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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1937
Page
2
The article portrays a Nation in celebration as coronation preparations transform London. North seeking residents in the east endure poverty while the city dazzles with banners, crowns, and festival decor. Crowds assemble along the procession routes amid bustling work and spectacle.
Crowds battle rain at Buckingham Palace as empire leaders present loyal greetings to the king emperor. Bus workers strike disrupts London transit while transport chiefs consider support from trolley crews. Royal hosts entertain colonial and dominion leaders after the ceremonial pledge of loyalty to the crown.
In Pittsburgh J Margiotti denounced arrests as outrageous and pledged an inquiry to uncover who ordered action. He said the state opposes suppression of free speech while Lancaster Secretary Pennington called the moves plain stupidity. The Academy of Music filled with about 3000 as Democratic senators and others addressed the crowd amid cheers and catcalls.
The speech warns that a few ultra rich benefactors could back a dictatorship if party alignment shifts. It contrasts U S pressures with a Der Anzeiger Goebbels editorial warning of a communist drift and compares potential American autocracy to European dictatorships.
A mayor notes coronation chatter in Canada while the Sudbury hotel party shows gala decorations as the topic dominates conversations. He admits not reading papers or listening to radio for weeks.
An expert cites the fire starting on the upper left of the Hindenburg stern ahead of stabilizers, over 100 feet above engines. The Commerce probe paused for crew survivors and navy men to attend the New York funeral for 24 company members. hearings set to resume tomorrow.
Raleigh May 11. Rural residents of North Carolina appear to have a higher standard of living than those in other states. John W. Harrelson dean of administration at NC State College told a conference of extension specialists and administrative officers that the state has tapped vast natural resources but is now starting to rebuild.
The 121st annual diocesan convention of the Episcopal Church met in Winston-Salem with Bishop Edwin A. Pennick of Raleigh presiding. Tonight the main assembly will hear an address by Bishop Theodore Dubose Bratton of Mississippi as officers and delegates to the national convention in Cincinnati next fall are elected.
Greensboro dispatch: R E B Fisher, state automobile inspector, received a check for over 1100 for losing a foot in a motorcycle accident while a state highway patrolman in 1931. The foot was not amputated until 1936, beyond the act’s scope, but a special bill from the recent general assembly reimbursed him and he collected the payment yesterday.
The mayor recalls a historical boast about a coronation and a threat to King George V. He explains the clash centered on a Chicago school superintendent's book choices portraying Washington as a traitor, Jones as a pirate, and Henry as a drunk bum. He notes papers mocked the episode.
Raleigh reports that Representative Harold D. Cooley of Nash County draws attention from the state Old Guard as liberals consider him the likely 1940 gubernatorial candidate. Some conservatives seek to convert him to a safe liberal candidate, while others prefer J. M. Broughton or Charles M. Johnson.
The Great Council of the Degree of Pocahontas met for an officer election and session in which reforms and plans were reviewed. Rev. R. A. Whitten was commissioned to raise elected officers. mem bers reports highlighted 56 and 46 new members from T. G. McAllister and J. W. MacLawhorn respectively. Memorial service honored 1936 fallees including Dr. J. T. Burrus and O. R. York. John G. Carpenter led as president of the Death Benefit Department with officers reappointed or elected.
Mrs Lacy Hord Caldwell 64 of 820 Rankin Street Greensboro died Monday at 11 30 am in Wesley Long hospital from injuries in a traffic accident near Lexington. Obsequies today at 4 pm at Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Bessemer City with Rev T L Kerr, burial at church. She leaves three sons James Hord of High Point Paul and William H Hord of Greensboro seven daughters and four brothers and four sisters.
A report estimates that about 800 million dollars were paid in state and federal gas taxes in a given year, reflecting substantial revenue from fuel purchases. The figure highlights tax power behind transportation funding and public road programs.
Morganton May 11 Donald Smith 28 a furniture worker from Validese is jailed on a warrant charging murder in the knife slaying of Roy Russell 10 father of seven children.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey told 600 Rotarians that all classes will have equal protection under the law. He condemned sit-down strikes and affirmed the right to peaceful union organizing without threats or intimidation. The Rotary conference in Pinehurst closed after electing new district officers John A. Park and J. Shepard Bryan. Gene Tunney and Homer S. Cumminge visited and played in a golf event.
A night-long insurgent artillery bombardment in Madrid left 40 dead and many injured. The shelling revived weeks of bombing, startling thousands who fled to cellars fearing a combined air raid.
Toledo dispatch says eleven attacks against a government stronghold 40 miles from Madrid were beaten back with over 2000 government casualties. Government field batteries shelled insurgent supply lines and camps ahead of a major push. Militiamen moved at 7 a.m. local time.
Infantry units pressed the advance toward entrenched insurgents as heavy rifle and machine gun fire met the attackers. In sectors where terrain allowed, tanks with large artillery cannons led the infantry in the assault.
The Grand Council of the Royal and Select Masters elected officers as the 57th annual York Rite Masons conclave began in Goldsboro. Howard Etheridge of Asheville was chosen grand commander succeeding J Edward Allen of Warrenton with G B Newcomb of Wilmington elected deputy grand commander. The Royal Arch chapter sessions opened and tomorrow will see its officer elections.
Alfonso Da Costa wartime premier of Portugal and former president of the League of Nations assembly died in Paris where he had lived in exile since 1937.
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