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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
2
Mrs Wallis Simpson told American reporters at the Chateau country in Monts that she enjoys her stay and plans to remain at least a month. She answered questions only if pre approved and would not be quoted directly. The party includes Chateau owner Charles Bedaux and Mrs Rogers.
A rebel column rolled toward Brihuega near Madrid with heavy action near Brihuega and Torija as another column pushed along a western railroad. Guadalajara lies 32 miles northeast as reports claim twelve government tanks captured over two days.
Bids submitted for a track lowering job were $40,000 higher when the error in square feet to square yards occurred. Blythe Brothers of Charlotte had the low bid but did not bid on track items. Revised bids from William Muirhead 461,138.09 and others bring totals within about 60,000 of the estimate as steel prices and materials costs rise.
Governor and lawmakers gather in Edenton to honor North Carolina’s early history. They recall 1658 settlements and Edenton as a former state capital, touring the 1767 brick courthouse and its famed panelled upstairs room near the old council chamber.
Edenton March 11 The house passed and enacted the Gravely bill authorizing 260000 dollars for a state advertising program. Representatives also approved and sent to the senate the Giles resolution urging President Roosevelt to expedite completion of the Blue Ridge Scenic Parkway.
The Der Angriff articles inflamed American officials while Hull sent apologies via the German embassy for LaGuardia remarks about Chancellor Hitler. Officials clarified the secretary's notes were not a formal protest but a measured comment.
Preliminary figures indicate burley tobacco prices averaged about 36 cents per pound in 1936, roughly double the 1928–32 average and surpassing the prior high of 33.2 cents in 1919. Barley growers earned about 88 million dollars from the 1936 crop.
Nationwide labor turmoil includes a 11 000 member Firestone strike vote in Akron and Chrysler sit down protests after a seizure claim. Alameda clashes injure police and pickets as tear gas drives residents from homes. General Motors near a new contract. Toledo and Pittsburgh wage talks and a Carnegie Illinois Pay raise for 20 000 workers. Union stance against CIO formation persists.
New York March 11 cotton futures closed steady with small gains of 2 to 10 points. The report notes a stray item: British amateur gardeners spend about 4 million annually on flower seeds.
A sprawling list shows varied moves across major names led by advances in Adv companies and declines in others. Notable entries include Alaska Air, Allied Chemical, and American Telephone Co with mixed percentages, while Dow and rail stocks show varied performance. overall trading ends with mixed results as investors weigh earnings and macro signals.
Edenton March 11 The House of Representatives with a one day session passed a bill to divide liquor profits in Guilford county If liquor becomes legal in the county High Point Greensboro cities would get 50 percent of profits and the rest 60 percent would stay with the county The measure now goes to the senate.
Mack Judson Voehringer Co Inc reports consolidated net income of 293443 for 1936 after tax, yielding 1.24 a share on 200000 common shares, down from 303927 and 2.58 a share on 100000 shares in 1935. The firm produces women's hosiery at Greensboro North Carolina and Philadelphia plants.
NO POOL ROOMS GASTONIA March 11. The city council refused a Chicago syndicate request for a license to open a model poolroom, keeping in force a ban enacted twenty years ago.
A Gaston county superior court jury acquitted John W. Childers age 61 of murder charges tied to the December shooting of George Hamrick age 37.
The parole of ten state prisoners by Governor Hoey and rejection of clemency petitions for 37 others were announced. Freed include Clyde Green 18 months for larceny Edward Powell two years for assault LeRoy Howard two months for larceny Russell Capp one year for abandonment R P Page 18 months for larceny Russell Hampton eight to twelve years for robbery with firearms William Smithwick 12 to 24 months for manslaughter E B Frez four months for drunkenness James Barlety 19 months and R D Gay six months for false pretense.
In Columbia on March 11 federal court hearings opened with K A Farrell testifying on the value of electric properties tied to the South Carolina Power Co The coastwise holdings served by the Santee Cooper project were valued at 6 6 million with total electric properties at 12 23 million Farrell noted a 4 6 percent rise since the 1935 inventory as the fight to block PWA financing continues.
Representative Frank Hancock of the fifth district will address the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Winston-Salem Monday night on President Roosevelt's court reorganization proposal.
First witness for the President’s program said Congress could shrink the court. Rep Dickstein claimed he could name 100 foreign spies seeking a fascist government. Gov Hoffman linked to RCA Camden strike via guards hired on his recommendation. House leaders expect quick action on the revised Guffey Vinson coal bill. Casey criticized it as a legalistic monopoly and sought an alternative federal coal trade commission.
Alaska timber is confined mainly to two reservations the Tongass in the southeast and the Chugach. The Tongass covers about 30000 square miles.
Western Henan province faces severe hunger with a famine affecting two million people. One million residents lack food and water, Reuters reports the China International Famine Relief Commission led by John Earl Baker of Eagle Wisconsin. Deaths are expected to rise before spring crops mature.
City school superintendent W. F. Warren began today a study of the cost of adding a 12th grade to the Negro school system, following the school board’s instructions.
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