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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1938
Page
2
In a west region near the Japanese Embassy thousands of refugees welcome merciful aid as Japanese doctors treat eye diseases and foot problems. Military bread cakes and cigarettes are distributed to all ages while Sun flag crosses and foreign flags fly above Lotus Lake. Soldiers and children play as Nan king hosts a peaceful scene under free atmosphere.
A discussion quotes Mr. Clark on federal housing and automobile costs shaping home ownership. He argues that government help via the Federal Housing Administration can open a market for affordable, modern homes and reduce mortgage strain for low income families, promoting wider ownership.
The Elm Street school parent association will convene Monday night at 7 20 in the school auditorium. President M P Morrison announced the “Hansel Gretel” production by Margaret Andrews with sixth grade music, and invites parents and friends to attend.
City seeks a new trial in a dispute over an on Yadkin river hydro plant at the Styers site. Officials argue earlier figures misstate output, claiming current evidence shows the plant would be inadequate and wasteful without verifiable data. The Supreme Court largely based its ruling on lower court findings of fact.
Permits show healthy building activity on Perry streets and nearby areas with projects totaling about $2,500. Other permits list repairs and new structures including re roofs, fire repairs to an apartment house, garages, and residences on Green Gurley and Leonard Streets with various costs from $25 to $1,600. Names such as John W. Welborn Otis Moser T V Long and Effie Loftin appear tied to these permits.
Moran of Jamestown lists names of former Dalton Furniture employees whose pictures appeared in The Enterprise Memory's Album feature. The published lineup spans multiple rows with workers Hicks David Hinkle Wright David Croker Forrest Henderson Levi Imnard Joe Osborne West Perry George Rice Emery Henderson Braswell Ernest Pegg Dave Taylor John Farabee Fran Jones Eugene Wood John Taylor Sam Coleman Reid Joyce Johnny Hicks Powell Durham John Leonard Bob Joyce Carl Shields Charley Southern Jake Jones Willie Welch Pete Montgomery C. Moran Add Hedgecock.
Senator Bankhead details a new farm bill under the Soil Conservation Act proposing 130 million dollars for cotton price support and mandatory loans to cooperative producers. The plan includes regional research labs, freight rate action power for agriculture, and parity price goals while shifting to compulsory acreage enforcement to curb overplanting.
Funeral services for George Washington Myers 63 a High Point resident who died Friday were held at his home 720 South Main Street with Dr C C Williamson officiating. A large crowd including fire and police members attended. Interment followed at Oakwood Park cemetery. Survived by widow Martha Long two daughters Mrs C O Smith and Miss Beulah Myers and a foster daughter Mrs Clara Younts. He served in the local fire department 1902 1906 and received a pension from the Firemen's Relief Fund after an accident retirement.
Funeral services for John L. Hines will be held this afternoon at 2 30 oclock from Shady Grove M E church with Elder J A Fags Rev A Lincoln Falk and Rev Joseph Peele officiating. Pallbearers are Theodore Smith Henry Davis Elmer Rothrock Macey Borum John Weir and Ralph Thornton. Survived by wife Ollie Clinard Hines three daughters a son one sister two brothers three step children and three step grandchildren. Mechanicsville Council Jr O U A M will conduct the grave service.
Funeral services for Mrs M A Huntsinger were held at Southside Baptist Church on Saturday at 11 AM led by Rev George H Liner and Rev C Francis Noble. The choir sang Nearer My God To Thee and Shall We Gather at the River while Miss Ruth Liner and Miss Ethel Liner performed How Beautiful Heaven Must Be. Marie Strother provided accompaniment. Pallbearers were G W Scarce W Cribbs B R Yarborough J G Williams H H Williams and Jack Saunders. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Thompson Simpson 67 widow of Charles Simpson were held at Sechrest Chapel with Dr A B Conrad officiating. A mixed church quartet sang and pallbearers included J C Furr B H Furr L A Dickens C W Furr and Zeb Whitlow. Interment was in Floral Garden Cemetery.
Dorothy Edna Boling 17 of Randleman Route 2 died after an appendix operation. She had been ill for weeks with a ruptured appendix. Survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. Boling and a brother Vernon Boling. Funeral services set for Sunday afternoon at Pilgrim Holiness Church near Randleman with Reverends Reynolds and Cockman officiating.
The ceremony will include class mates from Randleman High School acting as flower bearers while a senior from Higna School participates in the service.
Mrs Minnie Davis Frazier 74 died Saturday afternoon at the home of Frazier. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Mount Lebanon Methodist Protestant church. She is survived by husband T A Frazier three sons Elmer and C Frazier of Randleman and Dewey Frazier of California a daughter Mrs Lessie Bartlett of Florida and a sister Mrs Bertha Giles of Rockingham.
In a period of rising Central European tensions, British diplomats plan conferences with Italy and Germany while defense estimates for 1938-39 are debated. Czechoslovakia declares it demands participation in any European settlement, and Austria faces Nazi influence following the Berchtesgaden pact.
Police were called to halt a riot between Austrian Nazi students and government supporters in Vienna the second clash in 24 hours. Schuschnigg gains socialist support to curb Nazism as socialist unity grows amid international talks on Spain and Britain’s non intervention policy amid Mussolini talks.
Deposed Central Asian Communist Ikramoff and co defendants confess to anti Soviet crimes. They claim a 1936 warning from Bucharin about British interest in Turkmenistan and a plan to seal English aid if Japan falters. Rakovsky notes conspirators sought Japanese and English backing, with Tokyo liaison in 1934 about a pivotal Japanese role.
Rakovsky, exiled in Mexico, alleges Trotsky inspired the 1927 London Arcos raid straining British Soviet relations and sought to prevent the Franco-Soviet pact. He says a British officer admitted closeness to Trotsky and that a 1928 spy role resumed in 1934 after Lady Muriel Paget urged him.
Governor Hoey and allies urge referenda to boost North Carolina farming. They note spending nearly 100 million dollars on food from other states and call for expanded cattle poultry and diversified crops. Fertilizer costs cited at about 34.3 million, urging soil fertility through crop rotation and lime use.
Senators discuss the farm act as a potential blessing or experimental policy and tobacco quotas. Official guidelines outline acreage allotments for new tobacco farms in 1987, adding acres for new farms, curing barns, and cropland beyond fifty acres.
Elsie Appel announces Dixie Cotton Shop has relocated to 134 South Main Street sharing space with Gloria Hat Shop. Renovation forced the headquarters move from 120 South Main Street to the new South Main address.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris stands on a masonry base built from iron framework. Glass is used to enclose certain rooms reserved for special purposes within the landmark.
The wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear axles of an automobile. It measures the vehicle's length between the wheel hubs and affects ride quality stability and interior space.
A pet herring gull that died in Morehead City North Carolina in 1936 was known to be 49 years old at the time.
The article notes that Columbia University traces its origins to 1764 when it was established as King’s College. It marks the early creation of the institution and its original royal name.
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