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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1938
Page
2
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with fair Friday in western and northern Carolina while South Carolina stays fair and colder with frost in northwest zones. Winds shift from southwest to west and north, with overcast skies and snow possible in the north tonight. Friday should be fair.
Officers for the forthcoming term will be nominated at a regular Elk's Club meeting at 7:30 PM on Broad Street. A Dutch supper is planned at 6:00 PM before the business session.
Ernest A. Wright a Greensboro area Republican attorney is reportedly a candidate to challenge incumbent Worth D. Henderson in the Guilford County Republican chairmanship race. Walter L. York confirms High Point votes will back Wright. Democratic vice chairman Walter C. Crissman will seek votes against Hoyle and Merritt with 12 High Point pledged. Wright appears favored due to High Point and Jamestown support, plus Greensboro precincts. The district convention for the sixth district will meet in High Point next Tuesday to decide nomination procedures.
Mrs. H. A. Hayes of Philadelphia says she is still amazed by the breath taking trick riding of her brother Smith Ballew star of Hawaiian Buckaroo at the Broadhurst theater. Ballew, six foot five, has been in movies over two years and rode all his life. He grew up in Sherman Texas and is a University of Texas graduate and Phi Delta Theta member. His cinema success is tied to his singing voice which helped him gain radio roles before moving to films.
Theodore Gibson and Jerry Smith face Guilford Superior Court on bribery of a state's witness. John W. Poe of High Point to be tried for reckless driving. Manslaughter charges against M. H. Chadwick Clyde Gurley and William Hodgins for the Will Gilmore automobile death. A. In Davis faces driving drunk charges. State committeemen for the district to be named. current members listed.
More than 150 unemployment compensation claims totaling 1810.26 were processed at the North Carolina State Employment Service local office for eligible claimants. Claims Interviewer J. E. Denton Jr. announced the distribution, listing numerous claim numbers and payments.
Howell W. Horne 56 of 1106 Tryon street died Wednesday morning at a local hospital. Funeral services are scheduled Friday at 2 pm from Ham's Grove Baptist church in Iredell county with Rev. H. O. Miller and Rev. J. N. Bowman officiating. The casket will be escorted from the residence at 11 am and pallbearers include HH. W. Smith, J. B. Kime, Elzie Rove, H. C. Dinkins, R. A. Proctor and F. D. Dunlap. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Prime Minister Chautemps asserted cabinet changes were needed to restore power, arguing the crisis was political not financial. He claimed the treasury was safe despite a projected $400 million deficit from armaments spending and blamed Socialist opposition for his resignation.
The Central North Carolina Conference completed its second annual pastors conference in Laurinburg on March 20 as local clergy gathered for the event. The article also recalls a past tale of Horace Walpole’s brother, Lord Oxford, backing a geese vs turkeys race from Norwich to London.
In Martinsville Virginia a municipal court jury awarded B J Johnson fifty dollars against attorney Charles P Bradley for malicious prosecution in a case over a postdated worthless check. Phil Redd received twenty dollars on a counterclaim. The two week civil term adjourned sine die after the verdict.
Paramount Hosiery of High Point answered a $10,000 suit filed by Bear Brand Hosiery of Chicago in federal court. Bear Brand alleges Paramount used the Paramount name as a trade mark and in copyrights, while Paramount says the name was used only on product boxes for identification and not to mislead buyers. The case seeks profits account and injunction against further use.
Representatives rally to defend Speaker Blatt and editor Wilton Hall as they denounce race baiting in an Independent editorial. Sharp editorials prompt accusations of politics and calls for press freedom and fair treatment of minorities within the chamber.
Preparations are complete for the Aldersgate Commemoration at Wesley Memorial church starting tomorrow at 9 30 a m. Speakers include Dr J E Pritchard and Bishop Paul B Kern with morning and afternoon sessions and an Aldersgate Youth Ball Friday evening attended by about a thousand youths from Greensboro district. The program features lectures by Dr W W Peele Dr G Ray Jordan and Dr George Stover along with musical offerings by the Greensboro College glee club and other church representatives from the district.
Robert M. Ormsby of Winston-Salem told the Rotary club that human engineering is a key problem for American industry. He urged employee training and education to restore workers’ familiarity with the goods they produce and stressed mental attitude as vital to safe, faithful work. Guests included Mrs. Raymond Blinford Guilford College Rotarian M Bailey and others.
Oscar Pitts, superintendent of the penal division of the Highway and Public Works commission, underwent an appendicitis operation Tuesday night. After an uncomfortable day yesterday he was reported better and improving today in Raleigh.
Hymn No 287 A Charge To Keep I Have by Charles Wesley followed by Benediction led by Dr W W Peele presiding elder of Greensboro district Ushers listed including Jesse M Burton Andrew Moore Hugh Reavis Braxton C Younts Jr Mahlon King A Fleming Bell Max Rogers Vaughan Boone G W Holmes Allen Thacker Richard Short John Brown Collectors named Virginia Tuttle Ava Swofford Mary Jo Phillips Love Bowman Mary Louise Brown Frances D Talley Margaret Préddy Lucile Howell Margaret Andrews
J B Amos a High Point businessman filed an answer to a $30 000 damage suit by Kathleen Medlin of Greensboro arising from an October 27 1936 automobile crash near Jamestown. Medlin says she sustained permanent injuries when Amos allegedly turned into the highway. Amos denies negligence and seeks damages to his car. Plaintiffs name Studebaker Sales Corp of America Studebaker Sales Corporation North Carolina Jack Medlin and J K Amos.
Dunn March 10 J Robert Young, a Dunn attorney, announced his plan to seek the Democratic nomination for solicitor of the fourth judicial district. He cited experience in law practice and public service as his qualifications and called for support from party members.
Chile records the steepest increase in living costs among nations as prices climb by thirty percent since 1929, signaling widespread economic pressure.
The thirteenth district of the Junior Order United American Mechanics will hold a rally at Guilford Council No 28 hall in the Terry building Friday night. State Councilor Victor R Johnson of Pittsboro will speak, introduced by D B Oats of Siler City, with Guilford Council male quartet and two Lum and Abner impersonators providing entertainment. Refreshments will be served by the Daughters of America.
Thieves crawled through a back hole at 1808 South Main, moved to the attic, and stole from the A and P at 1300 South Main. Officers arrived this morning with no suspects. Missing items include 80 cartons of cigarettes and a ham. police say the break was well planned and the thieves seemed familiar with the area.
Judge EB C Bivens of Mount Airy will speak at the High Point bar association meeting at the Sheraton hotel at 6 30 this evening. Ben Reese, association president, will preside and officers for the ensuing year will be elected. President Reese paid today. Judge Bivens serves the 21st district and is building a court in Greensboro.
Dickson arrived home by air last night after a business trip to Chicago New York and Washington.
Rev. Taylor Frazier will preach again at the ongoing revival at Pentecostal Holli ness church tonight. His topic is The Holy City, promising a spiritually charged service.
A district conference of Methodists marked the 200th anniversary of John Wesley's Aldersgate conversion with observances in Salisbury today.
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