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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1939
Page
9
National and regional leagues show Oakland and Seattle Games, Philadelphia and New York leads. Notable scores include Cincinnati 13 Philadelphia 4 and New York 15 Chicago 4 in the National League and American League outcomes like Detroit 3 Philadelphia 10.
Today features Cincinnati at Philadelphia Vander Meer against Butcher, St Louis at Brooklyn Welland versus Poffenberger or Evans, Pittsburgh at Boston Tobin versus Macfayden, and Chicago at New York Lee against Schumacher. In the American League New York visits Chicago Ferrell versus E Smith, Boston hosts St Louis Bagby against Kramer, Philadelphia meets Detroit Ross against Harris, and Washington travels to Cleveland Chase against Hudlin. North State League games: Kannapolis at Thomasville, Lexington at Salisbury, Landis at Concord, Cooleemee at Mooresville.
Chapel Hill hosts the 17th annual Southern Conference track and field meet on May 19 and 20 with NC State led by Mickey Thompson who won both the road jump and hop step and jump at the Carolinas AAU meet held in Chapel Hill.
Lees-McRae College announces 4 sport captains. Football captains are Tom Ferebee of Mocksville and John Legard of Abington Virginia with Talmadge Bean as alternate. Basketball captains are Hoy Isaacs of Cove Creek and Talmadge Bean with an alternate. Track captain is Ward Robinson of Newton.
The United States government printing office operates 187 presses producing about 4 billion impressions each year, reflecting a large-scale documentation and dissemination operation.
Advice on clothing comfort and freedom of movement, shoe type, racket quality, and ball choice for beginners. Emphasizes white attire, flat sole shoes, a well manufactured racket with proper restringing, and new standardized balls for accurate flight.
Thomasville High School will elect its outstanding athlete Tuesday afternoon from six nominees. Candidates include Jack Fitzgerald Swanee Lanier Henry Jenkins Jack Younts Weddie Huffman and Douglas Bray all with multiple roles in sports clubs and student government. The award is a joint presentation by the Thomasville News and J D Ross.
Willie Turnesa rated Ponte Vedra Beach links the best wind test in golf and comparable to Pebble Beach. He said British players will be impressed by the course while noting Ponte Vedra favors accuracy and well-placed tee shots, predicting the U S team will match or exceed Great Britain on this seaside layout.
Washington May 8 predictions from informed quarters say Jerome Frank will be chosen as head of the Securities Commission despite controversy surrounding the election this week.
At Pimlico Johnstown trains under Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons as he contends with Gilded Knight for the 1949 Preakness bid. Bankier William Woodward’s Derby winner faces rivalry and questions about sweeping the season while Fitzsimmons jokes about trading horses.
Lloyd Weeks, assistant tobacco specialist at State College, reports the tobacco plant situation has greatly improved in the last two to three weeks as blue mold attacks lessen.
Daily Smith quotes a critic warning against Christian ministers inviting Jewish audiences to hear Christianity. The writer insists believers should not be ashamed of Christ and calls for fearless proclamation across faith lines.
A conservative Democrat from Greensboro compares Adolf Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He argues against unequal territorial claims and government subsidies, criticizing New Deal policies as overreach and urging open freedom and fair competition without state welfare. He condemns taxes used to favor shifts in income and estate distribution and warns of subsidizing producers and consumers both domestically and abroad.
News from College Station and Raleigh reports the North Carolina Virginia unit of the National Cotton Council is being organized under T. B. Upchurch Jr. of Raeford. The group aims to unite cotton interests, promote consumption, improve quality, explore foreign markets, and fund an $8,500 NC quota to rebuild southern cotton supremacy.
Washington May 8 American agriculture moves into the 1939 planting season with favorable production prospects but a dim price outlook. Department surveys show 85 percent of farmers will limit planting under federal controls to reduce surpluses and avoid expanding supplies. Farmers hope for price gains as domestic purchasing power improves this summer and fall, though cash income is estimated five percent lower than last year. Cotton surpluses remain acute, with plantings at 27 million acres and government loans holding 11.4 million bales, part of a projected 14 million bales surplus.
Carthage May 8 reports from Farm Agent E. H. Garrison Jr detail that cold and hail reduced Moore County peaches by up to 75 percent in some areas. In Jackson Springs and Elberta sections the crop is nearly destroyed, with Elberta and Hale varieties most affected.
About 600 North Carolinians are expected to sail from Norfolk for a five day Bermuda cruise. Dr. T W M Long says most aboard are doctors and their families, with several score visitors also joining the trip.
A motorcycle with sidecar and an automobile crashed near Diffield in Yorkshire. From the wreckage a grandmother and grandfather, a mother and father, and a baby emerged. The mother and father sustained slight injuries, while the others were unhurt.
Enfield May 8 Mack Faulcon a Negro farmer near Littleton uses a wind charged electric plant to run eight 32 volt lamps and a radio and keeps a 7 900 fish pond stocked with 50 fish weekly. The pond includes imported perch horse fish red fin jacks catfish mullet and herring roaches and has a picnic ground and boats. Farm Agent Knight notes strong cooperation among Halifax County Negro farmers in crop demonstrations.
May 8 Raleigh reports North Carolina marks 25 years of extension work since the Smith Lever Act signing. The State College Extension Service now has over 800 agents and specialists led by Dr I O Schaub with John W Goodman and Dr Jane B McKimmon as assistants. The program reaches 256,139 farm families or 76 percent of farms in the state with farm and home demonstrations and a learning by doing approach focused on food for the family, feed for livestock, and soil fertility.
J A Shanklin state college extension cotton specialist notes a recent amendment to the AAA cotton use program will provide sufficient low cost cotton bagging this year to cover all cotton.
Granville man T A Satterwhite paints his out houses and barn with 3 cent a gallon mix of Oxford May Paint. Granville County farm agent C V Morgan notes a local station donated a 20 gallon drum of used motor oil, mixed with red mortar coloring at 6 cents per pound. Half a pound of color per gallon of oil yields a home made paint resembling commercial products.
Alexander County farmers report strong soil improvement from a lespedeza and clover blend. Farm Agent J P Leagans notes the mix combines dense root systems with deep growth, with about 4000 acres seeded this spring by county growers.
Laurinburg May 8 A cantaloupe variety demonstration using 33 varieties has started in Sneads Grove community Scotland County. Farm agent E O McMahan of the State College Extension Service says the test seeks varieties best adapted to local soil and climate and to identify disease resistant types.
Enrollment in 4-H clubs hits a record 1,286,029 members nationwide in 74,594 clubs across the United States 1938 milestone reflecting growing youth participation in the program.
Stanly County businessmen and farmers show strong interest in a large evaporated milk plant. A county wide survey tracks farmers willing to supply milk, with over 600 already indicating readiness to participate and hundreds more expected to respond affirmatively.
Feed markets eased as wheat feeds fell from late April peaks while demand eased. The market index stood at 115.0, with North Carolina strawberry sales at mid season highs and Missionarys, Blakemores, and Klondykes delivering in price ranges. Live poultry markets showed slow but steady tone. egg movements remained above last year, with prices varying by grade. Farm agents report rising NC farmer enrollment in the 1939 Agricultural Conservation program.
Numerous corn variety demonstrations have been started across the state to determine which varieties best suit local climate and soil conditions.
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