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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1938
Page
2
Senator Reynolds claimed he would win renomination by a large majority before a wide audience in Iston Salem. He praised Governor Hoey for stabilizing government and addressed mass topics including immigration and economic policy while noting his love for voters.
Hearing resumed in Greenville to oust Sheriff S A Whitehurst on charges of maladministration bribery and failure to turn over fees to the county. A Friday recess extends time for defense to prepare as Albion Dunn estimates about a week to complete preservation of evidence.
Reynolds thanked President Roosevelt for the chance to serve with the country’s greatest leader. He noted his global travels before the Senate, saying he traveled to study conditions and help make beneficial laws for his people.
Harold Fowler McCormick age 66 and Adah Wilson age 34 married in a private Pasadena ceremony. Sixty guards kept watchers from the estate while Dr James W Fifield Jr read the vows in a secluded drawing room. Witnesses were the bride's parents and McCormick's two physicians.
Rep Frank Hancock of Oxford visited the Albemarle Sound region and accused Senator R R Reynolds of clinging to seniority as his main argument for re election. He urged Reynolds to explain his record or face a public response. Hancock also criticized Reynolds for hiring a Virginia resident as secretary, instead of a native for help.
Hopkins calls for a precise blueprint and a concerted effort by southern workers, industry, and agriculture, aided by the federal government, to address national concerns. He urges stopping waste in forests, soil, and rivers, reforestation, soil conservation, and absorbing unemployment through value work, while protecting labor and avoiding fly by night industries.
Harper Sibley then president of the U S Chamber of Commerce traveled from Washington on November 23 1936 to attend Pan American Conference meetings and study the United States Argentine Sanitary Convention. He spent the week at banquets in Miami Barranquilla Guayaquil Lima Santiago and Buenos Aires en route to Buenos Aires for the conference.
Hopkins argues for a balanced national income policy to raise both industrial and agricultural pay. He cites credit waste, the cotton economy, and mortgage on regional wealth, urging federal aid for tenant uplift, land purchase programs, better education and health services, and tax adjustments to keep gains local. He notes South’s low retained value and calls for redistribution to sustain democracy.
Public health officials propose a budget of 5925 dollars for a venereal disease clinic program. Costs include nurse salaries travel drugs and rent, with 2062.56 dollars to be covered by the Smith Reynolds Foundation and the rest by city funds. The plan adds to existing laboratory equipment and staff costs for a larger program.
The city expands the venereal disease program to 1 065 dollars with 300 dollars sought from the county. About ten percent of patients are expected from the county within miles of High Point. Three weekly clinics would be held, funded in part by a 100 000 gift from the Smith Reynolds Foundation as the first such benefaction in North Carolina. The program would be run by the health department under state oversight. This marks a major effort to stamp out venereal disease in the city.
The Senate debates compromise wage hour legislation as unemployment hits 100 percent in warnings. President Roosevelt signs crop control amendments boosting tobacco, cotton, and barley quotas to help adjust grower allotments and redistribute unused acreage.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with possible showers in the mountains and interior sections. Temperatures vary little with slightly warmer conditions in north central and northeast areas. Winds shift from northeast to east along the coast with scattered showers possible in the extreme south portion.
High Point American Legion Junior nine defeated Thomasville 10 to 0 in an exhibition game yesterday afternoon. Russell of Thomasville hit two home runs to highlight the contest as High Point pitchers limited the visitors to no runs. Massey started for High Point and earned the win while Fitzgerald took the loss.
The note demands return of the University of Shanghai to the Northern and Southern Baptist Missionary societies. It says the campus has been occupied by Japanese forces since August 1937, used for military offices and housing, with planes stationed there and a runway built on the golf course. Buildings were damaged and looted during occupation, which continued for months despite ceasefire and embassy protests.
Johnstown mayor Daniel J. Shields and Councilman Fulton I. Connor faced bribery extortion and malfeasance charges linked to financing a special law and order force during last summer s strike. Bail set at 2500. Shields defends actions as a community uplifting success amid pressure.
The Treasury estimated it would tax about 570000 of the 1925000 won by Americans in the English derby sweepstakes. Experts noted federal income taxes on the prizes including 66000 on each of five 150000 first prizes, 17050 on each of eleven 75000 second prizes, and 9750 on each of seven 50000 third prizes.
The United States reports that in the lower Yangtze valley American businessmen and missionaries are barred from returning to their worksites and stations and lack access to property. The Japanese cite lack of restored peace as the reason, though Japanese civilians have freedom to reside in places like Nanking with many nationals and families present.
An ordinance amends the Building Zone Ordinance changing the Jones Street Coupell Street area from Residence A to Residence AA. It outlines the new boundary description and states violations are misdemeanors, with the ordinance effective after passage on May 25, 1938.
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