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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
2
In Bahamas on June 18 a remote reef wrecked a 25 ton British trawler possibly named The Girl t. Colonial authorities seek official confirmation while three bodies are found aboard. a trading sloop from Samana reported the incident with belongings and a Bible nearby.
A newspaper feature presents etiquette guidance. It advises not using and Family on wedding invitations, recommends sending separate invites to Mr and Mrs Brown and to each family member, suggests dark conservative fabrics for young women’s business frocks, and states boiled eggs should be eaten with a spoon.
The Girl Pat departed Grimsby with six aboard in early April headed for the north sea fishing banks. She was later sighted in northwest Spain and Dakar, French West Africa, where supplies were taken on, charged to the owners, the chief engineer left ashore, and the vessel continued its voyage.
Detroit authorities pledged protection for informants aiding in a two dozen member roundup of the Black Legion as investigators probe a woman’s beating linked to the terrorists. Dorothy Guthrie 33 identified her husband William Guthrie as printer of anti Christian literature circulated by the group. Another informer James Stewart of Ecorse also received a police guard after a dawn visit by three strangers.
Henderson report states coroner ruled the accident unavoidable but the grand jury indicted state highway patrolman W A Baxter for manslaughter in the February 20 death of 7 year old J B Richardson who was struck by Baxter’s car.
Raleigh June 18. A reserve force to fight forest fires in 18 counties has been organized from CCC enrollees, covering mainly the Piedmont region.
A sudden six minute hailstorm in Asheville damaged hundreds of windows and storefronts. Stones up to 4% inches broke glass at the American National Bank building and Patton Avenue was covered. Police cordoned off several blocks to prevent injuries from falling glass.
Berlin reported Germany declined to confirm or deny reports of fortifications on Heligoland, the North Sea fortress known as the Reichs Gibraltar. Foreign observers believed fortifications on the island off the German Danish coastline were imminent or already underway.
In Strasbourg France June 18 French authorities seized a German airplane and arrested pilot Alfred Busch of Darmstadt for flying over a fortified zone. He said he lost his way during the flight after landing at Bucsheim Airfield near Strasbourg last night.
The advice notes that spark plugs come out more easily after cooling. It warns against forcing hot plugs and suggests allowing the engine to rest to prevent damage to threads and gaskets.
Funeral services were held near Polkville for James Carson Elliott 91 a Confederate veteran and author of A Southern Soldier Boy He died at his home yesterday in Shelby June 18.
In Asheville a 96 year old man, George Isaac Hughes, served as a judge for a baby parade during the Rhododendron festival. His 17 month old son Franklin Roosevelt Hughes rode in the event on a non competitive basis while the judge’s granddaughter and a newborn were present with the family’s wife staying home per medical advice.
Dan McDonald an automobile salesman was found in his car near Rockingham and died from a heart attack according to a coroner’s jury. The case names the deceased as Dan McDonald of Hamlet and notes the jury returned a heart attack verdict.
No reference to a cat in the Bible. A tundra is a treeless Arctic plain. The diamond wedding anniversary is seventy fifth. Eight miles is the walking distance through Mammoth Cave. The large state ballroom in the White House is called The East Room.
More than 1,200 delegates attended the fifth annual Southwide Baptist Student Union retreat at Ridgecrest. Delegates represented eighteen states, described by leaders as the largest student delegation in denominational history.
A source close to Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow denies reports she bought Napoleonic jewels. Paris Midi had claimed she paid 1.2 million dollars to Polish American opera singer Ganna Walska two days earlier, but the claim is deemed unfounded.
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