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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1938

Page

2

Weather Outlook For Carolina And Coastal Areas

Fair and continued cold with frost varying by region across North and South Carolina tonight. Tuesday looks fair with gradually rising temperatures. Winds light to moderate in the coast and north sections, with variable speeds and directions offshore. Official records note 24 hour rainfall and temperature data through 7:30 a m in the principal growing arena.

Worth Carolina South Carolina Hatteras Jacksonville Sandy Hook North South Charlotte Official Weather Bureau

Wreck Fatal To Newton Man Near Fort Velvoir

Oscar Huffman age 20 of Newton North Carolina was killed when a truck struck their parked automobile near Fort Velvoir Virginia. Two other men William Kroah of Johnsonburg Pennsylvania and Edward Bay of Rochester New York sustained internal injuries.

Washington Oscar Huffman Newton WN. C Fort Velvoir William Kroah Johnsonburs Fort Monroe Edward Bay Rochester N. Y

American Legion Leader Urges Adequate National Defense

Fred Fraser of Washington, chief commander of the forty and eight, argues for a strong defense at the State Department Post Officers Conference in Goldsboro. He says defense policy guards peace, warns against unprepared nations, as 1000 delegates listen. James Daniels of Greenville planned to speak at the banquet, followed by remarks from Doherty of Boston and Mrs. Douglas of Seattle. Conference began Saturday night.

Goldsboro N. C Fred Fraser Washington, D. C Chemin Derer The Forty and Eight Honor Society American Legion State Department Fraser Ethiopia China James F. Daniels, Jr Greenville S. C Daniel J. Doherty Boston Malcom Douglas Seattle

British destroyers attacked off Spanish coast

The admiralty said destroyers Blanche and Brilliant were attacked but not hit by five unidentified bombing planes off the Spanish coast. An official called it a mistaken identity incident tied to a naval battle, with bombs dropped but causing no damage.

London Admiralty Blanche Brilliant

Girl Killed in Auto Accident Near Wilson

Mary Cheese aged 21 died when an auto sideswiped a produce truck on the outskirts of Wilson North Carolina last night. The car was driven by Ross Ferrell and the truck by C R Farburs of Waynesboro Virginia. Bond for each driver set at 500 dollars.

Wilson, N. C Wilson Mary Cheese Miss Chase L. F. Barnes Ross Ferrell C. R. Farburs Waynesboro

City’s Hydro Electric Suit Rehearing Sought in High Court

High Point city filed a supplemental petition with the North Carolina Supreme Court seeking a rehearing of the hydroelectric suit. The petition, delivered by special delivery, was referred to Chief Justice W. P. Stacy and Associate Justice W. A. Devin for study and ruling. The city argues the court erred and new evidence warrants a vital hearing.

High Point Supreme Court W. P. Stacy W. A. Devin

U S Claims Islands for Commerce Not War

The White House stated the sovereignty claims over two Central Pacific islands were solely for commercial aviation development. Press secretary Stephen T Early said the move has nothing to do with war or war plans after a talk with President Roosevelt.

Washington White House United States Central Pacific Ocean Stephen T Early Roosevelt

Traffic Violations Reported in City Last 24 Hours

Police filed charges for traffic violations in the city over the last day including improper brakes overparking speeding no city tag and two counts of reckless driving.

Employment Office Places 62 in Work During Week

North Carolina State Employment Service reports 62 workers placed last week. J A Gawthrop said 28 were in private industry and the rest in public work.

North Carolina

Airport Improvements Discussed at Greensboro Luncheon

High Point and Greensboro committees met at the O'Henry hotel in Greensboro for a lunch meeting to review airport improvements and potential facility expansions. Eastern Air Lines operations manager L S Pabst visited the airport today to study needs.

Greensboro High Point O'Henry L. S&s. Pabst Southern Eastern Air Lines

Dr John W Dyer to Attend Hearing in Local Suit

Dr John W Dyer a High Point physician jailed in Greensboro for contempt of court will be released to attend a Wednesday afternoon hearing at 2 o clock in Magistrate C C Muse court The Metropolitan Life Insurance company sues Dyer to collect rent for his office here and seeks judgment against him

John W. Dyer High Point Greensboro C. C. Muse Dr. Dyer Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Dr C C Elliott Opens Chiropractic Office in Arcade Building

Dr C C Elliott announces the opening of a general chiropractic practice in Arcade Building room 201. He notes early North Carolina adoption, claims painless diagnoses and spinal treatment, shorter cure times, and lower patient costs. He adds plans for a radioclast and electric radionic diagnostic instrument and a forthcoming clinic.

C. C. Elliott Enterprise North Carolina Elliott Wilmington

Greensboro Meeting With County Board Officials Reported

Mayor Roger W. Harrison of Greensboro, airport manager Henry Rufus, and other Greensboro committee members attended the meeting with the county board of commissioners to discuss local concerns.

County Board of Commissioners Roger W. Harrison Greensboro Henry Rufus

True Bill Returned Against Mrs Davis in High Point Killing

Greensboro March 7 Special The Guilford county grand jury returned a true bill in the case of Mrs Walter V Davis a High Point woman charged with fatally wounding her husband on February 15 at their Willowbrook street home after a domestic argument in High Point The information states the indictment accuses Mrs Davis of the homicide.

Greensboro Guilford County Walter V. Davis High Point

Former H. P. Man Writes Tax Book

Dr. J. Ellwood Amos of High Point and University of Pittsburgh finance professor has published The Economics of Corporate Saving. He argues federal tax flaws on undistributed profits and cites 1920s corporate reinvestment, noting that reported incomes are often minimized for tax purposes and that undistributed profits can disguise overall capital gains or losses.

J. Ellwood Amos J. BE. Amos High Point University of Pittsburgh Amos

Rev John L Rustin to Speak at High Point College

Rev John L Rustin pastor of Mount Vernon M E Church South Washington D C will address students on What is Religion at High Point College tonight at 730. He spoke earlier at chapel on the Aldersgate commemoration and explained John Wesley. The evening talk is open to the public officials said.

John L. Rustin Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church Washingington D. C High Point College Rustin Aldersgate John Wesley

Dr Humphreys to Preach Summer Baccalaureate

Dr G J Humphreys president of High Point college will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Sumner high school on Sunday May 1 at 8 o clock. Dr J D Messick dean of Eton college will give the graduation address on Thursday May 5 at 8 o'clock. Programs list events from March 25 to May 6 all at 8 pm.

Sumner High School 8. C. Deskins G. J. Humphreys High Point College J. D. Messick Eton College

Bar Association Dinner Meeting at Sheraton

Local bar association plans a dinner and business meeting at the Sheraton hotel on Thursday at 6 30 PM Owen Reese local attorney and president will chair the meeting and officers will be elected and committees appointed for the coming year.

BAR Association Sheraton Sheraton Hotel Owen Reese

Destruction Of Insurgent Cruiser Leaves Gapping Hole In Blockade

Raleigh March 17. Dean EB L Cloyd calls for full investigation into the electrocution death of Philip Edgar Winslow NC State sophomore and says hazing unlikely. Police coroner and faculty will probe. Winslow found at foot of high tension pole with clothes tied to it. Brother-in-law suggests possible college prank.

Raleigh EB. L. Cloyd Philip Edgar Winslow N. C. State College L. M. Waring Winslow Cloyd A. A. F. Seawell Bruce Poole Waring J. E Greenville North Carolina Farm Bureau Joseph Taft Fo

Fairbanks Faces Trial in Vance County Case

Judge R Hunt Parker set Clarence Fairbanks 23 itinerant to stand trial in Vance County Superior Court Wednesday for the slaying of his showman employer Steve Good seven weeks earlier. A special venue was ordered and about 100 talesmen may be summoned for the jury pool.

Plane Hunt Shifts to Sierra Snowbelt Search

Eight planes scour a 60 mile snow covered Sierra stretch for the missing Transcontinental and Western airliner with nine aboard after a storm last Tuesday. TWA president Jack Frye offers a 1000 reward for locating the plane and guiding officials to it.

Fresno Calif Sierra Nevada San Francisco Los Angeles Jack Frye

Dirlam Funeral Official Dies as Fresno Airliner Missing

Jay Nell Dirlam, 65, prominent Mansfield building and loan official, died of a heart ailment at his home. He did not know his children Tracy and Mary Lou Dirlam, Stanford University students, were aboard the missing airliner that disappeared near Fresno, California, last Tuesday night.

Mora Leads Jockey Stand At Hialeah Park

Report from Hialeah Florida on March 7 notes Henry Mora was the leading jockey at Hialeah Park with weekly profits around 220 dollars.

Hialeah, Fia Henry Mora Hialeah Park

Worthless check charges against Swaim mount

Charges of worthless checks against W C Swaim former filling station operator rose to 413 at noon plus one charge of embezzlement. A warrant also charges him with embezzling about 80 dollars from E B Ormbright local song book and Bible agent. Cases in municipal court continued to March 16.

Swaim W. C. Swaim E.B Orm Reght

Army selects Cadet Samuel as basketball captain and star of distinction

Cadet John H. Samuel of Hinsdale Illinois was elected captain of Army basketball for next year and was awarded the star of distinction for class standing during his first two years at the academy.

West Point N. Y John Samuel Hinsdale Ill Army Academy

Battle May Decide Future Of War Off Cartagena

A 10,000 ton insurgent cruiser Baleares was sunk near Cartagena after a torpedo strike from the government destroyer Lepanto and air bombardment. Over 400 crew were rescued by British destroyers Kempenfeld and Boreas as eight insurgent vessels fought a delaying action. The loss is seen as a potential turning point in the Spanish civil war.

Madrid Cartagena London Admiralty Kempenfeld Boreas Baleares Mediterranean Lepanto Narias

Directors clash as TVA chief resists resignation pressure

Arthur E. Morgan defends his chairmanship of the Tennessee Valley Authority amid open disputes with Harcourt Morgan and David Lilienthal. He cites public interest concerns over contracts with the Aluminum Company of America and a potential power-rate joker affecting Arkansas Power and Light.

Washington Arthur E. Morgan Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Morgan Harcourt Morgan David HB Lilienthal Roosevelt Maverick D-Tex Aluminum Company Tennessee Aluminum Company of America Arkansas Power and Light Company Harcourt A. Morgan David E. Lilienthal Dr. Morgan

Relief urged for rural areas amid drought and poverty

The committee heard dire rural needs with one third of rural residents reportedly poor and ill-clothed. South and drought zones in North Dakota and northwestern Montana face the worst hardship. Rupert Vance cited Appalachian regions and cotton belt tenancy as evidence of chronic poverty and low incomes, detailing sharecropper wages around 38 dollars yearly.

North Dakota Montana Rupert B. Vance University of North Carolina Appalachian WPA Cotton Belt Vance

Dr. E. H. Blackard Addresses Ministers Meeting

Dr. E. H. Blackard of Wesley Memorial Methodist church spoke at the High Point Ministers association gathering at Wesley Memorial. He discussed the Edinburgh Conference on World Relations, a topic from his attendance last summer. Two new members joined the association today, Rabbi J. M. Freeman and Rev. M. C. Wilhelm, both Methodist ministers.

E. H. Blackard Wesley Memorial Methodist Church High Point Ministers’ Association Blackard J. M. Reeman M. C. Wil‘ama

Grandpa and Big Feet in Pain Relief Ad

A narrative exchanges the tale of Grandpa with gout and unbearable pain. The ad promotes RUMA-BAN as a remedy to lower uric acid and ease misery, urging use in hot water morning and night at all drug stores.

Sonac Mmain Eckerd’'S All Good Drug Stores

Public Auction Re sale of Two Guilford County Tracts

Sheriff Joseph G Phipps to re sell two parcels formerly offered under execution No 2355 from Guilford Superior Court. Second tract bidding starts at 3045 00 with sale at noon March 14 1938 at the East door Guilford County Courthouse Greensboro.

Superior Court Guilford County North Carolina Guilford County Court House Greensboro J. P. Redding Rosa W. Redding W. Broad Street High Point Office of the Register of Deeds Jamestown Township L. M. Scott Register of Deeds the Register of Deeds Chophouse Road Beedd

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