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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1937
Page
2
Jennifer plots independence while Daphne pushes her toward a career. Jennifer dates Tucker Ainsley and pursues Larry’s affection as a clash among sisters grows. Daphne waits for Jennifer’s launch. a midnight elopement plan surfaces as tensions flare.
Daphne Brett, a young New York advertising executive, confesses love for architect Larry Smith as a budding romance unfolds in the city. The brief vignette centers on their growing feelings amid urban life and professional ambitions.
Testimony shows 1936 electricity sales within 200 miles of the Santee-Cooper site: residential 42,670,867 kWh, commercial and small power 30,604,260 kWh, large industrial 256,849,656 kWh, farms 1,660,260 kWh, municipalities 17,182,986 kWh. The witness notes the project would limit local power use if the plant began operation.
Governor Elmer A. Benson telegraphed Senator Reynolds of North Carolina to protest the neutrality bill provision barring Americans from sending medical supplies and food to victims of foreign wars. He argues the ban is unprecedented and against Red Cross ideals.
A High Point public meeting urged relocating the freight station to a more accessible site to reduce grade crossing hazards at Broad and College streets. Local leaders and many participants backed Southern Railway cooperation, sending two telegrams to A A Oliver and H B Norris requesting action to relocate the station.
Shippers led by High Point businesses urge railroad support for a grade crossing elimination project. The list includes Globe Parlor Furniture Co., High Point Mattress Co., Carolina Cotton Batting Co., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Hedgecock Lumber Co., Snow Lumber Co., Simmons Company, High Point Enterprise, and many others to secure the project funding and approval.
Lawmakers enacted a broad education package naming school boards in most counties and expanding the state board of commercial education. The House and Senate moved on Roosevelt era reorganization plans while listing university trustees for seven year terms and naming successors to former governors Ehringhaus and Poole.
The Hutchinson Coal company mine eight miles east of Logan experienced a blast just after 8 PM. Rescuers reported the roof collapsing as they traveled about 1,000 feet toward the explosion area and found the bodies of Joe Fry, motor man, and Troy McCoy, his brakes, before midnight.
Thomas O. Jones of this city is among North Carolina students named to the Dean's List for the spring term at Duke University. The list includes second third and fourth year undergraduates averaging B or higher. Students on the list may attend classes at their pleasure, though few miss classes habitually.
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