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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1937
Page
3
Raleigh May 22 The state supreme court clerk said five opinions will be issued this fall with June 9 as the next filing date. Fall dates are September 22 October 13 November 3 November 24 and December 15. Appeals from districts 1 20 and 21 set for August 31 September 1.
The assembly heard progress reports from the nominating committee and Dr E C Scott stating clerk on membership reached 493 323 as of March 31 across 16 southern states. Dr Harry L Bowlby reported New York officials refused to renew 17 burlesque licenses and noted increased Sabbath observance and defeat of 43 state anti religious proposals. Reports covered home missions religious education publication and ministerial relief.
In testimony from a court scene, Gladys Macknight says Wightman killed her mother. She describes a confrontation with a black handled knife, her escalating anger, and an attempted stab as Donald and bailiffs watched.
A difference of opinion on a child labor provision emerges as Congress studies various bills. A source quotes a participant noting the Supreme Court may view the child labor act differently now than when it ruled the original act unconstitutional.
Radio message from Dr. Schmidt confirms a successful polar landing near Dickinson Island. The Soviet flag is raised and the team begins unloading equipment for a potential polar station at Rudolf Island, with minor damage to radio gear reported.
A jury finds 73 year old Martin J. Sullivan guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Laura Bacon a social worker. The trial linked him to four additional neighbor deaths in December including Joseph and Jen Benda Mrs Mary Vunkalla and her son Milan in suburban Duquesne.
Governor Hoey and Treasurer Charles M. Johnson will travel to New York on June 1 to sign and deliver 3 019 000 in state bonds for a state office building and institutional improvements. Hoey will speak at Guilford College commencement and attend a centennial greeting at the college with notable educators. He also plans a May 31 address at Buena Vista Southern Seminary before joining a Charlotte Elk banquet and returning to New York. His secretary Robert L. Thompson will accompany him.
The department reports the plane entered a left spin with witnesses noting 15 turns and motor bursts as the pilot failed to recover. Examination showed no structural or engine failure, the parachute rip cord was unfired, and a fatal injury under the jaw indicates the pilot was struck while exiting the aircraft.
Montevideo May 22 The government asked the senate to act against Raul Benavidez secretary of the Uruguayan legation in Paris on charges he bought 25 million cartridges and 200 tons of powder for the Spanish government. Officials say he did the purchases in Norway as for his own government and profited substantially.
The Fourth Circuit annual judicial conference will be held in Asheville from June 11 to 13. Judge John J. Parker announced the program and noted Attorney General Homer Cummings would likely attend. A judges meeting is scheduled for June 10.
Raleigh dispatch reports that observers fear the new state highway and public works commission may fragment into ten division units if division commissioners gain full control over all highway personnel and road decisions. Critics warn this could reduce the chair to a mere figurehead and invite political manipulation, undermining the commission’s historic nonpartisan role.
In Thomasville on May 22 special report says E. L. Rhyne of High Point was found not guilty of driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty to reckless driving and paid 40 dollars plus costs. Another charge of operating a car without proper brakes added costs. W. P. Vance of High Point was convicted of speeding and taxed costs. Walter Daniels was guilty of non support of an illegitimate child and given a six month road sentence suspended on condition he pays medical bills and 8 dollars monthly into court. Mack Williams, a local colored man, pled guilty to stealing tires and was released on good behavior for two years. Pearl Rankin, colored, faced assault with deadly weapon with a 25 dollar cost estimate. Edward Lee Peacock was convicted of drunken driving, fined 50 dollars and costs with license revoked 12 months. another charge of driving without license added half costs.
In Praha on May 22 Sergeant-Major Joseph Krejza a Czech was executed by a firing squad for spying for Hungary. The death sentence issued February 22 by the army division court marked the first military betrayal execution in the nation’s history.
RYLAND May 22. Oscar Etheridge reports an odd accident at M. E. Campbell’s new farm home as a fruit jar water filled magnified sunbeams through a kitchen window set pine boards alight. The pane acted like a burning glass. The blaze started in the kitchen and was described as unusual by locals.
The 1933 and 1937 General Assemblies debated shifting county prison systems into state oversight and reestablishing the highway commission in district form. Gov Ehringhaus and Gov Hoey influenced the path, but fears persisted that nine district commissions and local politics could reclaim road and prison administration. The outcome draws keen public interest.
Betty Sue Martin a five year old from North Carolina spent two months in an iron lung after diphtheria. She is now breathing two to three hours a day without the machine and showing gradual improvement in movement while doctors project possible removal of the respirator in a month.
Beginning June 1 the stores in Thomasville will close each Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 p m during June July and August to give workers some relief in the hot months. Participating merchants include Hudson Belk McLellans Thomasville Dry Goods Thomasville Store Company Jones Department Store Reliable Shoe Edward Shave Roses Howard Clothing Parker Miller Fulcher The Boston Store Dixie Sales Stadiema Economy Auto Store.
Civilians sought shelter as fascist machine gun fire raked a French border town. Residents faced shelling and chaotic streets, with authorities urging caution and aid for those affected.
Rain soaked soldiers watched a Basque breakthrough nine miles northeast of besieged Bilbao as Basque militiamen drove a salient into the insurgent front. Munguia burned in a massive bonfire illuminated by flames and smoke while hundreds of corpses lay in the fields behind the lines.
In Pierre 8 D may 22 two Chicago youths Norman Westberg 17 and Howard Christenson 16 confessed fatally shooting and robbing Ada Carey 26 of Blunt 8 D Sheriff Reedy said they would be charged with murder and were held under heavy guard amid rising local tension after the slaying of the schoolteacher.
In San Francisco on May 22 police found an elaborate operation setup after a woman’s death. Lt Michael M. Mitchell and Inspector Harry Husted report a seven room apartment with surgical instruments and operating room furnishings. A mortuary employee says a body was turned over without a death certificate. Coroner’s autopsy links death to crime surgery. Augenbright identifies the deceased as his wife and gives a doctor’s missing name.
In Wanchese North Carolina on May 22 a rat stole a man’s upper denture. The owner traced the tip through a wall hole after the rodent dragged the plate past a beam and abandoned it in the chase.
Alfred E. Smith and Mrs. Smith arrive in Naples aboard the Conte di Savoia after a transatlantic voyage. The former New York governor says he is not seasick and plans to visit Rome and possibly the Pope during a stay through Monday.
Raleigh reports $42,465.09 collected since May 1 under the new wine tax law. Revenue Commissioner J Maxwell said many wine dealers paid on stock on hand when the law became effective and that collections would not rise at the same rate going forward.
Clarkton officers hunted for two unmasked bandits who robbed the Waccamaw Bank and Trust yesterday, forcing cashier R. S. Troy and two customers into the lobby. They escaped in an automobile with about $3,000 in cash.
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