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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
13
North Carolina adopts a scientific plan for reforming first time offenders through probation. A five member Commission of Probation will supervise a Director and district officers with arrest powers. Probation targets first offenders who plead guilty or nolo contendere, with sentences suspended or fines paid under supervision.
Advocates argue probation will repay its costs by lowering prisoner numbers. They cite federal data showing the system saves the state forward of $300,000 yearly. Violations of probation trigger arrest and full sentence service as court imposed.
Tremendous advance ticket sales show that the Victory Dinner at Raleigh's Municipal Auditorium will reach full capacity with Harold L. Ickes as speaker. Secret opposition by Bailey supporters, via a whispering campaign, fails to dampen enthusiasm as Ickes arrives from Washington and is slated to speak at 6 PM with attendance peaking and tight security noted by observers.
In 1936 the United States recorded sixty direct fatalities from airplanes, up from twenty three in 1935. Of the sixty in 1936, forty six were passengers and fourteen were crew members.
In Guilford County Superior Court a commissioner's sale is ordered for March 10 at noon at the east door of Greensboro Court House. The auction seeks cash bids for 7100 square feet in High Point Township, described by a Grubbe to Tomlinson route lot, pending court confirmation. Commissioner L J Fisher Jr signs the notice dated February 37, 1997.
Dr. R W Leiby former State Entomologist and one of Kerr Scott’s early removals has been named associate professor of Entomology at Cornell University Ithaca New York. He will relocate soon to begin duties combining extension and research work.
Funeral services are set for Charles Washington Farabee 82 retired farmer and father of 19 in Lexington at St Luke s Lutheran Church tomorrow. The Rev Charles Hadley Dickey publicity director of the North Carolina State Baptist convention and former pastor in several states dies in a Hampton Virginia hospital and will be honored in a Raleigh service tomorrow.
Trichogramma, a wasp species used to control pests, has been sold in California at ten dollars per million units. The biocontrol agent targets injurious insects and is marketed for agricultural use.
France and Turkey press their claim to Alexandretta Syria's port and rail hub once central to caravan routes to Persia and India. The marshy city of 12 000 grew into a播arid, unhealthy port now key to a rich agricultural region with cotton tobacco citrus and oil under French mandate, sought again by Turkey.
Manhattan's only female gag writer Mabel Albertson makes a living crafting jokes for radio and stage. She rose from a singer’s clubs to work with Phil Baker and now writes lines for many comics, despite noting gag writing is not ideal for women. A spring circus clash between Barnum and Bailey at Madison Square Garden and Cole Bros Beatty at the Hippodrome also looms in Manhattan.
A health beauty guide by Alicia Hart promotes nine hours sleep nightly for a month, daily exercise, and a vegetable rich diet. It urges a personalized nightly skin routine and avoiding harsh potions, claiming health foundations real beauty and clearer skin, eyes, and figure.
White Plains N Y March 11 Chang Foo Lee a bland cigar smoking houseboy was found guilty of second degree assault by a Westchester county jury. He was charged with poisoning two relatives of his elderly employer Mrs Ida L Churchill Judge Gerald Nolan set no sentence date and Lee faces an indeterminate term of two and a half to five years on each of two counts.
Washington reports the agricultural department expects U S consumption of fats and oils in the current year to top the previous record of 9,148,000,090 pounds set last year.
Scientists note ongoing discovery of marine and freshwater fish with new species continually identified. No complete global catalog exists due to constant additions across oceans and rivers.
Doctors urge washing all raw produce to remove traces of insect sprays and foreign substances. Early-season spraying means surfaces may carry chemicals. soaking produce in water is a simple precaution to reduce intake for babies and children. The piece notes modern farming demands sprays, while grandfathers avoided them, and emphasizes year-round access to fresh vegetables.
The article describes two new parlor games. Jury Box by Roy Peace criminologist features six thrillers with photographs and exhibits for jurors to deduce a guilty actor. Bulls and Beats imitates Monopoly, using stock bets instead of real estate for play.
In Alaska, huskies adapt to harsh winters as sled dogs while wolves pose risks. teams and communities endure with trained dogs guarding roads and guiding travel.
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