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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1937
Page
2
Generally fair weather through Saturday with possible coastal overs and cooler central portions tonight. South region partly cloudy with late afternoon thundershowers and warmer conditions near Saturday. Winds toward Jacksonville shift from south to northeast with overcast skies and scattered showers forecast into the weekend.
Omer Martin of the C I O United Auto Workers led a motor van procession to Monroe Michigan where auto workers declared a vital holiday to protest last night's picket clash at a Republic Steel subsidiary. Mayor, troops eyed after a caravan of about 15 workers planned a peaceful demonstration in the southern mid city as 200 police rode to escort nonstrikers.
The report notes that Igan planted nearly 100000 forestry seedlings in 1803 and that lands reforested by are over 75 acres, highlighting early efforts in forest recovery.
High Point Manufacturers association and the Chamber of Commerce delivered a petition to Postmaster S. C. Clark seeking a direct messenger service from the post office to Lindley field for air mail. The effort aims to present the petition to the Post Office department in Washington.
Lodge Hale and Hearty at 86 reports residents push for High Point post office to authorize a messenger system for direct air mail to Lindley field. Current process sends mail to Greensboro by train then to airport. proposed change speeds delivery by about an hour.
D E Cannaday was robbed of his 1935 green Hupmobile four door and pocketbook containing his state permit. The coatless hitchhiker, about 25, wore gray trousers and white shoes, and may be linked to a similar Haynestown hold up reported by Winston Salem police. Local officers alerted Greensboro and Winston Salem authorities as a car matching the license 212-614 was seen headed toward Guilford College.
In Asheville on June 11 the seventh annual fourth circuit judicial conference discussed a proposed set of new rules for equity and law cases in U.S. district courts. The district includes North Carolina South Carolina Virginia West Virginia and Maryland.
Police search widens after a ransom note demanding 25000 dollars is found at the Parsons Long Island estate. Richardson Pratt, linked by marriage, offers to pay if the husband cannot raise funds as authorities chase a black sedan pair described by a Russian-born aide. The note suggests a midlife man and a woman left with Mrs Parsons, last seen near 11:00 A M on Wednesday, with Huntington as the destination.
A speech stresses labor and capital as equal partners and warns against policies that curb individual initiative. The speaker argues courts will not enforce refusals to bargain unless the issue is clearly omitted and suggests many employers may lawfully avoid agreements they deem unwarranted.
Julius W. Cone of Greensboro, president, announced that the Interstate Commerce Commission southern freight rate investigation would be discussed at the North Carolina Traffic League annual conference in High Point on June 29.
The article notes House leaders pressing for new revenue through tax extensions, including nuisance levies and the 8 cent postage rate, as Doughton argues revenue must be earned. The Appropriations committee favors a 194,328,363 dollar war department appropriation for flood control river and harbor work and non military projects. A wage and hour hearing features Guy Harrington warning the measure would grant bureaucratic power akin to regimes outside the U S, Russia, Germany and Italy.
Winston Salem police hunted a hitch-hiker after 8 C Nichols a traveling salesman said he lent his car and 85 dollars to a man he gave a lift near the city yesterday.
Senator Black co authored the wage and hour bill and predicted its passage while urging business representatives to propose concrete limits to prevent excessive delegated powers. Labor and industry groups protest granting a board authority to set industry specific wage and hour limits above the base minimum.
Kirby Page author lecturer and traveler spoke to 59 students at the Southern colleges conference in Blue Ridge. He argued that a competitive society is pagan and opposed to Jesus teachings, noting privilege resists change and the privileged classes organize against reforms.
The Carolinas Hardware Association executive committee was told to pick Myrtle Beach or Columbia, N. C., as the 1938 meeting place. The convention closed with officer elections and a stand against unfair competition, low taxes on consumer co operatives, and wholesale retail sales tax opposition.
Raleigh June 11 Dr George M Cooper of the state board of health urges careful selection of summer camps for children. He says the board has a list of approved camps and warns larger camps pose higher health risks due to disease spread and outdoor food handling.
The Highway and Public Works Commission will meet June 16 to designate district offices and finalize division personnel selections.
R B Chap of Lenoir, president, announced a band mill will open in Marion on July 15 with a workforce of 50. The project signals employment growth for the community.
Raleigh June 11 L Weeks of Wake County has been appointed tobacco specialist in the North Carolina State College extension service.
Continued list of high ranking Soviet figures named for trial includes General A I Kork former Frunze academy commandant and military attaché in London. General I E Yakir commander of Leningrad district garrison. General I P Uborevitch in White Russia. General Robert P Eideman head of aviation and gas defense training. General B M Feldman personnel chief. General V M Primakoff.
R Bruce Etheridge director of conservation and development says the conservation board's advertising committee will meet in Raleigh on Tuesday with representatives from Eastman Scott and Company to plan the estate's 250000 advertising campaign beginning July 1. The scope and procedure will be discussed. The Atlanta based firm was awarded the job.
Indiana University trustees named Herman B. Wells acting president after the resignation of Dr. William Lowe Bryan who served 35 years. Bryan asked to be relieved of duties by June. Wells, dean of the school of business administration, assumed the role early today in Bloomington.
Waynesville reports Woodrow Smith aged 20 and Kenneth Mehaffey aged 15 of Canton are held under a 38000 dollar bond for allegedly attacking and robbing Elmer Hamilton a beer truck driver. Hamilton gave his attackers a tie worth 108 dollars and his tip in payment for the theft.
Virginia tobacco suffers mold damage from nine to thirty percent across counties. Lunenburg faces 25 to 30 percent loss per E G Stokes, Appomattox nine percent per A G Birdsall. Danville growers report wider spread. some import South Carolina plants to replace moldy stock, while one farmer abandons his crop.
Mrs. Roosevelt will speak from an outdoor platform at 2 45 p m in front of festival headquarters a giant warehouse after touring nearby Penderliea home steads a resettlement project to view a three part pageant From Settlement To Re settlement depicting colonial petition 1771 hardship and federal aid for homesteaders She will attend a garden party and depart for Washington after a buffet supper
A Lions International 31st district convention in Charlotte discussed splitting the district into two. If approved, two district governors would be elected instead of one, and the event concludes with a banquet and dance tonight.
Rotary Anthony Eden announced a four point peace plan and said there were no points of disagreement after talks with the French German and Italian ambassadors. In Spain insurgent attacks press Bilbao as Davila's air force drops explosives on the city defenses while Franco concentrates near Vitoria and Logrono.
The article argues that parents can arouse a child's will to work by guiding duties beyond daily routines. It describes strategies to overcome reluctance, such as assigning tasks with a taste of success, using tailoring examples like knitting to spark interest and build habit. It notes the need to tailor approaches to each child's make up.
Wilmington mayor Thomas E. Cooper said he will not resign from the county’s representative post. He announced June 30 will mark his mayoral start and argued keeping his House seat would save the county the cost of a special election.
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