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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1937
Page
2
Fair tonight in the Carolina region with cooler conditions expected in the north portion and along the coast. Winds from the southwest and west in the north, northeast and east over the north portion, variable over the south, and generally fair weather tonight.
Regional director Ernest C abar of the National Labor Bo ons Board will have charge of the process as the union held a meeting near the Aliquippa Mill along the Ohio River. It explained to its members the proper method of firing the ballots, noting many foreign workers were present.
Claims that Erika removes poisonous matter from the upper intestine to relieve bloating gas and constipation are presented as a cure for a sick grouchy persona with headaches backaches and dull complexion. The text markets Erika through Mann Drug Stores as a harmless effective bowel cleanse.
City Health Officer Dr. R A Herring reports a fall in communicable diseases last week to 16 from 24 the prior week. One new chicken pox and one diphtheria case. no new tuberculosis. Whooping cough rose to 11. venereal cases at three. pellagra unchanged.
Funeral services for Minnie Vanhoy 46 who died at Tri Vette Clinic near Statesville will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Pentecostal Holiness church with a second service at the Longview Church in Yadkin county at 1 p.m. Interment follows in the church cemetery.
A boiler explosion aboard a Japanese launch owned by Osaka Shosen Kaisha tore through Hong Kong’s waterfront killing about fifty people. All crew aboard the launch perished, with many victims including Chinese boatmen and bystanders. Parts of bodies were found across roofs and on the Hongkong Club verandah near Queen’s Pier.
Ernest Hoey 66 brother of Governor Hoey died of a heart attack in Shelby. He helped launch the Shelby Star and served the paper forty years. Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon. He is survived by his widow six children and a sister.
Governor Hoey and his family departed Raleigh this morning for Shelby following word of the death of his brother 8. EB Hoey who had been ill for days. Last night officials said his brother was better but died from a heart attack.
Wendell L. Willkie of Commonwealth & Southern Corp reports stockholders that unregulated government competition in TVA power production harms private firms. The 18 cent common share earnings contrast with 1 cent in 1935, and four compromise proposals to TVA were deemed unacceptable.
A crew member testified that a gas cell ignition started the Zeppelin disaster. He reported two others perished in the crash and could not provide the gas level of the last stern cell because he lacked the final watch.
In Lillington on May 17 Judge W C Harris ordered the request to resentence Jans McNeill to death by electric chair rather than gas. The court noted a supreme court error and stated the chair must be rebuilt at the Raleigh state prison for the execution to proceed.
Montreal report says all four infants born to Mrs. Paul Martel died today at St Justine hospital. The boy and the girl survived about nine hours while two other boys died later in the day.
City Manager B M Knox announced temporary appointments at two water pump stations. He asked the civil service commission to provide six eligibles for police vacancies, with two hires to follow. Six names were listed, all high scorers from April 12 exam. Twenty five Black workers were also hired to move a 24 inch water main for the railroad track depression project.
The CIO and AFL factions claim jurisdiction after a split over leadership of the State Federation. Lawrence and allies call Googe's meeting illegitimate while Googe's faction elects Fink, Kiser, Witter, and Fisher to top posts and demands former members appeal. Lawrence refuses to appeal.
Ross Coggins of East Main Street was scratched and bruised Saturday night after being knocked off a cross tie by a passing freight train at Main and Blair streets. He was taken to City Hospital and later released after examination.
Numerous persons were injured in the city over the week end. Two Black men remained in serious condition at Burrus Memorial hospital from gunshots. Albert Steed posted a $500 bond after a shooting described as accidental. Thomas Scurlock was critically wounded in a brawl near a service station. Odell Reeder faced a $500 bond for assault with a deadly weapon related to the same incident. N C Shoaf, in a non serious automobile crash, remained hospitalized and charged with drunk driving. Other injured include Miss Hallender and Mrs Derendinger in a separate crash, and Dr B D Derendinger, while J F Garrett sustained injuries in a High Point Greensboro highway crash.
Raleigh May 17 The state supreme court will hear appeal arguments and consider Alfred L Malicord in a case resisting extradition to Warren County New York where he faces second degree arson charges The court will decide at its convenience Nineteen cases are on this week docket.
New York May 17 stock market moved slowly with ticker tape barely advancing. Declines of fractions to a point predominated around the fourth hour as rally efforts failed and labor questions dimmed trading optimism.
The Bilbos division of the Bilbo family case goes before chancery court in Poplarville Mississippi as Theo G Bilbo Mississippi's junior United States senator and Mrs Bilbo seek to end their marriage.
Wilmington May 17 B J du Pont de Nemours and Company today declared the second quarterly interim dividend for 1937 of 2 dollars a share on the common stock payable June 15 to stockholders of record May 27.
An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a weight loss solution. It claims to boost metabolism by delivering a vital fluid to the bloodstream and likens the process to a furnace draft, urging readers to buy Marmola from their druggist to avoid dieting hardships.
Thieves carted away the safe of H. P. Quinerly and Bros. containing $700 in cash and papers in a trailer at Grifton. In Raleigh, 10,303 drivers licenses had been revoked in North Carolina since November 1, 1935, through May 17.
CALD WELL New Jersey motorist ALPH T RYAN JR narrowly avoided a crash after a tire blowout on a one way street near Montclair. The ad copy touts Silvertownes tires with special rubber and full floating cords claimed to resist internal heat and prevent blisters, urging readers to buy for family safety.
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