moving from east and south to the walled city. Armored cars and light field pieces supported infantry as garrisons pressed toward the ancient walls.

Toda Hopei Fengtai Tientsin China Wale Peiping

Bailey Leads New Battle In Senate On Court Measure

Senator Bailey of North Carolina challenged the administrations court bill in the Senate. He argued it sought powers beyond the Supreme Court and urged power only comes from the people. He warned his allies were waging a holy cause in opposition to the measure.

Bailey Senate North Carolina Bill Congress Washington D-Nc Supreme Court America People of

Father Tries to Murder Youth in Custody Officer

Chicago report: Henry Hundreiser, 37, walked into Summerdale police station and fired four shots at John Ardelean, 17, who is jailed on rape, beating, and stabbing charges against the youth’s nine year old sister. The shots missed at three feet. Bail set at $50,000. grand jury returned true bills for rape and assault to kill. The girl, who suffered 33 wounds, is recovering. the attack occurred in a basement where her father Samuel is janitor.

Chicago Henry Hundreiser Summerdale John Ardelean Hundreiser Ardelean Samuel

Flying Boat Begins Return Flight From Montreal

The Imperial Airways flying boat Caledonia lifted off from the St Lawrence river at 8 12 a m EST to Botwood Newfoundland starting its return flight to Newfoundland for Panland.

Montreal Imperial Airways Caledonia St Lawrence River Botwood Newfoundland Pneland

Gasoline Prices Rise Half Cent Nationwide Increase Announced

Local motorists pay a half-cent more for gasoline today after noon as three major oil firms announce the hike. Regular price stood at 22 1/2 cents before the increase.

Planes Ready in Final Search for Lost Fliers

Honolulu July 13 The Navy marshals 63 planes from the aircraft carrier Lexington to search a 36000 square mile area around Howland Island for Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan. Weather delays and a tropical storm threaten the mission as Itasca heads toward Arorai Island with the search intensifying.

Associated Press Honolulu Navy Amelia Earhart Lexington Howland Island Aviatrix Frederick J. Noonan Lae New Guinea Howland San Diego Coast Guard Itasca Gilbert Islands Arorai Island

Magistrate Set To Rule In Graham County Shooting Case

Magistrate W J Carringer said he would render a verdict before Saturday in the case of Sheriff Roy Garland and Constable Charles D Sawyer charged with firing into Charles Petersons automobile. At the preliminary hearing yesterday the officers said they fired into the car believing it had been stolen.

Robbinsville W. J. Carringer Roy Garland Graham County Charles D. Sawyer Charles Peterson

Lumberman Bryant Acquitted by Federal Jury

Wilmington lumberman J N Bryant was acquitted by a federal jury on charges of attempting to evade income taxes over a four year period. The trial concluded yesterday with the jury delivering a full acquittal.

Wilmington J. N. Bryant Wilmington Lumberman

Roosevelt Denies Foreign Interest Ties In Tax Probe

James Roosevelt, eldest son of President Roosevelt, testifies before the congressional tax inquiry panel denying any stake in a Bahamas holding company. Witnesses include William Randolph Hearst Jacob Ruppert and William Paley as John Rogge cites holding company tax savings by C F Kettering.

Washington William Randolph Hearst Jacob Ruppert New York William 8. Paley Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc Congressional Tax Inquiry Committee John Rogge Securities Commission The Treasury Rogge James Roosevelt Roosevelt Bahamas Representative Treadway Mass Yoting Roosevelt Treadway C. F. Kettering General Motors Corporation Ruppert Ruppert Holding Corporation

Escaped Convict Held In South Carolina Killing Case

Robert B. Smith, an escaped North Carolina convict, was arrested in Georgetown after a car chase tied to the July 4 killing of Lancaster Policeman B. Frank Sowell. Smith, wanted for murder and robbery, had fled Myrtle Beach with a red haired woman and a stolen car. he survived a crash and was captured with several other detainees at a tourist camp.

Conway 8. C Leo Jenkins South Carolina Highway Patrol Robert 8. Smith North Carolina B. Frank Sowell Lancaster Sowell Jenkins State Smith Georgetown Horry County Myrtle Beach High Market Street G. C. Kinsey Kinsey Pat Hilton H. B. Hardwick Horry W. E. Sessions Lieut. Jenkins Robert Waynee County Caledonia Halifax County

Fourth man captured in North Carolina prison break

Raleigh reports Robert B. Smith captured in Conway DC as the fourth of seven men linked to a wide prison break. The group seized two prison officials and a Raleigh youth, riding with them over 200 miles across half the state. Oscar Pitta, acting penal director, seeks to identify if Bill Payne Yaeger or Jack Borden were among those detained for questioning.

Raleigh Robert 8. Smith Conway D. C North Carolina Oscar Pitta Bill Payne F. Yaeger Jack Borden Smith

New York Stocks Slip After Mixed Trading

In July trading, buying power was weak and many leaders fell behind with minus signs. Offerings were meager and momentum slowed with fractions lost around 2 points by mid session. Brokers cite profit taking after a sharp recent recovery, delaying a major market correction.

New York

Bidding Is Lively On Charlotte Bonds

Twelve syndicates with over 61 financial firms bid for 1.4 million dollars of Charlotte water and street bonds. The winning syndicate led by Chase National Bank of New York bought at 3.069 percent. W E Easterling called the bid very good.

Raleigh City of Charlotte Chase National Bank of New York W. E. Easterling Local Government Commission

Nash Seeks Reciprocal Trade Pact With United States

New Zealand finance minister Walter Nash said after a call with President Roosevelt that he believed a reciprocal trade agreement would be negotiated between New Zealand and the United States.

Washington Walter Nash New Zealand Roosevelt United States

Soviet Fliers Reach North Pole in Transpolar Flight

Three Soviet airmen led by pilot Mikhail Gromoff crossed the North Pole in a new transpolar flight from Moscow to the Pacific coast. They reported near the Strait of Melville, about 1,000 miles from the pole, after battling storms and intense winds.

San Francisco North Pole Russia San Francisco Toay Alaska Communications Seattle Pole Cest Strait of Melvile Daniin Moscow Tachaikovo Field Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumosheff Sergei Dani Lin Vancouver Wash Pacific Coast Valeri Chekaloff Georgi Baibakoff Alexander Beliakoff Gromoff Chekaloff National Aeronautcial Arcelation

Demolays Pick High Point For 1938 Convention

Winston-Salem July 13 Special High Point was named the conclave city for 1938 and James Mattocks High Point elected scribe with other officers as the thirteenth annual conclave of the North and South Carolina association of the Order of DeMolay closed yesterday. Edward Pedycord Winston-Salem was elected master councilor of the Carolinas association. The 1938 conclave in High Point will be held sometime during August.

James Mattocks Winston-Salem High Point North and South Carolina Sion William Baker William O. Berry Wallace Davis, Jr C. Fulton Glenn Asheville W. Harvey Hodgin Greensboro Fred G. Perry Leo L. Conrad Masonic Temple Edward Pedycord Carolinas Association

Guilford Jurors Deliberate Assault Verdicts In High Point Case

Greensboro dispatch reports John Davis of High Point found guilty of an assault on Sarah Holt with judgment not pronounced. Charlie Chandler pleads guilty to breaking and entering larceny and receiving. Curtis Pressley gets six months on reckless driving and assault. Roscoe Black pleads guilty to operating a motor vehicle while drunk with license revocation.

Greensboro Guilford High Point Curtis Pressley W. F. Harding Charlotte W.A. Isley Rock Creek Township J. O. Weisner M. R. Duncan W. B. Woodlief V. R. Johnson G. W. Kenyon E. F. Maness J. O. Dixon T. B. Blake

Market experts set crop value for 1937 harvest

Chicago July 13. Market experts estimated the 1937 harvest value of principal grains at about 4.06 billion dollars. Favorable rains during a heat wave produced near ideal growing conditions for corn, the farmer’s main money crop, with total grain valuations at over 3.5 billion, an eight year high and 13 percent above last year.

Chicago

Man Accused Killing Three Girls Enters Plea Of Not Guilty

Los Angeles dispatch reports District Attorney seeks new evidence amid persistent rumors a wrong man was arrested in the slaying of three Inglewood girls. Albert Dyer, 32, alleged former WPA crossing guard, pleaded not guilty at arraignment as his trial was scheduled for August 8.

Los Angeles Inglewood Albert Dyer W.P.A

Three Die In Loyal Orange Lodge Plane Crash

A plane carrying passengers to a Loyal Orange lodge gathering crashed on landing in Nipawin Sask. three people died. The victims were pilot Ewart L. Andrus, 23, and passengers Dorothy Penderson, 18, and Archibald Pomeroy, 20.

Nipawin Sask Loyal Orange Lodge Ewart L. Andrus Dorothy Penderson Archibald Pomeroy

Japanese Bombers Hit Nanyuan Barracks in China

Chinese sources report five Japanese bombers attacked the Nanyuan barracks and air base eight miles south of the ancient city. The raid occurred between three and four p.m. local time, with communications cut during the day’s fighting, delaying confirmation.

Peiping China Chine Nanyuan Barracks Airrome Ancient City Nanyuan

Beating Allegations Shadow Ford Hearing At Detroit

National labor relations hear additional testimony on the beating of a man at Ford Motor Co gates May 26 as they prep to address a labor act violation charge. Perch Llewellyn a United Automobile Workers organizer testified he was attacked by three men including a service man. His car door was smashed and one assailant warned the next time he would be back.

Detroit National Labor Relations Ford M Co Perch Llewellyn United Tomobile Workers Ford Company

Insurgent Lines Suffer Setbacks as Madrid Forces Press

Report from Madrid on July 13 describes government offensives with enhanced air power driving insurgent lines on three fronts. Eyewitnesses say fighting has world war scale and note mechanized forces deployed to match insurgents.

Madrid

Showers Relieve Large Part Of Nation From Heat Wave

Showers and clouds eased a national heat wave with cooler weather in the Northeast while the South remained hot. An Associated Press tally counted at least 357 heat deaths across 25 states led by New York 68 and New Jersey 49.

Associated Press J. R. Liloyd Chicago Plaine New York New England South Atlantic New Jersey Connecticut Blockton South Dakota New Enela Wheelsm Nnsylvania Michigan Illinois Massachusetts Ohio Wisconsin Rhode Island Indiana Maine Minnesota Kansas Maryland Virginia West Virginia District of Columbia Tenness Kentucky Nebraska Georgia Missouri South Line

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East Hopei Fengta Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Ethel Cozetty Newport News Miss Cozetty Earhart Noonan Congressional Committee Representative Fish Coney Coney Island S. C Pourth Pscaper Charlotte Bonds Nash U.S Davis Ford National Labor Re Board
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