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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1932
Page
3
A special meeting of the democratic precinct committee is set for Friday at 7:39 PM at the Elwood hotel. Troy R. Short will preside to select a permanent chairman and address business before the Greensboro county convention. About 55 members join new faces as precincts organized May 28.
The First Methodist Protestant church moves the mid week prayer service to 7 30 PM from 8 00 PM in the assembly room. Rev R I Farmer leads the meeting with the board of stewards in a special session at 8 PM. Richard Shaw chairs the change to avoid conflicting with the Christian Endeavor Institute held nightly.
Observation notes that about 95 percent of rivers in North America drain southward or into southward flowing tributaries, indicating a strong overall southward drainage pattern in the continent.
An 82 year old Kuban villager, Varvara Gorgouloff, identified a bloodstained photo as her son Paul, an assassin of President Paul Doumer. The aunt also signed the identification. The family resides in Labinskaya, a White Cossack center during the civil war.
A new ready to wear clothing department store will open around June 17 at 122 North Main Street in the Belk Stevens location. C C Newton and J W Gordon will operate the shop joining local merchants. Newton formerly managed the High Point National Bellas Hess branch. The building is being prepared and stock will be added late this week and early next.
A section of the Bonus Army moving from North Carolina to Washington passed High Point about 7:30 p.m. Ex servicemen rode in Shelby cars bound for the capital to demand immediate payment of the bonus banners fluttered in the night. The procession carried United States flags on the vehicles.
The Salvation Army will continue distributing buttermilk Friday. All colored residents may call after 1 PM to receive it in vessels, while white residents are served at 10 30 AM.
The Andrew Jackson post of the American Legion met last night. Dr P H Kennett spoke on North Carolina history before and during the Revolutionary War with notes on Dr Caldwell and John Gillespie. The post endorsed a veterans hospital in Danville Virginia. The July 6 election for post officers was announced with a nominating committee appointed. Dr I T Mann reported 1512 jobs secured by the unemployment committee, lifting High Point to fourth in the state for jobs.
The Wesley Memorial church night service will be conducted at 8 o'clock this evening in the Woman's Wesley classroom of the Educational building. Rev. G. Ray Jordan will have charge of the service and speak at this time. A cordial invitation is extended to all interested to attend.
Robert C. Hook offers planting guidance aligned with lunar phases. June 11 marks the moon’s second quarter, June 13 Libra favorable for planting, and June 14 15 Scorpio favorable for above ground yields. Plant vegetables including beans through watermelons, with final seed dates by June 15 for certain crops and June 30 for early cabbage, head lettuce, and kale. Flowers thrive when the moon rises in Libra or Scorpio, with Scorpio boosting quantity and Scorpio for sturdy blooms.
Evanston Illinois June 8 The national headquarters of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union condemned John D Rockefeller Jr on his prohibition repeal pronouncement stating returning liquor would be national stupidity The union says both major parties have benefited from liquor interests and that prohibition saved lives reduced drunkenness reduced poverty aided schools and industry by a sober workforce
High Point VFW Commander J W McMahon received a national directive from adjutant-general R B Handy Jr urging local post leaders to discourage participation in any Bonus March to Washington. The national view is that unorganized veteran groups will not help pass the Bonus Bill and may be linked to communist influence intended to disrupt the government.
No trace had been found today of three state's prisoners who yesterday shot and fatally wounded D. H. Brantley, steward at Cary prison farm, and escaped in an automobile belonging to John M. Mooney Jr. of Raleigh. Brantley died in a Raleigh hospital yesterday afternoon. He was the first prison employee mortally wounded in line of duty in 20 years. The three men are Dad Travis of Hickory, James Autry of Fayetteville, and Robert Cook of Waynesboro Ky.
The city council designated July 1 as the date when the first ten percent penalty on special taxes would apply with ten percent added for each month. The taxes were due June 1 and the penalty begins next month.
A large group of younger Democrats from High Point will travel to Greensboro for the county Young Democratic club meeting at 8 pm in the courthouse. J Dewey Dorsett acting chairman of the statewide group will address, with Mrs May T Evans also speaking. The organizers aim to foster government interest among youth and uphold Democratic ideals.
The adult division of Wesley Memorial church school plans a basket picnic at Municipal Lake tomorrow at 5 PM. Members of the Peacock Bible class Woman's Wesley class and Susanna Wesley class are urged to attend with spouses. Transportation will be provided from the church at 4 45 PM and games and a picnic supper will follow for men and women.
Dr John Crutchfield of this city will leave this week for a lecture tour through Virginia. He will visit Danville Lynchburg Staunton and Harrisburg and return next Monday. A Berlin inventor has perfected a projector for displaying advertisements on mountain sides.
Mrs. Cora Manney Ide Roueche, mother of Mrs. Leon Joiner of Salisbury, died at her daughter’s home after months of illness. Surviving children include four daughters and three sons, with many grandchildren. Funeral at Sacred Heart church followed by interment in Chestnut Hill cemetery.
Professor A L Vinson and B I Sarongin at Cornell University report experiments showing that people who drink coffee to stay awake must have a cup roughly every hour. The finding highlights caffeine’s short acting effect and suggests frequent dosing to maintain alertness.
National and American League leaders include P Waner Pirates 401 hits and 73, Klein Phillies 59 runs and 50 RBI, Foxx Athletics 0.398 batting, 72 hits, 21 home runs, Lazzeri and Chapman among top base stealers. Pitching sees Betts Braves 6 0 and Brot n 5 0.
The Tigers defeat the Yankees 5 to 1 behind a strong pitching performance by Whitehill. Sox and Johnson contributed offensively as Gomez helped push the Tigers to the decisive margin.
Thieves broke into L. T. Sherrill’s Burton street home last night and took canned fruit a wrist watch and a fountain pen. Police were notified today but no arrests have been made.
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