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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1937
Page
2
Thirteen new cases of whooping cough and one of measles were reported this week by City Health Officer Dr. A. Herring along with one case of scarlet fever and a venereal disease. The previous week showed eight measles and nine whooping cough cases.
Partly cloudy conditions expected in North and South Carolina through tonight and Tuesday with possible scattered thundershowers near the coast. Winds from the south and west, mainly light to moderate, with overcast skies across the region and coastal areas seeing more unsettled conditions tonight and Tuesday.
Four more defendants charged with drunken driving lost licenses for one year while a fifth was found not guilty after arraignment before Judge Lewis K. Teague. Other cases included burglaries, assault, reckless driving, and liquor law violations with various sentences and suspensions.
Camp Uwharrie enters its fourth week with 68 Boy Scouts in attendance under Elmore Hackney acting camp director while director Bunn Hackney is away at the National Jamboree. Scouts from High Point Lexington and Salisbury are listed among attendees along with their leaders and patrols.
Coleman W. Roberts of Charlotte says counties cities and towns must paint up spruce up and beautify roadsides and vacant lots to improve North Carolina as a tourist draw. He notes ugly spots make lasting negative impressions and urges cooperation for the $250000 state advertising campaign. A plan to reopen mills under a truce while NLRB Hearings on CIO charges proceeds is proposed.
Guilford county commissioners met in special session to confer with department heads on the upcoming fiscal year budget. A July meeting may set the total. one proposal urged jail trustees to wear uniforms.
Southern New Jersey served as the gras industry hub for nearly a century beginning in 1776, shaping regional trade and agricultural practices through the era.
Salem will act as toastmaster for the luncheon and dinner meetings as the Traffic League holds a Board of Governors session. Officers will report and discuss plans ahead of the general membership meeting while the group weighs an interstate investigation into Southern freight rates. The effort targets alleged rate discriminations harming North Carolina’s growth, with Julius W. Cone and others listed as officers.
Committees from the C I O affiliate accuse steel firms of inflating or undercounting returning workers. In Mahoning Valley 11,308 entered Youngstown plants and 4,299 last night, while 1,800 returned at Cambria Works in Johnstown. Calumet area Chicago mills eye re-opening with 22,000 affected. Indiana Gov Townshend offers national guard aid if requested.
North Carolina business and anti New Deal factions seek a candidate to defeat Senator Robert R. Reynolds in the next Democratic primary. They argue Roosevelt policy strains business, and Senator Bailey’s anti New Deal stance could rally big bankers and manufacturers to back a Bailey ally against Reynolds.
Amelia Earhart continues her eastward voyage staying near the equator with Howland Island as the next stop and Oakland California as the final leg. The route favors a near equatorial path with sparse land sightings until arrival.
Irwin remains in magistrate court facing homicide suspicion after waiving reading of the affidavit. He claims love for the sister of a man named Ronnie led him to kill two women and a man Sunday three months ago. Doctors say he is deteriorating while police and prosecutors plan to seek an indictment.
A. B. Demaray, acting park director, said the service is flagging alternate routes for the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Objections from the Wilderness Society target the Pisgah and Balsam route, citing loss of wilderness and scenic value. Cost and construction difficulties are noted.
Trenton June 28 Jones county citizens will vote tomorrow in the eleventh county referendum of the year on establishing county liquor stores. Five counties have approved stores and five have remained dry including Alleghany Mecklenburg Currituck Wayne and Columbus.
William R. Williams age 45, assistant general manager of Western Union Telegraph Metropolitan operations, died in New York after an acute indigestion attack. Williams, who began as a messenger at 14 in Elizabeth City, rose to operator manager and later held executive posts in Norfolk Richmond and Washington before his World War era promotion.
Eight Negro convicts escaped from the state prison camp in Burga w after tunneling through a floor. Superintendent Jesse Hilliard said a guard spotted the breakout early, possibly stopping 66 other inmates from escaping as boards and flooring were pried up and a brick knocked out.
Fire men controlled a blaze in Herbert Isbell's automobile but paused as Isbell warned of two sticks of dynamite in the car. The quick response followed by the warning prompted rapid action and safety precautions.
In Mankato Kansas Dr J W Yankey fainted while rushing to turn off a water faucet after mistaking acid for cod liver oil He drank water and collapsed water dripped through the floor drawing his family’s attention to the accident and injuries he suffered
Police Sergeant R A Wineguard said Glen Shafer 28 was found finishing a pumpkin pie when officers arrived after a citizen tip. Shafer was booked on suspicion of burglary and lamented he might have fled if not for the pie.
In Prairie du Chien Wise County Ted Clanton hired a police guard and two men to haul money to City Treasurer Irvin La Boone. The basket of pennies spilled on the desk and after counting La Boone announced 15 500 copper pennies in hand. Clanton, a tavern keeper, had saved the funds to pay his tavern licenses.
The Dominican frog bypasses the tadpole phase as its development occurs inside a crystal like structure and it emerges as a full fledged frog with a croak.
Asheville’s Tourists built a seven game edge in the Piedmont league by winning seven of eight to end the week. Norfolk trails as they head to Asheville for a key series. Durh am Richmond Winston-Salem Charlotte Rocky Mount Portsmouth among results and highlights.
Sixty persons were placed in positions in a week by the North State Employment Service under manager Mrs. Terene W. Price. Thirty nine placements were in private industry with one percent permanent. An opening for a stenographer exists at the local office.
Article notes renewed German demand for colonial restitution tied to constitutional reform affecting the judiciary. Mentions Roosevelt plans to expand the Supreme Court and to set limits for justices over 70. White House reports CCC budget changes and broader fiscal measures. Also reports on cotton tax refunds under the now repealed Bankhead act and AAA constitutional ruling.
Judge Julius A. Roussea of Greensboro's criminal term sentenced two High Point youths, Eugene Brown and Robertson, to 18 months in prison but suspended the term on condition they enter Fast Carolina Training School at Ki ton. The youths pleaded guilty to three counts of breaking and entering.
The fragment notes a glassmaking company in southern New Jersey established in 1770, claiming it is older than the United States. It mentions on site production of glass containers and historical context.
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