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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1938
Page
2
Mostly cloudy conditions persist in North Carolina with rain likely tonight and Saturday. Light rain or mist possible in extreme north as temperatures range from the low to mid sixties.
Harriet Rhera Skull Sappenfield files in municipal court for an absolute divorce from Randall Bernard Sappenfield. The couple wed February 17, 1936 and have lived apart since then. Both reside in High Point.
North Carolina treasurer Johnson touts improved local government finances noting a drop in defaults from 62 counties and 152 cities in 1932 to seven counties and 57 cities today. He says the state exchanged over a million dollars in local bonds last year and credits the local government commission with serving the average citizen as Capus Waynick introduces the speaker and a parade of special guests attends.
E. C. Meadows of Kernersville route 2 reported the theft of about 40 chickens from his chicken house last night. Sheriff’s deputies are investigating but have no clues as of this morning.
The Earl of Perth, on the eve of returning to Rome for a new Italian British accord, met King George at Buckingham Palace. Sir Neville Henderson met Adolf Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop in Berlin to discuss German demands for colonies and aims in Austria and Czechoslovakia amid Nazi pressure.
In his sixth year, President Roosevelt speaks of steering amid calm after a year of inflation and deflation concerns. Congress now tackles four major items tax revision large expansion program wage hour standards and agency reorganization with little expectation of new proposals this session. A message may call for studying monopolies for 1939 anti trust revision.
Six year old Elliot Byrd son of Mr and Mrs M B Byrd of 723 South Hamilton suffered slight head bruises when he ran into a truck driven by John Lohr 30 of Trinity in the 400 block yesterday afternoon No charges were filed and the child was treated and released at a physician’s office
Greensboro March 4. Eastern Airways plans a temporary move of its terminal from the High Point Greensboro airport to Winston Salem due to runway length needs. The High Point Greensboro airport will be extended with other improvements estimated to cost about 25000 dollars.
Fred J Bartlett 54, owner of Industrial Electric and Machine Co., died at 3:15 PM at a local hospital after suffering a stroke earlier in the day. Born November 19, 1893 in Lake City Minnesota, he had long been active in aviation as North Carolina governor of the National Aeronautics Association and affiliated with the Carolina Aero Club. He lived in Emerywood Estates and served with the First Presbyterian Church and its board of deacons. He had resided in High Point for many years, coming from Greensboro. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
Greensboro date March 4 the Guilford County Superior Court calendar committee will meet Saturday morning at 10 oclock. Notice of sale by judgment of the Guilford County Superior Court in special proceedings titled C W Robinson admr of Mary Miller de second Iva M Perry vs all heirs of Mary Miller will hold sale March 12 1938 at 12 oclock M at the courthouse door Greensboro for cash land described as Tract No 1 beginning at Cassie Raifords corner and running N si feet to a stone teer at Johnsons corner thence B 238 ft to a stone said Johnson corner thence 51 ft to Cassie Raifords corner thence W with her old line to the beginning containing about one third acre. This lot passed to Sallie Sawyer Ingram from Lika Idol and heirs of Lika Idol except one Sarah Lettia Miller who deeded her interest back to grandmother Lika Idol See Book 325 Page 675 This the 0th day of February 1938 T F Sanders Commissioner T F Sanders Atty 7004p East Washington & I High Point N C 2-11 18-25 3-4
An 11 member jury in municipal court awarded W. B. Swaim 550 dollars in a civil case against the High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railway Co. for injuries and property damage from an automobile train collision near Cedar Lodge in Davidson county. The verdict split 300 personal injuries and 250 property damage, with 200 to the insurer and 50 deductible.
Floods left 24 dead and 20 000 homeless across Los Angeles and neighboring counties as communications failed and relief efforts struggled. Officials identified 24 fatalities, many from Los Angeles county, while emergency crews processed cases and preparations for a civil term of court on March 21 in Greensboro.
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