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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1938
Page
1
Herman Cone, president of the strike closed Cone mills, said operations would resume today when the strikers decided they were ready to return to their posts.
The Spanish government, in principle, accepted a British sponsored plan to remove foreign troops from the Spanish Civil War. A note published by the foreign office said Madrid has long favored ending foreign influence in the conflict.
Blond Jim Hines of Great Neck New York defeats Denny Shute 2 and 1 in an 86 hole third round match at Shawnee Country Club. Hines advances as the 1936 1987 champion Shute falls short in the PGA event.
London reports an increase of 22,090,000 pounds in air rearmament funding and the immediate dispatch of a mission to Canada to arrange heavy bomber production. The announcement highlights intensified wartime efforts and international collaboration.
Air raid alarms rang for six hours as Japanese planes struck the Canton area for a second day. Fifty-two were killed and about 200 injured in raids on Wongsha railway station, with bombing across Whampoa, Honam, Fatshan, and lines to Lokchong and Yingtak. In Kiukiang, fierce fighting continued as Chinese and Japanese troops battled for control along the Yangtze.
In Greensboro and High Point July 13, grand jury actions followed a June 4 primary irregularity inquiry. Jim H. McDowell was indicted while Glenn Calhoun and O F Petty received not a true bill. Witnesses included local election officials and a tabulator.
Barbara Hutton drops a criminal charge against her Danish husband Count Haugwitz-Reventlow at Bow Street Police Court in London. An agreement requires the count to stay away from her London home and cease contact, signaling possible separation proceedings amid their troubled marriage. A tornado damaged a Illinois Central freight train earlier, lifting sections of cars but causing no injuries.
London reports the government failed to form an international commission to investigate all bombings of civilian centers in Spain. Prime Minister Chamberlain told Parliament the plan involving the United States France Norway Sweden and the Netherlands was "impossible" and Britain will dispatch a two man British mission to Spain.
In Oklahoma City July 14 Senator Elmer Thomas won the Democratic nomination for a third term after strong Roosevelt encouragement. Unofficial returns show Thomas leading with 182,734 votes in the senate race, while Leon Phillips led the gubernatorial field with 135,376 votes. Eight Democratic incumbents held leads for renomination, and Republican results favored Harry O Glasser for Senate and Ross Rizley for governor amid light GOP voting.
Mary Kent a 19 year old waitress freed on her own recognizance after promising to testify against Harvey Nelson and Verna Mae Fowler in the May 26 roadhouse killing of 12 year old J C Nelson. Prosecutors say the trio planned the shooting for 900 in insurance proceeds and that Kent was chosen by straw drawing to kill the boy. Nelson refused to discuss Kent’s involvement at the hearing.
A petition from the Steelworkers’ club in Pueblo asks President Roosevelt to seek a third term in 1940. The presidential train stopped at Salt Lake City after leaving Colorado, with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and John Boettiger aboard. Senator Pat McCarran, up for re‑nomination in Nevada, and Albert Hillard joined later, while opposition to court reform remains.
President Frank P. Graham of the University of North Carolina urged Jews Catholics and Protestants to unite in common tasks to build a world community. He said America should lead in making the world safe for differences during a National Conference at the University of Virginia.
Chief William Cole of the Washington highway patrol said a man with many aliases who confessed to the Mattson kidnapping is a mental case and had no part in the crime. The suspect, listing names Clarence White Clarence Thorp Clarence Mead and Frank Olson, will likely get a sanitary hearing rather than formal charges.
Chicago July 13. The city council approved a new venereal disease clinic program funded to match Reynolds Foundation aid. The total annual cost is 6925 dollars with Reynolds covering 50 percent of 2962.50 and Guilford county contributing 300 dollars. The city adds 2662.50, of which 1597.50 is new for health services.
Harrisburg July 13 Gov George H Earle denounced the courts ordering a grand jury probe of his administration saying Judge Paul N Schaeffer in charge acted disgracefully and yielded to Republican Dauphin county judges. He also blasted the Pennsylvania supreme court as partisan and pro-Republican.
Greensboro July 13 Special Hearing on a writ of habeas corpus for Dr. John W. Dyer, High Point physician jailed since January 14 for alimony arrears totaling 1125. Records show a contract to marry a Lenoir County woman and a deed conveying two properties to the prospective bride, amid ongoing enforcement actions by Edith Neumeyer Dyer.
John F. Bathelt, 26, of New York, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the cement coffin slaying of Charles Morris, a New York race track follower. Judge Thomas Hammond sentenced him to life imprisonment in a rapid 10 minute session. Morris’ body was found in the Connecticut River, bound with wire and cement fragments. Bathelt’s actress-wife, wed shortly after Morris’ alleged 1937 death, did not attend.
The AP reports a nonstop flight itinerary from Floyd Bennett Field to Moscow with stops including Ireland Paris Yakutsk and Fairbanks Alaska. Times show long air segments totaling thousands of miles across the Atlantic and across Siberia, highlighting early long distance endurance aviation.
The state elections board gave J C B Deane a week to present evidence supporting his claim of irregular absentee voting in Davidson County in the eighth district race. It set actions on other dispute items and noted recount considerations for Avery County and ballot corrections in Brunswick County.
Buffalo July 18 James D Paterson Southern traffic expert told the Interstate Commerce Commission that interior South cities need restructured rail rates to attract and develop industry He cited shipping handicaps to Ohio Indiana and West Pennsylvania as barriers to growth and noted Union Bag and Paper Co plants moving to Savannah for raw material access The hearing opened with a Southeastern Governors Conference advertisement read by delegates
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