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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1937
Page
2
In Charlotte a bandit held up a grocery store and fled with 162 dollars before being chased into an alley by onlookers. Police say the suspect is Jack Goss also known as Jack A Sutton, an escaped convict from Oklahoma.
A bystander in Marshall, Missouri, reacts to a bizarre scene as a man seeks to claim ancestral riches amid a national cornhusking contest setting. Witnesses recall a curious incident near a silo and a line about mustard for dog sandwiches while the city man muses on the scale of the event.
GOLDSBORO N C Nov 5 The North Carolina Christian Missionary convention pledged to a program of temperance instruction in homes schools and churches The resolution reaffirmed opposition to liquor traffic and deplored its advertising to educate the people into a nation of drinkers A section urged abolition of absentee ballot and use of markers at polls Rev J L Goff of Wil Hampton was elected president for 1938 succeeding Dr Leland Cook of Kinston who presided at the convention
Final audit shows Community Chest pledges of 29085.64 with campaign extending into next week. W B Hall chair emphasizes continued canvassing and Tuesday wind up with new card assignments. some factories pledged later contributions and Negro community canvassing aims for 500. A meeting of leaders and workers is slated for Tuesday evening to finalize results.
William F. Bailey director of parks and playgrounds says Blair Park Club House is complete except for landscaping work around the building and will be finished this winter. United States collector of internal revenue was expected to attend the dedication.
The Altrusa club presents the King's Ambassador Quartet in an 8:15 program at the junior high school auditorium. Lloyd King directs harmony singing with Miss Lois Welborn coordinating arrangements. Tickets available at the door or from Altrusa members. proceeds fund a club scholarship for girls' college.
Nations failed to reach consensus and adjourned talks as Japan, a signatory to the pact, did not attend Brussels sessions. China offered a temporary withdrawal during letter discussions while Italy objected to that move. Britain favored contacting Tokyo through the Spaak letter to avoid a steering committee dispute.
Py-Meguerdich Karayan, 29, was condemned to death in Beirut for the assassination of United States consul-general James Theodore Marriner. The verdict followed a sanity hearing before an extraordinary tribunal in criminal court.
In Greensboro on December 3 a hearing will decide if a trustee will be appointed for the Jackson Hosiery Mill of High Point or if management will stay with current leaders. The recent temporary bankruptcy order halted seizures of stock and deliveries by Bendall Montery of New York, while operations continue under present management.
New York news reports Surrogate Marty B. Owen awards the bulk of Col. Edward H. R. Green estate to Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilke, while paying $506,000 to Green’s widow Mabel Harlow Green. The case unsettled tax claims in five states including Vermont Massachusetts and Florida as the dispute over the will continues.
The Norwegian freighter Annavere, 3224 tons, bound from Neuvitas Cuba to Philadelphia, was reported afire off the Charleston coast. Owned by North Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Co, she carries a crew of 25 and had 250 barrels of oil on board. The alert came via Mackay radio from the Standard Oil tanker Aladdin.
The report notes American freight carloadings fell 42 859 units or 5 3 percent from the prior week and 163 060 or 17 4 percent from 1930, indicating a broad drop in revenue freight activity. A portrait of Arthur Dobbs, royal NC governor 1754 65, was unveiled in Kinston courthouse under Colonial Dames.
Patrician Ryan, 20, was indicted by a Bronx county grand jury for first degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband, Policeman Michael Kyes. The indictment was announced today in New York.
City official Mayor A. J. Young discusses a quirky event in Roseburg where 130 ducks are to parade under his window. The report notes no funds remain to cover the ducks and mentions the mayor considering buying a small alarm clock.
The Concord community announces a December celebration marking its centennial. Details on events and participants are forthcoming.
A government communiqué says British action remains non intervention as forces gain positions in Upper Aragon near Sabinanigo and Villamayor. Fighting centers on Allue south of Sabinanigo and along the Zara goza Teruel railway, with two French merchant ships attacked near Valencia but escaped.
The article notes talks toward reuniting AFL and CIO to decide which industries should have broad unions. Observers see progress and a hopeful sign as negotiators indicate some actual movement after years of dispute over steel auto and rubber organizing. A peace committee met twice without result.
Don C MacRae of High Point will oversee ticket sales for the sixth district congressional dinner in High Point. The event, Tuesday November 9 at Jefferson Country Club east of Greensboro, is expected to draw several hundred Democratic leaders. Caffey notes about 20 dinners will be held statewide that day, positioning North Carolina among leaders in such events.
President Roosevelt plans to leave Washington on November 24 for his annual Warm Springs visit to host a Thanksgiving party for crippled children under treatment there. He will stop Thanksgiving morning at Gainesville to dedicate a parkway named for him, with no plans announced yet for any southeastern governor conference after the holiday.
Albert Sarraut new director of French north African affairs summoned governing authorities of Morocco Tunis and Algeria to Paris for a special meeting November 8 to discuss dangers of a Moslem Nationalist movement. The discovery of a plot by Moslem Nationalists in Mo farm in Moscow province spurred action to end disorders in north Africa influenced by German and Italian propaganda.
Governor Hoey will address the Armistice day celebration in Asheville North Carolina on November 11. The event is set for that holiday with Hoey appearing as the keynote speaker.
A blaze last night wiped out the Moss Planning mill’s planning department in Washington North Carolina. Owner V Swan estimated the loss at fifty thousand dollars and the cause remains undetermined.
Grace Johnson of 208 Taylor Street is jailed without bond after a cafe shooting. She says she shot her husband Mose Johnson in self defense during a fight. Mose is hospitalized in serious condition with a bullet wound to the neck and chest. Police say warrants exist for Mose for assault with a knife.
Chicago reports butter at 6 915 steady with various creamery specials, extras, firsts and seconds priced within narrow ranges. Eggs at 4 599 held firm with prices unchanged.
Greenville reports that Solicitor Robert T. Ashmere dropped two bribery indictments against former Senator Sloan, saying evidence in both cases is insufficient for prosecution. The proceedings concern charges tied to the Mountain Lion Co. and involve Sloan’s alleged improper conduct.
National Youth Administration supervisors and assistants from 47 western North Carolina counties gather in Marion to plan the year. Mrs. D F Giles of Marion serves as district supervisor and presides.
About 1,200 teachers gathered in Goldsboro North Carolina for the fifteenth annual North Central Teachers Association convention. Educational leaders from multiple regions prepared to address the gathering and discuss current educational issues.
The first statewide conference of Episcopal students in North Carolina begins in Greensboro and runs through Sunday. The theme for sessions is The Church and the Campus.
Partly cloudy conditions with possible light rain in the mountains this afternoon and early tonight. Slight warming in east and central regions, followed by fair but colder Saturday. South Carolina sees partly cloudy skies with a chance of rain in the extreme northwest later today, then cooler, fair weather Saturday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift to moderate northwest by Saturday with overcast tonight and Saturday.
Albert Ploch, longtime Pittsburgh street car motorman, sent in payment for six front-row seats for the Pirates opening game of 1938. Vice-president S E B Watters notes he is the first fan to order Buccaneer opener tickets, with the season not starting for nearly six months.
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