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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1937
Page
2
Fragmentary weather snippet discusses ice, drink preparation, and a bracer for juleps. Mentions today noon low and high values badly garbled with negative numbers and a reference to last night. Provides minimal readable data about temperatures and drinking etiquette.
Weather outlook shows fair conditions in North Carolina and Georgia with scattered thundershowers along the coast and north central areas. Winds shift from southwest to northwest along the coast with cooler temperatures forecast and partly overcast skies tonight and Tuesday. Official records note temperature and rainfall data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 AM in key cotton growing regions.
The local office of the North Carolina State Employment Service placed 167 people in positions during the past week according to an announcement by manager Mrs. Irene W. Price. Of the 167, 38 were in industry and 129 in public work. 149 were permanent.
A New York dated survey reports the United States economy showing forces of recovery holding up strongly. Farm income peaks 1929 level with 1937 wheat crop outlook bright, profits rise for leading firms, electricity and steel output improve, and unfilled orders rise in machine tools. Consumers face higher living costs and rents with no return to deflation.
The Sinta market in multiple states reports strong first week action with registrations near 1500 by Monday afternoon. Dealers eye midweek heavier orders as activity trends toward medium priced furniture and bedroom pieces while floor coverings attract buyer interest.
A fragmented ad style paragraph discusses marriage strain and urges women to avoid venting anger on husbands. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy to ease female ailments across life stages from girlhood to motherhood and aging.
Raleigh July 26. C Booker of Hendersonville was named superintendent of North Carolina Credit Unions by Agriculture Commissioner Kerr Scott. He succeeds Mrs M B Street of Charlotte who had held the post temporarily after Harriet M Berry resigned. Booker's appointment is effective August 1.
Senate leaders weighed a wage and hour bill to curb hours and wages while planning quick moves to pass related measures. Barkley touted sending the wage bill to the House in about three days and pressed next the Wagner low cost housing bill.
Court this morning tried many cases from weekend raids ending with 100 pints seized. Judge Teague fined drunks to a five dollar minimum plus costs, while other defendants faced varied penalties for drunk driving, lotteries, and prohibition violations.
An escalation in North China sees Japanese planes bomb barracks as both sides resume hostilities after a weeklong truce. Tokyo reports robust punitive action while Beijing accuses Japan of posturing, with Peiping alert and rail traffic disrupted.
The Buffalo CIO calls for an outside ban on food amid plant walkouts and a National Labor Relations Board election push. Egg and staple deliveries to major chains and independents have been cut for five days, shelves are bare, prices rise slightly as households switch to second grades and off brands. Compulsory school attendance ages vary by state.
Burnett gained early fame as the unwitting model for Fauntleroy's innocent boy image. He later earned reputation on Harvard athletics, Denver reporting, and as a Washington Times columnist and McClure's investigator. In 1927 he chronicled his mother’s life in The Romantic Lady.
About eight hundred farm boys and girls from across North Carolina gathered at the N. C. State course in Raleigh for the annual four H club short course. Governor Hoey is slated to speak Thursday and a daily buoy program is set through Friday evening.
Insurgent forces push into government lines in the Albarracin sector near Teruel. Franco reported gaining over 40 miles as government lines form a new defense in Cuenca to block Madrid Valencia routes. Barcelona suffered a dawn air raid with 65 dead and 150 wounded. Britain weighs neutrality options to keep Hands Off Spain intact.
Senator Norris commented at his summer home that Robert La Follette is too valuable to spare from the Senate. Washingtonians believe Roosevelt may promote a federal judge to the high court. Names mentioned include Bratton Hand Denman and several New York figures Wagner Jackson Reed Landis Pecora.
Protesters confront city authorities led by Mayor Bur on as steel workers rally. James Quinn of the CIQ steel workers organizing committee is cited, with Police Inspector Horrigan denying a quote. William Johnson, accused driver, claims loss of control after rocks shattered windows.
Prosecutor Vincent Fitzgerald opened an investigation into the poisoning of about 560 people who ate at a concession tent run by Walter Marony during the international trapshooting tournament at Blue Rock Gun club. At least 11 required hospital care. authorities seized samples and coordinated with Detroit police.
Newark July 26 An immediate investigation of the German American band camp at Andover called un American tops the agenda of New Jersey American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars commanders meeting in Newark. Commander Harry Striner urged Congress to probe funding sources and purposes. Rep Jamuel Dickstein planned to push action on Dies resolution for inquiry into un American activities now before the House Rules Committee.
Representative Harold D. Cooley of Nashville North Carolina marks his 40th birthday and says eloquence on the house floor is seldom effective. He praises committee work where one vote can drive policy, especially on agriculture and tobacco interests. Cooley notes the house floor is a tough forum and discusses his career and family in Washington.
Greensboro officials finalize a budget of 1 685 346 38 for 1937 38 at a 10 am meeting. Tax rate remains at 5 cents per 100 dollars with till August 18 to set rate. A 200 000 bond issue is approved to refund maturing bonds without raising taxes and sent to the North Carolina Local Government Commission in Raleigh.
RALEIGH July 26 The field staff of the state board of charities and public welfare opened a three day conference to discuss administrative problems arising from the new social security program. Mrs Wm T Best welfare commissioner and Nathan H Yelton director of the public assistance division headed the officials studying the issues.
The article states that the earliest elephants reached about three feet in height, noting this as an ancient benchmark in prehistoric fauna.
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