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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1938
Page
5
New York and Pennsylvania head line the October PWA report with grants totaling 5 563 and 9 641 respectively and 492 projects receiving funding. The national total in 1938 allotments nears 7 469 projects and $1 677 million in estimated construction.
Nevada received 12 projects and $397,331 in loans and grants while Delaware had 12 projects and $1,153,105 in grants. Texas led borrowers at $4,092,000 followed by New Jersey $3,031,000 Alabama $2,914,000 and Nebraska $2,855,000. Connecticut Delaware Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Minnesota Washington and Wyoming did not request loans.
AAA field representatives will visit 83 North Carolina counties next week to brief community committeemen on the 1939 crop program. In tobacco and cotton areas the main task is to determine acreage and poundage allotments under AAA contracts. The November 14 to 17 leg of the tour covers counties in the western part of the state.
Walter Winchell criticizes media overreaction to radio plays and a claimed Welles incident. He notes Life magazine coverage bias toward Dewey, comments on Orson Welles and McCarthy, and Columbia's crackdown on references to the broadcast. He argues Buck Rogers episodes lack impact because their audiences are children.
The Southern Railway asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to sell 6 million dollars of equipment trust certificates to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Proceeds would buy 2,400 all steel freight cars and 25 all steel express cars, with RFC funding and four percent interest. The move aims to reduce car hire and maintenance costs over five years while expanding capacity.
Ed Patton Jr 19 and Bill Ballew 24 escaped from the Burke county jail in Morganton by picking a cell lock prying a bar and sliding down a blanket rope. Patton was awaiting trial for a September loan office robbery of 300.
In Newark New Jersey on November four police said Edelman 29 suffered injuries from a fall or jump from a moving railroad train. The amateur radio operator and Catawba College student died last night.
In the Golden Bowl at Pacific Plaza a staged gathering for The Swingateers unfolds as Bob Tait plots amid friends and suspects. Harris Rogers, Nelda Starr, Myrna Dombey and Anne Lester attend while Dannie Feeley probes the murder of Ludden Dombey as George Weeks joins the stage for a fateful performance.
Captain Bruce H. Carraway of High Point urges the 1939 North Carolina General Assembly to raise state and county funds for old age assistance. He cites 27,000 seniors average $9.38 monthly and demands $30 per month for every eligible pensioner, arguing current efforts are unethical and insufficient. He notes long service with NC Old Age Pension Clubs and calls for immediate action.
Letter from W M Lohr of High Point questions if gambling devices differ from wagers described in a Sunday Enterprise article. He argues police should enforce law rather than break it and asks whether distinctions exist between cards lottery tickets and other gambling devices.
Mrs Londa Adeline Frye 82 died at 3 a m at her South Cox street home after eight weeks illness. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 p m at Flagg Springs M P church with Revs Hill and Taylor officiating. Survived by five daughters A F E Williams Minnie King J Graves Addie Frye and two sons S E Frye and Gurney Frye.
Chicago area market reports show butter at 611 847 with steady prices and eggs at 3046, firm with graded extra firsts and local loads. In Whiteside County politics, the next sheriff will be either Fred Slick of Sterling or Roy Crook of Prophetstown, as Democratic and Republican nominees respectively.
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