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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1936
Page
10
Judge Lewis E. Teague imposed a five dollar fine plus court costs on first offense drinkers at the city lake noting the sanction may rise. Deputies report more lake arrests this year as open drinking increases near wet counties. The rule could apply to anyone taking liquor to the lake and is stricter due to families and women present.
In the first quarter this year 42 643 private automobiles were sold in Germany compared with 36 847 in the same period last year. The figures show a notable year over year increase in private car sales.
In municipal court Judge Lewis E Teague disposed of a crowded docket this morning with thirty drunks pleading guilty. Numa Hill, a white man, was sentenced to six months on the county roads after a fight over assault with a deadly weapon and drunkenness. He allegedly attacked a young white man with a knife and was seen with a knife open in his pocket at arrest.
A twelve-year-old youth, once a petty thief and self described preacher, faced minor charges at police headquarters. When asked about preaching, he said he had stopped preaching and stealing and gone to work honestly, ending a troubling pattern with the cops.
A confrontation at a home ends with a woman using an ice pick during an argument over money from her husband. Added entries include R. W. Carpenter on abandonment and non support with court costs, George Garner for prohibition violation with fines, and other infractions such as reckless driving, fornication and adultery, assault, affray, car intoxication with a one year driving ban, and related costs.
The North Carolina State Employment Service office in High Point placed 54 persons last week. Forty seven found private jobs and seven secured public positions. Manager Irene W. Price urged all registrants not renewed in 90 days to reregister at once.
J R Riley of Winston-Salem announced plans to organize The Citadel alumni club in Greensboro High Point and Winston-Salem. A meeting is set for August 1 at 7 30 p m at the Reynolds Grill Winston-Salem with about fifteen local alumni invited to contact Ernst and Ernst office.
William Rale alias Norman Hart and John McDonald, both fugitives who escaped from Cary prison and via a running board escape, were captured in Lexington. Penal Division reports charge of automobile theft and highway robbery.
Twin Falls Idaho reports Pete Wray and Freddie Stone have dominated recent matches but never won a cup. They plan a two-cup tournament with cups for winner and runner-up. entry list limited to the two players, Wray and Stone.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Martha Sledge 81 at Koonce Funeral Home with Spring field Friends church choir singing. Interment followed at Asheboro city cemetery. John R. Calhoun died at his High Point home and services were at Mora via Moravian church with pallbearers from Buffalo Council No. 202. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Margious Blair a 12 year old from 1505 Potts street was struck by a car around 11 am on Prospect street near Potts streets. Clifford Jones 20 of Highland Station driven vehicle. Blair jumped from another car into his path. Blair was taken to Burrus Memorial Hospital. condition listed as satisfactory.
Secretary Charles G. Powell said it may take several days for the governor to appoint a superior court judge for the 15th district as Ehringhaus is on vacation.
The Modern Library edition The Complete Works of Horace was mispriced at 50 cents in yesterday's Enterprise. the correct price is 95 cents. Lester M. Allen and Ralph R. McVey join nine substitute railway clerks for U S Railway Mail Service district No. Five.
Acting Sergeant Woodrow W. Irving was among National Guardsmen reported leaving for Fort Bragg encampment. His name was mistakenly omitted from the Sunday list of attendees.
Tom Malpass aged 24 was found in the bathroom of his home with a gash in his throat on Saturday night. He remained in serious condition at Burrus Memorial Hospital today according to hospital attendants.
Police were alerted at 1 PM to locate Lucille Lewis a 16 year old girl who left the Methodist Protestant Childrens home at Five Points around noon without permission. She is about 5 feet 4 inches tall weighs 120 pounds with brown hair.
A newly built German amphibian aircraft uses a diesel engine and a liquid rocket assist to speed takeoffs. This propulsion setup enables rapid launches from water and short-field operations.
Hugh T Gratz of Franklin University Columbus Ohio lectured at the Elwood hotel noon meeting of the Monarch club on better business methods to reduce waste errors and inefficiency. Co featuring were piano duets by Mrs Robert Bain and Mrs W L York performing Enter of the Gladiators Under the Double Eagle Mirthful Moments and Approach of Spring.
United States gasoline consumption rose 6.4 percent in 1935 compared with 1934, signaling a notable expansion in fuel use during the year.
At noon a rural 85 year old man with a broken leg prompted an emergency call. The doctor rushed from lunch to the distant address and found the patient in pain, with the fracture described as severe and requiring urgent care.
Mexico imported 14 357 motor vehicles in 1935 with purchases traced to United States sources. The report notes the cross border flow of automobiles and implies continued U S supply links for Mexican markets.
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