Mid-Summer Southern Furniture and Rug Market Sees Brisk Trading
Heavy sales reported by rug dealers as the Southern Exposition market enters its second day. Buyers from across the country increase registrations, with 3800 already on record and 240 more by 10 a.m. Trading centers in the Exposition building and outside showrooms report strong activity across medium priced items while high and low end furnishings attract steady interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomlinson of
High Point
Ruga
Compromise Talk Surfaces Over Court Bill Interstate Washington Move
An administration spokesman said a new compromise court bill may win opponents in the Senate. After Vice President Garner's White House meeting with President Roosevelt, leaders on Capitol Hill kept discussing the measure. A leadership caucus is planned as the court fight continues amid party splits and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Garner
White House
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Wheeler
D-Mont
Capitol
Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
D-Miss
Barkley
D-Ky
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Wagner
Lehman
Pneumonia death rate drops in North Carolina first half 1937
North Carolina health officials report pneumonia deaths declined from 2,454 to 1,866 in the first half of 1937. Tuberculosis deaths rose to 980, cancer 911, malaria 35. Child diarrhea and enteritis up to 285, suicides 163, homicides 168. Air accidents caused seven deaths, rail accidents 51, with broader mortality shifts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Estate Board of Health
R. T. Stimson
Vital Statistics Division
No Action Taken On Bids For Property
Special to The Enterprise Greensboro July 20 creditors of R. R. Ragan bankrupt High Point met to consider bids on property in High Point. Another meeting to consider existing bids and any new bids set for July 30 in Referee Kenneth Brim's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Greensboro
R. R. Ragan
High Point
Kenneth M. Brim
Mr. Ragan
Mr. Brim
Mystery Plays Part in Death of New York Woman
An attractive woman in her thirties was found shot and dead by the Harlem river speedway roadside. Police believe she was thrown from a moving car after being shot in the abdomen and heart. A bullet dropped from her clothing and a piece of cloth bearing the name Irma Pradier were found. a woman by that name had quit a job at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem River Speedway
Anutomobile
Irma Pradier
New York Institute For the Education of the Blind
Columbus
Hundreds Taught To Read and Write in NC WPA Drive
Mrs. Edith J. Morgan, district supervisor of WPA adult education, announced that over 1,000 illiterate residents were taught to read and write in the past month across 17 Western North Carolina counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Edith J. Morgan
WPA Adult Education
North Carolina
Funeral for Dr E R Mc Kee Goodwin Held in Morganton
Funeral services for Dr. ER McKee Goodwin, superintendent emeritus of the North Carolina School For the Deaf, were conducted in Morganton on Tuesday following his death on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morganton
ER. McKee Goodwin
North Carolina School For the Deaf
Saving Sailor's Life Costs Coast Guard Ambulance Plane
L. J. Waggoner, coxswain, is reported improving after emergency amputation aboard a coast guard rescue operation that used a $100,000 ambulance plane wrecked in rough seas. He survived three sea transfers and reached the navy yard for surgery, with officials unsure if the salvaged plane can be recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Charleston
8. C
Naval Hospital
L. J. Waggoner
Cox.swain
Wag
Wagogner
Stroyer Dahlgren
Dahlgren
Lower Harbor
Catawba
Navy Yard
Com. W. J. Kessler
Ultimatum ignored as fighting erupts near Peiping
Japanese and Chinese forces clash in a Peiping suburb after Japan's ultimatum demanding Chinese withdrawal expires. Japanese artillery reportedly wrecks Wangpinghsien towers while Chinese arsenals and barracks burn under punitive shelling. Domei says near Marco Polo Bridge the clash broadens. peace talks fail. Families of Japanese diplomats in Nanking plan Shanghai travel.
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Peiping
Wangpingshien
Japan
Domei
Marco Polo Bridge
North China
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Peiping- Tientsin
Wangpinghsien
Hopeh Province
Nine Power Committee Adjourns on Spain Non-Intervention Plan
A nine power committee of the Hands Off Spain group adjourned without meeting Eden’s stand or fall test. Britain backs a non intervention plan with observers in Spanish ports, replacing the international control fleet once Italy and Germany withdrew. The panel aims to devise an operating plan and faces debate over belligerent rights for both sides in the civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Spain
Anthony Eden
Britain
Italy
Germany
New Leaders Front On Mart In Mixed New York Trading
New leaders led the market as brokers noted renewed optimism and selective buying. Motors utilities rails and specialties were strong while steels paused and gains settled after an early surge. Bonds rose and commodities were mixed with grains down as the session wore on.
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New York
American Women Attacked by Japanese Sentries Near Embassy
Two American women Mrs. Helen R. Jones of Detroit and Miss Carol Lathrop of Washington reported being kicked and shoved by Japanese sentries near the Japanese embassy in Peiping. They described a violent clash as guards blocked the street and a machine gun faced them at close range. The embassy said it was informing Japanese officials and filed reports with the U.S. embassy guard. The incident occurred at 9 o'clock last night during martial law conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
United States
Helen R. Jones
Detroit
Mich
Carol Lathrop
Washington
Carol
U.S
Two Black people charged after Tallahassee mob incident
Two young Black suspects accused of a sharp object incident near the state capital were taken from a county jail area and killed by a masked mob. Five placards warning violence against Black people were found at the scene as a police sergeant was reportedly held during the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
State Capitol
Jacksonville
Robert Marge
Harry Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Marge
Leon County
Ford labor riot defendants held for trial at Wayne Circuit
Common Pleas Judge Ralph W. Liddy ordered eight individuals and Ford Motor Co held for trial in Wayne county circuit court on an assault warrant tied to the May 26 riot at Ford's River Rouge plant. The charge carries up to five years and a $1000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Common Pleas
Ralph W. Liddy
Ford Motor Company
Wayne County
Ford
United Automobile Workers
River Rouge
Highland Park
Ziek
Ford Company
NLRB
Joseph V. Bailey
Voters League Elects Palmer To Lead Youth Organization
Herbert Palmer of Oklahoma City was chosen to head the First Voters League of America a youth group active in the 1930s campaigns. He succeeds Leon L. Slawy of Brooklyn who becomes board chairman. Senator Lee of Oklahoma is advisory board chairman with Congressmen. Other officers include Winfield Chadwick and Clifford Mann.
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Washington
Herbert Palmer
Oklahoma City
Okla
Voters League of America
Roosevelt
Palmer
Leon L. Slawy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Slawy
Lee
D-Okla
Winfield Scott Chadwick
New Bern
B C
Clifford E. Mann
Winter Haven
Fra
Soviet Far East Executions Rise in Spy Hunt
Moscow reports 24 more alleged Trotskyist and Japanese terror suspects executed in the Soviet Far East. A Khabarovsk court said they sabotaged the Trans Siberian railroad. The total people reported executed in Soviet Russia's spy crackdown nears 822, most in the far east.
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Moscow
Far East
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Russia
Auto Deaths In State Rise in First Half 1937
North Carolina recorded 462 automobile fatalities in the first half of 1937, up 23 from the same period in 1936. Highway patrol data show 67 deaths in June, compared with 72 in June 1936.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Car Hits Jackrabbit Then Turned Turtle In Sterling
Henry Van Epps told police he struck a jackrabbit which then caused his car to snake down the road and turn turtle. he was uninjured in the Sterling incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Colo
Henry
van Epps
Marconi Dies in Rome at 63
The Marquis Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy, died of heart paralysis at 3 45 am in his Rome home. His widow Cristina Bezzi Scala and daughter Elettra Elena were named, with state and church leaders including Mussolini and Pope Pius XI notified. Marconi had helped install the Vatican radio station and spoke to the pope by radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guglielmo Marconi
Rome
Cristina Bezzi-Scala
Viareggio
Elettra Elena
Elena
Italy
Mussolini
Marconi
Marcconi
Via Con Gotti
Pius XI
Vatican
Castel Gondolfo
Pius
Little Chance For Mattern To Make North Pole Flight
Washington officials said there is little chance Jimmie Mattern would be permitted to attempt a North Pole flight to Moscow. Similar views were held on a proposed globe circling flight by Dick Merrill and newspaper columnist Mark Hellinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Jimmie Mattern
Moscow
Dick Merrill
Mark Hellinger
Five Million to Build Airways Program
The Bureau of Air Commerce announces a five million dollar airways construction program to modernize navigation aids and fill gaps. Planned projects include medium powered radio stations at Florence D C Meridian Mississippi Savannah Georgia and Tampa Florida with simultaneous transmission of radio range signals and voice. Several full powered stations will be converted to the new system at Alma Georgia Charleston South Carolina Chattanooga Tennessee Jacksonville Florida Miami Florida Mobile Alabama New Orleans Louisiana Raleigh North Carolina Richmond Virginia Greensboro High Point Friendship Airport North Carolina Spartanburg South Carolina and Titusville Florida. A new medium powered loop antenna station will be built at Charlotte North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Florence
D. C
Meridian
Miss
Savannah
Richmond, Va
Greensboro-High Point
Friendship N. C
Spartanburg
N. C
Titusville
Fila
Charlotte
Southwest Bad Man Is Bold
Roy Pete Traxier, an Oklahoma outlaw has fled a Texas prison farm with two companions. They entered Verden at dawn, abducted Traxier’s wife and escaped in her car while officers watched. A large manhunt is under way across Oklahoma with FBI agents, state troopers, and sheriffs pursuing them after Traxier kidnapped Baird H. Markham Jr. and held him for over eight hours before releasing him unharmed.
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Verden
Okla
Roy
Pete Traxier
Oklahoma
Texas
Traxier
Jim Bond
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fred Dorris
Traxler
Dorris
Chickasha
Baird H. Markham, Jr
New York
Markham
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Mississippi
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Joe Robinson
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WOMAN
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Eden
Picard
Eve
Jean Piccard
Rochester
Minn
Lansing
Voters League
Soviet
Mattern
Greensboro - High Point
Southwest
Constable
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