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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
1
Paris witnesses a two million worker strike protesting fascist violence after five leftists were killed in a bloody street confrontation. The protest halted traffic and paralyzed daily life across the capital.
From New York's Union Square a CIO led drive seeks to unionize 1,250,000 textile workers. Sidney Hillman predicts a historic effort across big manufacturers including steel and auto. A general strike paralyses city life as 1,000,000 workers join protests over the Massacre of Clichy with celebrations and clenched fist crowds.
Amelia Earhart landed at Wheeler Field Honolulu completing a 2300 mile over water hop from Oakland in under 16 hours. The craft worth $80000 arrived at 1,500 feet and Earhart broadcast that all was well.
New York report notes payroll recovery since the Depression has outpaced price increases. January factory costs rose about 23 percent while living costs grew less, suggesting wages are widening beyond essentials but still not fully aligning with the higher price of basic staples.
Federal statistician Henry M. Taylor reports Virginia tobacco sales for 1936 37 reached 116 162 882 pounds at an average price of 21 40 per hundredweight an increase of 3 09 from the prior season but total sales fell 640 027 pounds short of 35 36 when warehouses sold 2 702 909 pounds.
A fragment from a Mayodan report outlines a puzzling event involving a person named Nancy Slate and a nearby property. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR text.
Raleigh March 18 The house refused to concur in senate changes raising automobile license prices beyond the level approved by the house. Continued on Page Two.
Vatican City March 18. Pope Pius XI denounces communism as a ruin to family and society in a lengthy encyclical Divini Redemptoris. He warns against anti-God campaigns, calls Christian employers to defend workers rights, and urges priests to lead the fight while Christian states restrain anti-religious currents.
About 44,500 textile workers in the Carolinas will get wage increases. In South Carolina 14,000 workers in Greenville County face raises of five to ten percent this week. Employers referenced industry wide momentum with increases to be set within two weeks.
Spanish government air force reports a major bombing campaign over the Guadalajara front with 110 planes, including 85 bombers and pursuits. They claim decisive blows on insurgent strongholds at Siguenza and Brighuega as Madrid’s front lines intensify this week.
A draft pension program proposed by railroad management and labor at President Roosevelt's request drew Treasury objections. Under the plan taxes would start at 2.6 percent on employers and workers and rise to 3.5 percent after 1948, lower than the current 3.5 percent flat rail retirement tax. George M. Harrison defended the plan citing actuarial studies supporting its burden.
Fayetteville reports Walter Norris of Dunn died in a local hospital from injuries after a car crash near Dunn. Norris, 40, suffered a broken arm a fractured skull and a punctured lung.
Detriot dispatch reports Chrysler Corp moves toward forcible eviction of 6000 sit down workers at eight plants. Union lines tighten as court injunctive action is anticipated and bargaining rights remain the key issue.
Sleepy eyed clerks at the Frank A. Seder Co. in Detroit ended a 10 hour sit down strike as 800 police were mobilized. The group, mainly young women, left the loop department store at 1 30 a m EST and began giving statements to an assistant corporation counsel.
Traders lightened holdings as labor controversies and inflation warnings dimmed buying optimism. The sell-off spread across nearly all list components except utilities, with fractional to three point losses widespread near mid afternoon. Ticker tape ran late in morning trading but improved in the afternoon.
Washington March 18 A Senate judiciary committee witness said Roosevelt opponents use the Supreme Court as a smoke screen to block the president's program. Leon Green dean of Northwestern University law school urged adding justices to gain a fair court. He accused the court majority of intolerance and intemperance in reviewing legislation. House attention focused on avoiding wars abroad.
Testimony in Santee Cooper litigation in federal court in Columbia shows electric power use by South Carolina Electric and Gas customers nearly doubles in a decade. Norman H. Call testified that net kilowatt hour production rose about 101 percent while gross revenue and net revenue more than doubled and rates to consumers fell 45 to 50 percent.
Sit down strikers at the Stoneville Furniture plant in Stoneville, part of Rockingham County, resumed work at regular hours after a shutdown yesterday afternoon. Sheriff L M Sheffield reported a scheduled management worker meeting to discuss a shorter work week and higher wages while about 30 cabinet division workers briefly halted operations. The plant opened normally with no trouble.
In London on March 18 the king's proctor asked the divorce court president for directions in the undefended Simpson case. No details were given. The court list included Simpson W versus Simpson B A with an unusual request for guidance, a step seen as advancing the decree despite the standard six month interval.
Lou Gehrig, durable first baseman of the New York Yankees, has come to terms for the 1937 season. He advised Col. Jacob Ruppert that he would sign a one year contract for a salary of 36000 dollars at the club's camp in St. Petersburg. He will leave New York for St. Petersburg at once.
Senator Gerald P Nye of North Dakota will deliver an address on Preparedness For Peace at the Carolina Chapel hill tomorrow night as part of a local event in Hill.
A March 18 survey shows the northern Methodist Episcopal church likely to approve merging the three branches Methodism North South and Protestant. Of 86 conferences voting, 80 approved as of March 1, with 7 734 ministers in favor and only 380 votes needed. Reverend Morrell cites strong likelihood of a majority.
In Raleigh on March 18 the state supreme court listed 14 appeal cases for next week headed by Mrs Lina Pope Godwin the Harnett county defendant in the slaying of her husband with a 10 to 10 year sentence Her appeal follows six district cases and 15th district filings including multiple insurers railroads and banks plus one certiorari petition Williamson vs Insurance company completes the docket.
Police search for Bill Payne and Robert Smith who escaped Caledonia prison farm weeks ago. They were last sighted in Kannapolis and are believed to be travelling in this direction.
Secretary Hull called for a stop to the international dispute over anti-Hitler remarks by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. He issued a brief statement after apologizing to German Ambassador Hans Luther, hoping both nations move to calmer subjects.
Wilmington lumber dealer and former Piedmont league owner PJ N Bryant was arrested on a federal warrant for income tax evasion for 1930 to 1933. Bond of 5000 was provided by Bryant’s wife. Indictment returned by a federal grand jury at Fayetteville. Government says Bryant owes 3226 in taxes.
Washington March 18. Administration farm leaders warned southern farmers to day against expanding cotton acreage. Secretary Wallace and other federal spokesmen noted cotton prices rose about 1 percent this month to around 14.5 cents a pound but cautioned that further inflation and supply prospects could drive prices down.
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